Brian McNeill
Biography
Brian McNeill is a New Zealand actor, playwright and theatre director born in 1939. He spent the 1960s and early 1970s working as an actor and theatre director in England. He is the author of three major stage plays: The Two Tigers, The Naval Officer, and Twin Messiahs. He resettled in New Zealand in 1972, where he worked as an actor. He later was a scriptwriter for Television New Zealand's children's programmes.
Known For & Full Filmography3 Titles
Drama Series - 1992, 16 episodes • as Justice Weber
The lives and loves of the residents of Ferndale.
Drama Series - 1991, 16 episodes • as Dory
On a holiday to Mt Tarawera, teenager Jenny finds an odd shard of metal. In this third episode of the kids sci-fi series she meets its owner: 'Drom' — a survivor of an alien mission to deactivate a planet-annihilating space gun (aka Tarawera itself). They find themselves under siege from a Predator-like 'Guardian' of the gun. If Drom and Jenny and local kids Tessa and Lloyd can't defeat the mechanoid, catastrophe is imminent! The South Pacific Pictures series found international sales and cult repute.
Movie - 1991, 2h 15m • as Bus Driver
The pupils of the Dora Jackson School of Dancing compete in the 1960 Classical Dance Festival in Scarborough. Fifties rock 'n' roll meets classical ballet with the arrival of Dora's ex-boyfriend Clifford and a mysterious ghost.