---
name: "Max Phipps"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/max-phipps"
fi1m_id: "max-phipps"
imdb_id: "nm0681041"
tmdb_id: 121417
wikidata_id: "Q6795099"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "18 November 1939"
died: "6 August 2000"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 85
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-18T07:49:49.078932+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."
---

# Max Phipps

## Identity

Max Phipps

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/max-phipps
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** max-phipps
- **IMDb ID:** nm0681041
- **TMDB ID:** 121417
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6795099
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Phipps, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6795099, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0681041/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/121417

Actor. Born 18 November 1939 in Dubbo. Died 6 August 2000.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 18 November 1939, Dubbo
- **Died:** 6 August 2000
- **Active:** 1981–1999
- **Also known as:** Maxwell John Phipps
- **Average Fi1m score:** 85, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 86 (2), 1990s 82 (1)
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 2, Action 1, Action & Adventure 1, Crime 1, Mystery 1, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $25m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Phipps, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6795099, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0681041/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/121417

## Biography

Max Phipps, also credited as Maxwell John Phipps, was an Australian actor. Born in Dubbo, New South Wales, on 18 November 1939, he trained at the Ensemble Theatre in Sydney from the age of 21 and appeared in numerous stage productions, including in London and as Dr Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Show in Melbourne.

His screen career spanned films and television from the 1960s to the 1990s. He is known for playing The Toadie in *Mad Max 2* (1981), Prime Minister Gough Whitlam in the miniseries *The Dismissal* (1983), and other roles in *The Cars That Ate Paris* (1974), *Thirst* (1979), *Stir* (1980) — for which he received an AFI nomination — *Nate and Hayes* (1983) and *Dark Age* (1987). He also appeared in *Farscape* (1999) and *Inspector Morse* (1987). Phipps died in Sydney on 6 August 2000.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Farscape* (1999), Fi1m 82, as Pa'u Tuzak — [page](https://film.one/tv/farscape.md)
- *Inspector Morse* (1987), Fi1m 84, as DI Glenn McAllister — [page](https://film.one/tv/inspector-morse.md)
- *Mad Max 2* (1981), Fi1m 88, as The Toadie — [page](https://film.one/film/mad-max-2.md)

## Complete filmography (40)

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

- *Farscape* (1999), series, as Pa'u Tuzak — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/farscape.md)
- *Without Warning* (1999), as Mayberry
- *All Saints* (1998), series, as Joe Goretski
- *Big Sky* (1997), series, as Ellison
- *Fire* (1995), series, as Edward "Dinosaur" Spence
- *Halifax f.p.* (1994), series, as Derrida
- *The Man from Snowy River* (1994), series, as Commissioner
- *The Miraculous Mellops* (1991), series, Actor
- *Filipina Dreamgirls* (1991), as Ray
- *What the Moon Saw* (1990), as Mr. Zachary
- *Sky Trackers* (1990), as Doctor Giles
- *How Wonderful* (1990), Actor
- *Police State* (1989), as Sir Terence Lewis
- *E Street* (1989), series, as Joseph Parker
- *Dark Age* (1987), as John Besser
- *Rafferty's Rules* (1987), series, as Vern O'Connor
- *Inspector Morse* (1987), series, as DI Glenn McAllister — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/inspector-morse.md)
- *My Brother Tom* (1986), as J.B. Strapp
- *The Blue Lightning* (1986), as Brutus Cathcart
- *Sky Pirates* (1986), as Savage
- *The Siege of Barton's Bathroom* (1986), as Mr. Jensen
- *Emoh Ruo* (1985), as Sam Tregado
- *Zoo Family* (1985), series, as Elephant Jim
- *Nate and Hayes* (1983), as Ben Pease
- *The Dismissal* (1983), series, as Gough Whitlam
- *Who Killed Baby Azaria?* (1983), as Mr Baker QC
- *The Return of Captain Invincible* (1983), as Admiral
- *Dead Easy* (1982), as Francis
- *Women of the Sun* (1982), series, as Doug Cutler
- *Mad Max 2* (1981), as The Toadie — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/mad-max-2.md)
- *Nightmares* (1980), as George D'alberg
- *Stir* (1980), as Norton
- *Thirst* (1979), as Mr. Hodge
- *Temperament Unsuited* (1978), Actor
- *Benny Hill Down Under* (1977), as Various
- *Polly My Love* (1975), Actor
- *The Cars That Ate Paris* (1974), as Rev. Mulray
- *Snake Gully With Dad 'N' Dave* (1972), series, Actor
- *Hancock Down Under* (1972), as Hotel Clerk
- *You Can't See 'round Corners* (1969), as Keith Grayson

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