Peter Gwynne


Peter Gwynne was a New Zealand-born Australian television actor who was also known for voice-over work.

Career

Born in New Zealand, Gwynne was a well-recognised character actor, appearing in many of the significant television productions of the 1970s onwards, including Cop Shop, Boney, Division 4, Homicide, Matlock Police, The Flying Doctors, Return to Eden, A Country Practice and many more.
He is best remembered internationally as Bill McMaster, Stephanie Harper's General Manager at Harper Mining in both the 1983 mini-series and the 1986 series of Return to Eden.

Personal life

Gwynne was married to actress Cecily Polson. Peter's mother was born in Springwood, [New South Wales] and moved to New Zealand after she married Frank Gwynne from Christchurch. Gwynne last resided at Lane Cove in Sydney, New South Wales. He died on 17 November 2011, aged 82.