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Allen Bickford
Allen Bickford is an Australian actor of film and TV. He has appeared in classic Australian TV series such as ''Matlock Police'' and ''Homicide (Australian TV series), Homicide'' as well as the British series ''Man at the Top (TV series), Man at the Top''. In 1970, he appeared as Dan Kelly in the film ''Ned Kelly (1970 film), Ned Kelly'' which starred Mick Jagger as Ned Kelly. He appeared as the sinister hitman Collins in the award-winning 1981 film ''The Killing of Angel Street''. His character was loosely based on the Sydney gangster Abe Saffron who was widely believed to be involved in the disappearance of the Sydney heiress and green activist Juanita Nielsen. In 1983 he appeared in the TV film ''Platypus Cove''. In 1986 he appeared in an episode of ''The Flying Doctors''. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Bickford, Allen Living people Year of birth missing (living people) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matlock Police
''Matlock Police'' is an Australian television police drama series made by Crawford Productions for the 0-10 Network (now known as the 10 Network) between 1971 and 1976. The series focused on the police station and crime in the Victorian town of Matlock and the surrounding district, and the backgrounds and personal lives of the main policemen. Background The series was the Ten Network, 0-10 Network's attempt to come up with a police show to rival ''Homicide (Australian TV series), Homicide'' (shown by the Seven Network, 7 Network) and ''Division 4'' (on the Nine Network, 9 Network). ''Matlock Police'' was different from its Melbourne-based predecessors by being set in a small country town, the fictional Matlock, Victoria (Australia), Victoria (a real Matlock, Victoria, Matlock does exist in Victoria, but it is much smaller than the town depicted by this series, which is loosely based on Shepparton). These program's introduction featured an overhead shot of a town with a divide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Homicide (Australian TV Series)
''Homicide'' was an Australian television police procedural drama series made by production firm Crawford Productions for the Seven Network. It was the television successor to Crawfords' radio series ''D24''. The "Consummate ''Homicide'' cast" includes the four characters that are the best known: Det. Snr. Sgt. David "Mac" MacKay (Leonard Teale), Det. Sgt. Peter Barnes ( George Mallaby), Inspector Colin Fox (Alwyn Kurts) and Sen. Det. Jim Patterson (Norman Yemm). Synopsis The series dealt with the homicide squad of the Victorian Police force and the various crimes and cases the detectives are called upon to investigate. Many episodes were based directly on real cases, although the characters (including the detectives) were fictional. 510 episodes were produced and aired from 20 October 1964 to January 1977 (12 years and 6 months), making it the longest-running Australian weekly primetime drama in history. With 510 episodes produced (the last episode is numbered 509, due to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Man At The Top (TV Series)
''Man at the Top'' was a British kitchen sink drama television series that originally aired on ITV, lasting for 23 episodes between 1970 and 1972. The series depicted the character of Joe Lampton, the protagonist of John Braine's novels '' Room at the Top'' (1957) and ''Life at the Top'' (1962), and of the films based on those novels ('' Room at the Top'' (1959) and ''Life at the Top'' (1965)). In 1973, a spin-off film from the series, '' Man at the Top'', was released. Cast * Kenneth Haigh – Joe Lampton * Zena Walker – Susan Lampton * Mark Dignam (series 1) / Paul Hardwick (series 2) – Abe Brown * Avice Landone – Margaret Brown * Keith Skinner (series 1) / Brendan Price (series 2) – Harry Lampton * Colin Welland – Charlie Armitage * James Donnelly – Teddy Soames * Kim McCarthy – Barbara Lampton * Janet Key – Dr. Helen Reid * Ann Lynn – Jonni Devon * Katy Manning Catherine Ann "Katy" Manning (born 14 October 1946) is an English- Australian actress, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ned Kelly (1970 Film)
''Ned Kelly'' is a 1970 British-Australian biographical bushranger film. It was the seventh Australian feature film version of the story of 19th-century Australian bushranger Ned Kelly, and is notable for being the first Kelly film to be shot in colour. The film was directed by Tony Richardson, and starred Mick Jagger in the title role. Scottish-born actor Mark McManus played the part of Kelly's friend Joe Byrne. It was a British production, but was filmed entirely in Australia, shot mostly around Braidwood in southern New South Wales, with a largely Australian supporting cast. Plot Ned Kelly is forced by police persecution to become a bushranger. He robs several banks and is eventually captured after the Siege of Glenrowan. He is hanged in Melbourne. Cast *Mick Jagger as Ned Kelly *Geoff Gilmour as Steve Hart *Mark McManus as Joe Byrne **McManus had previously played Dan Kelly in '' Ballad for One Gun'' (1963). *Serge Lazareff as Wild Wright *Peter Sumner as Tom Lloyd * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mick Jagger
Sir Michael Philip Jagger (born 26 July 1943) is an English singer and songwriter who has achieved international fame as the lead vocalist and one of the founder members of the rock band the Rolling Stones. His ongoing songwriting partnership with Keith Richards is one of the most successful in history. Jagger's career has spanned over six decades, and he has been widely described as one of the most popular and influential frontmen in the history of rock music. His distinctive voice and energetic live performances, along with Richards' guitar style, have been the Rolling Stones' trademark throughout the band's career. Jagger gained press notoriety for his romantic involvements and illicit drug use, and was often portrayed as a countercultural figure. Jagger was born and grew up in Dartford. He studied at the London School of Economics before abandoning his studies to join the Rolling Stones. Jagger has written most of the Rolling Stones' songs together with Richards, and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ned Kelly
Edward Kelly (December 1854 – 11 November 1880) was an Australian bushranger, outlaw, gang leader and convicted police-murderer. One of the last bushrangers, he is known for wearing a suit of bulletproof armour during his final shootout with the police. Kelly was born in the then- British colony of Victoria as the third of eight children to Irish parents. His father, a transported convict, died shortly after serving a six-month prison sentence, leaving Kelly, then aged 12, as the eldest male of the household. The Kellys were a poor selector family who saw themselves as downtrodden by the Squattocracy and as victims of persecution by the Victoria Police. While a teenager, Kelly was arrested for associating with bushranger Harry Power and served two prison terms for a variety of offences, the longest stretch being from 1871 to 1874 on a conviction of receiving a stolen horse. He later joined the " Greta Mob", a group of bush larrikins known for stock theft. A violent confro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Killing Of Angel Street
''The Killing of Angel Street'' is a 1981 Australian thriller film loosely based on the Builders Labourers Federation (BLF) green bans against development in inner Sydney city waterside suburbs. It briefly touches on the real-life disappearance of Juanita Nielsen, an activist against mass development in Sydney in the late 1970s. The film was directed by Donald Crombie and shot in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. In the commentary on the DVD, the location is incorrectly stated as Edward Street in Balmain (East). In fact, the location was Weston Street, at the end of Paul Street. The mysterious disappearance of Juanita Nielson also inspired Phillip Noyce, who directed the 1982 film ''Heatwave''. Plot The film stars Elizabeth Alexander as Jessica Simmonds, who returns home from London to discover the street she grew up in being torn down by developers for high rise developments. Her father ( Alexander Archdale), a vocal opponent of the developers, is killed in a suspicious fire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abe Saffron
Abraham Gilbert Saffron (6 October 1919 – 15 September 2006) was an Australian hotelier, nightclub owner and property developer who was one of the major figures in organised crime in Australia in the latter half of the 20th century. For several decades, members of government, the judiciary and the media made repeated allegations that Saffron was involved in a wide range of criminal activities, including illegal alcohol sales, dealing in stolen goods, illegal gambling, prostitution, drug dealing, bribery and extortion. He was charged with a range of offences including "scandalous conduct", possession of an unlicensed firearm and possession of stolen goods, but his only major conviction was for federal tax evasion. He gained nationwide notoriety in the media, earning various nicknames including "Mr Sin", "a Mr Big of Australian crime" and "the boss of the Cross" (a reference to the Kings Cross red-light district, where he owned numerous businesses). In March 2021, ABC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juanita Nielsen
Juanita Joan Nielsen (; 22 April 1937 – disappeared 4 July 1975) was an Australian homicide victim, who was a newspaper owner, publisher and journalist, a model, businesswoman, urban conservationist, and heiress. She was notable for her advocacy against the urban development on heritage Victoria Street, Kings Cross, Sydney, where she resided at 202and her support for the Builders Labourers' Federation's Green Bans. Nielsen disappeared from the Carousel nightclub in Kings Cross on 4th July 1975. The person/people responsible for her disappearance have never been identified and her remains have never been found. It is generally believed that Nielsen was killed because of her conservationism, and there have been strong suspicions of involvement of organised crime and police corruption. In the early 1980s, two men associated with Kings Cross crime boss Abe Saffron were jailed for conspiracy to kidnap Nielsen based on incidents leading up to her disappearance. A coronial inques ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Platypus Cove
''Platypus Cove'' is a 1983 Australian television film about a tugboat.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p121 Cast *Tony Barry as Frank Nelson * Carmen Duncan as Margaret Davis *Simone Buchanan as Jenny Nelson * Paul Smith as Jim Mason * Martin Lewis as Peter Nelson *Aileen Britton as Grandma Mason *Henri Szeps as Winston Bell *Mark Hembrow as Paddy O'Neil *Dennis Miller as Sergeant Don Bailey *Bill Kerr as Mr. Anderson * Brian Anderson as Shop Manager * Allen Bickford Allen Bickford is an Australian actor of film and TV. He has appeared in classic Australian TV series such as ''Matlock Police'' and ''Homicide (Australian TV series), Homicide'' as well as the British series ''Man at the Top (TV series), Man at th ... as Ted Finch * Robin Bowering as Dr. Rinaldi * Robert Carne as Boxing Second * John Chedid as Michael Peters * Tim Grogan as Boxing Second * John Ley as Leo Baldwin * Patrick Mansfield as Boat Seller References E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Flying Doctors
''The Flying Doctors'' is an Australian drama TV series produced by Crawford Productions that revolves around the everyday lifesaving efforts of the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia, starring Andrew McFarlane as the newly arrived Dr. Tom Callaghan. The popular series ran for nine seasons and was successfully screened internationally. It was initially a 1985 mini-series based in the fictional outback town of Cooper's Crossing (set in the real life town of Minyip in north-western rural Victoria). The success of the mini-series led to its return the following year as an ongoing series with McFarlane being joined by a new doctor, Chris Randall, played by Liz Burch. McFarlane left during the first season, and actor Robert Grubb arrived as new doctor Geoff Standish. McFarlane later returned to the series, resuming his role. The series' episodes were mostly self-contained and about medical items. The Australian society was mirrored in handling more or less controversial soci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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