A list of miscellaneous characters in the television

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 series Prisoner

Prisoner (TV series)

Prisoner is an Australian television soap opera which was set in the Wentworth Detention Centre, a fictional women's prison. The series was produced by the Reg Grundy Organisation and ran on Network Ten for 692 episodes from 27 February 1979 to 11 December 1986.The series was inspired by the 1970s...

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Listed in order of appearance:

• Eddie Cook (Richard Moir
  Richard Moir
  -Biography:In 1990, Moir was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease, the degenerative effects of which gradually brought his acting career to a premature end...
  
   - episodes 1-16), an electrician contracted to do repair work at the prison. At Wentworth, he enjoys the company of inmate Marilyn Mason and so finds reasons to prolong his work, with the pair stowing away for a number of romantic liaisons - notably up in the rec room roof during the riot of episodes 3-4 in which Meg Jackson's husband Bill is killed. When Marilyn is released, the pair move in together, but Marilyn is hard up for money and finding it hard to get work, so reluctantly turns back to prostitution (albeit to afford to buy Eddie a gift for his birthday), leaving Marilyn back inside and putting a severe strain on their relationship. With Marilyn released a second time, Bea Smith eventually sets them straight, arranging for them to run Monica Ferguson's milk bar, which we later hear of them buying permanently.

• Judith-Anne Watkins (Kim Deacon - episodes 5-67), Mum's granddaughter, and the only member of her family to take any interest in her. Visits her in Wentworth to reveal she is pregnant, and shortly afterwards moves into a flat with Mum after her release. When Bea seeks refuge with them when she is on the run, she uses all of Mum's savings to buy a disguise for Bea just to get rid of her. Reintroduced when Mum's health deteriorates and she is due to give birth. Karen Travers is persuaded to move in and look after her while Mum is in hospital. She gives birth to a son and is reconciled with her mother. Both she and Mum go back to live in the family house.

• Doug Parker (John Arnold
  John Arnold
  John Arnold was an English watchmaker and inventor.John Arnold was the first to design a watch that was both practical and accurate, and also brought the term "Chronometer" in to use in its modern sense, meaning a precision timekeeper...
  
   - episodes 7-14),a male prisoner working outside the fence at Wentworth. He becomes friendly with Lynn Warner while she is working in the garden, and after they are both released, he visits Lynn at her parent's farm and they run away together. They move in with Doug's friend Bernie, and get married, but Bernie involves them both in a payroll snatch which leads to Doug's death and Lynn's recapture.

• Insp. Jack Grace (Terry Gill
  Terry Gill
  Terry Gill is a British-born actor who carved a nichè in Australian television playing police officers.He was a recurring cast member in the women's prison drama Prisoner as Det. Insp. Jack Grace, a regular cast member as Sgt...
  
   - episodes 8-635), a cynical and overbearing Detective Inspector who becomes the main representative of the police force in the series.

• Ethel Warner (Beverly Dunn - episodes 10-11), Lyn's mother, who seems more concerned with her social standing in the local community than her daughter's problems.

• Steve Wilson (James Smillie
  James Smillie
  James Smillie is a Scottish-born actor, known for his role in both British and Australian stage and television productions. Smillie emigrated from the Glasgow tenements, carving out a career in Australia before returning to the United Kingdom to appear in stage roles in London's West End. On...
  
   - episodes 15-42), a slick, dashing solicitor who represents a number of the women during the mid-first year of the series. His main case is that of Karen Travers, and with her permitted day release to study at University, the pair start to become romantically involved, although it does not extend much beyond holding hands. However, with his position at the struggling law practice jeopardised (mostly due to all of the unpaying cases he is taking at Wentworth), when an old flame suddenly reappears and offers to go into business him, and believing Karen not to be interested in him, he leaves for the new venture, and is not heard from again in the series.

• Jason Richards (David Bradshaw
  David Bradshaw
  David Bradshaw is a multi-faceted American artist based out of Cecilia, LA and E. Charleston, Vermont. He is a painter, sculptor, and printmaker.-Biography:...
  
   - episodes 27-29), Pop star who is alleged to be the lover of Susan Rice's husband Frederick. In fact, they are the same person, and this is her way of expressing her feelings about him deserting her for his career. Susan throws acid in his face during a live TV show, but he has also been seen in flashback.

• Dr. Weissman (Bryon Williams - episodes 28-589), a psychiatrist called into Wentworth to examine several of the inmates throughout the series.

• Colin "Col" Burke (Brian Granrott - episodes 33-35), Noeline's hopeless brother, first seen visiting her in prison with Leanne and again on his own. Shot during a failed robbery at Noeline's old employers the Woods'.

• Leila Fletcher (Penny Ramsay - episodes 42-110), Jim Fletcher's estranged wife, who first appears leaning out of a window telling a drunken Jim to shut up or he'll wake the kids. In her early episodes, she seems cast as the stereotyped bitter ambitious wife. She becomes a little more sympathetic after she shows her dislike for Jim's mate Geoff Butler when Jim invites him to dinner. She is introduced again when she throws Jim out of the house after she is told about his relationship with Caroline Simpson. Eventually dies in a bomb blast intended to kill Jim.

• Peter Clements (Carrillo Gantner
  Carrillo Gantner
  Carrillo Gantner AO is a highly respected Victorian cultural leader and philanthropist. He was born in San Francisco, California, in 1943, the son of Neilma Gantner with Villajo Gantner, and grand-son of Merlyn and Sidney Myer, founder of the Myer retail chain. His most well known achievement lies...
  
   - episodes 44-52), a rather manipulative psychology lecturer, who teaches at the University that Karen attends, and who is granted permission to conduct research into prison life at Wentworth, but who is covertly studying the officers rather more than the prisoners. His case study of Doreen causes her to have a breakdown, and he is also duped by Bea into giving information over mysterious new prisoner Bella Albrecht. His findings over the running of the prison and its staff causes the Department embarrassment, but the storyline seems to fade away without much impact.

• Angela Jeffries (Jeanie Drynan
  Jeanie Drynan
  Jeanie Dryan is an Australian film and television actress well known for her roles in the Australian television series Class of '74 and in the 1994 film Muriel's Wedding.-Career:...
  
   - episodes 59-114), Lesbian lawyer involved with the Prison Reform Group and in the plan to set up a halfway house. She offers Karen accommodation and a job, so Karen moves in with her for a while. Angela has to warn Karen off from falling in love with her. She helps to get Pat O'Connell transferred to Wentworth and handles Pat's divorce then disappears from the series for a while when she hands over the halfway house for Karen to run. When Karen is shot by David O'Connell, she defends him while also handling Pat's appeal and running the halfway house. She continues to be mentioned for some time after her last appearance, for instance in 114 in connection with Doreen's mother's will.

• David O'Connell (David Letch - episodes 69-79), Son of Pat O'Connell, first mentioned by name in 68, when we find that he is in Pentridge with his father. The scriptwriters stretch co-incidence to its limits by getting him to Wentworth in the next episode in a prison work party so that Pat can talk to him and tell him why she's divorcing his father. When Pat gets paroled just before Christmas, she visits him in Pentridge and sees him get punched by one of the guards. Shortly after this, David escapes and seeks shelter with his friend Shayne. When he goes to see his mother, the police are already on their way, and there is a shootout in which David kills a policeman .As a result his mother is sent back to Wentworth, and David becomes convinced that Greg Miller tipped off the police. With his friend Herbie, he plans to kill Greg but shoots Karen instead. Herbie becomes worried about him and leads the police to their hideout, where David is recaptured and is not seen again. In episode 80 Angela Jeffries tells Pat that David will plead insanity and as a result will probably spend the rest of his life in an institution. After his preliminary hearing goes badly, Erica tells Pat that David has hung himself in his cell.

• Geoff Butler (Ray Meagher
  Ray Meagher
  Ray Meagher surname pronouned "Marr" , is a veteran Australian character actor. He has appeared regularly in Australian film and television since the mid 1970s, and is notable as the longest continuing performer in an Australian television role, as Alf Stewart on Home and Away, having played the...
  
   - episodes 78-112), an old friend of deputy governor Jim Fletcher from when they fought together in Vietnam, who arrives in the area claiming to be a high-flying insurance broker, and whom Jim offers somewhere to stay. Jim's wife Leila is highly suspicious of Geoff, particularly after a past violent incident from the Army days, and when Geoff begins seeing Meg, Leila warns her of her concerns. Geoff also tries to get Jim interested in joining him in becoming part of a mercenary army overseas. When Jim and Geoff are out for a drink one evening, a homosexual man is found badly beaten in the toilets soon after. After the previous incident, Leila is convinced Geoff is behind it but Jim refuses to listen. By the time Leila finally convinces Jim to contact the Police about him, Geoff is in the middle of attacking Meg in her apartment after Leila's warnings turned her away from him; Jim arrives just in time to save Meg, and the Police take Geoff away. However, the character returns in 106 to face trial and escapes charge. Embittered at his friend Jim turning him in, Geoff joins forces with Caroline Simpson's estranged husband Michael, who is jaded at Jim seeing his ex-wife. The pair plot to get even with Jim; Michael does not want anyone seriously hurt, but Geoff tricks him into delivering a bomb to Jim's hotel room intended to kill him. Instead, the bomb kills Jim's wife and children. Geoff makes one final attempt at the devastated Jim back at home, until a Police marksman shoots him.

• Tony Reid (John Higginson
  John Higginson
  John Higginson was one of the eight founding fellows of Jesus College, Oxford in 1571. He matriculated from Trinity College, Cambridge in 1561, obtaining his BA degree in 1565 and his MA in 1568. He was appointed vicar of Claybrooke, Leicestershire, England in 1571 and ordained priest in 1572...
  
   - episodes 88-132), Paul Reid's teenage son who leaves college and befriends a woman named Sally who buys drugs off Sharon Gilmour. Tony is caught paying for drugs and is later bailed by Paul. A man named Bill becomes jealous of Tony and Sally's relationship. Tony later assaults the man leading him to a one year sentence. he is released on a good behaviour bond after 6 months in prison.

• Rhonda West (Joan Letch) - episodes 89-104), Takes over the running of the first halfway house after Karen leaves.

• Kevin Arnold Burns (Ian Gilmour
  Ian Gilmour (actor)
  Ian Gilmour is a New Zealand-born actor.He has acted in several Australian television series, most notably as Kevin Burns in Prisoner in 1980...
  
   - episodes 89-139; seen in recap of 140 and in a flashback in episode 154), a young man who meets Doreen when she is out on parole and is working at a packing company under a false name. Although he initially comes across as a carefree individual who likes to flirt with female co-workers, it soon becomes apparent that Kevin is an honest and well-intentioned man who cares deeply for Doreen. He becomes curious about her secret background (she is living at the Halfway House at the time), and after he finds out her true identity he sticks with her, willing to accept her for whatever she is. He soon proposes to her and they plan to marry, much to the disdain of his rather snobbish mother. However, a drunken incident sees Doreen, and Lizzie, breaking parole and sent back to Wentworth, but Kevin tells Doreen that he is willing to wait for her. When a tussle breaks out over Doreen's late mother's house, which crooked land developers want to buy up cheap, the pair decide to marry on Wentworth grounds. A while later, Doreen is included as part of the prison's work project with a local textile company, where worker Vince Talbot rapes Doreen. She soon discovers that she is pregnant as a result; Doreen considers not letting on and claiming the child to be Kevin's, but when, unaware of her condition, he says that she is not ready to start a family yet, Doreen plans an abortion, before breaking down and admitting that she was raped by Talbot. The Police do not have enough evidence to charge Talbot, and Doreen admits to Kevin that on a second occasion, she allowed Talbot, in hope of gaining the information needed for Kevin to win a lucrative work contract at the factory. This confession puts a strain on the pair's marriage and Kevin decides he wants a divorce. This leads to Doreen to try and commit suicide; after she is rescued just in time, guilt-ridden Kevin visits and offers to try and patch things up with her, but Doreen realises it is time to stand on her own two feet, and the pair part company.

• Brian Williams (Terry McDermott
  Terry McDermott
  Terence "Terry" McDermott is a former football midfielder and current coach. He is currently the assistant manager at League One side Huddersfield Town.He is the father of Newcastle United player Greg McDermott and Marsaxlokk player Neale McDermott-Early career:McDermott joined Bury as a youngster...
  
    - episodes 89), the violent husband of Vivienne Williams. Caroline (Brian's daughter) later stabbed him just before he pulled the trigger on Vivienne he is also seen in episode 114 when Vivienne and Caroline have flashbacks in court.

• Michael Simpson (Peter Ford
  Peter Ford
  Peter S. Ford is an Australian CEO, author and former journalist.He was a television news anchor in the 1980s and 1990s in Australia and the USA, and was known in Australia for working at the Seven Network as an anchor for Seven News. He was also the first co-anchor of Sunrise which he presented...
  
   - episodes 95-112), Caroline Simpson's soon to be divorced husband. during the time Caroline has a relationship with senior officer: Jim Fletcher he plans to take revenge on Jim Fletcher. Later at Geoff Butler's trial he overhears Geoff saying he will get back at him. The two then pair up but Michael does not want anyone hurt. Geoff tells Michael he will plant drugs on Jim but in episode 108 we find out that there is a bomb in the package it blows up Jim's family in episode 109. When Michael finds out Geoff kidnapps Michael. Michael is last seen at the halfway house telling Caroline the truth when the police arrest him

• Ken Pearce (Tom Oliver
  Tom Oliver
  Tom Oliver is an English television, film and theatre actor best known today for playing the role of Lou Carpenter in the Australian soap opera Neighbours.-Career:...
  
   - episodes 104-191), a prison reform advocate who had previously served time for armed robbery and comes to oversee a new drama group in the prison, arousing the romantic feelings of Bea Smith in the process.

• David Austin (Rod Mullinar
  Rod Mullinar
  Rod Mullinar is an actor, noted for his roles on Australian television.He took a regular leading role in Hunter late in the show's run in 1968, however he appeared in just eight episodes due to the cancellation of the series...
  
   - episodes 113-124), a smarmy art dealer of prisoner Kerry Vincent (Penny Downie
  Penny Downie
  Penny Downie is an Australian actress, noted for her appearances on British television.She began her career in Australia, initially in Brisbane at Twelfth Night Theatre and Brisbane Arts Theatre. She trained at the National Institute of Dramatic Art , Sydney...
  
  ) who is exploiting Kerry's art to drum up publicity and sell her work for huge profit. During this period, Kerry also gives Vera one of her paintings that she intends to destroy, only for Austin to concoct a story of Vera bribing it out of Kerry, in order to give him more publicity, nearly costing Vera her job until Jock Stewart helps her set things straight with Austin; as a result, Austin is banned from visiting her at Wentworth. Jock Stewart then returns the painting Kerry gave Vera back to her, to which she would then give to Doreen as a wedding present in episode 117. In the same episode, Kerry is given parole and set up in a small studio flat, but only on the proviso that she does not see Austin, but Kerry is oblivious to his manipulating her and continues seeing him, and becomes jealous of other women he is seeing. When Austin insults her, an enraged and drunken Kerry smashes him over the head with an ashtray, causing her to think she has killed him. Austin however survives the attack and is visited by Paul Reid, deciding not to press charges against Kerry. In episode 124, he then visits Doreen to buy of the painting Kerry gave to her he wanted to make a profit off of. Prison officer Meg Jackson is watching over the interview, and knowing what type of person Austin was, both she and Paul Reid intervene help keep Austin from buying the painting from Doreen.

• Andrew Reynolds (John Lee
  John Lee (actor)
  John Lee was an Australian actor.He is remembered for his roles on television, including Andrew Reynolds in Prisoner and Philip Stewart in Return to Eden....
  
   - episodes 125-136), the owner of a clothing factory where the women are sent on work release who has a brief romance with governor Erica Davidson.

• Vince Talbot (John Larking - episodes 125-136), Foreman at the factory where the women get work release, first seen complaining about the use of cheap labour to undercut his workers. Doreen tries to get information out of him to help Kevin, but he demands sex with her in return, and rapes her when she refuses. The women get their revenge with the help of Kay White, who contacts Vince and asks him to visit her in Wentworth and the other women attack Vince as he is leaving and give him a good kicking.

• Bob Morris (Anthony Hawkins
  Anthony Hawkins
  Anthony Hawkins is an Australian television actor, perhaps best known for his role as Detective Senior Sergeant Greg Smith in the television series Special Squad...
  
   - episodes 143-260), a businessman who meets officer Meg Jackson when his daughter Tracey is an inmate at Wentworth. They marry, but Meg's devotion to her job at the prison and Bob's expectations that Meg be a conventional corporate wife causes the marriage to fall apart.

• Albert "Wally" Wallace (Alan Hopgood
  Alan Hopgood
  Alan Hopgood is an Australian actor and writer.He is a graduate of the University of Melbourne. Hopgood's first very successful play was And the Big Men Fly in 1963. It was adapted for TV by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 1973...
  
   - episodes 167-466), a non-conformist man who lives alone in the country and befriends Judy Bryant when she is on the run. He later joins her in running the halfway house, and also has a relationship with governor Ann Reynolds.

• Florence Marne (Aileen Britton
  Aileen Britton
  Aileen Britton was an Australian actress.Britton made her acting debut in Tall Timbers in 1937. She then worked on stage until the reemergence of Australian cinema in the mid-1970s.-Film appearances:...
  
   - episodes 208-209), Erica Davidson's mother. She dies in episode 209 whilst undergoing surgery for a cerebral thrombosis.

• Mrs. Matheson (Dorothy Bradley
  Dorothy Bradley
  Dorothy Bradley was a U.S. politician from Montana. She was elected as the only woman in the Montana House of Representatives, where she served eight terms...
  
   - episode 241), Kate Peterson's mother.

• Tony Berman (Alan David Lee
  Alan David Lee
  Alan David Lee is an Australian actor.Television and film credits include Prisoner, Special Squad, The Cowra Breakout, Murder Call, All Saints, Water Rats, Blue Heelers , McLeod's Daughters and H2O: Just Add Water....
  
   - episodes 306-329), a young social worker who becomes Judy Bryant's assistant at Driscoll House.

• Beryl Hudson (Esme Melville
  Esme Melville
  Esme Melville was an Australian actress.Her television credits of the 1970s included various guest roles in the Crawford Productions police dramas Homicide, Division 4, Matlock Police and Bluey...
  
   - episodes 311-312), an ex-con living at the halfway house.

• Marnie Taylor (Joy Dunstan
  Joy Dunstan
  Joy Dunstan is a retired Australian film and television actress. She is best remembered as the teenage star of Chris Löfvén's 1976 film Oz, a modern-day remake of the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, with Graham Matters, Bruce Spence, Gary Waddell, and Robin Ramsay.The then 25-year-old former school...
  
   - episodes 313), Shane's adoptive mother with her husband Bob and daughter Tracy.

• Belle Peters (Lesley Baker
  Lesley Baker
  Lesley Baker is an Australian actress, singer, dancer and comedienne.She is best known for her roles as hulking husband basher Monica Ferguson in Prisoner and Angie Rebecchi in Neighbours.-Filmography:...
  
   - episodes 390-392), A bikie who meets up with Maxine while she is on the run and involves her in a burglary, during which Maxine is shot by a security guard. Belle looks up Judy at Driscoll House, and leaves the $20,000 from the burglary as a going away present.

• Kay Desmond (Sallyann Bourne - episodes 430-556), First seen as Myra's overdeveloped teenage daughter. Arrested but not jailed for possession of drugs at the party thrown by Gloria. Gives evidence against Myra at her trial. When she visits Myra she is in such bad shape that Myra decides to escape to help her get off drugs. Kay is over the worst so Myra leaves her with Wally and gives herself up. Kay returns to visit Myra in jail. Last credit at Myra's funeral.

• Shane Munroe (Robert Summers
  Robert Summers
  Robert Summers is a U.S. economist and professor emeritus, University of Pennsylvania, where he taught from 1960. A widely cited early work by Summers is on the small-sample statistical properties of alternate regression estimators where analytical measures are unavailable.Summers received his...
  
   - episodes 462-527), a young boy who runs away from his abusive father and is taken in by officer Joan Ferguson 'The Freak'.

• Ray Proctor (Alex Menglet
  Alex Menglet
  Alex Menglet, born Alexei Menglet in Moscow in 1956, is an actor who has found success working in Australia. He is best known for his roles as chef Ray "Gay Ray" Proctor in the 1984 season of Prisoner and more recently as Zoran Baranoff in the SBS series Kick...
  
   - episodes 471-507), succeeded Mrs. O'Reagan as the prison's cook/chef and was one of the few openly gay, male characters. He was not seen after episode 507 but was referred to through to episode 521 when it was revealed he had been sacked.

• Rita (Jenny Seedsman - episodes 475-477), Social worker during the officers' strike. Her last name is never mentioned.

• Rob Summerton (Jeremy Kewley
  Jeremy Kewley
  Jeremy Leo Kewley is an Australian actor, based in Melbourne, who made his professional acting debut at the age of 14 in the feature film The Devil's Playground .-Early life:...
  
   - episodes 476), Possibly the shortest ever appearance by a named character. He is one of the social workers drafted in to Wentworth during the officers' strike. He barely has time to establish that he has a wife and small children before he encounters Bev Baker in a corridor and she stabs him to death with a skewer.

• James Dwyer (James Condon
  James Condon
  James Condon is an Australian actor.He has made many appearances on television, including The Story Of Peter Grey, Homicide, Matlock Police, Number 96 , Bellamy, The Young Doctors, Carson's Law, Sons and Daughters, Prisoner, The Flying...
  
   - episodes 561-689), the second major Departmental representative of the series, who frequently clashes with governor Ann Reynolds.

• Ben Fulbright (Kevin Summers
  Kevin Summers
  Kevin Summers is an Australian actor who has worked in theatre, film & television for over three decades.He is perhaps best known for his role as solicitor Ben Fulbright in the TV series Prisoner...
  
   - episodes 563-604), solicitor representing prisoner Daphne Graham in her PMT appeal case who falls in love with Pippa Reynolds.

• David Adams (Richard Moss
  Richard Moss
  Richard Moss was an English brewer and Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1880 and 1892....
  
   - episodes 576-588), Eve Wilder's physco obsessed solicitor who still takes on her case even though he finds the missing bullet the police couldn't find. he's relationship with Eve is first suspected by Joyce Barry but she later overhears her confession leading to the bashing of Joyce. David breaks up with Eve when she loses patience with him. he returns later that night and shoots himself but left a note leading to Reb Kean's release. David Adam's departure also led to Eve's evil side.

• Joe McCormack (John Larking - episodes 589-591), Nancy's husband. After seeing his casual treatment of his wife, we learn that he has a girlfriend and is about to leave Nancy. Before he can do so, he is involved in an argument with his son Peter, which develops into a fight. Joe falls and hits his head on a coffee table, killing him

• Dan Moulton (Sean Scully
  Sean Scully (actor)
  Sean Scully Sean Scully Sean Scully (born 28 September 1947 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia is an actor.-Career:Scully began his acting career at the age of 12, going on 13, in the 1960 Children’s Film Foundation film Hunted in Holland, which won the Diploma of Honour at the Cannes Film...
  
   - episodes 590-654), minister who is involved with Rita Connors' bike gang, The Conquerors. Has a relationship with governor Ann Reynolds.

• Bongo Connors (Shane Connor
  Shane Connor
  Shane Connor is an Australian actor, who has had extensive experience in both stage and film productions.-Background:Shane Connor graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts in the early 1980s...
  
   - episodes 595-667), Rita Connors' tearaway younger brother. goes nuts and nearly kills Dan in an escape attempt. While Rita and Bongo are both at Blackmoor, Bongo is shot dead by a marksman on Craven's orders.

• Harry Bassinger (John Frawley
  John Frawley
  John Frawley is a retired Australian tennis player.Frawley twice reached the fourth round of the Australian Open and twice reached the third round of the French Open....
  
   - episodes 602-620), A respected elderly ex-cop with a grudge against prisoners and escapees. murdered Nora Flynn in 597 giving a mystery. Is seen in 599 gluing in evidence of Lexie's escape though only his hands are shown. next seen in 602 taking a hunting knife out of his bag. In 603 when Jessie leaves the house he knocks on the door with flowers for Jessie but Lexie tells him to leave it on the step. When she opens the door to take the flowers he grabs her and follows her inside ready to kill her when she breaks a vase over his head. but no one believes her or Jessie. he is seen again in 608 telling his son that he is taking Amelia (his wife)on a holiday and that he should blow over his cover. his son Gary rings Wentworth offering to "capture" current escapee Lou Kelly. but while Jessie is in hospital she escapes with an undercover cop. Bassinger kidnaps them both but undercover cop Tom Harley breaks free and arrests him. Jessie is released and tells Lexie and Bob the good news.

• Roo Morgan (Sally McKenzie
  Sally McKenzie
  Sally McKenzie is an award winning Australian actress, director, playwright and producer. She graduated from Australia's prestigious National Institute of Dramatic Art in 1977....
  
   - episodes 666-667), Top dog at Blackmoor until Rita defeats her in an arranged fight. possibly killed in the riot after being held down by Spike and Brumby.

Multiple Roles

Many characters were portrayed by recurring actors throughout the series' run.

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| Ian Smith
| Ted Douglas
| Reverend Mason
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| Paul Young
| Captain Barton
| Trevor Priest
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| Ray Meagher
| Geoff Butler
| Kurt Renner
| Ernest Craven
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| Peter Stratford
| Detective Sergeant Gleason
| Crown Prosecutor
| Julian Phillips
| George Costello
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| Carmel Millhouse
| Mary Healy
| Mrs. Beamish
| Mother Mary Helen Sexton
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| Aileen Britton
| Florence Marne
| Mrs. Hartley
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| Ernie Bourne
| Doctor
| Peter Hope
| Mervin Pringle
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| Belinda Davey
| Prison Nurse
| Hazel Kent
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| Bernadette Gibson
| Vivienne Williams
| Mrs. Daniels
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| Maria Mercedes
| Irini Zervos
| Yemil Bakarta
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| Liddy Clark
| Bella Albrecht
| Sharon Smart
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| Lesley Baker
| Monica Ferguson
| Belle Peters
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| Dina Mann
| Debbie Pearce
| Samantha Russell
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| Babs McMillan
| Miss Vaughan
| Cass Parker
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| Anne Phelan
| Officer Manson
| Bernadette
| Myra Desmond
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| Jane Clifton
| Yvonne
| Margo Gaffney
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| Anthony Hawkins
| Detective Sergeant Little
| Bob Morris
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| Babs Wheeldon
| Mrs. Burns
| Mrs. Collins
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| May Howlett
| Mrs. Downer
| Vera Rodgers
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| Liddy Holloway
| Sister Kelly
| Sister Hainer
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| Myrtle Woods
| Amelia Humber
| Mrs. Adams
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| Julieanne Newbould
| Hannah Simpson
| Wendy Glover
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| Lois Ramsey
| Agnes Forster
| Ettie Parslow
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| Julia Blake
| Evelyn Randall
| Alice Dods
| Nancy McCormack
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| Margot Knight
| Sharon Gilmour
| Terri Malone
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| Anne Charleston
| Lorraine Watkins
| Policewoman
| Diedre Keen
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| Sarah Machin
| Jennifer Powell
| Danielle McCormack
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| Penny Ramsey
| Leila Fletcher
| Amy Ryan
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| Kirsty Child
| Anne Yates
| Glynis Quinn
| Willie Beecham
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| Adrian Wright
| Detective
| Neil Murray
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| Valma Curry Pratt
| Dot
| Matron Schwartz
| Mrs. Hudson
| Taps
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| Gerda Nicolson
| Officer Roberts
| Governor Ann Reynolds
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| Vince Gill
| Wayne Bradshaw
| Joe Palmer
| Tom Hartley
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| Di Greentree
| Nightclub Singer
| Sister Franklin
| Mrs. Egbert
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| Maureen Edwards
| Gracie
| Hazel Crow
| Officer Bailey
| TV Newsreader
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| Christine Earle
| Rachel Freeman
| Janet Williams
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| Jan Friedl
| Barnhurst Officer
| Brenda Latham
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| Eve Godley
| Mrs. Dennis
| Mrs. Landon
| Mrs. Warren
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| Debra Lawrence
| Hospital Nurse
| Officer Sally Dean
| Daphne Graham
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| Bruce Kerr
| Mr. Harris
| Maxie
| Gordon Humphrey
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| Diane Craig
| Sarah Forrest
| Anita Selby
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| Billie Hammerberg
| Valerie Richardson
| May Collins
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| Brian James
| Dr. Kennedy
| Officer Stan Dobson
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| Maurie Fields
| Uncle Archie
| Maurie
| Officer Len Murphy
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| Carl Bleazby
| Magistrate
| Major Ferguson
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| Babs Wheeldon
| Mrs. Burns
| Mrs. Collins
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| Robyn Gibbes
| Melissa Norton
| Sam Greenway
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| Jackie Kelleher
| Gwen Hill
| Marjorie Malone
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| Val Jellay
| Melissa
| Sam Greenway
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| Sue Jones
| Sister Brookes
| Cathy Hall
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| Joan Letch
| Mrs. Bessie
| Mrs. Gibson
| Mabel Morgan
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| Esme Melville
| Freda
| Beryl Hudson
| Charlady
| Granny Wilkinson
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| Shane Connor
| Kevin Armstrong
| Bongo Connors
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Probably the most prolific recurring actor was Denzil Howson, who appeared regularly in minor parts throughout the entire series' run. He played everything from a Salvation Army Major, to Doctors, Judges, Lawyers, fathers and husbands of prisoners and the head of the Social Welfare department. There were many other actors who played multiple minor roles too such as Will Deumer (Doctor, Sailor, Boss, Lionel Fellows etc.) and Arthur Barradell-Smith to name but two.

See also:

• Prisoner characters - Inmates
  Prisoner characters - Inmates
  A list of all inmates of Wentworth Detention Centre in the television series Prisoner.Note that episode numbers cited are for first and last appearances; many characters had spells where they were absent and subsequently returned....
  
  
• Prisoner characters - Prison Staff
  Prisoner characters - Prison Staff
  A list of all prison staff at the Wentworth Detention Centre in the television series Prisoner.Listed in order of appearance:* Erica Davidson , the prison's governor...
  
  
• Prisoner characters - Background Prison Officers
  Prisoner characters - Background Prison Officers
  A list of background prison officers at the Wentworth Detention Centre in the television series Prisoner.* Sue Bailey , frequently seen background prison officer...