* 1956 - born in Balmain, Sydney * 1956 - became a male model, started to learn acting at the Ensemble Theatre Company in Sydney * 1960 - studied under the late Hayes Gordon * 1961 - left Australia to further pursue male modelling work in Europe * 1961 - moved to New York * 1961 - the honor of being the first Australian accepted into the legendary Stella Adler Studio * 1966 - co-found a theater company in Saratoga Springs as a director * 1966 - the privilege of being invited to conduct occasional classes at Stella Adler's Studio * 1968 - toured the Southern states of America playing in Atlanta, Georgia; Roenoke, Virginia; Nashville, Tennessee and Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina * 1970 - joined the Old Tote Theater in Kensington, Sydney * 1969 - taught a group of urban Aboriginal actors to study Stanislavsky or acting from an Indigenous perspective * 1972 - followed the Foundation of Aboriginal Affairs in Sydney with workshops and acting classes held at the Black Theater Arts & Cultural Center * 1973 - organised with his mentor Stella Adler to travel to Australia and conduct a series of Master Classes * 1973 - was invited to teach drama to The Resurgent Society inmates of Parramatta Gaol and the offer was accepted * 1974 - was be seen in Bruce McGuinness' film Time to Dream angrily and eloquently denunciating a Northern Territory arts administrator * 1993 - died in NSW, Australia
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