John Ewart

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Australian actor (1928–1994)

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::summary Australian actor (1928–1994) ::

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nameJohn Ewart
image_size210px
birthnameJohn Reford Ewart
birth_date26 February 1928
birth_placeMelbourne, Victoria, Australia
death_date
death_placeGreenwich, New South Wales Australia
educationScots College
occupationActor, entertainer
years_active1947–1994
spouseJane Fennell
children4
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John Reford Ewart (26 February 1928 – 8 March 1994) was an Australian actor of radio, stage, television and film. Ewart was a double nominee (and one/time winner) of the AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Early life

Ewart was born in Melbourne, Victoria to Alfred Adam Ewart, an insurance agent and his wife Jennie Grace Madge Lois (nee Macauley).

Career

Ewart began his acting career when he was cast as Dopey at the age four in a 3XY radio production of Snow White. At the age of 18, he made his film debut in the lead role of Mickey O'Riordan in Charles Chauvel's production of Sons of Matthew.

Ewart appeared in hundreds of Australian radio, theatre, film and television productions. To many thousands of Australians who grew up in the 1950s and '60s, he will be remembered as 'Jimmy', the boyishly cheeky co-presenter of the ABC Radio Children's Session, and in the title role of its long-running serial The Muddle-Headed Wombat.

He was well known for his role in the film Sunday Too Far Away, his ongoing role in the Australian TV series The Restless Years in 1980–81, and his lead role opposite Nicole Kidman in Bush Christmas. He was proudest of his starring role in the 1977 film The Picture Show Man.

Personal life

Ewart married four times, firstly to Lorraine Marie Croke, a Sydney beauty consultant in May 1951 and had twins, a son and a daughter, but divorced a few years later, he then married Susan Mary Newton, a classical singer and actress on radio, stage and TV on 17 April 1966, with whom he had two daughters. They divorced in 1978. On 24 December, he married public relations consultant Patricia De Heer.

In 1992 he became engaged to TV presenter Jane Fennell, but they postponed the wedding after the death of her father, Ewart's long time friend Willie Fennell. They were married on 8 March 1994 in a bedside ceremony as Ewart was dying of throat cancer. He died five days after the wedding.

Awards and nominations

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YearNominated workAwardCategoryResult
1976Let the Balloon GoAACTA Awards Best Actor in a Supporting Role
1977The Picture Show ManAACTA Awards Best Actor in a Supporting Role
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Filmography

Film

Television

Radio

References

References

  1. Jennie Lees. (2020). "Ewart, John Record (1928-1994)". Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, [[Australian National University]].
  2. Harris M. Lentz. (1994). "Obituaries in the Performing Arts". McFarland.

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