{{short description|Australian actor}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox person | name = Neil Fitzpatrick | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = 1934 | birth_place = Williamstown, Victoria | death_date = 2005 | occupation = Actor | notable_works = | years_active = | partner = | children = }} '''Neil Fitzpatrick''' (1934–2005) was an Australian actor.<ref>{{Citation | last= Blair | first= Ron | title= Known as Horatio, and many others | url= https://www.smh.com.au/national/known-as-horatio-and-many-others-20050726-gdlr44.html | periodical= The Sydney Morning Herald | date= 26 July 2005 }}</ref> For his performance in ''Pig in a Poke'' he won the 1978 Logie Award for Best Individual Performance by an Actor.<ref>{{Citation | last= | first= | title= Gra wins the big one| url= | periodical= The Age | date= 4 March 1978}}</ref>
Born in Melbourne he first became a professional actor around 1957.<ref name="Intruder">{{Citation | last= | first= | title= "Intruder" to measure his progress | url= | periodical= The Sun-Herald | date= 9 March 1969}}</ref> He relocated to Great Britain where from 1964 to 1968 he worked with the National Theatre.<ref name="Westwood">{{Citation | last= Westwood | first= John | title= Clean lines and beamed ceilings | url= | periodical= The Age | date= 13 June 1986}}</ref> Returning in Australia in 1969 and began working at the Old Tote Theatre.<ref name="Intruder"/>
He had a long stage career,<ref>{{Citation | title = Neil Fitzpatrick | publisher = AusStage | url = https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/3331 }}</ref> with roles including ''Benefactors'' (1986),<ref>{{Citation | last= Cho | first= Judy | title= Lives crumble in a dark comedy | url= | periodical= The Northern Herald | date= 20 February 1986}}</ref> ''Canaries Sometimes Sing'' (1993)<ref>{{Citation | last= Stewart | first= Heather | title= Percy sings, but not on cue | url= | periodical= The Northern Herald | date= 6 May 1993}}</ref><ref>{{Citation | title = Canaries Sometimes Sing | publisher = AusStage | url = https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/18231 }}</ref> and ''Death Defying Acts'' (1997) at the Marian Street Theatre;<ref>{{Citation | last= Stewart | first= Heather | title= Percy sings, but not on cue | url= | periodical= The Sydney Morning Herald | date= 24 January 1997}}</ref> ''The Christian Brothers'' (1992) at Kirribilli's Ensemble Theatre;<ref>{{Citation | last= Healy | first= Ken | title= The Christian Brothers | url= | periodical= The Sun-Herald | date= 5 January 1992}}</ref><ref>{{Citation | title = The Christian Brothers | publisher = AusStage | url = https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/13462 }}</ref> ''Rookery Nook'' (1969–70)<ref>{{Citation | last= Latrielle | first= Anne | title= Curtain Calls | url= | periodical= The Age | date= 11 December 1969}}</ref><ref>{{Citation | title = Rookery Nook | publisher = AusStage | url = https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/24363 }}</ref> and ''Bent'' (1980) at the Russell Street Theatre in Melbourne.<ref>{{Citation | last= Cole-Adams | first= Peter | title= Dachau morality tale | url= | periodical= The Age | date= 12 June 1980}}</ref><ref>{{Citation | title = Bent | publisher = AusStage | url = https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/30636 }}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * {{IMDb name}} * [https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/catalog/348334 Biographical cuttings on Neil Fitzpatrick, theatrical actor, containing one or more cuttings from newspapers or journals] at the National Library of Australia
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