John Walton

John Walton, an Australian actor, was born in St Ives, Sydney, Australia, in 1952. He is famous for his role as Doctor Craig Rothwell in the TV series The Young Doctors. John died at the age of sixty-two on 17 July 2014 after a long illness in Sydney, Australia. John Walton worked in two seasons of The Young Doctors. His last credit was in the movie Sea patrol in 2009. He also worked in several films, TV series and theatre plays and production work like Cop Shop, The Sullivan, Home and Away, All Saints A country Practice, Blue Heelers, Undercover, Kangaroo, Blue Murder, Twisted and Going Home. He started his career in 1967 and studied at the National Institute of Dramatic Art.

His co-star, Cornelia Frances, said that we were like a family, in all doctors, he was a handsome and most popular actor.’ The Young Doctors is an Australian TV series, was aired on Nine Network in the late 70s. The show was directed by David C Wilson, Brian Faull, Alan Coleman, Max Varnel, Ian Coughlan, Michael Pattinson, Chris Connelly, and Mike Murphy. The series was created and developed by Reg Watson with Alan Coleman as an executive producer. Reg Watson also produced the series Crossroads from 1964 to 1972. Then Reg Watson moved to Australia to set up a new drama department with the Reg Grundy Organization,famous for game-show at that time.

The Young Doctors became the popular and longest-running TV series of 1967. After several years later, many senior actors left the show, so in 1982, many fresh actors were introduced in the show. The producer Alan Coleman also left the show and replaced by Sue Masters before the show goes off-air. In 1983, A new show launched titled Prisoner, and many characters of the Young Doctors like Genevieve Lemon, Judy Mac Burney, Tottie Goldsmith, Babs Mac Millen worked in the lead role after The Young Doctors finishing. The Found Doctors series completed 1396 episodes and also got many awards.

Nine Network and Reg Watson launched many shows to fill the gaps with their early-evening schedule. In July 1983, Grundy came with his new show, Taurus Rising, which ran only for twenty-one episodes only, and Watson spent one million dollars on its first episode alone. Again, In February 1983, Grundy launched a new show, Waterloo Station. The story was based on policemen, but the show was a flop and ran only forty episodes. Then next, Grundy launched the show, Starting Out, The series based on a medical student.

Although it also flopped. After that Grundy Organization did not launch any TV series, and only The Young Doctors, remaining a famous TV show of Grundy Organization. The program also broadcasted in the United Kingdom, North America, France, and Spain. Actor John Walton acted in his last TV series named Blue Heelers in 2003. Blue Heelers was an Australian Police Drama produced by Southern Star Group in 1994. The series completed thirteen seasons successfully, and it starred John Wood, Martin Sacks, Julie Nihill Julie Nihill, an Australian actress, producer, tea >> Read More... , Lisa McCune, Ditch Davey, Paul Bishop. The series based on a police station of Mount Thomas.

The police officers solved many cases like Robbery, Chain Snatching, Kidnapping, Murder, in their way. Along with their police work, their relationship and bonding are also described by the director. Famous relationship between Maggie and PJ, in which Maggie's death was most-watched moment on Australian TV. The show broadcasted on every weekend on Australian TV. The show shot in Melbourne. It had three point five million subscribers who loved the show. It was rated by eight out of ten. The show got AFI Television awards, Logie Award, People's Choice Award, AWGIE Awards, and many more. In 50 years 50 shows poll, the show rated 37th greatest show on Australian Television and entered in Top Ten Top Ten is a Hindi language TV show that aired on >> Read More... shows.