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Brian Moll
Brian Moll
Born	Brian Percy Moll; 19 May 1925; Wanstead, London, England
Died	9 August 2013 (aged 88); Sippy Downs, Queensland, Australia
Occupations	Actor; comedian;
Years active	1953–1994 (retired)
Known for	The Young Doctors (TV series) as Dr Vincent Snape; A Country Practice (TV series) as Alfred Muldoon

Brian Percy Moll (19 May 1925 – 9 August 2013) was a British-born Australian comedian character actor of stage, television and film and director and producer who emigrated to Australia from his native England in 1950. Quitting his job as a publicity officer, he became a professional actor in 1953. He was best known for his soap opera television roles, but also appeared in film and numerous theatre productions.

Early life

He was born in Chaucer Road, Wanstead, North East London on 19 May 1925 to Hedges Percy Moll and Dorethy Dot Alice Sarah (née Mitchell)?? Brother Peter James Moll

During World War II, he was conscripted to the Royal Navy in 1943 at the age of eighteen and spent the later years of World War II serving on a minesweeper. His ship was involved in the D-Day operation and he watched the action from just off the Arromanches beach.

In October 1950, he immigrated from England and arrived in Melbourne, Australia under the £10 assisted passage emigration scheme. In December 1975, he took Australian Citizenship.

Career

Theatre

Moll started taking on leading parts with the Melbourne Little Theatre starting from 1953 and as well as acting he was producing and directing difficult plays by playwrights including as Chekov and Ibsen. In 1963 he moved to Brisbane and he joined the Queensland Arts Theatre. He continued his acting career in his spare time. In the 1960s he was campaigning in Brisbane for a new permanent arts centre and was involved in these plans which resulted in the Arts Complex being built.

In 1970 he was in It's a Rum Do and had the role of Samuel Marsden, the priest who was partly responsible for bringing merino sheep to Australia which started the wool industry. The play was chosen to be given a Royal Command Performance in the Brisbane Arts Centre. He was presented to the Queen and he told her that over the past two years he had played eight priests. She asked him "Why" and she smiled when he answered "It was my purity of spirit and a bald head". After this, his acting career took off.

Television and film

Moll was known for his villainous roles, once remarking that this was due to his bald head (he had been completely bald since the age of 25). As a jobbing actor, like many of the era he had numerous character roles on the Crawford Productions TV serials including Matlock Police, Homicide and Division 4, as well as many guest roles on other television series; mini-series, telemovies; and films.

In 1975, he became better known however for playing the recurring role of slimy Town Clerk Eddie Buchanan in soap opera Number 96, Dr. Vincent Snape in The Young Doctors in 1977–1978, and briefly as Mr. Spencer in Prisoner in 1980.

He was most likely however best known for his long running itinerant role in serial A Country Practice, as devious and pompous town councillor Alfred Muldoon a role he played as the script permitted from 1982 to 1992, through 120 episodes.

He had a small cameo role in the film Street Fighter in 1994

In 1990, he appeared as Mr. Gordian in Bloodmoon, a horror film.^[2]

Later years and death

Moll retired in 1994 and resided in Sippy Downs, Queensland in a nursing home, where he died in August 2013, aged 88, His ashes were scattered near his home on the Sunshine Coast.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Type
1959	Press Gang		TV movie
1971	Exit	Geeles	Short film
1971	Stork	Priest	Feature film
1975	That Lady from Peking	Father Leonard	Feature film
1976	McManus MPB	Carl Day	TV movie
1981	Maybe This Time	Older Salesman	Feature film
1984	Queen of the Road	Al "Herpie" Graves	TV movie
1984	Fantasy Man	Lofty	Feature film
1985	Hector's Bunyip	Ernest Sister	TV movie
1987	Great Expectations: The Untold Story	Uncle Pumblechook	TV movie
1990	Bloodmoon	Mr. Gordian	Feature film
1990	Dead Sleep	Dr. Shamberg	Feature film
1992	Something Wicked	Lecturer	Short film
1994	Street Fighter	Bison's Scientist	Feature film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Type
1958	Killer in Close-Up: The Rattenbury Case		TV series
1968–69	Hunter	Hinksman / Fishta	TV series
1969	The Rovers	Dr. Wright	TV series
1973	Boney	Bill Bulford	TV series
1971–73	Matlock Police	7 roles: Forbes / Tojo / Brown / School Principal / Ray Smith / Gaye / Fred Jackson	TV series
1973	Ryan	Warburton / Topley	TV series
1973	Alvin Purple	Clerk of the Court	TV series
1968–74	Homicide	11 roles: Frank Adams / Ted Sands / John Lee / Richard Evans / Clerk / Stan Preston / Gustav / Arthur Reid / Phillips /,Grant / Hotel Manager	TV series
1969–74	Division 4	5 roles: Jack Doyle / Eddie Bailey / Herbie Pike / Wilson Snr / Ralph Morris	TV series
1974	Silent Number	Prison Doctor	TV series
1975	The Unisexers		TV series
1975	Number 96	TC Ian Buchanan	TV series
1975	King's Men	Drake	TV series
1975	Luke's Kingdom	Settler	TV series
1976	Rush	Thomas	TV series
1977	The Outsiders	Mertz	TV series
1978	The Young Doctors	Dr. Vincent Snape	TV series
1978	Case for the Defence	The Judge	TV series
1980	Arcade	Mr. Sponge	TV series
1980	Prisoner	Mr. Spencer	TV series
1984	Bellamy	Wilkes	TV series
1984	The Cowra Breakout	Doctor	TV miniseries
1984	Special Squad	Charlie Everett	TV series, episode 14: "Slow Attack"
1987	The Petrov Affair	Billy Wentworth	TV miniseries
1982–92	A Country Practice	Alfred Muldoon	TV series, 120 episodes

Theatre

As performer

Year	Title	Role	Type
1957	Little by Little		Melbourne Little Theatre
1959	An Italian Straw Hat		Melbourne Little Theatre
1960	The Long and the Short and the Tall		Melbourne Little Theatre
1961	Anastasia		Albert Hall, Brisbane with Brisbane Repertory Theatre^[3]
	The Caretaker	Davies	Brisbane Arts Theatre
	Luther	Luther	Brisbane Arts Theatre
1968	The Judge	Dr Waggon	St Martins Theatre, Melbourne
1968	The Living Room	Father James Browne	St Martins Theatre, Melbourne^[4]
1969	Hadrian VII		Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne
1970	A Rum Do!	The Rev. Samuel Marsden	SGIO Theatre, Brisbane
1970	Philadelphia, Here I Come!		SGIO Theatre, Brisbane
1972	Richard II	Sir John Bushy / Head Gardener	Theatre Royal, Hobart
1975	Semi-Detached		Marian Street Theatre
1975	The Touch of Silk		Independent Theatre, Sydney
1980	Shut Your Eyes and Think of England	Mr Rubinstein	Her Majesty's Theatre, Brisbane, Comedy Theatre, Melbourne
1991	The Cherry Orchard	Faers	Suncorp Theatre, Brisbane with Queensland Theatre Company
1991	The Crucible		Suncorp Theatre, Brisbane
1992	The Marriage of Figaro	Antonio	Suncorp Theatre, Brisbane^[5]

As crew

Year	Title	Role	Type
1961	The Multi-Coloured Umbrella	Designer	Brisbane Arts Theatre
1964	Summer Solstice	Producer	Brisbane Arts Theatre
1965	Private Ear & Public Eye	Director	Brisbane Arts Theatre^[6]
1967	Breakfast with Julia	Director	Brisbane Arts Theatre