Neil Melville is an Australian actor. He was born in Sydney, but spent most of his childhood in Apollo Bay, Victoria. In the early 1970s he was lead singer of Geelong rock band "The Iliad". Melville graduated from Adelaide's Flinders University with a Bachelor of Arts in Drama, and performed in a number of university productions, including, most notably, the world premiere of Jack Hibberd's The Les Darcy Show (1974). After graduating from university, Melville spent a year writing and performing for children with the Little Patch Theatre. While with this group, he wrote the vaudeville-documentary, Australian Born, Australian Bred. He has worked extensively as a character actor, appearing in numerous Australian theatre, film and television productions. Melville has served as actor and director-in-residence at the University of Melbourne and worked as Executive Producer on ex-wife Debra Byrne's album, Heaven Down Here. Melville is now married to Bo, and lives in Apollo Bay. Partial theatre productions The Fantastics Othello Coriolanus Macbeth The Naked Vicar Show Evita Oklahoma On Our Selection This Old Man Comes Rolling Home The Magic Guritar The Les Darcy Show Blue Window Summer of the Seventeenth Doll The Life of Galileo The Ramayana Les Misérables Odyssey of a Prostitute Partial television credits The Fast Lane The Flying Doctors The Henderson Kids Correlli Alice to Nowhere Dusty Phoenix Rafferty's Rules Prisoner A Country Practice Embassy Snowy The Man from Snowy River In Pursuit of Honor Ocean Girl Blue Heelers McLeod's Daughters The Secret Life of Us The Saddle Club Something in the Air Law of the Land Stingers Carson's Law Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries Wentworth Filmography Brilliant Lies Bushfire Moon Feathers In Pursuit of Honor Miracle Down Under Good Vibrations The Feds: Terror Halifax f.p: Isn't It Romantic (1998) Halifax f.p: Playing God (2001) References Stratton, David. "Brilliant Lies". Variety i2 (13–19 May 1996): 68 Byrne Return Awaited Additional Neil Melville credits Brilliant Lies Neil and Bo Melville at Apollo Bay Living people Australian male film actors Australian male soap opera actors Australian male stage actors Male actors from Melbourne Year of birth missing (living people) 20th-century Australian male actors 21st-century Australian male actors