Michael pate actor biography example

Pate also began working behind the camera; one of his best-known writing-producing-directing credits is "Tim", the story of the relationship between an older woman Piper Laurie and a mentally challenged young man Mel Gibson. He also wrote for newspapers and magazines and worked as a book and theatre critic. His book of short stories was published in Australia and the United States.

He was cast by Charles Chauvel for the film 40, Horsemen From he starred in many radio plays and serials. He produced, wrote, directed and adapted plays for the theatre and radio. For the remainder of the s, he worked primarily in radio drama. He also published theatrical and literary criticism and enjoyed brief success as an author of short stories , publishing works in both Australia and the United States.

He was transferred to the 1st Australian Army Amenities Entertainment Unit, known as "The Islanders", entertaining Australian troops in various combat areas.

Michael pate actor biography example

Australian acting career [ edit ] After the war, Pate returned to radio, appearing in many plays and serials. Between and he began working in films. In he appeared in his first leading role in Sons of Matthew. Most notable among those was a Climax! On the big screen, he played the one-scene role of Flavius in Julius Caesar, the film adaptation of William Shakespeare's play.

In the same year he played for the first time the Apache chief Victorio, a role he would reprise several times in his career, in Australian director John Farrow's western Hondo playing opposite John Wayne. Pate later said that this was his favourite film role. He also went on to perform many Native American roles in movies and on television. In he appeared in the film The Court Jester, and three years later he played the lead role of a gunfighting vampire in the horror film Curse of the Undead.

He played parts as well in episodes 27 and 28 of the television series Zorro along with Guy Williams. In , Pate returned to Australia and became a television producer, winning two Logie Awards while working at the Seven Network. In , he published a textbook on acting, The Film Actor. Pate continued working in theatre in both Sydney and Melbourne.

In , he adapted the screenplay for Tim from the novel by Colleen McCullough. The film would star Mel Gibson and Piper Laurie. During the early s Pate and his son Christopher collaborated in a stage production of Mass Appeal.