Joan Ferguson

List of Prisoner cast members contains actors from the Australian television series Prisoner, which was created by Reg Watson for The Reg Grundy Organisation and originally produced by Ian Bradley (later Executive Producer). It ran on Network Ten from February 1979 until December 1986. Prisoner was known as Prisoner: Cell Block H in the United States and UK, and as Caged Women in Canada, Kvinnofängelset in Sweden, Wiezniarki in Poland, and as Cellblok H in the Netherlands.

The series featured over 100 regular cast members over the duration of its run. The only cast member to appear in the entire series was Elspeth Ballantyne, who played officer Meg Jackson (later Morris) in 669 episodes. Prominent cast members included Carol Burns as original character Franky Doyle, Val Lehman as Bea Smith, Sheila Florance as Lizzie Birdsworth, Colette Mann as Doreen Anderson (later Burns), Fiona Spence as officer Vera Bennett, Anne Phelan as Myra Desmond, Betty Bobbitt as Judy Bryant and Maggie Kirkpatrick as officer Joan "The Freak" Ferguson.

The following characters appeared in 20 or more episodes of the series:

Many characters were portrayed by recurring actors throughout the series' run.

Probably the most prolific recurring actor was Denzil Howson, who appeared regularly in minor parts throughout the entire series' run. He played everything from a Salvation Army Major, to Doctors, Judges, Lawyers, fathers and husbands of prisoners and the head of the Social Welfare department. There were many other actors who played multiple minor roles too such as Will Deumer (Doctor, Sailor, Boss, Lionel Fellows etc.) and Arthur Barradell-Smith to name but two.

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