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Gerry Skilton

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Gerry Skilton
Born (1945-03-12) 12 March 1945 (age 79)
Sydney, Australia
NationalityAustralian
OccupationActor
Known forCrocodile Dundee series

Gerry Skilton (born 12 March 1945)[1] is an Australian actor, best known for playing the character Nugget in all three of the Crocodile Dundee series of films: Crocodile Dundee, Crocodile Dundee II, and Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles.[2] With permission from Paul Hogan, he reprised the character in 2010 for a proposed outback-adventure reality series Nugget Gets A Life which he self-financed and had hoped to sell to a network.[3][4]

Among other roles, Skilton played Wayne Churchill in the 1986 Australian mini-series Cyclone Tracy, Corporal Andy Crilley (the ship's cook) in the 1989 British/Australian mini-series The Heroes and Reggie Muddle in the 1996 Australian film Mr. Reliable.[2]

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  1. ^ "Gerry Skilton". IMDB.
  2. ^ a b Gerry Skilton at IMDb
  3. ^ Di Stanley (25 March 2010). "Nugget strikes rich in Clermont". Central Queensland News. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  4. ^ Jacquie Mackay (9 July 2010). "Nugget's a gold digger". ABC Capricornia. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
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