Marty Fields

Marty Fields
Born (1961-12-18) 18 December 1961 (age 62)
Australia
Occupations
  • Comedian
  • host/mc
  • actor
  • writer
  • musician
  • singer
  • radio presenter
FamilyMaurie Fields (father), Val Jellay (mother)

Marty Fields (born 18 December 1961) [1] is an Australian comedian, host/mc, actor, writer, musician, singer, and radio presenter from Melbourne.

Early life

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The son of Australian actors Maurie Fields and Val Jellay, Fields trained for fifteen years at the Melba Conservatorium in piano, voice and theory.[2]

Career

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Screen

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Fields began his acting career at the age of seven in the television series Bellbird, which lead to further roles as a child actor. As an adult, he has since had long-running roles on Hey Hey It's Saturday, Blue Heelers, Blankety Blanks and various other television shows.[3]

Stage

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Fields has starred in over a dozen musicals including Guys and Dolls, High Society and Crazy for You, receiving a Green Room Award for Best Actor in a Musical. He has performed extensively around the world including shows at The Riviera (Las Vegas), The New York Comedy Club (NYC), and Howl at the Moon (Chicago). He has worked alongside performers including Marina Prior, Jimeoin, and John Farnham.

Writer

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He has written two TV comedy shows and many newspaper and magazine articles, and is the creator and composer of the Australian musical The Paradise.

Radio

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Fields has also been an occasional presenter on 3AW's Nightline, filling in for Bruce Mansfield or Philip Brady.

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Type
1977 Break of Day Bit part Feature film
1988 Evil Angels Commuter Feature film
1995 Rainbow's End Reg Parker TV movie
2002 Signs of Life Feature film
2006 The Book of Revelation Charging Officer Feature film
2007 Ghost Rider Surveillance Guard Feature film
2011 The Cup Shearer Bookie Feature film
2013 Cliffy Ted TV movie
2018 That's Not My Dog! Marty Feature film
2018 Dying for a Laugh Marty Moore Short film

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Teievision

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As performer

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Year Title Role Type
1969 Carols by Candelight Santa Claus TV special
1969, 1971 Bellbird 2 roles TV series
1970 Homicide TV series
1971 Division 4 TV series
1973 A Taste for Blue Ribbons TV miniseries, 9 episodes
1974 Marion Neil 'Stinker' Carter TV series, 4 episodes
1974 Matlock Police TV series
1977 The Sullivans TV series
1979 Skyways TV series
1979 Cop Shop TV series
1982 Getting in Gear Children's TV series
1984 Starting Out TV series, 2 episodes
1983 Carson's Law Terry TV series, 1 episode
1986 The Great Bookie Robbery TV miniseries
1986–91 The Flying Doctors Musician / Burns / Organist / Piano Player TV series, 4 episodes
1996 Blankety Blanks Resideht comic TV series
1993–96 Hey Hey It's Saturday Resideht comic TV series
1998 Battle of the Sexes TV series
2000 SeaChange Mitchell Chatham TV series, 1 episode
1994–2004 Blue Heelers Sgt. Roy Holland / Des Blewitt / Steve Talmen / Geoff Wiley / Laurie Ratten TV series, 8 episodes
2006 Stand Up Australia Self TV special
2008 The Singing Bee Contestant TV series, 1 episode
2009 The Mutant Way Guest comedy panellist TV series, 1 episode
2009 City Homicide Zack Roberts TV series, 2 episodes
2011 Rush Ned Meribel TV series, 1 episode
2012 Planet Unearth Self TV series, 1 episode
2012 Woodley Eric TV series, 2 episodes

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As crew

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Year Title Role Type
2022 The Roast of Paul Hogan Writer TV special

Radio

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Year Title Role Type
3AW's Nightline Presenter Radio show

Stage

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As performer

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Year Title Role Notes
1977–83 Tikki & John's Theatre Restaurant
1992 Three Guys Naked from the Waist Down Comedian Universal Theatre Melbourne
1992–93 High Society Mike Connor Playhouse Adelaide, Playhouse Melbourne, Suncorp Theatre, Brisbane, Canberra Theatre, His Majesty's Theatre, Perth, Her Majesty's Theatre, Adelaide, Comedy Theatre, Melbourne
1996–97 Crazy for You Lank Hawkins Theatre Royal, Sydney, State Theatre, Melbourne – Won Green Room Award for Best Actor in a Musical
2000 Guys and Dolls Nathan Detroit State Theatre, Melbourne
2001 Anything Goes Moonface Martin State Theatre, Melbourne
2003 South Pacific Luther Billis State Theatre, Melbourne
2003 Hats Off! Comedian National Theatre, Melbourne
2004 High Society

Mike Connor || State Theatre, Melbourne

2005 Kiss Me, Kate Gangster #1 State Theatre, Melbourne
2005 My Fair Lady Alfie Doolittle Comedy Theatre, Melbourne
2009–10 Hats Off! Comrdian / Soloist National Theatre, Melbourne

As crew

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Year Title Role Notes
1981 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Musical Director Theatre Royal, Hobart, Canberra Theatre
The Paradise Creator Musical

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Personal life

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Fields is based in Melbourne, where he lives with his wife and daughter. He is a patron of the Lost Dogs Home, and an ambassador of the Melbourne Storm.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Marty Fields on Twitter".
  2. ^ "Marty Fields".
  3. ^ "Marty Fields ... comedian, actor, musician". Saxton Speakers Bureau.
  4. ^ "Marty Fields".
  5. ^ "Marty Fields".
  6. ^ https://ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/230037 [bare URL]
  7. ^ "Marty Fields". Archived from the original on 20 February 2011. Retrieved 6 July 2010.
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