John Waters

Person · Open Library

Born

22 April 1946

Works

40

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Film & TV

London, England, UK

John Waters (born December 8, 1948) is one of Australia's most recognised and respected film and theatre actors. He was born in London England, the middle of five children of Scottish actor, Russell Waters. As a child John often hung around film studios while dad worked and even starred in a few young parts. He first faced a live audience as a singer and bass player with 60s R & R Band The…

Known for

• The Rooster — Norris2024
• Better Man — Michael Parkinson2024
• The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy — (voice)2024
• Blaze — Magistrate2022
• Darby and Joan — Ian Kirkhope2022
• Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears — Professor Linnaeus2020
• The End — Henry2020
• Halifax: Retribution — Ryan2020
• Mystery Road — Travis James2018
• 2:22 — Bill2017

via TMDB

Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Country

US

Active from

1913-04-04

Active to

1983-04-30

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

3,478

Total plays

20,809

There are two artists named John Waters. 1. John Russell Waters (born 8 December 1948 in London), the son of Scottish actor Russell Waters. As a teenager he was singer and bass-player with blues band 'The Riots', before travelling to Australia, where he landed the lead role of Claude in the 1969 Sydney production of Hair. He moved into work as a film and television actor in Australia, and became known for his varied performances both as character actor and leading man in TV series such as "Rush

via Last.fm · John Waters

Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

John

Family name

Waters

Gender

male

Citizenship

United Kingdom

Place of birth

Greater London

Occupation

television actor

Languages spoken

English language

Instrument

voice

Image

John Waters (Australian actor).jpg

Number of children

5

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