Acting

John Gaden

Born 1941-11-13

Acting credits

Muriel's Wedding poster
6.8

Socially awkward Muriel Heslop wants nothing more than to get married. Unfortunately, due to her oppressive politician father, Muriel has never even been on a date. Ostracized by her more socially adept friends, Muriel runs into fellow outcast Rhonda Epinstalk, and the two move from their small Australian town to the big city of Sydney, where Muriel changes her name and begins the arduous task of redesigning her life to match her fantasies.

Muriel's Wedding

1994

Thank God He Met Lizzie poster
4.8

The romantic myth is exposed for Guy when he is plagued by memories of an old girlfriend on his wedding day.

Thank God He Met Lizzie

1997

Children of the Revolution poster
5.6

A man (Richard Roxburgh) the Australian government blames for 1990s political woes blames his mother (Judy Davis), a communist Stalin seduced in 1951.

Children of the Revolution

1996

The Eye of the Storm poster
4.8

In a Sydney suburb, two nurses, Maria and Flora, a housekeeper, Lotte, and a solicitor, Arnold, attend to Elizabeth Hunter as her expatriate son Sir Basil, a famous but struggling actor in London, and daughter Dorothy, a divorced and down at heel princess, convene at her deathbed. They come to make sure they can leave Australia with their hefty inheritance.

The Eye of the Storm

2011

WillFull poster
7.3

Catherine (Anna Lise Phillips) returns to Australia after years abroad only to be confronted by her wilful mother, Katya (Anne Looby)... a ghost with attitude and a wardrobe to match.

WillFull

2002

No artwork available
NR

"Lurugu" is the name of an initiation ceremony that had almost died out on Mornington Island after mission contact during World War One. This film records the community's efforts to revive the ceremony after a lapse of 14 years.

Lurugu

1973

The Death and Life of Otto Bloom poster
7.4

The chronicle of the life and great love of Otto Bloom, an extraordinary man who experiences time in reverse - passing backwards through the years only remembering the future.

The Death and Life of Otto Bloom

2017

Caddie poster
6.2

Proud and classy Caddie Marsh is forced to get a job as a barmaid and raise two children on her own after her husband walks out on her.

Caddie

1976

I'll Be Frank poster
NR

Guided by the animated memories of his Opa, Aaron is taken on a journey through Nazi Germany to realise his heritage.

I'll Be Frank

2023

Mushrooms poster
4.0

In the tradition of Arsenic and Old Lace, comes this morbidly funny Australian tale of murder and mayhem at the hands of two charming old ladies.

Mushrooms

1995

No artwork available
9.0

A quick, witty, satirical look at the absurdity of life, covering everything from a golf club wielding midget to a coffee cup with an attitude.

Excursion

2003