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name: "John Hargreaves"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-hargreaves"
fi1m_id: "john-hargreaves"
imdb_id: "nm0362970"
tmdb_id: 93518
wikidata_id: "Q1700377"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "28 November 1945"
died: "8 January 1996"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T20:18:50.211536+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."
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# John Hargreaves

## Identity

John Hargreaves

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/john-hargreaves
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** john-hargreaves
- **IMDb ID:** nm0362970
- **TMDB ID:** 93518
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1700377
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hargreaves_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1700377, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0362970/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/93518

Actor. Born 28 November 1945 in Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Australia. Died 8 January 1996.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 28 November 1945, Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Australia
- **Died:** 8 January 1996
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hargreaves_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1700377, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0362970/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/93518

## Biography

John Hargreaves was an Australian actor. Born in Murwillumbah, New South Wales, he graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in 1970 after earlier working as a teacher.

He appeared in a range of Australian films and television productions. His credits include *Mad Dog Morgan* (1976), *Don's Party* (1976), *Long Weekend* (1978), *The Odd Angry Shot* (1979), *Malcolm* (1986) as Frank Baker, and *Cry Freedom* (1987) as Bruce. He played the title role in the 1970s television drama series *Young Ramsay* and had numerous stage roles.

Hargreaves won three Australian Film Institute Awards and was nominated six times. In 1994 he became the first actor to receive the Byron Kennedy Award. He died in Sydney in 1996.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Cry Freedom* (1987), Fi1m 72, as Bruce — [page](https://film.one/film/cry-freedom.md)

## Complete filmography (40)

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

- *Lust and Revenge* (1996), as Gallery Sleaze
- *Blue Murder* (1995), series, as Chester Porter QC
- *Hotel Sorrento* (1995), as Dick Bennett
- *Country Life* (1994), as Jack Dickens
- *No Worries* (1994), as Clive Ryan
- *Blackfellas* (1993), as Detective Maxwell
- *The Leaving of Liverpool* (1992), series, Actor
- *Rome Roméo* (1992), as David Waldberg
- *Marie Curie, une femme honorable* (1991), series, as Ernest Rutherford
- *Sweet Revenge* (1990), as Jim Harris
- *Emerald City* (1988), as Colin Rogers
- *The Alien Years* (1988), series, as William
- *The Lizard King* (1988), as Rhys
- *The Heroes* (1988), as Ted Carse
- *Boundaries of the Heart* (1988), as Andy Ford
- *Cry Freedom* (1987), as Bruce — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/cry-freedom.md)
- *The Place at the Coast* (1987), as Neil McAdam
- *Comrades* (1987), as Convict
- *Double Sculls* (1986), as Sam Larkin
- *Malcolm* (1986), as Frank Baker
- *Sky Pirates* (1986), as Lt.Harris
- *My First Wife* (1984), as John
- *The Great Gold Swindle* (1984), as Ray Mickelberg
- *Careful, He Might Hear You* (1983), as Logan
- *Scales of Justice* (1983), series, as Constable Borland
- *The Dismissal* (1983), series, as Dr. Jim Cairns
- *Hoodwink* (1981), as Martin Stang
- *The Killing of Angel Street* (1981), as Elliot
- *Beyond Reasonable Doubt* (1980), as Arthur Allan Thomas
- *Long Weekend* (1979), as Peter
- *The Odd Angry Shot* (1979), as Bung
- *Little Boy Lost* (1978), as Jacko Walls
- *A Good Thing Going* (1978), as Phil Harris
- *Young Ramsay* (1977), series, Actor
- *Deathcheaters* (1976), as Steve Hall
- *Don's Party* (1976), as Don Henderson
- *Bluey* (1976), series, as Yates
- *Mad Dog Morgan* (1976), as Baylis
- *Power Without Glory* (1976), series, Actor
- *The Removalists* (1975), as Constable Neville Ross

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Sitges Film Festival Best Actor award 1978: Sitges Film Festival Best Actor award (won), for *Long Weekend*

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

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