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John Stanton (born October 28, 1944, in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia), is a well-known Australian actor. He is noted for his Shakespearen roles, as well as for his film and television roles.

His early television work included a stint in soap opera Bellbird in 1972, and various guest-starring roles in the Crawford Productions police dramas Homicide, Division 4 and Matlock Police. Despite having made two earlier appearances as different characters in the series, Stanton became regular lead detective Pat Kelly in Homicide in 1973-1974. In one episode Pat Kelly engaged in a romance with a woman played by his real-life wife Jill Forster, however she was accidentally shot my criminals targetting Kelly. With Stanton leaving the show, Pat Kelly would soon afterwards be written out of the series by being seriously injured while attempting to avenge her murder and forced to leave the police force on sick leave.

After leaving Homicide, Stanton continued to make guest appearances in Division 4 and Matlock Police, and then played the regular lead role of Nick Manning in the later years of soap opera The Box. Jill Forster at that time also played the regular role of prim secretary Enid Parker in The Box, and in the storyline Enid eventually had a one-night-stand with Stanton's character. When Stanton and Forster became pregnant in real-life and Forster left The Box to have the baby, likewise Enid fell pregnant and left to have the baby, and in the story Nick was the father. When Forster returned for the show's final episode in 1977 Enid's baby was played by Stanton and Forster's real-life child.

In 1981 he played the title character in police series Bellamy, and then took the role of the title bagman in comedy film Kitty and the Bagman (1982). He was acclaimed in his role as former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser in The Dismissal.

John Stanton provided the English language announcer for the Opening Ceremony of the 2000 Summer Olympics, which were held in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

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