1986-1990 Film


‘The Time Guardian’ Directors: Brian Hannant and Andrew Prowse	Lead	1986	Hemdale Film Corporation Feature
An attempt at a science fiction special effects movie, but without the necessary budget. Although there are some good moments, the film suffers from script problems and poor direction. Even the presence of Carrie Fisher and Dean Stockwell didn’t help much.


As Ballard, the Time Guardian.


‘The Man from Snowy River II’ Director: Geoff Burrowes AKA ‘Return to Snowy River Part II’	Title Role	1987	Snowy II Productions Feature
The sequel was made six years after the original. The Producer of the first film decided to direct the second despite having no experience in this field. The replacement of Kirk Douglas with Brian Dennehy was never really credible. The film was distributed by Disney in the US, who gave it the ridiculous title ‘Return to Snowy River Part I I – The Legend Continues’ – I always thought ‘The Return of the Man from Snowy River’ would have been better. When in the script the stallion was given the ability to make moral judgements and decisions, I thought we were in real trouble. Despite all this there are some truly great action sequences and the film is popular, largely I think, by association with the original.

‘The Legend of Kootenai Brown’

Director: Alan Kroaker AKA ‘Showdown at Williams Creek’

Lead

1990

Kootenai Productions Cable Feature

A Canadian feature similar to ‘Dances with Wolves’ but without the budget. The journey of
the character was quite a challenge for me as an actor. Co-stars Raymond Burr and Donnelly Rhodes.


	As John ‘Kootenai’ Brown

Republic pictures bought the film for video distribution in the US and (not surprisingly) re-titled it ‘Showdown at Williams Creek’.	With Michelle Thrush


‘Landslide’ Director: Jean Claude Laude	Co-Lead	1990	Northern Screen Distribution Cable Feature

An international project filmed in the former Yugoslavia and Canada. Truly terrible. My first role as an American on film, playing the ‘bad guy’. The best part of the whole experience was becoming good friends with Anthony Edwards, pre – ‘ER’.