Joe McCormick (actor)

Joe McCormick was an actor, director, and presenter.^[1] He was accidentally shot by a blank shotgun shell while filming an episode of Whiplash.^[2] McCormick went on to direct many episodes of outdoor filmed Australian children adventure series for Pacific Films in 1960s, including Olivia Newton-John's first musical.

He played the captain-father in the pilot of the Adventures of the Seaspray, which he also directed, but was replaced for the series run by Walter Brown.

Filmography

Film

• On the Beach (1959) as Ackerman
• One Bright Day (TV film) (1959) as Julian Prescott
• Thunder on Sycamore Street (TV film) (1960)

Television

• Tuesday at One (1957) as Presenter
• The Joe McCormick Show (1959) as Presenter
• Whiplash (1960–61)
• Consider Your Verdict (1962)
• Time Out (1963)
• Barley Charlie (1964)
• Homicide (1966)

As director

• The Adventures of the Terrible Ten (1960) - (also writer)
• The Ten Again (1963)
• Adventures of the Seaspray (1965)
• Funny Things Happen Down Under (1965)
• The Magic Boomerang (1965–66)