Simon O'Connor
Simon O'Connor began acting and writing for stage, radio and screen in the late 60s. In 1978, he co-starred as Ginette McDonald's hippy husband on live TV comedy All Things Being Equal. In the 1980s he wrote scripts for TV dramas Country GP and Roche, plus 1950s set-teen series Peppermint Twist. He was nominated for an NZ TV Award after playing the meek husband of the murder victim in Heavenly Creatures, and in 2015 won the lead role of animal lover and unlikely murderer Alf Benning in darkly funny crime drama How to Murder Your Wife. O'Connor is also the winner of a Bruce Mason playwriting award.
O'Connor has a likeability, weight and vulnerability that at times can be electric to watch. The jealous exchanges between Harry [O'Connor] and Frank [Andrew Laing], and the tender moments as he lies ill, are touching and beautifully nuanced. Holly Shanahan, reviewing Fortune's production of Gifted, Theatreview, August 2013
How to Murder Your Wife
2015, As: Alf Benning - Television
Gone Curling
2011, Narrator - Short Film
The Waiting List
2005, Narrator - Television
Heavenly Creatures
1994, As: Herbert Rieper - Film
The Edge - Heavenly Creatures review
1994, As: Herbet Rieper - Television
Shark in the Park
1991, As: Malcolm - Television
Peppermint Twist
1987, Writer - Television
Should I Be Good?
1985, As: Michael Elworthy - Film
Roche
1985, Writer - Television
Country GP
1984 - 1985, Actor, Writer - Television
Country GP - Episode 22
1984, As: Joe Ashton - Television
Inside Straight
1984, As: Neil - Television
Loose Enz - That Bread Should Be So Dear
1982, As: Duncan - Television
The Mad Dog Gang Meets Rotten Fred and Ratsguts (TV movie)
1978, As: Farmer - Television
All Things Being Equal
1978, As: Mike - Television
All Things Being Equal - 22 September 1978 Episode
1978, As: Mike - Television
Close to Home
1980, Actor, Writer - Television