Jeremy Callaghan Fansite Album

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Album 1 - Images of Jeremy as an Actor

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Elvis Killed My Brother 1990

Police Rescue 1992-94

Blue Heelers 1994

G.P. 1996

The Munsters Scary Little Christmas 1996

Water Rats 1996

Elvis Killed My Brother 1990

Police Rescue 1992-94

Blue Heelers 1994

G.P. 1996

Water Rats 1996

Above: Jeremy taken at Two Rocks Beach, Yanchep, Western Australia near the Surf Life Saving Club carpark - November 1989

Elvis killed My Brother was planned to be made as a feature film by veteren Australian actor/director Peter Hardy. However he could only secure $25000 funding so it was made as a short film in 1990. The film was made by everyone calling in lots of favours from old mates and even from the hotel where much of the production was filmed. It was Jeremy Callaghan's first film role which he made while still studying at WAAPA. Jeremy plays Chad, the yuppie brother of the main character. The film was well supported by the people of Perth premiering to a packed Theatre forcing the cast and production personnel to stand at the back of the theatre while screening.

Police Rescue started as a TV pilot in 1989 on Australia's ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). The Show was a hit from its first episode and recieved many awards for its production team and cast members. The show was exported to many countries with Jeremy featuring in three seasons. Jeremy landed the role after completing his acting course at WAAPA with his character "Brian Morley" (A young highly intelligent, sensitive, christian police constable with a solid moral compass) balancing out the other male lead characters who were womanising, self-assured, blokey and brash. Brian just melted the girls hearts.

Blue Heelers was filmed mainly in the Victorian historic goldfields town of Castlemaine and centred on a country police station in the fictional town of Mount Thomas. The show was enormously popular in Australia and running for over a decade. Many of its characters became leading actors in Australia including Lisa McCune (Who was a former fellow graduate of WAAPA with Jeremy). Jeremy appeared in one episode in the first season playing Lisa McCune's boyfirend. Conflict and a breakup ensue after Jeremy's character lies to protect his boss (A prominent politician) and contradicts his police constable girlfriend's evidence.

G.P. or General Practice (Practitioner) was a popular Australian ABC weekly drama series that tackled strong ethical issues. Jeremy featured in two episodes in 1993 and 1996. This photo suite is taken from 1996 episode "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?". In this episode Jeremy plays the part of "Dave Rooker" who comes home to find is wife "Bec" (Dee Smart) and seven month old son unconcious on the bathroom floor. Bec has surpressed all memories and has a paralised right arm. Under hypnosis it is revealled that she has chronic post natal depression and drowned the baby while bathing him. She cannot be charged as confessions given under hypnosis cannot be used in Australia and can Dave ever love or trust her again?

Above: A fans greeting card signed by Jeremy at the Xena convention conducted at Pasadena in 2000

The Munsters Scary Little Christmas 1996

Water Rats was another hit police drama centred on the Sydney Water Police featuring plenty of sweeping footage of Sydney Harbour. The show was hugely popular becoming the highest rating drama on Australia's Nine TV Network. The show was exported to many countries and ran for several years. Jeremy was cast in the first series as Kevin Holloway, the good guy cop who is brother to the darker and more bitter male lead. The character Kevin is clean cut, good looking, by the book and extremely popular with the ladies. Drama ensues when Kevin forms a not so platonic bond with the female partner of his brother. In episode 9 Kevin suggests that all is somehow not well in his life and in episode 10 is found dead having been murdered.

The Munsters Scary Little Christmas was Jeremy's first film that was made in the USA. Essentially a childrens film it features a couple of other Aussie actors (Including Mark Mitchell (AKA Con the Fruiterer) as Santa) and Bruce Spence. In this film Jeremy plays an "ugly" biker (Tom) who falls for the charms of the Munsters equally ugly niece Marilyn. The acting is fun and the story line corny (But hey! It's the Munsters, and not meant to be taken seriously or make any sense). Probably the best gag is toward the end of the film when Aurnt Lily Munster says of Tom's tastes in falling for their ugly neice, "Well beggars can't be chosers".

Above: A publicity photo taken at a time unknown. Possibly the late 80's or early 90's

Click here to see images of Jeremy as Pompey in Xena

Above: Click here for more images of Jeremy as Pompey in Xena Warrior Princess

Above: Click to enlarge image of Jeremy in the "The Violent Earth"

Above: Jeremy is beguiled by Miranda Otto in Police Rescue

Above: Jeremy and Miranda Otto in Police Rescue 1994

Above: Jeremy in Police Rescue episode "On the Outer" 1994

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Above: Maybe one of the best portraits of Jeremy ever taken. If it exists in colour we'd certainly like to add it to this site.

Photo Gallery 2

The Lost World 1999

Thank you: To all who have contributed images since 1996 to compile this page.

Above: Jeremy Callaghan in The Munsters Scary Little Christmas.

Above: Jeremy Callaghan in The Lost World.

Jeremy appeared in the late 90's early naughties TV series Sir Arthur Conan Doyles - The Lost World in two episodes. Another of those highly popular shows that were based on mythological themes that were mainly filmed in New Zealand at that time. The genre was popular with audiences with shows like "Young Hercules", "Xena", "Beastmaster" and of course "The Lost World" all having huge cult followings.

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Jeremy Callaghan in The Lost World

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Above: Jeremy as Constable Brian Morley in Police Rescue melted the hearts of many girls in Australia with his boyish innocence.

Above: Jeremy as Dave Rooker in GP, Jeremy gives a powerful performance as the husband of a woman suffering severe post natal depression. The final scene sees Jeremy collapse to the floor of the family bathroom as the terrible realisation hits that his 7 month old baby son had been drowned there by his wife.

Sea Change 1998

Xena Warrior Princess as Palaemon 1997

Sea Change 1998

Xena was a hugely popular phenomenon in the late 90's and early 2000's. Jeremy hounded the directors and producers mercilessly to cast him as the show had a bias toward casting US and New Zealand actors. Finally they relented and tested Jeremy for the part of Palaemon. Palaemon was a good guy at heart who wanted to be known as a feared warrior. He figures that the way to build his reputation as a great warrior is to draw Xena into a fight to the death. Of course things go pear shaped quickly and he ends up helping Xena. Palaemon (or we should say it was Jeremy) was was an instant hit with fans so producers brought Jeremy back as the arrogant, nacissistic & ambitious Pompey the Magnus ("Magnificent") in 1999 and 2000.

Sea Change was another hugely popular ABC series that was based mainly on the lives of a small fictional seaside community on the Southern (Surf) coast of Victoria. The plots for each episode focussed upon moral and social themes intertwined with light hearted side stories. Jeremy featured in the episode "Love Me or Leave Me" where he plays the role of Ray, a school teacher who has lost his job and is prone to violent and explosive outbursts of rage. When he assaults a local man and is brought before court, his wife (the only witness) denies what she saw and leaves everybody questioning the legal system.