Actor Craig McLachlan will face court next month on 10 criminal charges, including indecent assault.

Victorian police said they charged a 53-year-old New South Wales man with one count of common law assault, eight counts of indecent assault and one count of attempted indecent assault.

He was charged on summons to appear at Melbourne magistrates’ court on 8 February 2019.

McLachlan won a Gold Logie in 1990 and is best known for his roles on Neighbours, Home and Away and the Ballarat-filmed Doctor Blake Mysteries.

His stage career included playing Danny Zuko in the West End musical Grease and and Dr Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Show.

Last year, McLachlan sought special damages of $6.5m in a defamation case against Fairfax Media and the ABC and former co-star Christie Whelan Browne.