Noel Ferrier AM (20 December 1930 – 16 October 1997) was an Australian television personality, comedian, stage and film actor, raconteur, and theatrical producer.
[11] After his period on IMT finished in 1965, he started a morning radio show in Melbourne on 3UZ with Mary Hardy called "The Noel and Mary Show", which contained a riotously funny serial known as "The House on the Hill" featuring Sir & Lady Ernest Snatchbull, "set in a mythical Government House and loosely based on the vice-regal column in The Age... the real Governor of Victoria of the time was a (reputedly) devoted fan... whereas his wife was said to have abhorred it.
"[12] He appeared in such television series as Riptide (1969), Skippy (1970), as well as a numerous characters in the Crawfords' stable of productions, including Homicide (1969), Division 4 (1970, 1971 and 1975), and Matlock Police (1973, 1974 and 1975).
Ferrier played both Colonel Pickering and Alfred P. Doolittle (after Warren Mitchell relinquished the role) in a production by the Victoria State Opera of My Fair Lady.
For the STC he appeared in the original productions of David Williamson's Son's of Cain and The Perfectionist alongside Robyn Nevin and Hugo Weaving which toured to the Spoleto festival in 1985.'
[14] Worried that he might fall down the huge staircase set and crush Jesus (thus changing the traditional story) he had to have two chorus girls guide him down whilst "singing" the King Herod Song; bringing the house down with his somewhat questionable cry of "Jeeeeeeeezuz!"
[4] In 1960 he married Susanne de Berenger, a noted artist and multiple Archibald Prize finalist, a decision he frequently claimed "proved to be... a lifesaver".