Max Rowley

Max Rowley (born 20 April 1937) is an Australian actor and radio/television broadcaster. He was the principal of his own radio and media training academy, The Max Rowley Media and Drama Academy.
Early career
Rowley started acting in his teens and spent several years in professional workshops at the Independent Theatre. He was also trained at the Kennerdale Radio Acting School, where he eventually became principal. He studied Shakespeare with classical actor Lawrence H. Cecil.
Radio drama
Rowley got his professional radio debut during the closing years of broadcasting's "Golden Age" of radio dramas, working often with Grace Gibson, Artransa, 2UE, 2GB, 2UW, AWA and all radio units of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). Rowley appeared in serials including Portia Faces Life and Dr Paul.
Rowley was one of few announcers to begin his career in Sydney without previous country experience. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s he was heard on 2CH. He was also the promotional voice on the John Laws Show and was a talk back personality at 2KY in the early 1990s.
Television and film
As a television and film actor, Rowley appeared on the ABC in the early 1960s, working on series including Come in Spinner, The Dismissal, Harp in the South, Dad and Dave, and Sons and Daughters.
He began his television announcing career on Network Seven in Sydney, beginning a career of over 40 years working as a promotional voice-over, presentation announcer, on-Camera news reader and "Voice of the Seven Revolution" in the 1960s and 1970s. Rowley was the voice-over person on the ABC's Norman Gunston Show, and was sometimes seen "in the booth".
He moved from the Nine Network to work as promotions voice-over announcer for five years from 1975 to 1980, subsequently moving to Network Ten in the same capacity. Rowley has appeared on over 48,000 radio and television promotions and commercials.
Speech training
Rowley established a speech and drama academy, the Max Rowley Media and Drama Academy.

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