Ian Rawlings

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Ian Rawlings
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Whyalla, South Australia, Australia
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Years active1982−2023
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Known forWayne Hamilton in Sons and Daughters
Philip Martin in Neighbours
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Ian Rawlings (born 9 March 1959) is an Australian actor. He is best known for his long-running roles in soap operas Sons and Daughters and Neighbours. He also appeared in the short-lived serial The Power, The Passion.

Early life

Rawlings was born on 9 March 1959,[1] in Whyalla, South Australia.[2] He has four brothers and a sister.[2] Rawlings played Australian rules football for Whyalla in the South Australian northern league.[2] He developed a keen interest in betting on horse racing after his father and grandfather took him to the races in Adelaide when he was eight years old.[3] He also developed an interest in greyhound racing when he was 14, and went onto own and train a number of dogs along with his siblings.[2] He was only interested in racing and training the dogs and not the gambling side of the sport.[2]

Rawlings worked as a storeman in Adelaide for a computer company, before becoming a model when he was 18.[4] He also worked loading trucks at a large freight company,[3] and as a tow-truck driver.[5]

Career

Rawlings had little acting experience when he signed for the Grundy Organisation in 1981 to play Wayne Hamilton in Sons and Daughters.[6] He had spent two years trying to secure substantial acting work, and appeared in several amateur productions and as an extra in films produced by the South Australian Film Corporation.[5] He was initially contracted for 15 weeks.[6] In 1985, Rawlings also portrayed his character's look-alike Gary Evans.[6] That same year, he won the Logie Award for Best Supporting Actor in A Series.[6] Rawlings continued in the role of Wayne for the show's entire 1982–1987 run.[7] Ahead of production ending in March 1987, Rawlings formed his own production company, after completing a producers course at the Australian Film and Television School.[8]

In 1989, Rawlings appeared in the short-lived Seven Network soap opera The Power, The Passion as Ryan McAllister.[3] After The Power, The Passion was cancelled, Rawlings took on a job as a salesman at the freight company he previously worked for prior to his acting career taking off.[3] He said it was a "natural place to go back to" with no acting work forthcoming. He found that being well known to the public helped him with sales.[3]

In 1992, Rawlings had a guest role as Marcus Stone in the Network Ten soap opera Neighbours.[9] A few months later, he joined the main cast as Philip Martin, taking over the role from Christopher Milne.[3] Rawlings played Philip until 1999.[10] He briefly reprised this role in episodes commemorating the programme's 20th anniversary in 2005.[11] Rawlings reprised the role for the Neighbours vs Time Travel webseries in 2017.[12] Rawlings made a cameo appearance in the final episode of Neighbours in mid-2022,[13] and again in late 2023, when the series was picked up once again.[14]

Rawlings struggled to find work after leaving Neighbours, and launched his own entertainment business Trivial Fun and Games for clubs and hotels.[15] He made guest appearances in Stingers and MDA in 2003.[15] In 2019, Rawlings was working as a bingo caller at the Werribee Rotary Club.[16]

Personal life

Rawlings met his wife, model Lee Dowling, while he was performing at an opening ceremony for a chicken takeaway shop.[3] He proposed after six weeks,[3] and they married four months later in September 1984 on the Isle of Capri. Several of his Sons and Daughters co-stars were in attendance, along with his brother and Dowling's daughter from her marriage to Garry Dowling.[17] Rawlings and Dowling also have one child together, a daughter.[15]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1982–1987 Sons and Daughters Wayne Hamilton / Gary Evans Series regular
1989 The Power, The Passion Ryan McAlistor Series regular
1990 Mission: Impossible Gibbs Episode: "Cargo Cult"
1992 Neighbours Marcus Stone Guest
1992–1999, 2005, 2022, 2023 Neighbours Philip Martin Series regular
1999 Night Fever Contestant Episode: "Millennium Eve Special"
2000 It's Anybody's Guess Contestant
2000 Blue Heelers Matthew Quinn Episode: "Life Class"
2003 Stingers Tyrone Pattison Episode: "New Blood"
2003 Blue Heelers Dennis Morgan Episode: "Every Man and His Ute"
2003 MDA Paul Rees Episode: "Bigger Fish to Fry"
2006 Temptation Contestant Episode: "Superchallenge: Heat 3"
2006 Where Are They Now? Guest
2017 Neighbours vs Time Travel Philip Webseries

References

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  1. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Profile – Ian Rawlings". Inside Soap. No. 26. October 1994. pp. 36–37.
  2. ^ a b c d e Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Beck, Chris (21 May 1983). "Ian goes to the dogs". TV Week. p. 69.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Quit acting to become a salesman". The Weekly News. 21 February 1998. Retrieved 24 April 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Pogorelske, Paulyne (11 December 1982). "Self-confessed ladies' man". TV Week. pp. 2–3.
  5. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Newcomers feature in Nine's new show". TV Week. 7 November 1981. p. 47.
  6. ^ a b c d Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Ian's wicked, winning ways". TV Week. 4 May 1985. p. 97.
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Mercado, Andrew (2004). Super Aussie Soaps: Behind The Scenes of Australia's Best Loved TV Shows. Pluto Press Australia. p. 181. ISBN 1-86403-191-3.
  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Cook, Stephen (20 December 1986). "Kids' stuff". TV Week. p. 14.
  9. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Davey, Tim (29 September 1993). "Tim's TV chat". Bristol Evening Post. Retrieved 24 April 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Soaps in crisis". The Sunday Mail. Brisbane, Australia. 28 November 1999. p. 7.
  11. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Bell, Adam; Koch, Phillip (17 July 2005). "When good friends step back in time". The Sunday Mail. Brisbane, Australia. p. 4.
  12. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Dainty, Sophie (31 October 2017). "Neighbours brings back Philip Martin and Stingray Timmins for Halloween time-travelling series". Digital Spy. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  13. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Gracie, Elizabeth (7 February 2023). "Where are the cast of Sons & Daughters now?". Woman's Day. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  14. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Hibbs, James (6 November 2023). "Neighbours confirms major cast returns with teaser for flashback week". Radio Times. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  15. ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Brygel, Jackie; Gray, Sigourney (1–7 January 2005). "Former residents". TV Week. No. 1. p. 20.
  16. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Macaulay, Charlene (27 February 2019). "Eyes down for serious fun". Star Weekly. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  17. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Cook, Stephen (27 October 1984). "Wedding fever – two stars say 'I do'". TV Week. pp. 6–7.

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