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Augustino Eugenio "Gus" Mercurio (10 August 1928 – 7 December 2010) was an American-born Australian character actor who appeared on both film and television. Mercurio, the eldest child of Vincent A. Mercurio and Cecilia W. "Mickey" Miller, was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He had two sisters, Gerie and Connie, and a brother, Tony. His parents were divorced when he was seven. He visited Australia during 1956 Melbourne Olympics and decided to stay. His father had boxed professionally under the name of Vince McGurk, and one of his uncles had boxed professionally under the name of Ray... MORE

Augustino Eugenio "Gus" Mercurio (10 August 1928 – 7 December 2010) was an American-born Australian character actor who appeared on both film and television. Mercurio, the eldest child of Vincent A. Mercurio and Cecilia W. "Mickey" Miller, was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He had two sisters, Gerie and Connie, and a brother, Tony. His parents were divorced when he was seven. He visited Australia during 1956 Melbourne Olympics and decided to stay. His father had boxed professionally under the name of Vince McGurk, and one of his uncles had boxed professionally under the name of Ray Miller. Mercurio himself was a professional boxer, had served in the United States Marine Corps and was a qualified chiropractor. Mercurio was also an international boxing judge (refereeing a world title fight) and was also a well-known boxing promoter. He later became the inaugural president of the Australian National Boxing Hall of Fame - into which he was inducted in 2008. Having successfully auditioned for consideration to be included in the cast of an ABC radio play, and selected at his first audition, his raspy voice, energetic personality and natural talents quickly came to the attention of LESS