Owen Weingott

Owen Weingott
Born
Owen Ash Weingott

(1921-06-21)21 June 1921
Sydney, Australia
Died12 October 2002(2002-10-12) (aged 81)
EducationSydney University, Independent Theatre
Occupations
  • Actor
  • director
  • voice over
  • drama teacher
Years active1936-2001
OrganizationVice President of the Australian Actors Union
Known for
SpousePeg Weingott
Children2 children

Owen Ash Weingott (21 June 1921 – 12 October 2002) was an Australian actor, director, voice artist and drama teacher. Although primarily working in theatre, he appeared on radio and television in serials and made for television films and voice overs. Weingott was vice-president of the Australian actors union, the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance. He appeared in the very first Australian soap opera Autumn Affair, starring Muriel Steinbeck, and is well known for his role as Mr. Walter Bertram, a demented school principal in the first season of Home and Away

He's son was actor Paul Weingott, who was best known for playing Bruce Taylor, the first lover of Don Finlayson (Joe Hasham) in Number 96