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Richard Carter (actor)
Australian actor (1953–2019) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Richard Carter (11 December 1953 – 13 July 2019) was an Australian actor and stand-up comedian who appeared in several television series and independent films.
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Richard Carter was a Sydney comedy store regular[1] who branched into acting, playing iconic roles in television and film, beginning in the early 1980s.
Some of Carter's filmography includes Babe: Pig in the City (1998), Our Lips Are Sealed (2000) with Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen), Bootmen (2000), The Man Who Sued God (2001), Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002), crime drama Gettin' Square (2003), Hating Alison Ashley (2005) and Baz Luhrmann epic The Great Gatsby (2013).[2][3][4][5] His final role was as the Bullet Farmer in George Miller epic Mad Max: Fury Road.[2]
His regular television roles included playing Mick Corella in Rake, Mick Deakin in East West 101 and Ted Hudson in White Collar Blue.[2] He also appeared in Wildside, Rafferty's Rules, A Country Practice and Police Rescue, as well as Kennedy Miller miniseries Bangkok Hilton alongside Nicole Kidman.[2]
Carter also played the role of real life killer, Bradley John Murdoch in the 2007 Australian telemovie Joanne Lees: Murder in the Outback, depicting the events surrounding the murder of British backpacker Peter Falconio and the attempted murder of his girlfriend, Joanne Lees.[6]
Additionally, he performed voiceover work, lending his voice to 2006 animated family film Happy Feet and its 2011 sequel Happy Feet 2 as well as television commercials for Victoria Bitter and Toyota.[7]
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Carter died in the early hours of 13 July 2019, in Sydney, Australia after a brief illness. He was survived by his wife Lindsey and daughter Amy.[2]
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