William John Hunter (27 February 1940 – 21 May 2011) was an Australian actor of film, stage and television, who was also prominent as a voice-over artist.

[6][7] He took an intensive drama course in Melbourne and sailed aboard the RHMS Ellinis on New Year's Eve 1964 for England.

[8][9] Hunter returned to Australia in 1967 and began working in television drama and feature films.

Hunter often played characters who were the strong, opinionated, archetypal gruff Australian whose exterior belies a softer heart and sensibilities vulnerable to pressure.

[10] Some of his most notable movie roles include Mad Dog Morgan (1976), Newsfront[11] (1978), Gallipoli (1981), The Dismissal, Scales of Justice[12] (1983), Strictly Ballroom[13] (1992), Muriel's Wedding[14] (1994), The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994) and Australia (2008).

He portrayed United Nations Secretary General Spencer Chartwell in the American science fiction series Space: Above and Beyond.

[17] In 2001, he was awarded the Centenary Medal "for service to acting, including the films Gallipoli and Frontline.

She also said that, despite the common perception that he contracted liver cancer because he drank too much, he was in Alcoholics Anonymous when they met and was not a drunk.

[26] Close friend and co-star Mick Molloy paid tribute to Bill Hunter on stage at the 54th Logie Awards in April 2012.