George Frederick Mallaby (4 November 1939 – 12 July 2004)[1] was an English-born actor and screenwriter, best known for his roles in television in Australia, primarily in series playing tough cops including roles in Homicide, The Box and Cop Shop and in his latter career in his native England.
Mallaby started one of Australia's first hazelnut farms, something he saw as "his basic protection against the insecurity of show business"[1] He suffered a stroke in 1994, and subsequently used a wheelchair.
Mallaby made his acting debut at the Adelaide Festival of Arts, but soon obtained TV roles in Melbourne.
[1] Along with Alwyn Kurts, Leonard Teale and Norman Yemm, Mallaby was part of what is often considered "the consummate Homicide cast".
He was later an original cast member of Cop Shop as head of a suburban police station's Criminal Investigation Branch, Detective Senior Sergeant Glenn Taylor.