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

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...

as Det. Insp. Jack Grace, a regular cast member as Sgt. Jack Carruthers in The Flying Doctors

The Flying Doctors

The Flying Doctors is an Australian drama series produced by Crawford Productions that revolved around the everyday lifesaving efforts of the real Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia....

and played another recurring role in Blue Heelers

Blue Heelers

Blue Heelers is an Australian police drama series which depicted the lives of police officers stationed at the fictional Mount Thomas police station in a small town in Victoria.- Overview :...

as Superintendent Clive Adamson.

He also appeared in the film Crocodile Dundee

Crocodile Dundee

"Crocodile" Dundee is a 1986 Australian comedy film set in the Australian Outback and in New York City. It stars Paul Hogan as the weathered Mick Dundee and Linda Kozlowski as Sue Charlton....

, and has portrayed Santa Claus on Australian TV's annual Carols by Candlelight

Carols by Candlelight

Carols by Candlelight is an Australian Christmas tradition that originated in southeastern Australia in the 19th century and was popularised in Melbourne in the 1930s. The tradition has since spread around the world. It involves people gathering, usually outdoors in a park, to sing carols by...

for the past 20 years (in recent years alongside well-known children's entertainers Hi-5 and Australian TV icon Humphrey B. Bear

Humphrey B. Bear

Humphrey B. Bear is an Australian children's television series and its fictional character namesake is an icon of Australian children's television. Humphrey B Bear was first broadcast on Adelaide's NWS-9 on Monday, 24 May 1965. The show became one of the most successful programs for pre-schoolers...

).

Currently he runs 'The Tivoli Theatre Restaurant' in Melbourne, with his actress wife Carol Ann Gill.

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