Gus Mercurio
American-Australian actor and boxer (1928-2010) · Australia · On the map · Actors · Died at 82
Augustino Eugenio "Gus" Mercurio was an American-Australian chiropractor, actor, boxing referee, boxing judge, and sports commentator. He was equally prominent as a character actor on film and television, and as a personality in the sports world.
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Not Quite HollywoodFilm2001
DalkeithFilm, Enzo Petroni1997
Doing Time for Patsy ClineFilm, Tyrone1995
FlipperSeries, Edward Walter 'Cap' Daulton1993
Blue HeelersSeries
StarkSeries, 1993Larry
Official DenialFilm, 1993Joe Dan1992
Survive the Savage SeaFilm, Mr. Haines1991
Return to the Blue LagoonFilm, First Mate1988
Mission: ImpossibleSeries, Bob Connors
Badlands 2005Film, 1988Stubbs1986
The ChallengeSeries, Vic Romagna1985
I Live With Me DadFilm, Waldo Skrimm1983
All the Rivers RunSeries
Five Mile CreekSeries, 1983
The Return of Captain InvincibleFilm, 1983Noisy Garbageman1982
The Man from Snowy RiverFilm, Frew1980
Dead Man's FloatFilm, Mr. Dobraski1977
Raw DealFilm, Ben1976
TandarraSeries
The Adventures of Eliza FraserFilm, 1976Darge1975
Cash and CompanySeries1974
Alvin Rides AgainFilm, Jake1970
McCloudSeries1928Born10 August 1928People around Gus
George T. Miller Directed All the Rivers Run (1983)
Betty Bobbitt Also in Crocodile Dundee II (1988)
Randal Kleiser Produced The Blue Lagoon (1980)
Simon Wincer Directed Harlequin (1983)- Bill Hunter Also in The Adventures of Eliza Fraser (1976)
Parker Stevenson Also in All the Rivers Run and Official Denial
Brian Trenchard-Smith Directed Turkey Shoot and Official Denial
Chris Haywood Also in The Man from Snowy River (1981)
Sigrid Thornton Also in All the Rivers Run (1983)
John Cornell Directed Crocodile Dundee II (1989)- Carmen Duncan Also in Harlequin and Turkey Shoot
- Gerard Kennedy Also in The Adventures of Eliza Fraser (1976)
Wayne Pigram Also in Return to the Blue Lagoon (1991)- Alan Hopgood Also in Dalkeith (2001)
- Tommy Dysart Also in The Man from Snowy River (1982)
- Terence Donovan Also in The Man from Snowy River (1982)
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The Man from Snowy River 1982
Not Quite Hollywood 2008
Harlequin 1980
Return to the Blue Lagoon 1991
The Blue Lagoon 1980
Also in Deutsch
Filmography 19
31 credits on file
Television 11
Awards
About this person
He was a long-time commentator on the Seven Network's World of Sport from 1976 to 1987. The Sydney Morning Herald described him as "one of the most recognised and loved faces in Australian television," while boxing writer Paul Upham called him "one of the great characters of Australian boxing."
