John Cornell was a clever man who rose to fame playing ‘Strop’, Paul Hogan’s awkward, mumbling sidekick. Not only did he manage Hogan’s rise in fame, he was instrumental in starting Kerry Packer’s World Series Cricket, helped create the wildly successful Crocodile Dundee, and married the gorgeous Delvene Delaney (something amazing to those who grew up watching her on tv in Brisbane during the early 70s).
I watched the tv series ‘Howzat’ today an insight into Cornell’s creativity and drive.