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Peter Cummins
Peter Cummins
Born	Donald Cummins; 2 June 1931; Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died	October 2024 (aged 93)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1965–2003

Donald Cummins (2 June 1931 – October 2024), better known as Peter Cummins, was an Australian actor of stage and screen and chorister who was especially prominent in the 1970s and appeared in some of the most famous Australian films of the period.

Cummins was part of the Carlton group that were influential in Australian theatre of the early 1970s, which also included David Williamson, Max Gillies, Graeme Blundell and Bruce Spence.^[2]

Cummins was a long-term resident of Fitzroy, Victoria.^[3]^[4] He died in October 2024, at the age of 93.^[5]^[4]

Filmography

Film

Nothing Like Experience (1970)
Country Town (1971)
Bonjour Balwyn (1971) as TV repairman
Stork (1971) as Sculptor
Brumby Innes (1973)
Dalmas (1973) as Plastic Man
Alvin Purple (1973) as Cab Driver
Between Wars (1974)
The Firm Man (1975) as Gerald Baxter
Sunday Too Far Away (1975) as Arthur Black
The Great Macarthy (1975) as Rerk
The Removalists (1975) as Sergeant Simmonds
The Dreamers (1976)
God Knows Why, But it Works (1976)
Mad Dog Morgan (1976) as Gibson
Storm Boy (1976) as Hideaway Tom
High Rolling (1977) as Bus Driver
Blue Fire Lady (1977) as McIntyre
Trial of Ned Kelly (1977)
The Lion's Share (1978)
Double Deal (1983)
Robbery Under Arms (1985)
I Live with Me Dad (1985)
Twelfth Night (1986) as Malvolio
The Local Rag (1986)
Sky Pirates (1986) as Colonel Brien
Frog Dreaming (1986)
The Fish Are Safe (1986) as Ned Foley
Kangaroo (1987) as Struthers
The Umbrella Woman (1987) as Ned Hopper
Slate, Wyn & Me (1987) as Old Man Downer
Ground Zero (1987) as Ballantyne
The Man from Snowy River II (1988) as Jake
Rikky and Pete (1988) as Delahunty
Beyond Innocence (1989)
Turn It Up (1991)
The Forest (2003)

Television

The Outsiders (1976)
Phoenix (1993) as Superintendent Wallace (13 episodes)

Theatre roles

Oklahoma! (1965)
Commitment (1968)
Dimboola (1969, 1973, 1977)
Escape (1969)
I Don't Know Who to Feel Sorry For (1969)
May Day (1969)
Mr Big the Big Big Pig (1969)
The Elephant Calf / The Exception and the Rule (1969)
The Kitchen Table (1969)
Whatever Happened to Realism? (1969)
Customs and Excise (1970)
The Coming of Stork (1970)
The Front Room Boys (1970)
The Man from Chicago (1970)
[Life of] Galileo (1971)
The Removalists (1971, 1977)
A Stretch of the Imagination (1972, 1973)
Bastardy (1972)
Brumby Innes (1972)
One of Nature's Gentlemen (1972)
One of Nature's Gentlemen / O / Just Before the Honeymoon / Mrs Thally F (1973)
The Waltzing Matilda Pantomime (1973)
The Floating World (1974, 1995)
Chidley (1976)
The Overcoat (1976)
Waiting for Godot (1976)
Memories of a Carlton Bohemian: Revival (1977)
Ravages: Heels Over Head / Dropping In (1977)
Oh / Let Me In (1978)
Errol Flynn's Great Big Adventure Book for Boys (1979)
Flexitime (1979)
The Club (1979)
The Hypothetical End of Bert Brecht (1979)
A Month in the Country (1980)
The One Day of the Year (1980, 1986)
The Seagull (1980)
The Ship's Whistle (1980)
Fanchen (1981)
I Sent a Letter to My Love (1981)
True West (1981)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1982, 1983)
Lighthouse Playreading (1982)
Mother Courage and Her Children (1982)
Royal Show (1982)
Signal Driver (1982)
Silver Lining (1982)
Spellbound (1982)
The Prince Of Homburg (1982)
Netherwood (1983, 1984)
Pal Joey (1983)
Sunrise (1983)
The Blind Giant is Dancing (1983)
The Marriage of Figaro (1983)
Twelfth Night (1983)
The Christian Brothers (1984)
The Threepenny Opera (1984)
Glengarry Glen Ross (1985)
Trumpets and Raspberries (1985)
Heartbreak House (1986)
The Servant of Two Masters (1986)
Away (1987)
And the Big Men Fly (1988)
Romeo and Juliet / As You Like It (1988)
A Marriage Proposal / A Respectable Wedding (1988)
Little Murders (1989)
The Cherry Orchard (1989)
Top End (1989)
On Top of the World (1990)
Diving For Pearls (1991)
On Our Selection (1991)
The Crucible (1991)
The Taming Of The Shrew (1991)
Coriolanus (1993)
Nowhere (2001)