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Andrew McFarlane (born 6 June 1951) is an Australian actor with many stage and screen credits.〔 == Life and career == McFarlane was born in Albany, Western Australia. After the family moved to Melbourne he attended Camberwell Grammar School and was involved in school plays and school cadets. After making his TV debut in Crawfords police dramas ''Homicide'' and ''Matlock Police'', he won a recurring on ''Division 4'' before joining World War II soap opera ''The Sullivans'' as initially intellectual oldest son John Sullivan.〔(1977 – Andrew McFarlane )〕 He left the series after eighteen months and in the storyline John was reported missing in action - the writers left his final fate unresolved in the hope McFarlane would return to the show. McFarlane returned to the role in the TV movie The John Sullivan Story.〔(Andrew McFarlane (IMDB) )〕 The role gained McFarlane a Sammy Award for best supporting actor in a TV series in 1977.〔http://www.crawfords.com.au/awards/awards_sullivans.shtml〕 He later took the lead role in the miniseries ''The Flying Doctors'', reprising the role in the ongoing series that followed. Again he left the series after 16 episodes at the height of its popularity; however, he returned in the fifth season for another 37 episodes. He also appeared in ''Rafferty's Rules'' as "Police Prosecutor Gibson". McFarlane has since played the father of Tasha Andrews father in soap opera ''Home and Away'', and in 2005 played Bobby Hoyland in the soap opera ''Neighbours''.〔 He has also been a ''Play School'' presenter since 2000 〔 and was also one of Governor Phillip's people on ''Australian History'' on ABC. He acted in the TV series ''Spellbinder'' as Brian Reynolds, Paul's father and played Hugh Delaney in the miniseries ''The Alice''. In 2009 he portrayed prominent Australian anti-drugs campaigner and murder victim Donald Mackay in the series ''Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities''.〔(Andrew McFarlane ) (Donald Mackay)〕 McFarlane appeared in a musical for the first time in 2010; ''Fame - the Musical'' at the Capitol Theatre, Sydney.〔http://mosman-daily.whereilive.com.au/lifestyle/story/andrews-shot-at-fame/〕 He has long been open about his homosexuality.〔(Playing it straight, 5 October 2006 ). Retrieved 21 June 2015〕〔"What I Know About Women", ''Sunday Life'' magazine, ''The Sunday Age'', 21 June 2015, p. 30〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Andrew McFarlane (Australian actor)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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