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name: "Michael Duffield"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michael-duffield"
fi1m_id: "michael-duffield"
tmdb_id: 1855840
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "20 January 1915"
died: "16 June 1986"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T00:15:25.642617+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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# Michael Duffield

## Identity

Michael Duffield

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/michael-duffield
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** michael-duffield
- **TMDB ID:** 1855840
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1855840

Actor. Born 20 January 1915 in Reading, Berkshire, England. Died 16 June 1986.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 20 January 1915, Reading, Berkshire, England
- **Died:** 16 June 1986
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1855840

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Last Wave*](https://film.one/film/the-last-wave.md) (77)

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## Biography

Michael Duffield (20 January 1915 – 16 June 1986) was an English-born character actor who worked extensively in Australia. Born in Reading, Berkshire, he began his career with a role in the 1939 television play *French Without Tears* and appeared in more than fifty onscreen parts over the following decades.

Duffield was also a prominent stage actor, beginning in 1950 and performing in numerous productions with the Melbourne Theatre Company. He won awards in 1962 for his performance in *The Caretaker* and played Winston Churchill in *The Soldiers*. He received a nomination for the 1979 AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his role as Methuselah in *The Last of the Knucklemen* (1979), which he had originated on stage. His film credits include *The Last Wave* (1977), in which he played Andrew Potter.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Last Wave* (1977), Fi1m 77, as Andrew Potter — [page](https://film.one/film/the-last-wave.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

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

- *Departure* (1986), as Presley Swift
- *Robbery Under Arms* (1985), as Mr. Falkland
- *Women of the Sun* (1982), series, as Muller
- *Sara Dane* (1982), series, as Governor Bligh
- *Deadline* (1982), as Air Vice Marshall
- *The Last of the Knucklemen* (1979), as Methuselah
- *The Last Wave* (1977), as Andrew Potter — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/the-last-wave.md)
- *Stork* (1971), as Judge
- *Two Thousand Weeks* (1969), as Will's father
- *Macbeth* (1965), as Seyton
- *Rock You Sinners* (1957), as Paul Selway

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