- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- March 14, 1918
- Place of Birth
- Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Died
- February 3, 2010
John McCallum
McCallum's father, John Neil McCallum Sr., was a theatre owner and entrepreneur, who built and for many years ran the 2,000 seat Cremorne Theatre on the banks of the Brisbane River. After emigrating from Scotland, McCallum Snr. became an accomplished musician, and was soon heavily involved in Brisbane's entertainment scene. His mother was an accomplished amateur actress who was born in England. In 1918, McCallum Jr. was born in Brisbane during the opening night of a comedy performance. After his birth, a family friend sent his father a wire: 'Congratulations on two howling successes'. McCallum was exposed to acting at a young age: his early childhood was full of backstage encounters at the Cremorne with the wide variety of performers who frequented his father's theatre. Although McCallum and his two younger brothers received their primary school education in the UK, the family returned…
Filmography
movieForever Ealing
2002 · Self
movieMade In Ealing: The Story of Ealing Studios
1986 · Interviewee
movieAttack Force Z
1982 · Executive Producer
movieThe Highest Honour
1982 · Executive Producer
movieTarka the Otter
1979 · Director of Photography
tvBailey's Bird
1979 · Sir Bernard Kelvin, Writer
movieNickel Queen
1971 · Director
movieTo Build a Fire
1969 · Director of Photography
tvSkippy the Bush Kangaroo
1968 · Producer, Creator
movieThree in One
1957 · Introductions
movieSmiley
1956 · Jim Rankin
moviePort of Escape
1956 · Mitch Gillis
movieTrouble in the Glen
1954 · Malcolm
Devil on Horseback
movieDevil on Horseback
1954 · Charles Roberts
movieMelba
1953 · Charles Armstrong
movieThe Long Memory
1953 · Supt. Bob Lowther
movieTrent's Last Case
1952 · John Marlowe
movieDerby Day
1952 · Tommy Dillon
movieThe Magic Box
1952 · Sitter in Bath Studio
movieLady Godiva Rides Again
1951 · Larry Burns
movieValley of the Eagles
1951 · Dr. Nils Ahlen
movieTraveller's Joy
1950 · Reggie Pelham
movieThe Woman in Question
1950 · Michael Murray
movieA Boy, a Girl and a Bike
1949 · David Howarth
movieThe Calendar
1948 · Capt. Garry Anson
movieMiranda
1948 · Nigel
movieIt Always Rains on Sunday
1947 · Tommy Swann
movieBush Christmas
1947 · Narrator (voice)
movieThe Loves of Joanna Godden
1947 · Arthur Alce
movieThe Root of All Evil
1947 · Joe Bartle
A Son Is Born
movieA Son Is Born
1946 · John Seldon
movieA Tailor-Made Man
1922 · Butler