Antony Hamilton "Tony" Smith (4 May 1952 – 29 March 1995), known professionally as Antony Hamilton, was an English-born Australian actor, model, and dancer. Hamilton began his career as a ballet dancer with the The Australian Ballet before becoming a model. He later transitioned into acting and won his first notable role in the 1984 television film Samson and Delilah. That same year, he took over the lead role in the series Cover Up after the death of the series' lead actor, Jon-Erik Hexum. One of Hamilton's best known roles was that of Max Harte, an agent in the 1988 revival of Mission: Impossible.In March 1995, Hamilton died of AIDS-related pneumonia at the age of 42.
(On having to do filming on two different projects at once, Mirrors (1985) (TV) and "Cover Up" (1984)): I'd get up at 5 for Mirrors, be on that set all day, start work on Cover Up at 7 P.M., work until 2 A.M., and then start the whole cycle over again. A couple of times they had to fly me from one set to another by helicopter. At one point, I called my father in Australia to bitch about this backbreaking schedule. Dad said, "Let me tell you a war story. In the Battle of Britain, I fought the Luftwaffe every day from 3 A.M. until midnight. My valet had to get me up after two hours' sleep. He'd be court-martialled if he didn't have my signature on his wake-up slip. And that went on for months. So don't complain, son." I stopped complaining.
Began his career as a professional ballet dancer with The Australian Ballet. Started dancing ballet because he saw dance as a way of getting out of Australia and seeing the world.
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Worked as a model for 10 years before taking up acting. He often appeared in magazines such as Vogue and GQ, becoming a favorite subject of world-famous photographers as Richard Avedon and Bruce Weber, and working for fashion designers such as for instance Gianni Versace.
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Was adopted at the age of 2 weeks by an Australian RAF-hero and his wife.