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Australian actor

Bille Brown
BornWilliam Gerard Brown
(1952-01-11)11 January 1952
Biloela, Queensland, Australia
Died13 January 2013(2013-01-13) (aged 61)
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Alma materUniversity of Queensland
Occupation(s)Actor, playwright, director
Years active1976–2012
AwardsMember of the Order of Australia

William Gerald Brown AM (11 January 1952 – 13 January 2013) professionally known as Bille Brown was an Australian stage, film and television actor, director and acclaimed playwright.

Early life

Brown was born in the coal, wheat and cotton country town of Biloela, Queensland, to Bill and Maureen Brown. His father, Bill, was almost two generations older and had worked as a stockman, publican and railway worker. His mother Maureen worked in Creevey’s music store. He was raised Catholic.

While growing up in Biloela, Brown played piano, wrote poetry, painted, as well as performing small stage pieces at the local theatre. He also spent time as a rugby league referee.

Brown initially had aspirations to become a painter, attending a summer painting school in Brisbane at the age of 16. He subsequently undertook tertiary studies at the University of Queensland (UQ) to be a history and geography teacher, and while doing so, became involved with the student drama company Dramsoc. He made his professional debut with the Queensland Theatre Company in 1971, working alongside Geoffrey Rush. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Drama and a Postgraduate Diploma of Education in 1973.

Career

Theatre

Brown's career took him abroad to Britain, where he joined the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), and was the first Australian commissioned to write and perform in their own play The Swan Down Gloves. The show opened at the Barbican Theatre and had a Royal Command Performance. He appeared in the RSC's premiere production of The Wizard of Oz in the roles of the Wicked Witch of the West and Miss Gulch, for which he was nominated for an Laurence Olivier Award in 1988.

As a member of the RSC, Brown toured with their productions throughout Europe, playing Paris, Vienna, Berlin and Munich. Brown also performed in the West End, at the Aldwych and Haymarket Theatres, the Chichester Festival Theatre, English National Opera and Dublin Theatre Festival.

Brown made his Broadway debut as an actor in 1986 in Michael Frayn's Wild Honey with Ian McKellen, directed by Christopher Morahan, and as a playwright with his adaptation of a benefit performance of A Christmas Carol in 1985, featuring Len Cariou as Scrooge. That same year his adaptation of A Christmas Carol was staged in London and on Broadway, and then the following year at the Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire, Illinois starring F. Murray Abraham as Scrooge.

Brown returned to Australia to live permanently in 1996. He had an outstanding career on stage and performed for many leading Australian theatre companies, including Queensland Theatre Company, Sydney Theatre Company, Bell Shakespeare Company, Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne Theatre Company, Company B, State Theatre Company of South Australia, Marian St Theatre, La Boite and the Old Tote Theatre at the Sydney Opera House.

In 1996, he directed the Australian stage production of Hugh Lunn's Over the Top with Jim, which exceeded box office expectations. He had huge success with his role as Count Almaviva in Beaumarchais' The Marriage of Figaro, with Geoffrey Rush, which opened the new Playhouse in Brisbane in September 1998. In 1999 he also had major success throughout Australia as Oscar Wilde in the Belvoir St production of David Hare's The Judas Kiss, for which he won a Matilda Award.

Brown also directed John Cleese in his solo show John Cleese – His Lifetimes and Medical Problems, as well as directing the operas Don Giovanni and Samson and Delilah.

In 2009, Brown wrote and performed in Queensland Theatre Company's The School of Arts, a production about 'College Players' who toured Shakespeare through Queensland in the late 1960s. He also wrote Bill and Mary, based on imaginary conversations between the poet Mary Gilmore and the portrait painter William Dobell while she was sitting for him. and Aladdin for The Old Vic, starring Sir Ian McKellan.

Brown was the recipient of a 2009 Helpmann Award for his role as King Arthur in the musical Monty Python musical Spamalot. In 2012, he performed to critical acclaim as Bruscon in sell-out seasons of Thomas Bernhard’s play The Histrionic in both Melbourne and Sydney, receiving a Helpmann Awards nomination.

In 2002, when the Queensland Theatre Company moved to Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC), they named their theatre space the "Bille Brown Studio", in recognition of Brown's contribution to the Arts and the 29 QTC productions he had appeared in.

Film and television

John Cleese cast Brown in 1997 film Fierce Creatures (the sequel to A Fish Called Wanda), after spotting him performing onstage at Stratford in the UK.

Brown appeared in several other films, including Oscar and Lucinda (1997) as Percy Smith, The Dish (2000) as the Prime Minister, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010) as Coriakin, Killer Elite (2011) as Colonel Fitz and Singularity (2013) as Egerton.

Brown also appeared in a variety of Australian television roles. He had a 13 episode recurring role as Lightfoot in drama series Big Sky in 1999. He played Howard in miniseries A Difficult Woman (1999), and Booth in miniseries The Farm (2001).

He made guest appearances in Medivac (1997), Bad Cop, Bad Cop (2002), White Collar Blue (2003), Grass Roots (2003), The Cooks (2004), The Hollowmen (2008), All Saints (2000 and 2009), Wild Boys (2011), Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries and Rake (both 2012). He also guested in US series The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones (1999) and UK series Heartbeat (2009).

He played former Australian Prime Minister Robert Menzies in the made for television film Curtin. Brown was nominated for an Australian Film Institute Award for his supporting role as George Ritchie in the 2009 television film 3 Acts of Murder.

Teaching

Brown was Artist-in-Residence at the State University of New York in 1982, a visiting professor at the State University of New York at New Paltz, and Writer-in-Residence at The Acting Company, New York.

In 1999 he accepted an offer to be Adjunct Professor in the School of English, Media Studies and Art History at the University of Queensland, and gave workshops and master classes for drama students. He received an Honorary Doctorate of Letters from the university in 2011.

Brown was also Lecturer in Drama and Theatre at Australian Catholic University (ACU), Queensland University of Technology (QUT), The Michael Chekhov Studio and University of New York.

Honours and awards

Year Work Award Category Result
1988 The Wizard of Oz Laurence Olivier Awards Outstanding Performance of the Year by an Actor in a Musical Nominated
1992 Twelfth Night Matilda Awards Gold Matilda Award for Performance in a Play Won
1999 Judas Kiss Matilda Awards Performance in a Play Won
2001 Bille Brown Centenary Medal Distinguished Service to the Arts Honoured
2009 Monty Python's Spamalot Helpmann Awards Best Male Actor in a Musical Won
2009 3 Acts of Murder Australian Film Institute Awards Best Guest or Supporting Actor in a Television Drama Nominated
2011 Bille Brown Australia Day Honours List Member of the Order of Australia (AM) Service to the performing arts as an actor and playwright, and to education Honoured
2011 Bille Brown University of Queensland Honorary Doctorate of Letters Honoured
2012 The Histrionic Helpmann Awards Best Male Actor in a Play Nominated

Personal life

Brown was often referred to as "The Boy from Biloela".

He had a sister, Rita Carter, who was a primary school teacher in Kenmore, Brisbane.

Brown was openly gay. He had two long-term relationships, including a male live-in partner in the US, but also had girlfriends.

Death

Brown died after a year-long battle with bowel cancer on 13 January 2013, two days after his 61st birthday, in the suburb of Chermside in Brisbane. After a private funeral, a public memorial service was held at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre on 4 February 2013. The eulogy was delivered by longtime friend and colleague Geoffrey Rush.

Filmography

Film

Year Work Award Type
1997 Fierce Creatures Neville Coltrane Feature film
1997 Oscar and Lucinda Percy Smith Feature film
1999 Passion John Grainger Feature film
2000 Walk the Talk Barry Feature film
2000 The Dish Prime Minister Feature film
2001 Serenades Pastor Hoffman Feature film
2001 The Man Who Sued God Gerry Ryan Feature film
2002 Black and White Sir Thomas Playford Feature film
2002 Dirty Deeds Senator Feature film
2003 Silent Storm Hedley Marston Docudrama film
2005 Blackjack: In the Money Tez Miller TV movie
2007 Curtin Robert Menzies TV movie
2007 Unfinished Sky Bob Potter Feature film
2008 Ascension The Leader Short film
2008 Dying Breed Harvey / Rowan Feature film
2009 The Pessimist Bob Short film
2009 3 Acts of Murder George Ritchie TV movie
2009 At World's End (aka Ved verdens ende) James Hall Feature film
2010 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader Coriakin Feature film
2011 The Eye of the Storm Dudley Feature film
2011 Killer Elite Colonel Fitz Feature film
2011 Mug's Game Bill Mayer Short film
2012 Silver Stiletto Father Hegerty Short film
2013 Singularity (aka The Lovers) Egerton (final film role) Feature film

Television

Year Work Award Type
1997 Medivac Prosecutor TV series, season 2, 2 episodes
1998 A Difficult Woman Howard Miniseries, 3 episodes
1999 Big Sky Lightfoot TV series, season 2, 13 episodes
1999 The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles Hinkel TV series, season 3, episode 1: "Tales of Innocence"
2001 The Farm Booth Miniseries, 3 episodes
2002 Bad Cop, Bad Cop Detective 'Blue' Wales Miniseries, episode 2: "He Who Slips on Milkshakes"
2003 White Collar Blue Tony Heron TV series, season 1, episode 18
2003 Grass Roots Hector Abbott TV series, season 2, episode 6: "Egomania"
2004 The Cooks Colin TV series, episode 5: "Waltzing Sakamoto"
2008 The Hollowmen Senator Ron Engels TV series, episode 2: "The Ambassador"
2000, 2009 All Saints Steve Coulter / Bill Lewis TV series, 3 episodes
2009 Heartbeat Sergeant Flaherty TV series, season 18, 2 episodes
2011 Wild Boys Booth TV series, episode 12
2012 Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries Bart Tarrant TV series, season 1, episode 6: "Ruddy Gore"
The Kennedys Miniseries
2012 Rake Dominic Rose TV series, season 2, episode 7: "Greene vs Hole"

Theatre

As actor

Year Work Award Type
1971 The Wrong Side of the Moon Tomlyn SGIO Theatre, Brisbane with QTC
1971 Hadrian VII SGIO Theatre, Brisbane with QTC
1972 A Refined Look at Existence Donny La Boite Theatre, Brisbane
1973 Indians La Boite Theatre, Brisbane
1973 President Wilson in Paris President Wilson La Boite Theatre, Brisbane with QTC
1973 White with Wire Wheels Rod La Boite Theatre with QTC
1973 Pygmalion SGIO Theatre, Brisbane with QTC
1973 The Imaginary Invalid Monsieur Argan SGIO Theatre, Brisbane with QTC
1973 Hamlet on Ice Cement Box Theatre, Brisbane with Frame and Kennett Promotions
1973 Suddenly at Home SGIO Theatre, Brisbane with QTC
1974 Mandrake SGIO Theatre, Brisbane with QTC
1974 Death of a Salesman SGIO Theatre, Brisbane with QTC
1974 The Rivals SGIO Theatre, Brisbane with QTC
1974 The Philanthropist SGIO Theatre, Brisbane with QTC
1974 The Chapel Perilous Michael Sydney Opera House with Old Tote Theatre Company
1975 The Taming of the Shrew Tranio (later disguised as Lucentio) SGIO Theatre, Brisbane with QTC
1976–1977 Wild Oats Ruffian 1 / Waiter, Wild Oats Aldwych Theatre, London, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford with RSC
1977–1978 As You Like It Duke's Bodyguard / Forester / Jaques de Boys Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford, Theatre Royal, Newcastle with RSC
1977–1978 Henry VI, Part 1 Sir Thomas Gargrave / Soldier at the Gate Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford, Theatre Royal, Newcastle, Aldwych Theatre, London with RSC
1977–1978 Henry VI, Part 2 Sawyer
1977–1978 Henry VI, Part 3 Keeper / Watch
1977–1979 Coriolanus Volscian Citizen 2 Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford, Aldwych Theatre, London, RSC tour
1978 Hamlet on Ice Editor / Gertrude Young Vic, London with RSC
1978 The Women-Pirates Ann Bonney and Mary Read Soldier Aldwych Theatre, London with RSC
1978 Old Tyme Music Hall Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford Aldwych Theatre, London with RSC
1978 Saratoga, or Pistols for Seven Frederick Carter Aldwych Theatre, London with RSC
1980–1981 Hamlet Barnardo / English Ambassador / Reynaldo Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford, Theatre Royal, Newcastle with RSC
1980–1981 As You Like It Le Beau / Sir Oliver Martext Theatre Royal, Newcastle, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford, Aldwych Theatre, London with RSC
1980–1981 Richard II Sir Henry Green Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford, Aldwych Theatre, London, Theatre Royal, Newcastle with RSC
1980–1981 Richard III Lord Lovel
1980–1982 The Swan Down Gloves Griselda Brimstone Barbican Theatre, London Royal Command Performance, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford, Aldwych Theatre, London, New York with RSC
1981 Troilus and Cressida Paris Aldwych Theatre, London with RSC
1983 Much Ado About Nothing Benedick Albert Park Amphitheatre, Brisbane with QTC
1984 Henry V King Henry V Albert Park Amphitheatre, Brisbane with QTC
1985 The Real Thing Henry SGIO Theatre, Brisbane with QTC
1985 Cheapside Cremorne Theatre, Brisbane, Redcliffe Entertainment Centre with QTC
1985, 1986 A Christmas Carol London, Symphony Space, Broadway with RSC, Marriott Theatre, Lincolnshire, Illinois
1986 Wild Honey Dr Triletzky Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, Virginia Theater, New York
The Threepenny Opera Shaw Festival, USA
The Millionairess Shaw Festival, USA
Accidental Death of an Anarchist Broadway / LA
A Man for All Seasons Broadway / LA
Almost a Joke State University of New York at New Paltz, Broadway / LA
The Fantasticks State University of New York at New Paltz, Broadway / LA
The School for Scandal Dublin Theatre Festival
Dear Liar McKenna Productions, New York
Waiting for Godot Virginia Stage Company
The Beastly Beastitudes of Balthazar Virginia Stage Company
Life Class Art Institute of Chicago
1987–1989 The Wizard of Oz Wicked Witch of the West / Miss Gulch London Fringe Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford, Barbican Theatre, London with RSC
1987 The Merry Wives of Windsor John Falstaff Albert Park Amphitheatre, Brisbane with QTC
1989–1990 London Assurance Richard Dazzle Theatre Royal, Bath, Chichester Festival Theatre & other locations
Love's Labour's Lost Chichester Festival Theatre
1992 Popular Mechanicals 1 and 2 Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney
1992 Twelfth Night Malvolio Suncorp Theatre, Brisbane with QTC
Richard II Grin and Tonic
King Lear Grin and Tonic
1993 Kiss of the Spiderwoman Molina La Boite Theatre, Brisbane with Orford Productions International
1993 And a Nightingale Sang George Cremorne Theatre, Brisbane with QTC
1993 The Caucasian Chalk Circle Cremorne Theatre, Brisbane with Queensland Performing Arts Trust & QUT
1993 The Shaughraun or The Loveable Rascal Corry Kinchela Suncorp Theatre, Brisbane with QTC
1993 A Christmas Carol Concert Hall, Brisbane with Orford Productions International
1993–1994 Twelfth Night Sir Andrew Aguecheek Barbican Theatre, London, Theatre Royal, Newcastle upon Tyne, Barbican Theatre, London, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford with RSC
1994, 1995 Measure for Measure Elbow Theatre Royal, Newcastle upon Tyne, Barbican Theatre, London with RSC
1995–1996 La Belle Vivette M. Boulot London Coliseum with English National Opera
1997 Summer Rain Harold Suncorp Theatre, Brisbane with QTC
1997 After the Ball Stephen MacCrae (older) Suncorp Theatre, Brisbane, Theatre Royal, Hobart, Playhouse, Melbourne, Her Majesty's Theatre, Adelaide, Monash University with QTC & MTC
1998 Tom and Clem Marian Street Theatre, Sydney with Northside Theatre Company
1998 The Marriage of Figaro Count Atmaviva Playhouse, Brisbane with QTC
1999 The Judas Kiss Oscar Wilde Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney, Playhouse, Melbourne, Playhouse, Canberra, The Capital, Bendigo, Playhouse, Brisbane
1999, 2000 Twelfth Night Malvolio Playhouse, Adelaide with STCSA
2000, 2001 Troilus and Cressida Calchas Melbourne Athenaeum, Playhouse, Canberra, Sydney Opera House with Bell Shakespeare
2001 The Forest Gennadiy Dem'yanych Neschastlivtsev Playhouse, Brisbane with QTC
2001 King Ubu Pa Ubu Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney
2002, 2003 Bill and Mary Bill Dobell Playhouse, Brisbane, Stables Theatre, Sydney
2003 Hamlet Old Hamlet / First Player / Gravedigger Sydney Opera House, Orange Civic Theatre, Playhouse, Canberra, Ford Theatre, Geelong, Playhouse, Melbourne, Theatre Royal, Hobart with Bell Shakespeare
2003 Howard Katz Howard Katz Sydney Opera House with STC
2004 Twelfth Night Malvolio Sydney Opera House, Playhouse, Melbourne, Playhouse, Canberra, Illawarra Performing Arts Centre, Orange Civic Theatre with Bell Shakespeare
2005 Hitchcock Blonde Hitch Playhouse, Melbourne with MTC
2006, 2008 Feasting on Flesh Ringmaster Spiegeltent, Brisbane, Sydney Opera House, Edinburgh Festival with Strut 'n' Fret
2007 Exit the King The Doctor / Astrologist Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne, Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney
2007 Spamalot King Arthur / Understudy for Patsy Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne with Michael Coppel for MICF
2009 The School of Arts Bronson Savage Playhouse, Brisbane & Queensland regional tour with QTC
2009 Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Lawrence Jameson State Theatre, Melbourne with The Production Company
2010 Elizabeth: Almost by Chance a Woman Shakespeare / Lady Donna Zogretta Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne
2011 The Seagull Dorn Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney
2011 As You Like It Duke Frederick / Jacques Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney
2012 The Histrionic Bruscon Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne, Wharf Theatre with STC
The Chocolate Frog QTC

As writer / director

Year Work Award Type
1973 Ship of Fools Writer Brisbane Grammar School
1974 Springle Writer QTC
1975 The Taming of the Shrew Musical Arranger SGIO Theatre, Brisbane with QTC
1975–1987 Tufff... Playwright QTC, Royal Court Theare, London, Riverina Playhouse, Wagga Wagga
1975 Egg Froth the Frithed Playwright QTC
1977 Prunes Writer QTC
1978–1982 The Peculiar Treasure Writer Six part series of plays
1978–1982 God's Idiots Director University of New York
1980–1982, 1987 The Swan Down Gloves Playwright / Lyricist / Bookwriter / Director Barbican Theatre, London Royal Command Performance, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford, Aldwych Theatre, London & McKenna Theatre at State University of New York at New Paltz with RSC
1983 Playfolk Writer
1985, 1986 A Christmas Carol Adaptor London, Symphony Space, Broadway with RSC Marriott Theatre, Lincolnshire, Illinois
1985 Unreal Writer STCSA
1986 Colorados (renamed version of Playfolk) Writer Shaw Festival, Pennsylvania
The Philanthropist Director State University of New York at New Paltz
Almost a Joke Writer State University of New York at New Paltz, Broadway / LA
1988 The Light Fantastik Writer Corning Glass Works, New York
c.1988 Séance Writer
1991 The Country Party: A Political Romance Writer
1991 Faust Associate Director Lyric Theatre, Brisbane with Opera Queensland & Victorian Opera
1993 A Christmas Carol Adaptor Concert Hall, Brisbane with Orford Productions International
1996 Redskins (renamed version of Playfolk) Playwright Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford, The Other Place, Stratford
1996 Over the Top with Jim Director / Script consultant Conservatorium Theatre, Brisbane with QPAC for Brisbane Festival
1997, 1998 Samson et Dalila Director Lyric Theatre, Brisbane, State Theatre, Melbourne, Sydney Opera House with Opera Queensland
2000 National Playwrights Conference Director STCSA
2002, 2003 Bill and Mary Playwright Playhouse, Brisbane, Stables Theatre, Sydney
2004–2005 Aladdin Adaptor The Old Vic, London
2005 John Cleese – His Life, Times and Medical Problems Director New Zealand & New York tours with Adrian Bohm Productions
2009 The School of Arts Actor / Playwright Playhouse, Brisbane & Queensland regional tour with QTC
Don Giovanni Director Opera Queensland
A Rossini Gala Director Opera Queensland
The Magic Flute Director Opera Queensland
Noyes Fludde (aka Noah's Flood) Director St John’s Cathedral, Brisbane with Opera Queensland

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