Peter Curtin

For the Australian cricketer, see Peter Curtin (cricketer).

Peter Curtin
Born
Peter Julian Curtin

31 January 1944 (1944-01-31)
Died19 May 2014(2014-05-19) (aged 70)
OccupationActor
Years active1965–2014
SpouseAilsa Piper (1987–18 May 2014; his death)

Peter Julian Curtin (31 January 1944 – 19 May 2014) was an Australian television and stage actor.

Career

Curtin's career began when he joined the Melbourne Theatre Company, appearing in a 1973 production of The Plough and the Stars with Wendy Hughes.[1]

Curtin appeared in a 1988 Melbourne Theatre Company production of A Streetcar Named Desire, playing the role of Mitch, alongside Helen Morse.[2] He also performed in a 1990 Playbox Theatre production of Hotel Sorrento and a 1999 staging of The Sick Room.[2] His final performance with Melbourne Theatre Company was a 2003 production of The Goat in which he reunited with Wendy Hughes.[2]

Curtin's wife Ailsa Piper directed him in the play The Night Season for Red Stitch Actors Theatre in 2005.[2]

Curtin's numerous television credits included MDA, White Collar Blue, All Saints, Blue Heelers, Something in the Air, The Games and SeaChange.[2] Further television series he appeared in featured Ponderosa, BackBerner, Stingers, A Country Practice, Embassy, the television reboot of Mission: Impossible, The Bodysurfer, And Here Comes Bucknuckle, and Winner Takes All.[3]

Curtin also appeared in several feature films including Blood Money (1980) and Till Human Voices Wake Us (2002).[2]

Personal life and death

Curtin met actress Ailsa Piper in 1986, and they were married a few months later,[4] in 1987.[2] In their wedding vows, they changed one vowel, promising to stay together “as long as we both shall love” (rather than 'live').[2]

Curtin died, aged 70, on 19 May 2014.[2]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1980 Blood Money Dan [2][5]
2002 Till Human Voices Wake Us Dr Davis Franks [2]
2003 Darkness Falls Dr. Travis
2004 Tom White Noel Cartwright [6]
Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid Lawyer

Television

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1965 Homicide Henry Cooper / Ray Gardiner 2 episodes
1966 Antigone TV play (episode of Wednesday Theatre)
1976–1977 Bluey Blair Thompson / Dave Brown 2 episodes
1977–1981 The Sullivans Warren Hunter / Detective 9 episodes
1978–1983 Cop Shop Chris Fuller / Sean Dorsey / Herbert Jolly / Neighbour 26 episodes
1979 Ray Lawler Trilogy Roo Webber Miniseries, 3 episodes
1979–1980 Skyways David Kerridge / Roy Hamilton / Bob Marshall 3 episodes
1980 The Last Outlaw Constable Richards Miniseries, 4 episodes
1980–1986 Prisoner Solicitor / Ian Mahoney / Detective Thorn 19 episodes
1981 And Here Comes Bucknuckle Achilles Jones 6 episodes
I Can Jump Puddles Flogger Miniseries, 1 episode
1982 Winner Take All Howard Nash Miniseries, 10 episodes
1983–1984 Carson's Law Detective Sgt. Clem Harvey 8 episodes
1984 Eureka Stockade Attorney General Miniseries, 1 episode
Special Squad Thomas 1 episode
1985 Zoo Family Dr David 'Mitch' Mitchell 26 episodes
1986 Handle with Care Paul TV movie
The Flying Doctors Clive Hayes 1 episode
Whose Baby? Noel Jenkins Miniseries, 2 episodes
The Fast Lane Lance 1 episode
1988–1990 Mission: Impossible Colonel Joseph Batz / Dr. Philip Westerly 2 episodes
1989 Bodysurfer Bernie Miniseries, 2 episodes
Inside Running Dermott O'Brien 19 episodes
1990 Embassy Green 1 episode
1993 A Country Practice Sandy Davis 2 episodes
Time Trax Sheriff Dobbs 1 episode
Snowy Older Michael Miniseries, 13 episodes
1994 Official Denial Jonathon Applegate TV movie
1994–2004 Blue Heelers Commander Reg Jones / Harrison Brealey / Warren Bradford / Inspector Len Murray / Dr Matthews 6 episodes
1995 In Pursuit of Honor Sgt. Ernest Gruber TV movie
1996 English: Have a Go Professor Sayit 12 episodes
1999; 2000 SeaChange Port Deakin Mayor 2 episodes
1999; 2003 Stingers Doug Piper / Judge Frost 2 episodes
2000 Virtual Nightmare Andrew TV movie [7]
The Games Mr. Cabsav ABC 1 episode
2001 Something in the Air Father Mitchell 2 episodes
2002 Ponderosa 1 episode
All Saints Karl Brown 1 episode
MDA Bernard Bennett 1 episode
White Collar Blue General Gerald Sinclair 1 episode
2006 Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King Mr Woolrich 1 episode
2008 City Homicide Leigh Carrington 1 episode
2009–2010 Satisfaction Dr. De Courcy 3 episodes
2011 Judith Lucy's Spiritual Journey Doctor (flashback) 1 episode
2013 House Husbands John 2 episodes
2014 Party Tricks Opposition Leader Neil Thorby Miniseries, 1 episode [8]

Theatre

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1966 The Pageant of the Love Tree / The Happy Journey / The Farce of the Devil's Bridge / Elegant Edward Russell St Theatre, Melbourne with UTRC [9]
1972 Flash Jim Vaux Claremont Theatre Centre, Melbourne [9]
1973 Jumpers Russell St Theatre, Melbourne with MTC [9]
The Plough and the Stars Jack Clitheroe [1][9][10]
Mother Courage Princess Theatre, Melbourne with MTC [9]
Batman's Beach-Head Comedy Theatre, Melbourne with J. C. Williamson's & MTC [9]
Design for Living St Martins Theatre, Melbourne with MTC [9]
1973–1974 The Play's the Thing St Martins Theatre, Melbourne, Russell St Theatre, Melbourne with MTC [9]
The Last of the Knucklemen Russell St Theatre, Melbourne, Sydney Opera House, Playhouse, Canberra with MTC [9]
1974–1975 Equus Russell St Theatre, Melbourne with MTC [9]
Coralie Lansdowne Says No [9]
1975 The Double Dealer [9]
The Lady from the Sea St Martins Theatre, Melbourne with MTC [9]
The Revenger's Tragedy Supervacuo [9][11]
Kennedy's Children Playhouse, Adelaide, St Martins Theatre, Melbourne with MTC & SATC [9]
1975–1977 Kid Stakes Roo Webber Australian tour with MTC [9]
1976 Martello Towers St Martins Theatre, Melbourne with MTC [9]
Other Times Roo Webber Russell St Theatre, Melbourne with MTC [9]
1977 Summer of the Seventeenth Doll [9]
The Doll Trilogy [9]
Juno and the Paycock Jerry Devine Melbourne Athenaeum with MTC [9]
The Wild Duck First Guest [9]
The Merchant of Venice Bassanio [9]
Pygmalion Mrs Higgins' Butler [9]
Desire Under the Elms Simeon Cabot [9]
1978 Richard III Chorus [9]
The Beaux' Stratagem Bagshot [9]
Bodies David Russell St Theatre, Melbourne with MTC [9]
1980 Shakespeare the Sadist Peter Melbourne Athenaeum with MTC [9]
Bremen Coffee Miltenberger / Johann [9]
A Doll's House Nils Krogstad [9]
The Matchmaker Joe Scanlon / Rudolph [9]
Privates on Parade Sgt. Major Reg Drummond [9]
1981 Pete McGynty and the Dreamtime Alec / Others [9]
The Good Person of Setzuan God [9]
1983 The Maid's Tragedy The King [9]
1984 Candida Russell St Theatre, Melbourne with MTC [9]
Pack of Lies Peter [9]
1987 A Streetcar Named Desire Mitch Playhouse, Melbourne, Her Majesty's Theatre, Sydney with MTC [2][9]
1988 The Touch of Silk Jim Davidson Playhouse, Melbourne with MTC [9][12]
1989 Little Murders Russell St Theatre, Melbourne with MTC [9]
1990–1991 Hotel Sorrento Dick Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne, Monash University, Melbourne, Wharf Theatre, Sydney with Playbox & STC [9][2][13]
1992 The Chronicle of Macbeth Macbeth Australia / Tokyo tour with Playbox [9][14]
1993 A Happy and Holy Occasion Rev. Father Thurlogh O'Gorman Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne, Theatre Royal, Hobart with Playbox [9][15]
1996 Summer of the Seventeenth Doll Australian tour with MTC [9]
1997 For Better, for Worse Chapel Off Chapel, Melbourne with Bay Street Productions [9]
1998 Sylvia Australian tour with MTC [9]
1999 The Sick Room Paul Alexander Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne with Playbox [9][16]
2001 The Twilight Series Ensemble Collins St Baptist Church, Melbourne with Playbox [9][17]
2003 The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? Ross Fairfax Studio, Melbourne with MTC [9][18]
2004 Julia 3 Leon Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne with Playbox [9][19]
2005 The Night Season Patrick Kennedy Red Stitch Actors Theatre, Melbourne [2][9]

References

  1. ^ a b "Stage and Screen Actor Peter Curtin Passes Away". BroadwayWorld. 20 May 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Cuthbertson, Debbie (21 May 2014). "Acting world mourns death of Peter Curtin". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
  3. ^ "Vale Peter Curtin". Melbourne Theatre Company. 21 May 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2026.
  4. ^ "'Radical', 'a headrush', 'insanely clever': the best Australian books out in July". The Guardian. 4 July 2024. Retrieved 8 March 2026.
  5. ^ "Blood Money – Full Cast & Crew". TV Guide. Retrieved 9 March 2026.
  6. ^ "Tom White – Full Cast & Crew". TV Guide. Retrieved 8 March 2026.
  7. ^ "Virtual Nightmare – Full Cast & Crew". TV Guide. Retrieved 8 March 2026.
  8. ^ "Party Tricks – Full Cast & Crew". TV Guide. Retrieved 8 March 2026.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az "Peter Curtin". AusStage. Retrieved 8 March 2026.
  10. ^ "MTC pays tribute to Peter Curtin". artsreview.com.au. 21 May 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2026.
  11. ^ "Melbourne Theatre Company: The Revenger's Tragedy" (PDF). murphyandvernon.au. Retrieved 8 March 2026.
  12. ^ "The Touch of Silk". Theatregold. Retrieved 8 March 2026.
  13. ^ "Hotel Sorrento". Malthouse Theatre. Retrieved 8 March 2026.
  14. ^ "The Chronicle of Macbeth". Malthouse Theatre. Retrieved 8 March 2026.
  15. ^ "A Happy and Holy Occasion". Malthouse Theatre. Retrieved 8 March 2026.
  16. ^ "The Sick Room". Malthouse Theatre. Retrieved 8 March 2026.
  17. ^ "The Twilight Series". Malthouse Theatre. Retrieved 8 March 2026.
  18. ^ "The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?". Theatregold. Retrieved 8 March 2026.
  19. ^ "Julia 3". Malthouse Theatre. Retrieved 8 March 2026.
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