| The Flying Doctors is an Australian drama series produced by Crawford Productions that revolved around the everyday lifesaving efforts of the real Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia. It was initially a 1985 mini-series based in the fictional outback town of Cooper's Crossing starring Andrew McFarlane as the newly arrived Dr. Tom Callaghan. The success of the mini series led to its return the following year as an on-going series with McFarlane being joined by a new doctor, Chris Randall, played by Liz Burch. McFarlane left during the first season and actor Robert Grubb came in as new doctor Geoff Standish. The series' episodes were mostly self-contained but also featured ongoing storylines, such as Dr. Standish's romance with Sister Kate Wellings. Other major characters included pilot Sam Patterson, mechanic Emma Plimpton, local policeman Sgt. Jack Carruthers and Vic and Nancy Buckley, who ran the local pub/hotel, The Majestic. Andrew McFarlane also later returned to the series, resuming his role as Dr. Callaghan. The popular series ran for nine seasons and was successfully screened internationally. |
| Name | Character | Episodes |
|---|---|---|
| Robert Grubb | Dr. Geoff Standish | 221 |
| Liz Burch | Dr. Chris Randall | 147 |
| George Kapiniaris | D.J. | 111 |
| Terry Gill | Sgt. Carruthers | 104 |
| Beverley Dunn | Clare Bryant | 83 |
| Andrew McFarlane | Dr. Tom Callaghan | 81 |
| Peter O'Brien | Sam Patterson | 76 |
| Rebecca Gibney | Emma Patterson | 76 |
| Christopher Stollery | Johnno Johnson | 75 |
| Brett Climo | Dr. David Ratcliffe | 71 |
| Bruce Barry | George Baxter | 57 |
| Nikki Coghill | Sr. Jackie Crane | 55 |
| Sophie Lee | Penny Wellings | 49 |
| Alex Papps | Nick Cardaci | 48 |
| Sarah Chadwick | Dr. Rowie Lang | 47 |
| Mark Neal | Marty Jarvis | 46 |
| Rebecca Gibney | Emma Plimpton | 42 |
| Gerard Kennedy | Luke Mitchell | 31 |
| Tammy Macintosh | Annie Rogers | 29 |
| Max Cullen | Hurtle | 27 |
| Lewis Fitz-Gerald | David Gibson | 25 |
| Paul Kelman | Steve McCauley | 25 |
| Paul Kelman | Steve Macauley | 23 |
| Melita Jurišić | Magda Heller | 15 |
| Mark Little | Ron 'Roughneck' Miller | 14 |
| Louise Siversen | Debbie | 11 |
| Tammy Macintosh | Annie | 9 |
| Nico Lathouris | Spiros Polites | 6 |
| Tracy Mann | Penny Armstrong | 5 |
| Ivar Kants | Tony Symonds | 4 |
| Norman Kaye | William Randall | 4 |
| Cecily Polson | Eileen Patterson | 3 |
| Bill Hunter | Dusty Miller | 3 |
| Steve Bisley | Andy McGregor | 3 |
| Simone Buchanan | Lucy | 3 |
| Rosie Sturgess | Elsie | 3 |
| Stefan Dennis | Doug Hennessy | 3 |
| Jacqui Gordon | Rhonda Lovejoy | 3 |
| John Clayton | Vince Patterson | 3 |
| Damon Herriman | Todd White | 2 |
| Gary Sweet | Nick Sanderson | 2 |
| Louise Siversen | Debbie O'Brien | 2 |
| Alan Hopgood | Neil Hutton | 2 |
| Andrea Moor | Jane McLaughlin | 2 |
| Vince Martin | Barry Standish | 2 |
| Louise Pajo | Maureen Redmond | 2 |
| Wynn Roberts | Dr. Don McKenzie | 2 |
| Lesley Baker | Lucy | 2 |
| Ben Mendelsohn | Brian | 1 |
| Ben Mendelsohn | Brad Morris | 1 |
| Charles Dance | Minister | 1 |
| Miranda Otto | Amy Brodie | 1 |
| Murray Bartlett | Michael Freeman | 1 |
| John McTernan | Jim Brett | 1 |
| Joy Smithers | Kerry Samuelson | 1 |
| Joy Smithers | Claire Dobson | 1 |
| Joy Smithers | Claire Banks | 1 |
| Ray Barrett | Frank Watson | 1 |
| Johnny Raaen | Para Manager | 1 |
| Johnny Raaen | Kevin Palmer | 1 |
| Bryan Marshall | Ron Hawkins | 1 |
| Gary Files | Murray | 1 |
| Michael Caton | Noel Farley | 1 |
| Nicholas Hammond | Richard Hull | 1 |
| Peter O'Brien | (archive footage) | 1 |
| Robert Taylor | Lachlan McGregor | 1 |
| Jeff Truman | Madden | 1 |
| Jeff Truman | Barry | 1 |
| Vincent Ball | Warren | 1 |
| Rebecca Rigg | Trisha Farley | 1 |
| Gary Sweet | Vince | 1 |
| Jon English | Pete Tindale | 1 |
| Jon English | (archive footage) | 1 |
| William McInnes | Jerry Davis | 1 |
| Kim Gyngell | Dan Divine | 1 |
| Briony Behets | Jean Lambert | 1 |
| Charles Tingwell | Felix | 1 |
| Charles Tingwell | Hughie Geddes | 1 |
| Terry Serio | 'The Bantam' | 1 |
| William Zappa | Brian | 1 |
| Linda Newton | Kerry Garvey | 1 |
| Russell Newman | Ted Foster | 1 |
| Drew Forsythe | Edward "Teddy" Faithful | 1 |
| Rebecca Gibney | (archive footage) | 1 |
| Deborra-Lee Furness | Fran | 1 |
| Deborra-Lee Furness | Sandra Manning | 1 |
| Nick Tate | Nigel Haughton | 1 |
| Tiriel Mora | Miner | 1 |
| Shane Briant | Pierre | 1 |
| Shane Briant | Norman Sayers | 1 |
| Emil Minty | Andy Lawson | 1 |
| Emil Minty | Mat Coulson | 1 |
| Lisa Hensley | Gaby | 1 |
| Gerard Kennedy | Les Foster | 1 |
| Rowena Wallace | Pauline Giglia QC | 1 |
| Noel Trevarthen | Ray Burgess | 1 |
| Robert Morgan | Steve Ryan | 1 |
| Gillian Jones | Peta Rowlands | 1 |
| Amanda Douge | Kath | 1 |
| Alan Cassell | Robert Freeman | 1 |
| Alan Cassell | Charles | 1 |
| Nadine Garner | Amanda | 1 |
| Nadine Garner | Judy McKenzie | 1 |
| Gus Mercurio | Happy | 1 |
| John Polson | Michael Jordan | 1 |
| John Polson | Barry MacIntyre | 1 |
| Richard Carter | Doug Holland | 1 |
| Max Cullen | (archive footage) | 1 |
| Sarah Peirse | Elizabeth Samuels | 1 |
| Mark Lee | Stewart Collins | 1 |
| Geneviève Lemon | Libby | 1 |
| Pat Thomson | Alice | 1 |
| Belinda McClory | Tina | 1 |
| Brian Vriends | Man | 1 |
| Ernie Dingo | Eric | 1 |
| Ron Falk | Charles Noonan | 1 |
| Ralph Cotterill | Walter McKay | 1 |
| Mark Dignam | Bob | 1 |
| John Flaus | Reg Clark | 1 |
| John Flaus | Reg | 1 |
| Kris McQuade | Caz | 1 |
| Brett Climo | (archive footage) | 1 |
| Brett Climo | Trevor Neilson | 1 |
| John Howard | Mike Stone | 1 |
| Don Reid | George Worthing | 1 |
| John Lee | Roger Manning | 1 |
| John Brumpton | Nipper | 1 |
| Michael Carman | Willie Ryan | 1 |
| Andrew McFarlane | (archive footage) | 1 |
| Glenn Robbins | Mac | 1 |
| Marcus Graham | Ted Patterson | 1 |
| Simon Burke | Daryl Stokes | 1 |
| Arianthe Galani | Connie Porter | 1 |
| John Gregg | Harry Lanford | 1 |
| Mike Bishop | Charlie | 1 |
| Mike Bishop | Harold Jacobs | 1 |
| Robert Mammone | Sam | 1 |
| Frankie J. Holden | Arthur 'Ozzie' Oswald | 1 |
| Zoe Carides | Mandy | 1 |
| Peter Kowitz | Bert Morgan | 1 |
| Peter Kowitz | Michael Bucknell | 1 |
| Tina Arena | Miss Broken Hill | 1 |
| Rosie Sturgess | Ruth Pitt | 1 |
| Rosie Sturgess | Elsie Burrows | 1 |
| Roderick Williams | Gordon | 1 |
| John Wood | Sgt. Frank O'Leary | 1 |
| John Wood | Dennis Cleary | 1 |
| Di Smith | Celia Sexton | 1 |
| Louise Siversen | (archive footage) | 1 |
| Louise Siversen | Debbie Andrews | 1 |
| Norman Kaye | Bill Randall | 1 |
| Peta Toppano | Carol Brett | 1 |
| Tom E. Lewis | Billy | 1 |
| Tom E. Lewis | Tommy Baringa | 1 |
| Tom E. Lewis | Ant | 1 |
| Liz Burch | (archive footage) | 1 |
| Julieanne Newbould | Tracy | 1 |
| Shane Bourne | Walter Morrell | 1 |
| Bruce Barry | (archive footage) | 1 |
| Lynette Curran | Jean Irving | 1 |
| Jeanie Drynan | Sal Cleary | 1 |
| Stig Wemyss | Shane McKenna | 1 |
| Lucy Bayler | Karen Traill | 1 |
| Frank Gallacher | Harry Morgan | 1 |
| Nick Waters | Ray Williams | 1 |
| Nick Waters | Greg Chapman | 1 |
| Nick Waters | Ray Hogan | 1 |
| Jonathan Hardy | Tyler Wells | 1 |
| Marco Chiappi | Nicholas Warner | 1 |
| John Orcsik | Bevan | 1 |
| Norman Yemm | Andrew Cameron | 1 |
| Robert Menzies | Colin Lyons | 1 |
| Joss McWilliam | Russell | 1 |
| Luke Carroll | Cameron | 1 |
| Andy Anderson | Peter | 1 |
| Andy Anderson | Jim Sexton | 1 |
| Robert Coleby | Alex Potter | 1 |
| Terence Donovan | Jim Cardaci | 1 |
| Terence Donovan | (archive footage) | 1 |
| Tommy Dysart | Inspector Day | 1 |
| Tommy Dysart | Simpson | 1 |
| Andrea Moor | Teacher | 1 |
| Cliff Ellen | Bert | 1 |
| John Ley | Tom Baldwin | 1 |
| Vince Martin | (archive footage) | 1 |
| Arthur Dignam | Royce Phelan QC | 1 |
| Reg Evans | Fitzy | 1 |
| Tom Jennings | Peter Lester | 1 |
| Tom Jennings | Mal Gregan | 1 |
| Jane Hall | Jenny McIntyre | 1 |
| Bruce Myles | Ray Jenkins | 1 |
| Bruce Myles | Billy Henschel | 1 |
| Shane Connor | Ross Bechner | 1 |
| Shane Connor | Rick | 1 |
| Tony Barry | Bruce Logan | 1 |
| Kerry Mack | Vanessa | 1 |
| George Kapiniaris | (archive footage) | 1 |
| Martin Vaughan | Ted Hudson | 1 |
| Martin Vaughan | "Davo" Davidson | 1 |
| Martin Vaughan | Whistler | 1 |
| Robert Willox | Steve Palmer | 1 |
| Ritchie Singer | Barney Splatt | 1 |
| Annie Jones | Lorna Jackson | 1 |
| David Roberts | Peter Gardiner | 1 |
| Betty Lucas | Ethel Cameron | 1 |
| Betty Lucas | Phillipa (Pip) | 1 |
| Mark Little | Ron The Roughneck | 1 |
| Geoff Morrell | Dr. Rex Waddington | 1 |
| Nikki Coghill | Sandra Wetherby | 1 |
| John Ewart | Ralph | 1 |
| Jane Menelaus | Mrs. Windsor | 1 |
| Jane Menelaus | Rose Lanford | 1 |
| Betty Bobbitt | Jo Magee | 1 |
| Dennis Coard | Charles Palmer | 1 |
| Lorna Lesley | Janice Robertson | 1 |
| Alice Garner | Alice Jenkins | 1 |
| Alice Garner | Kim Rowlands | 1 |
| Tina Bursill | Billie Sorenson | 1 |
| Tina Bursill | (archive footage) | 1 |
| Lynda Stoner | Marcia Dean | 1 |
| Dennis Miller | Greg Carpenter | 1 |
| Edward Hepple | Pat Finnegan | 1 |
| Loene Carmen | Stacey Smith | 1 |
| David Cameron | Barry Sutton | 1 |
| Tim Robertson | Bernie Gallagher | 1 |
| Tim Robertson | Dan Jackson | 1 |
| Mark Neal | Bruce Hayes | 1 |
| Peter Browne | Frank Draper | 1 |
| Harry Lawrence | Ray Craddock | 1 |
| Ned Lander | Josh | 1 |
| Greg Fleet | Mark O'Hara | 1 |
| David Franklin | Terry Malloy | 1 |
| Wynn Roberts | Mal Pryor | 1 |
| Wynn Roberts | Bill Richards | 1 |
| Helen O'Connor | Vicki Lonigan | 1 |
| Danny Nash | Brett Cameron | 1 |
| Val Lehman | Val Bates | 1 |
| Lesley Baker | Mrs. Jackson | 1 |
| Lesley Baker | Lucy Somers | 1 |
| Anne Phelan | Rosie | 1 |
| Anne Phelan | Lorraine | 1 |
| Anne Phelan | Beryl Horden | 1 |
| Olga Dickie | Mrs. Lightburn | 1 |
| Grigor Taylor | Johnnie McDonald | 1 |
| Mark Hembrow | Bob Archer | 1 |
| Mark Hembrow | Neil Downes | 1 |
| Jane Harders | Helen | 1 |
| Laura Keneally | Emily Harrison | 1 |
| Peter Sumner | Phil Buchanan | 1 |
| Peter Sumner | Harry Grant | 1 |
| Sheryl Munks | Roxanne | 1 |
| Sheryl Munks | Sue | 1 |
| Peter Curtin | Clive Hayes | 1 |
| Tempany Deckert | May | 1 |
| David James | Hugh Conway | 1 |
| Alexandra Fowler | Josie Bennett | 1 |
| Rod Mullinar | Darcy Adams | 1 |
| Mark Hennessy | Colin Hudson | 1 |
| Sandy Gore | Ann Williams | 1 |
| Terry Gill | (archive footage) | 1 |
| Terry Gill | Jack Carruthers | 1 |
| Dorothy Alison | Essie Harrington | 1 |
| Ian Gilmour | Colin Neilson | 1 |
| Tim Hughes | Phillip Wilson | 1 |
| Tim Hughes | Rocket Anderson | 1 |
| Zoe Bertram | Sky | 1 |
| Zoe Bertram | Sally | 1 |
| Pauline Chan | Maria Logan | 1 |
| Howard Bell | Ian | 1 |
| Wallas Eaton | Lloyd Somerset | 1 |
| Stephen Hall | Kevin | 1 |
| Stephen Hall | Const. Pat Chandler | 1 |
| Jon Finlayson | Specialist | 1 |
| Greg Carroll | Sam Foster | 1 |
| Greg Carroll | Greg | 1 |
| Frank Wilson | Karl Szalinski | 1 |
| Peter Adams | Artie Blake | 1 |
| Colette Mann | Grace | 1 |
| Colette Mann | Trisha | 1 |
| Ed Turley | Barwick | 1 |
| Peter Cummins | Clive Morton | 1 |
| Peter Cummins | Len Robson | 1 |
| Alethea McGrath | Mrs. Harrington | 1 |
| Maggie Dence | Helen Manning | 1 |
| Elspeth Ballantyne | Barbara Freeman | 1 |
| Elspeth Ballantyne | Wendy Ross | 1 |
| Elspeth Ballantyne | Alice Franklin | 1 |
| Matthew Newton | Simon Maguire | 1 |
| Matthew Newton | Wombat | 1 |
| Alan Fletcher | Austin Bennett | 1 |
| Doug Bowles | Dudley | 1 |
| Monica Maughan | Bea | 1 |
| Warwick Tennant Moss | Don Brodie | 1 |
| Beverley Dunn | Claire Bryant | 1 |
| Jane Norris | Mary Morris | 1 |
| Henry Salter | Hercules Humberson | 1 |
| Vince D'Amico | Truckie | 1 |
| Peter Fisher | Johnnie | 1 |
| Peter Fisher | Phil Guthrie | 1 |
| Monty Maizels | Builder | 1 |
| Monty Maizels | Wal | 1 |
| Laurie Dobson | Radiographer | 1 |
| George Vidalis | Claude | 1 |
| Alex Papps | NIck Cardaci | 1 |
| Alex Papps | (archive footage) | 1 |
| Don Barker | Frank Kent | 1 |
| Don Barker | Rex Sewell | 1 |
| Catherine Hill | Bronwyn Blake | 1 |
| Bill Young | Matt Sheridan | 1 |
| Danielle Spencer | Sally | 1 |
| Danielle Spencer | Fiona Jacobs | 1 |
| Peter Heath | Mr. Gardiner | 1 |
| Lorna Patterson | Liz Drever | 0 |