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Peter Cummins

Date of birth: 1931-06-02

Place of birth: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Known for: Acting

Also known as:

Peter Cummins

Biography

Peter Cummins (born 2 June 1931) is an Australian retired character actor of stage and screen and chorister who was especially prominent in the 1970s and appeared in some of the most famous Australian films of the period.

Movie Credits

The Man From Snowy River II
3.4

The Man From Snowy River II

1988-03-24

After a few years trying to earn money to marry Jessica Harrison, Jim Craig returns to Snowy River.

Storm Boy
3.5

Storm Boy

1977-07-28

Mike is a lonely Australian boy living in a coastal wilderness with his reclusive father. In search

Sky Pirates
2.4

Sky Pirates

1986-01-16

Air force Lieutenant Harris starts for a flight to Boa Boa, on board Reverend Mitchell with a box co

I Live With Me Dad
0

I Live With Me Dad

1985-01-01

Peter Hehir plays full-time loser Sid McCall, professional vagrant and alcoholic on the skids. Haydo

Rikky and Pete
2

Rikky and Pete

1988-06-09

Rikky and her brother Pete struggle to keep their lives from spinning out of control in small town A

Alvin Purple
2.5

Alvin Purple

1973-12-20

Alvin is your average guy, except for the fact women find him irresistible and chase him everywhere.

The Removalists
2

The Removalists

1975-10-15

An adaptation of David Williamson's play; John Hargreaves and Peter Cummins star as a good and bad c

Dead Easy
0

Dead Easy

1970-06-01

A student of criminology is completing a thesis on Melbourne mass murderers. With the aid of a Germa

Bonjour Balwyn
2.6

Bonjour Balwyn

1971-10-01

Kevin leaves a job in insurance to start his own magazine. As his debts mount, Kevin’s prospects beg

Twelfth Night
2.3

Twelfth Night

1987-06-01

Viola and Sebastian are lookalike twins, separated by a shipwreck. Viola lands in Illyria, where she

Slate, Wyn & Me
2

Slate, Wyn & Me

1987-08-13

Meandering drama of Brothers Burke and Sacks, who rob a bank, kill a cop and kidnap Thornton, a witn

Mad Dog Morgan
2.9

Mad Dog Morgan

1976-07-09

The true story of Irish outlaw Daniel Morgan, who is wanted, dead or alive, in Australia during the

Double Deal
0

Double Deal

1983-09-15

Wealthy Peter Sterling and his younger wife Christine have an existence of little excitement so when

Blue Fire Lady
3.3

Blue Fire Lady

1977-12-09

Jenny Grey a horse loving country girl leaves her widowed father to move to the city after her fathe

Sunday Too Far Away
3.2

Sunday Too Far Away

1975-06-01

The harsh, competitive world of Australian sheep-shearers provides the setting for this powerful fil

Who Killed Jenny Langby?
0

Who Killed Jenny Langby?

1975-02-27

Traces the events leading up to the suicide of an Adelaide mother of five children.

Dimboola: The Stage Play
0

Dimboola: The Stage Play

1973-05-22

A recording of the Australian Performing Group's performance of their first professional production

Ground Zero
3.1

Ground Zero

1987-10-01

A second generation cameraman in Australia finds evidence that his father had filmed a nuclear test

Stork
2.7

Stork

1971-12-27

Stork is a gangly young man, a virgin with an overactive imagination who thinks he’s a revolutionary

Dalmas
3

Dalmas

1973-11-15

Bert Deling's surreal, button-pushing and hallucinogenic paean to the emerging possibilities of avan

The Firm Man
0.5

The Firm Man

1975-04-09

Businessman Gerald Barker is invited to join a mysterious super corporation known as The Firm. His w

Kangaroo
3

Kangaroo

1986-07-24

A mild-mannered English conscientious objector moves to what he feels will be the relative calm of A

The Good Wife
2.4

The Good Wife

1987-05-14

In pre-WWII Australia, a love triangle develops between a man, his wife and the man's brother.

Robbery Under Arms
3.2

Robbery Under Arms

1985-03-28

Fourth adaptation and first made for television of the classic Australian bushranger novel "Robbery

Rise Up
0

Rise Up

2025-03-24

Rise Up! Igniting the Resurgence of Detroit. A story about a small group of Detroit-city-loving-zeal