Airhawk
''Airhawk'', also known as ''Star of the North'', is a 1981 Australian television action film directed by David Baker and starring Eric Oldfield and Louise Howitt.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p4 It was based on the cartoon strip ''Air Hawk and the Flying Doctors'' by John Dixon. accessed 18 June 2013 Premise Outback pilot Jim Hawk investigates the murder of his brother, who had been involved in diamond mining in Queensland. He uncovers a plan to flood the market with diamonds.Cast * Eric Oldfield as Jim Hawk *Louise Howitt as Janet Grant *Phillip Ross ...[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ron McLean (writer)
Ron McLean (1943–1983) was an Australian screenwriter, producer and executive producer, best known for his work on TV. He wrote most of the episodes for ''Spyforce'', which he helped create. He had a long collaboration with producer Roger Mirams. Biography McLean was running a woman's shoe shop in Double Bay, Sydney when he read an article about a TV series being made in Australia, ''Riptide'' (1969). He sent them a couple of stories which the show liked and he taught himself how to adapt them into scripts. He wrote some episodes of '' Skippy the Bush Kangaroo'' and did sketches for ''The Mavis Bramston Show''. He came much in demand in the early 70s, writing a number of shows for Crawford Productions. McLean met Roger Mirans when working on ''Woobinda, Animal Doctor''. The two formed a company, South Pacific Films, which made ''Spyforce''. McLean was also one of a team of four people who wrote children's books under the name of Mary Elliott. In the early 1980s he set up Ron ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Eric Oldfield
Eric Oldfield is an Australian actor, musician and former model, who remains best known for his role in the soap opera ''The Young Doctors'' as Dr. Ben Fielding. TV credits include: ''The Godfathers'', ''Airhawk'', ''Chopper Squad'', ''The Bluestone Boys'', ''Waterloo Station'', ''Possession'', ''Paradise Beach'', '' Water Rats'' and ''Murder Call ''Murder Call'' is an Australian television series, created by Hal McElroy for the Southern Star Entertainment and broadcast on the Nine Network between 1997 and 2000. The series was inspired by the ''Tessa Vance'' novels by Jennifer Rowe, bot ...''.Albert Moran and Chris Keating Filmography References External links * Australian male television actors Living people 1948 births Fellows of the American Physical Society {{Australia-tv-actor-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Colin Eggleston
__NOTOC__ Colin Richard Francis Eggleston (; 23 September 1941, Melbourne – 10 August 2002, Geneva) was an Australian writer and director of TV and films. He began his career making police dramas for Crawford Productions. Select credits *''A Day in the Life of Robin Beckett'' (1963) (Short Film) *''Doctor Who'' (1967) (TV series) *''Homicide'' (TV series) *''Ryan'' (1969) (TV series) *'' The Long Arm'' (1970) (TV series) *''Matlock Police'' (1973–74) (TV series) *''Division 4'' (1974) (TV series) *'' The Box'' (1974) (TV series) – writer *''The Bluestone Boys'' (1976) (TV series) – writer *'' Bluey'' (1976) (TV series) – writer of ep "The Whole of Life", "The Changeling" *''Fantasm Comes Again'' (1977) *''Chopper Squad'' (1977) (TV series) *''Long Weekend'' (1978) *''Nightmares'' (1980) – producer *'' Bellamy'' (1981) (TV series) *''Airhawk'' (1981) – producer *''The Little Feller'' (1982) *''Innocent Prey'' (1983) *''Sky Pirates'' (1986) *''Body Business'' (1986) ( ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kate Sheil
Kate Sheil is an Australian stage and television actress, whose roles include prison officer Janet Conway in the cult television series ''Prisoner (TV series), Prisoner'', a role lasting six months in 1981 and 1982. In 1972 she had been a regular cast member of situation comedy series ''Birds in the Bush''. Other credits include: ''Cop Shop'', ''Homicide (Australian TV series), Homicide'', ''Sons and Daughters (Australian TV series), Sons and Daughters'', ''A Country Practice'', ''Water Rats (TV series), Water Rats'' and ''All Saints (TV series), All Saints''. She had a small role in feature film ''Puberty Blues'' (1981) as a school teacher. Biography Sheil first appeared in the 1971 television movie ''What For Marianne?, What for Mariane?'' During the next two years, she appeared on the television series ''Ryan (TV series), Ryan'', ''Bony (fictional character), Boney'', ''Matlock Police'' and ''Birds in the Bush''. She also had several appearances on ''Homicide (Australian TV ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Myra De Groot
Myra Tania De Groot (4 July 1937 – 4 April 1988) was a British-born theatre and television actress, and agent. She performed in the United Kingdom, United States, New Zealand and Australia. Professional career De Groot was born in Westminster, London, England, and performed as a child, from everything from a magician's assistant to a dancer, eventually appearing in West End comedy. Arriving in America from Britain in 1958 she appeared in roles for most of the 1960s there, appearing on TV series including ''Bewitched'', ''The Monkees'', ''Perry Mason'', and ''Here Come the Brides''. She performed at the noted New York cabaret "Upstairs at The Downstairs" in ''Ben Bagleys last review (''Seven Come Eleven'') in 1962 with Hal Buckley, Nancy Preiser and Cy Young. She left America and then resided in New Zealand between 1972–1980, where she appeared in many theatre roles and the 1978 film ''Angel Mine''. She also directed stage plays. Her latter career was based in Australia, afte ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Air Hawk And The Flying Doctors
''Air Hawk and the Flying Doctors'' was an Australian comic strip created by John Dixon. The strip began publication on 30 May 1959, premiering in the Saturday issue of Perth's '' Weekend Mail''. It was subsequently published by other Australian Sunday newspapers, Sydney's ''The Sun-Herald'' (14 June 1959), Brisbane's '' The Sunday Mail'' and Adelaide's '' Sunday Mail''. In May 1963, 'Air Hawk' also became a daily strip and unlike most US adventure strips, the Sunday and daily continuity on 'Air Hawk' were separate stories with Dixon writing them both. By 1967 the strip was appearing not only in every Australian state, but also in Britain, New Zealand, South Africa, France, and both North and South America. Dixon continued the strip until 1986. Dixon was assisted over the years by Mike Tabrett, Hart Amos (March 1970 – June 1977), and Keith Chatto (1977-onwards). Chatto had previously ghosted the daily strip for a short period in 1972 before he took over drawing the Sunday versi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Louise Howitt
Louise or Luise may refer to: * Louise (given name) Arts Songs * "Louise" (Bonnie Tyler song), 2005 * "Louise" (The Human League song), 1984 * "Louise" (Jett Rebel song), 2013 * "Louise" (Maurice Chevalier song), 1929 *"Louise", by Clan of Xymox from the album ''Medusa'' *"Louise", by NOFX from the album ''Pump Up the Valuum'' * "Louise", by Paul Revere & the Raiders from '' The Spirit of '67'' * "Louise", by Paul Siebel from ''Woodsmoke and Oranges'', covered by several artists * "Louise", by Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders from ''Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders'' *"Louise", by The Yardbirds from the album ''Five Live Yardbirds'' Other * ''Louise'' (opera), an opera by Charpentier * ''Louise'' (1939 film), a French film based on the opera * ''Louise'' (2003 film), a Canadian animated short film by Anita Lebeau * ''Louise (Take 2)'', a 1998 French film * Louise Cake, part of New Zealand cuisine Royalty * Louise of Savoy (1476–1531), mother to Francis I ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Australian Aviation Films
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Australian Action Films
Australian(s) may refer to: Australia * Australia, a country * Australians, citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia ** European Australians ** Anglo-Celtic Australians, Australians descended principally from British colonists ** Aboriginal Australians, indigenous peoples of Australia as identified and defined within Australian law * Australia (continent) ** Indigenous Australians * Australian English, the dialect of the English language spoken in Australia * Australian Aboriginal languages * ''The Australian'', a newspaper * Australiana, things of Australian origins Other uses * Australian (horse), a racehorse * Australian, British Columbia, an unincorporated community in Canada See also * The Australian (other) * Australia (other) * * * Austrian (other) Austrian may refer to: * Austrians, someone from Austria or of Austrian descent ** Someone who is considered an Austrian citizen, see Austrian nationality law * Austrian German dialect * Someth ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Live-action Films Based On Comics
Live action (or live-action) is a form of cinematography or videography that uses photography instead of animation. Some works combine live-action with animation to create a live-action animated film. Live-action is used to define film, video games or similar visual media. According to the Cambridge English Dictionary, live action " nvolvesreal people or animals, not models, or images that are drawn, or produced by computer." Overview As the normal process of making visual media involves live-action, the term itself is usually superfluous. However, it makes an important distinction in situations in which one might normally expect animation, such as when the work is adapted from a video game, or from an animated cartoon, such as ''Scooby-Doo'', ''The Flintstones'', '' 101 Dalmatians'' films, or ''The Tick'' television program. The phrase "live-action" also occurs within an animation context to refer to non-animated characters: in a live-action/animated film such as ''Space Jam ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Films Based On Comic Strips
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photography, photographing actual scenes with a movie camera, motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of computer-generated imagery, CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still imag ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Films Based On Australian Comics
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitized ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |