# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-meillon
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:49:05.897Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-meillon"
name: "John Meillon"
slug: "john-meillon"
description: "John Meillon was an Australian character actor known for dramatic as well as comedy roles. He portrayed Walter Reilly in the films Crocodile Dundee and Crocodile Dundee II. He also voiced advertisements for Victoria Bitter beer. He appeared in several Australian New Wave films including Wake in Fright and The Cars That Ate Paris."
tagline: "Actor (1934-1989)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Meillon_in_One_Step_Beyond_(Eyewitness).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1934-05-01"
deathDate: "1989-08-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.97
  momentum:             1.46177916852928
  historical:           11.74452
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0576851/"
    handle:    "nm0576851"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Meillon"
    title: "John Meillon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "جون ميلون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "جان میلون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Meillon"
    title: "John Meillon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Meillon"
    title: "John Meillon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "جان میلون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Meillon"
    title: "John Meillon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Meillon"
    title: "John Meillon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Meillon"
    title: "John Meillon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Meillon"
    title: "John Meillon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Мейллон, Джон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Meillon"
    title: "John Meillon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q441661"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/42841"
    title: "John Meillon"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump