James Condon - The Prisoner Connection - Part 1

Описание: James Thomas Condon (27 September 1923 – 14 February 2014) was an Australian pioneering actor of early theatre, radio and television, as well as a scriptwriter and voice over, primarily a character actor or supporting player, he was best known for his numerous radio and television roles in serials and television movies particularly, although he did play the title character in the early local TV soap opera The Story of Peter Gray.


He started his career in repertory theatre alongside his sister Coralie in 1941, before he joined ABC Radio in Perth in 1942. He served with the Royal Australian Air Force during World War II, being promoted to flight lieutenant.

After the war, Condon went to England and worked for the BBC before returning to Australia in 1951 to resume his acting career, working on radio serials, including Portia Faces Life. When TV arrived in Australia in 1956, he moved to Sydney and appeared on the opening night of ABN2, Sydney, and in a number of ABC plays, including Tomorrow's Child and A Phoenix Too Frequent.

He played the lead role in ATN7's The Story of Peter Gray, one of the first soap opera dramas produced for Australian television in 1961. Also in 1961, while hosting his variety show What's Next, Condon hosted an old friend from Perth, Ray Hartley, to talk about his recent successes in London and New York. Hartley was a world-class Australian pianist, composer, arranger and philanthropist.

He made many other appearances on television, including Homicide, Matlock Police, Number 96 (both the TV serial and the 1974 feature film spin-off, playing different characters) and Bellamy.

Television roles also include The Young Doctors, Carson's Law, Sons and Daughters,, The Flying Doctors, Blue Heelers and Something in the Air.