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Bill McCluskey has been comprehensively involved in the performing arts for over forty years. As an actor he has been contracted by every state theatre company in Australia. As a producer and director he has created new independent companies including Red Desert Productions and Western Edge Theatre Projects Inc. He was a founding member of The Griffin Theatre Co in Sydney and the Blue Room Theatre in Perth. As a playwright he has had four plays professionally produced in Perth and regional Western Australia. Between 1995 and 2001 he was a Senior Lecturer at The Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, responsible for The Aboriginal Music Theatre Course and The High Impact Actor Training Self Devised Course.
All of this experience was applied in the dual roles of writer and producer during the major epic production of The Turning for the 2008 Perth International Arts Festival.
He doesn't seem to be particularly connected to Fremantle, and his inclusion in Freopedia appears to just due to Garry Gillard's interest.
Film
Bill's long filmography (34 titles in IMDb) includes Teesh and Trude, Evil Angels, Shame, Southern Cross, and, more recently, An Accidental Soldier.
Bill gave a powerful performance as Bob, father of Teesh (Susie Porter) in Teesh and Trude (Melanie Rodriga, 2002). That's Linda Cropper as Trude with Bill in the image.
Bill McCluskey has appeared in these feature films.
THUNDERSTRUCK Role: Ronnie's Dad. Dir: Darren Ashton / Eddie Wong Films
SOUTHERN CROSS Role: Bert Thompson. Taylor Media
TEESH AND TRUDE Role: Bob. Dir: Melanie Read / Cecile B. Deux Mels
FAST TALKING Role: Swinton. Dir: Ken Cameron / Oldatta Pty Ltd
BLACKFELLAS (Day of the Dog) Role: Team Coach. Dir: James Ricketson
EVIL ANGELS Role: Greg Lowe. Dir: Fred Schepsi / Evil Angel Productions
THE ONE INDISCRETION OF NATHAN POTTS Hitchhiker Films
MANGANINNIE Dir: John Honey. Tasmanian Film Corporation
HEATWAVE Role: Job Applicant. Dir: Phillip Noyce / Heatwave Films
THE CHAIN REACTION Role: Ralph. Dir: Ian Barry / Palm Beach Pictures
THE GIFT Role: George. Dir: Paul Cox
SHAME Role: Ross. Dir: Steve Jodrell. Barron Films
THE GREAT GOLD SWINDLE Role: Terence Henry. Dir: John Power.
THE WINDS OF JARRAH Role: Tall Soldier. Dir: Mark Egerton
RIVER OF GIANTS Barron Films
WIND RIDER Role: Television director. Dir: Vincent Monton / Barron Films
Bert Thompson in Southern Cross (Mark DeFriest, 2004)
Football coach in Blackfellas (James Ricketson, 1993)
As the kangaroo-shooter, Ross, in Shame (Steve Jodrell, 1988)
As the TV producer in Windrider (Vincent Monton, 1986)
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]]The Chain Reaction (Ian Barry, 1980)
My Shout (Julian Argus, 2007) short
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]]Bucks Party (Steve Jodrell, 1978) short
TV
On television, Bill was was in The Circuit, SBS's significant miniseries set in the Kimberley. He also appeared in The Shark Net, the Eric Edgar Cooke story written by Robert Drewe. Bill recently played a leading role in 3 Acts of Murder, a telemovie based on an Arthur Upfield story directed by Rowan Woods.
Bill's most recent appearance in a television mini-series was in The Circuit (SBS) set in the Kimberley, in which he played the role of Bob 'Shirley' Temple.
Bill McCluskey has appeared in these television productions.
THE CIRCUIT (Series 2) Role: Bob 'Shirley' Temple (Series regular) SBS / Media World 2008/ Dir: Steve Jodrell
3 ACTS OF MURDER (BLOOD IN THE SAND) Role: Charles Bogle /leading role. Dir: Rowan Woods / ABC 2008
THE CIRCUIT (Series 1) Role: Bob “Shirley” Temple (Series Regular) SBS/Media World2007
PARALLAX Role: Judge Blackburn (Main cast). Great Western Entertainment
SHARK NET Role: Detective McCurry (Main cast). ABC / Taylor Media
THE SCALES OF JUSTICE Role: Jeff Maynard. Dir: Michael Jenkins / Barron Films
TUDAWALI Role: Jack Everett. Dir: Steve Jodrell / Barron Films
THE DEAN CASE ABC TV
UNDERCOVER Role: Glover. Dir: David Stevens / Palm Beach Pictures
MP SIB ABC TV
TOP MATES Dir: Chris Thompson / ABC TV
FAST TRACKS Dir: David Straiton / Barron Films
TWIN TOWERS ABC TV
TIMELAPSE ABC TV
PATROL BOAT ABC TV
A COUNTRY PRACTICE Role: Alan Wheeler (Semi regular) JNP Productions
THE SULLIVANS Crawford Productions
LOVE THY NEIGHBOUR Lyle McCabe Productions
RESTLESS YEARS Reg Grundy Productions
Charles Bogle in 3 Acts of Murder (Rowan Woods, 2009) telemovie
Detective McCurry in The Shark Net (Graeme Burfoot, 2003)
Stage
Bill appeared in these stage productions:
THE CRUCIBLE Black Swan Theatre Co
MARMALADE AND EGG Perth Theatre Co
STATES OF SHOCK Not The Mamma Productions
FACE TO FACE Perth Theatre Co
RED DOG Black Swan
COX FOUR Perth Theatre Co
FACE TO FACE Perth Theatre Co
NO SUGAR West Australian Theatre Co
ANGELS IN AMERICA Melbourne Theatre Co
WETTING THE DREAM Red Desert Productions
AFTER DINNER Red Desert Productions
A STRETCH OF THE IMAGINATION 1988 Expo
MAGPIES NEST Firelake Productions
LONG TIME NO SEE Deck Chair Theatre Co
THE REMOVALISTSDeck Chair Theatre Co
A COMEDY OF ERRORS State Theatre Co of SA
HOTEL SORRENTO West Australian Theatre Co
RESTORATION State Theatre Co of SA
KING GOLGRUTHA State Theatre Co of SA
TALES OF THE DECAMERON State Theatre Co of SA
RUFFIAN ON THE STAIR One Off Theatre Co/Griffin Theatre Co
DREAMS IN AN EMPTY CITY State Theatre Co of SA
THE BANANA BENDER One Off Theatre Co
HANGING TOGETHER Winter Theatre
I CAN GIVE YOU A GOOD TIME Winter Theatre Co
BREAK OF NOON Hole In The Wall Theatre
ROUGH CROSSING West Australian Theatre Co
TRUMPETS AND RASPBERRIES West Australian Theatre Co
DON'S PARTY West Australian Theatre Co
GODSEND National Playhouse
THE BLIND GIANT IS DANCING West Australian Theatre Co
GLENGARRY GLENCROSS West Australian Theatre Co
CAPRICORNIA State Theatre Co of SA/MTC
MARAT SADE State Theatre Co of SA
A LIE OF THE MIND Melbourne Theatre Co
ON OUR SELECTION Theatre ACT
PARTY WALL Nimrod Theatre Co
PRECIOUS WOMAN Sydney Theatre Co
THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR Sydney Theatre Co
CYRANO DE BERGERAC Sydney Theatre Co
Direction
Bill McCluskey directed these productions:
WETTING THE DREAM Red Desert Productions
INITIATION Red Desert Productions
SHORTS John Curtin SHS
WILD HONEY West Australian Theatre Company
THE CURVE Western Australian Academy Performing Arts
THE QUICKENING Western Australian Academy Performing Arts
RIDING THE TIGER Western Australian Academy Performing Arts
THE CULT Blue Room Theatre
FESTIVALS VESTIBULES AND THE HUMOURLESS BASTARD Tony Osborne Productions
AFTER 2000 YEARS OF HEAD Western Australian Academy Performing Arts
A LIE OF THE MIND West Australian Theatre Company/Red Desert Productions
RELUCTANT TABOOS Tony Osborne Productions
SALOME Blue Room Theatre/Bulldozer Productions
WANNEROO HEIGHTS Red Desert Productions
DELETED SCENES Red Desert Productions
THE CAST OF MANY COVERS Red Desert Productions
DISTURBIA Western Australian Academy Performing Arts
PINJARRA PROJECT Western Australian Academy Performing Arts
BREATHE Blue Room Theatre
This page incorporates material from Garry Gillard's Freotopia website, that he started in 2014 and the contents of which he donated to Wikimedia Australia in 2024. The content was originally hosted at freotopia.org/people/billmccluskey/index.html, and has been edited since it was imported here (see page history). The donated data is also preserved in the Internet Archive's collection.
This page incorporates material from Garry Gillard's Freotopia website, that he started in 2014 and the contents of which he donated to Wikimedia Australia in 2024. The content was originally hosted at freotopia.org/people/billmccluskey/direction.html, and has been edited since it was imported here (see page history). The donated data is also preserved in the Internet Archive's collection.
This page incorporates material from Garry Gillard's Freotopia website, that he started in 2014 and the contents of which he donated to Wikimedia Australia in 2024. The content was originally hosted at freotopia.org/people/billmccluskey/film.html, and has been edited since it was imported here (see page history). The donated data is also preserved in the Internet Archive's collection.
This page incorporates material from Garry Gillard's Freotopia website, that he started in 2014 and the contents of which he donated to Wikimedia Australia in 2024. The content was originally hosted at freotopia.org/people/billmccluskey/stage.html, and has been edited since it was imported here (see page history). The donated data is also preserved in the Internet Archive's collection.
This page incorporates material from Garry Gillard's Freotopia website, that he started in 2014 and the contents of which he donated to Wikimedia Australia in 2024. The content was originally hosted at freotopia.org/people/billmccluskey/tv.html, and has been edited since it was imported here (see page history). The donated data is also preserved in the Internet Archive's collection.