Alan Hopgood

Alan Hopgood

Alan Hopgood (born 29 September 1934 in Launceston, Tasmania) is an Australian writer and actor. 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.

In 1966 he produced "Private Yuk Objects", which he claims was the first play anywhere in the world on the subject of the Vietnam War.

Hopgood has also written a number of film and television screenplays, including the hit comedy feature film "Alvin Purple", which was the most commercially successful Australian film of the early 1970s.

Hopgood was an actor with the Melbourne Theatre Company for ten years and was an early "soap" star in "Bellbird", in which he played a long-running role as the town doctor. He has also performed in the later soaps, "Prisoner" and "Neighbours".

As an actor, his cinema credits include "My Brilliant Career", "The Blue Lagoon", "Roadgames", "Evil Angels" and "The Man from Snowy River II".

He contracted prostate cancer and his book on the experience "Surviving Prostate Cancer – One Man's Journey" was widely praised. He often tours giving humorous talks on men's health.

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* [http://www.austlit.edu.au/run?ex=ShowAgent&agentId=A%23%7D%5B AustLit, The Resource of Australian Literature] ,
* [http://bsp.net.au/HTML/Content/AH.htm Bay Street Productions] ,
* [http://www.entertainoz.com.au/index.cfm?oid=1227 Entertainoz] ,
* [http://www.hollysheroes.com.au/cast/alanh.html?format=html Holly's Heroes]

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