Shane Porteous

Acting

Shane Porteous

Born 1942-08-17 · Coleraine, Victoria, Australia

Shane Porteous (born 17 August 1942) is an Australian actor, screenwriter, animation layout artist and animation voice artist. As a screenwriter, he is sometimes credited as "John Hanlon". He is best known for his role as the TV series, A Country Practice, as Dr. Terence Elliot.

Acting credits

Sarah poster
5.8

During World War II, an orphaned young girl seeks to survive and perhaps even help resistance fighters battle the Nazis.

Sarah

1982

Scobie Malone poster
5.0

Sydney homicide detective Sergeant Scobie Malone and his offsider investigate the murder of Helga, whose corpse is found in the basement of the Sydney Opera House.

Scobie Malone

1975

Off on a Comet poster
4.0

A Russian count and a French captain and his corporal survey the Algerian coast. Suddenly they are swept up in a mysterious storm. Afterwards, their world is unfamiliar, but they find a science professor who leads them into a new adventure.

Off on a Comet

1976

A Dangerous Summer poster
4.1

Building is Howard's passion, and he is so absorbed in his plans to build an elaborate resort in the Blue Mountains of Australia that he ignores certain obvious signals that his business partner is not entirely on the up-and-up. After a brush fire destroys the resort, an insurance investigator comes nosing around, whom Howard's partner deals with in a drastic manner. By the time Lloyds of London's senior investigator George Engels (James Mason in one of his last roles) arrives on the scene, Howard (Tom Skerritt) is anxious to set things to rights.

A Dangerous Summer

1982

Puzzle poster
10.0

Franciscus searches for the urn that contains the remains of Buddha but instead finds danger and intrigue.

Puzzle

1978

The Little Convict poster
6.8

In old New South Wales a new bunch of convicts arrives including the little convict, young Toby Nelson. Consigned to a Government farm they are subjected to the cruelty of Sergeant Billy Langdon and Corporal Weazel Wesley. Toby escapes and flees into the Australian bush where he is saved from death by the aboriginal boy, Wahroonga. Together, with another escapee, the highwayman, Jack Doolan, and Wahroonga’s animal friends, they launch a spectacular mission to rescue the blacksmith, Big George, and Toby’s sister, Polly.

The Little Convict

1979

From the Earth to the Moon poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

From the Earth to the Moon

1979

Smoke Between Trees poster
NR

An intimate portrait of a reluctant grandfather on a heart-warming journey of transformation – one that will lead him back to a home unlike any he ever imagined.

Smoke Between Trees

2019

Codgers poster
NR

Five Aussie codgers meet at the gym each week to exercise, chew the fat, sling off, sing and have a bloody good laugh! Among the jokes and the secrets, the back strain and biceps, they learn that ‘difference’ is more to do with your point of view and that no matter what, ‘you wouldn’t be dead for quids!’

Codgers

2011