---
name: "Gus Mercurio"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/gus-mercurio"
fi1m_id: "gus-mercurio"
imdb_id: "nm0580517"
tmdb_id: 44843
wikidata_id: "Q1555323"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "10 August 1928"
died: "7 December 2010"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 45
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-04T20:18:13.204030+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Gus Mercurio

## Identity

Gus Mercurio

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/gus-mercurio
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** gus-mercurio
- **IMDb ID:** nm0580517
- **TMDB ID:** 44843
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1555323
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gus_Mercurio, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1555323, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0580517/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/44843

Actor. Born 10 August 1928 in Milwaukee. Died 7 December 2010.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 10 August 1928, Milwaukee
- **Died:** 7 December 2010
- **Active:** 1980–1988
- **Average Fi1m score:** 45, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gus_Mercurio, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1555323, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0580517/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/44843

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Blue Lagoon*](https://film.one/film/the-blue-lagoon.md) (46)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Gus Mercurio was an American-born Australian character actor. Born Augustino Eugenio Mercurio on 10 August 1928 in West Bend, Wisconsin, he moved to Australia where he worked in radio, television and film from the 1970s onwards.

His screen credits include the role of Officer in *The Blue Lagoon* (1980), Frew in *The Man from Snowy River* (1982), Red in *Turkey Shoot* (1982), Frank in *Crocodile Dundee II* (1988) and First Mate in *Return to the Blue Lagoon* (1991). He also appeared in numerous Australian television series. Mercurio was the father of dancer and actor Paul Mercurio. He died on 7 December 2010 in Melbourne.

*Sources: web.archive.org, imdb.com, bbc.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Crocodile Dundee II* (1988), Fi1m 44, as Frank — [page](https://film.one/film/crocodile-dundee-ii.md)
- *The Blue Lagoon* (1980), Fi1m 46, as Officer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-blue-lagoon.md)

## Complete filmography (30)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Dalkeith* (2001), as Enzo Petroni
- *Doing Time for Patsy Cline* (1997), as Tyrone
- *Flipper* (1995), series, as Edward Walter 'Cap' Daulton
- *Stark* (1993), series, as Larry
- *Official Denial* (1993), as Joe Dan
- *Blue Heelers* (1993), series, Actor
- *Survive the Savage Sea* (1992), as Mr. Haines
- *Return to the Blue Lagoon* (1991), as First Mate
- *Mission: Impossible* (1988), series, as Bob Connors
- *Badlands 2005* (1988), as Stubbs
- *Crocodile Dundee II* (1988), as Frank — Fi1m 44, [page](https://film.one/film/crocodile-dundee-ii.md)
- *Running from the Guns* (1987), as Chazza
- *The Challenge* (1986), series, as Vic Romagna
- *The Flying Doctors* (1986), series, as Happy
- *I Live With Me Dad* (1985), as Waldo Skrimm
- *Five Mile Creek* (1983), series, Actor
- *All the Rivers Run* (1983), series, Actor
- *The Return of Captain Invincible* (1983), as Noisy Garbageman
- *Next of Kin* (1982), Stunt Coordinator
- *The Man from Snowy River* (1982), as Frew
- *Turkey Shoot* (1982), as Red
- *The Blue Lagoon* (1980), as Officer — Fi1m 46, [page](https://film.one/film/the-blue-lagoon.md)
- *Harlequin* (1980), as Mr. Bergier
- *Dead Man's Float* (1980), as Mr. Dobraski
- *Raw Deal* (1977), as Ben
- *The Adventures of Eliza Fraser* (1976), as Darge
- *Tandarra* (1976), series, Actor
- *Cash and Company* (1975), series, Actor
- *Alvin Rides Again* (1974), as Jake
- *McCloud* (1970), series, Actor

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Medal of the Order of Australia 2012: Medal of the Order of Australia (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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