Brian Wenzel

Brian Wenzel

Brian Thomas Wenzel (born 24 May 1929 in Adelaide, South Australia) is an Australian Logie Award-winning actor, comedian, director and singer He has been in the entertainment business for 75 years, including circus, stage, television and film; (including made for TV movies and theatrical release films). After numerous character roles in Crawford Productions serials and films and after appearing in serial Certain Women, he was cast in the permanent role of Sgt. Frank Gilroy, opposite co-star Lorrae Desmond an original character on television program A Country Practice. from its inception pilot in November 1981 until the series conclusion in 1993, he was the only original actor alongside Shane Porteous and Joyce Jacobs (a semi-regular from ep. 1, regular from ep. 99) to appear the duration of the series run, and at the time one of the longest roles on Australian television. He had a small role in 1995 in serial Neighbours as Gordon "Flakey the Clown" Orchard. He was also briefly a cast member of Rove Live in 2009.

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