Crocodile Dundee star Paul Hogan escorted through Sydney Airport in wheelchair

A frail-looking Paul Hogan returned Down Under on Wednesday and was spotted being escorted through Sydney Airport in a special assistance wheelchair by Qantas staff.

Appearing thin but upbeat, Paul Hogan, 85, is assisted by Qantas staff as he arrives at Sydney Airport on Wednesday. Picture: Media Mode

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A frail-looking Paul Hogan returned Down Under on Wednesday and was spotted being escorted through Sydney Airport in a special assistance wheelchair by Qantas staff.

The now 85-year-old Crocodile Dundee star wore a blue shirt, dark blazer and trousers, and hid behind a pair of sunglasses, as two female staff members assisted him following a lengthy flight home from the US.

Hogan recently visited Sydney to promote The Encore Cut – a newly restored version of the original 1986 Crocodile Dundee film. Picture: Nic Walker

Hogan appeared to be travelling solo, with no sign of his 27-year-old son Chance, despite rumours circulating the pair were planning a move back to Australia together.

The Aussie icon was recently spotted with ex-wife and former co-star Linda Kozlowski in Los Angeles on an outing with their son, who has been living with his father in Venice Beach since his parents’ divorce in 2014.

On a recent trip back to Sydney to promote The Encore Cut – a newly restored version of the original 1986 Crocodile Dundee film – Hogan spoke candidly with The Australian’s chief international correspondent Cameron Stewart, who described the actor and comedian as “thinner” and “craggier”, with the same lopsided grin and glint in his eye.

Stewart noted Hogan gave the impression he would rather live in Australia, but revealed he felt LA should be his home for the time being while his son Chance was still relatively young.

Hogan in the 1986 film Crocodile Dundee. Picture: Getty Images

Hogan’s return Down Under means he will now have to find a new daily routine, after telling The Australian his day-to-day life in LA involved walking along the beach watching the local “freaks”.

“I’m boring as shit,” he said. “I read the paper, do the crossword and then have a fancy brunch.”

He said at the time it was a miracle he had lived in Venice Beach so long because he is “a terrible gypsy”. “People laugh at me but I’ve had about 28 postal addresses,” he said. “I think I’ve been in Venice Beach about seven years, which is easily the longest I have lived anywhere.”