With sadness, Limelight notes the death of actor Nicholas Eadie at the age of 67.

Known nationally for his television work, Eadie, a NIDA graduate, played rookie Constable Sam Phillips on the long-running Crawford Productions’ Cop Shop for two years. He also played roles in the popular series The Henderson Kids, A Country Practice and Medivac.

He won the Australian Film Institute’s Best Actor in Miniseries award in 1987 for Vietnam. He was nominated again for his portrayal of World War II cameraman Damien Parer in John Duigan’s Fragments of War.

Eadie is fondly remembered by many for his stage work. He played The Gentleman Caller the Phillip Street Theatre’s The Glass Menagerie (1985) and Brick in Cat a Hot Tin Roof (opposite Victoria Longley as Maggie) in 1991. He featured in Graeme Blundell’s 1988 revival of Don’s Party (and according to AFR reviewer Ken Healey, was “the most appealing Don I have seen”) and in Richard Wherrett’s STC production of Chekhov’s Three Sisters. He played John Proctor in three separate state theatre company productions of The Crucible between 1990 and 2002.

He performed for three seasons as Oberon in Glenn Elston’s production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream and the role of Sam in the Australian premiere cast of Mamma Mia!. He featured...