Shane Withington

Withington is best known for roles in TV serials, with two famous character portrayal's, these include his role as Brenden Jones, a farmer, nurse and subsequently the Deputy Matron of the fictional Wandin Valley in the television series A Country Practice from 1982 until 1986[1] the Deputy Matron of Wandin Valley Hospital;

Withington, first appeared in TV serial Home and Away as a guest character called Colin, before being given the permanent role of cranky but warm-hearted surf lifesaver and patrol officer John Palmer in 2009, initially as a 3-month stand-alone stint; he'd been in the role for ten years by 2019..[2]

He has also featured as well as Willing and Abel, as Abel Moore, and the sitcom The Family Business.

He had a guest star appearance in film Strange Bedfellows,[3] in 2004 starring Paul Hogan and Michael Caton.

In 2008, he was in the BBC drama Out of the Blue, playing the detective in charge of investigating a murder. Since 2009, he has had the regular

Withington co-starred in the play The Boys Next Door in 1992.

Withington was born in Toowoomba, Queensland to a cowgirl mother, who was the daughter of a drover and an English father who worked in food processing and was a nightclub singer and champion first grade soccer player in Queensland.

After being expelled from school, Withington worked as a horsesman and jackaroo, before auditioning an acting scholarship with the Elizabethan Quest Scholarship at 16. He toured with the Twelfth Night Theatre. [4]

Withington is married to actress Anne Tenney, who played his character's wife Molly Jones on A Country Practice.[5]

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