John Stanton (born 28 October 1944) is an Australian actor, who has appeared in many stage, television and film productions throughout his extensive fifty-year career.
Despite his obvious sporting talents, Stanton was more interested in pursuing acting as a career although he also had a desire to become a veterinarian.
[2] Stanton worked various jobs including as a school teacher and as a prawner on Moreton Bay.
[3] In 2013, Stanton appeared as Willy Loman in the Black Swan Theatre Company production of Death of a Salesman.
After leaving Homicide, Stanton continued to make guest appearances in TV dramas, and was later signed to replace the departing Gerard Kennedy in Division 4 – however, the series was summarily cancelled upon Kennedy's leaving, and Stanton's character of Sen. Det.
He then played the regular lead role of Nick Manning in the later years of soap opera The Box.
[2] During the early 1990s Stanton portrayed the character of Oliver Blackwood in the TV series The Man from Snowy River, and appeared in a recurring role as Bryce Redstaff in McLeod's Daughters from 2003 to 2007.
[14][15] Stanton also appeared in Rent-a-Cop, which starred Burt Reynolds and Liza Minnelli; the film received mostly negative reviews.
He has also been the voice-over announcer for numerous television and radio ads, including Forty Winks bedding.