Phillip Hinton

Phillip Hinton 19422021 was a noted actor and voice artist working in Australia although Englishborn and South Africanraised who supplied the voice of Teurac in three episodes of Farscape Around the age of 18 Hinton entered the acting profession having had previous experience on the South African stage and joined Londons The Royal Shakespeare Company in 1963 In addition to his stage work he performed on such British TV series as Z Cars In 1975 Hinton moved to Australia establishing himself as a radio actor and as part of the vocal stock company used by animation studio Air Programs International and its successor Burbank Films Hinton lent his precise diction to animated adaptations of Mark Twain Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn Charles Dickens A Tale of Two Cities Great Expectations Robert Louis Stevenson Treasure Island and Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and J M Barries Peter Pan as well as Christmas specials like The Story of the First Christmas and The Little Drummer Boy As an oncamera actor Hinton has appeared in a variety of Australian movie and television projects such as the comedy film Clowning Around and USAussie TV coproductions including the miniseries The Thorn Birds The Missing Years an episode of the 1980s Mission Impossible revival and TV movies such as The Three Stooges and Dynasty The Making of a Guilty Pleasure as ABCchairman Leonard Goldenson