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Michael Duffield
Michael Duffield (1915 – June 1986) was an English-born character actor who worked in Australia for many decades. He was nominated for the 1979 AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his role in ''The Last of the Knucklemen'', a role he was reprising from the original stage production. Duffield was also a prominent theatre actor, starting from 1950, with numerous career characters with the Melbourne Theatre Company, he won awards in 1962 for his performance on stage in ''The Caretaker'' and also was notable for playing. Winston Churchill in the production "The Soldiers". Whilst on television he appeared in numerous televised live plays. He died in June 1986, aged 71 and was survived by a wife and three children. Select filmography *''Night of the Ding-Dong'' (1961) *'' Quiet Night'' (1961) *'' Two-Headed Eagle'' (1961) *''Fury in Petticoats'' (1962) *''Suspect'' (1962) *'' Fly by Night'' (1962) *''The Music Upstairs'' (1962) *''The White Carnation'' (1963) *''T ...
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Toorak, Victoria
Toorak () is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Stonnington local government area, on Boonwurrung Land. Toorak recorded a population of 12,817 at the 2021 census. The name Toorak has become synonymous with wealth and privilege, the suburb long having the reputation of being Melbourne's most elite, and ranking among the most prestigious in Australia. It has the highest average property values in Melbourne, and is one of the most expensive suburbs in Australia. It is the nation's second highest earning postcode after Point Piper in Sydney. Located on a rise on the south side (or left bank) of a bend in the Yarra River, Toorak is bordered by South Yarra, at Williams Road on the west, Malvern, at Glenferrie Road on the east, Prahran and Armadale, at Malvern Road to the south and the suburbs of Richmond, Burnley and Hawthorn on the north side of the river. The suburb's main street is consider ...
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Corruption In The Palace Of Justice
''Corruption in the Palace of Justice'' is a 1964 Australian television film produced by Oscar Whitbread. Based on an Italian stage play by Ugo Betti, it was a drama aired in a 60-minute time-slot and aired on the non-commercial broadcaster the Australian Broadcasting Commission. The cast included Michael Duffield, Carl Bleazby and Terry Norris. It was produced in Melbourne. It was adapted by Robert Rietti. A copy of the script is at the NAA. It was set in a nameless country. Plot A court of justice in a nameless city and country is being investigated. A judge has made himself the accomplice of an underworld victim and this judge infect the whole process of justice. Judge Cust steers suspicion on to President Vanan, the ageing chief of the court, who is innocent. Cast *Terry Norris as Judge Cust *Michael Duffield as Chief Judge Cross * Wynn Roberts as Counsellor Enzi *Carl Bleazby as President Vanan *Fay Kelton as Elena * George Whaley *Kendrick Hudson *Sydney Conabere * Bruce Ba ...
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1915 Births
Events Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix. January * January – British physicist Sir Joseph Larmor publishes his observations on "The Influence of Local Atmospheric Cooling on Astronomical Refraction". *January 1 ** WWI: British Royal Navy battleship HMS ''Formidable'' is sunk off Lyme Regis, Dorset, England, by an Imperial German Navy U-boat, with the loss of 547 crew. ** Battle of Broken Hill: A train ambush near Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, is carried out by two men (claiming to be in support of the Ottoman Empire) who are killed, together with 4 civilians. * January 5 – Joseph E. Carberry sets an altitude record of , carrying Capt. Benjamin Delahauf Foulois as a passenger, in a fixed-wing aircraft. * January 12 ** The United States House of Representatives rejects a proposal to give women the right to vote. ** '' A Fool There Was'' premières in the United States, starring Theda Bara as a '' femme fatale''; she quickly become ...
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Ausstage
AusStage: The Australian Live Performance Database is an online database which records information about live performances in Australia, providing records of productions from the first recorded performance in Australia (1789, by convicts) up until the present day. The only repository of Australian performing arts in the world, it is managed by a consortium of universities, government agencies, industry organisations and arts institutions, and mostly funded by the Australian Research Council. Created in 2000, the database contained more than 250,000 records by 2018. History The AusStage project was instigated by the Australasian Drama Studies Association in 1999, with Flinders University in South Australia leading the project, funded by a grant from the Australian Research Council (ARC). Other collaborating universities were La Trobe University (Vic), University of Queensland, University of New South Wales, University of Western Australia, University of New England (NSW), Newc ...
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IMDb
IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, plot summaries, trivia, ratings, and fan and critical reviews. IMDb began as a fan-operated movie database on the Usenet group "rec.arts.movies" in 1990, and moved to the Web in 1993. It is now owned and operated by IMDb.com, Inc., a subsidiary of Amazon. the database contained some million titles (including television episodes) and million person records. Additionally, the site had 83 million registered users. The site's message boards were disabled in February 2017. Features The title and talent ''pages'' of IMDb are accessible to all users, but only registered and logged-in users can submit new material and suggest edits to existing entries. Most of the site's data has been provided by these volunteers. Registered users with a prov ...
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The Cheerful Cuckold
"The Cheerful Cuckold" is a 1969 Australian TV play. It was written by and stars Alan Hopgood. Plot It was about a young university lecturer (Hopgood) who is cuckolded by his wife Sybil (Sue Donovan). He devises a method to deal with it. Cast *Alan Hopgood Alan John Hopgood AM (29 September 1934 – 19 March 2022), also known as Alan Hopwood, was an Australian actor, producer, and writer. He wrote the screenplay for the 1972 film '' Alvin Purple'' and made appearances in television shows such as ... as Gareth * Sue Donovan as Sybil *Joseph James as Max * Robin Ramsay as Tony Champion * Lyndel Rowe as Shirley *Michael Duffield as Professor Garraway Production The show was recorded in late 1968. ''The Age'' previewed it, calling it "a delight" in an article dated 27 December 1968. Hopgood's script was awarded an Awgie in March 1969. The show was not broadcast until December 1969. Reception One critic called it "the most painful Australian production I have seen since televis ...
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Two Thousand Weeks
''2000 Weeks'' (also known as ''Two Thousand Weeks'') is a 1969 Australian drama film directed by Tim Burstall and starring Mark McManus, Jeanie Drynan, and Eileen Chapman. Premise Will, a writer in his thirties, faces a crisis in his life when he has to choose between his wife and mistress. He is also on the fence about choices in his professional life, something that is accentuated when he meets a childhood friend who has become a successful TV producer in England. He calculates he has two thousand weeks left in his life to achieve success. Cast *Mark McManus as Will Gardiner *Jeanie Drynan as Jacky Lewis *Eileen Chapman as Sarah Gardiner *David Turnbull as Noel Oakshot *Michael Duffield as Will's father *Stephen Dattner as Sir George Turnbull *Bruce Anderson as Rex Stapleton Production Eltham Films was a production company formed by Tim Burtstall and Patrick Ryan which had made a number of short films and TV series. They made the film as a co-production with Senior Films, a l ...
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Cobwebs In Concrete
"Cobwebs in Concrete" is a 1968 Australian TV play written by actor John Warwick. It aired on the ABC as part of the anthology show ''Wednesday Theatre'' immediately after '' The Queen's Bishop''. Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time. Plot A bridge over the Sunda River in Bali collapses killing four adults and 22 children. An investigation results. The bridge was built by Dan Fenner, an ambitious man in his early thirties. The design of the bridge brought him much acclaim. Investigations reveal various jealousies and passions. Cast * Frank Wilson as Kruger, a financial tycoon * Michael Duffield as Sir Miles Parker, chairman of the biggest construction group in England * Wynn Roberts as Dan Fenner, a major bridge designer * Ian Neal * William Hodge as Cameron Fisher * Peter Aanensen as Jason, a transport tycoon * Lynn Lee * Sheila Florence as Kathy * Dennis Miller Dennis Michael Miller (born November 3, 1953) is an American talk show host, political commenta ...
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Campaign For One
"Campaign for One" is a 1965 Australian television film. A remake of an episode of the BBC series ''Wednesday Play'', it aired in a 60-minute time-slot on ABC on 24 November 1965 in Melbourne, Sydney, and on 5 January 1966 in Brisbane. as part of ''Wednesday Theatre''. It was not unheard of during the 1960s for British anthology episodes to be remade for Australian television. Plot Set in 1967, an English astronaut, Phil Osborne, is in orbit for the Allied Commission of German, English and American specialists. After completing a spacewalk, he announces that he has no intentions to return to Earth, due to his wife leaving him, and would prefer to die in space. Partial cast listing * Stanley Walsh as Phil Osborne *Lynne Flanagan as Osborne's wife *Michael Duffield *Carl Bleazby *Mark Albiston * Edward Howell Production It was shot in Melbourne. Faull said, "There was real suspense and a true-to-life drama about it. One couldn't help but feel that the situation could arrive somet ...
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Photo Finish (1965 Film)
"Photo Finish" is a 1965 Australian teleplay based on a play by Peter Ustinov. It screened on ABC and was produced by Oscar Whitbread and starred Frank Thring. "Photo Finish" aired on 10 November 1965 in Melbourne and Sydney. Thring played the role on stage the year before. It was part of ''Wednesday Theatre''. Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time. Plot A writer is visited by ghosts from his past - himself at the ages of twenty, forty, and sixty. Cast *Frank Thring as Sam Kinsale, aged 80 *Elspeth Ballantyne *Michael Duffield as the father *Beverley Dunn as the mother *Norman Ettling as the 40 year old *Patricia Kennedy (actress), Patricia Kennedy as Stella, the wife *Patsy King *Stanley Walsh as the 20 year old *Raymond Westwell as the 60 year old Production A version of the play had been performed on ABC the previous year. Reception The ''Age'' said Thring "gave a striking performance" and praised the "sparkling dialogue". The ''Sydney Morning Her ...
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Macbeth (1965 Film)
"Macbeth" is a 1965 Australian TV production of the play by William Shakespeare. The play had previously been filmed by the ABC in 1960 with Keith Goodlet in the title role. Cast * Wynn Roberts as Macbeth *Terri Aldred as Lady Macbeth *Keith Eden as Macduff *Keith Lee as Banquo *Clark Bleazby as Ross *Allan Lander as Lennox *Mark Albiston as Malcolm *Michael Duffield as Seyton *Peter Hepworth as Fleance *Joan Harris as Lady Macduff *Patricia Kennedy, Roma Johnston and Agnes Dobson as the witches *Sydney Conabere, Lloyd Cunningham, Nevil Thurgood as murderers Production The production was directed by Alan Burke who said, "I always approach Shakespeare with reverence, but not with awe. Someone once said, 'A producer should read every new play as if it were Shakespeare, and Shakespeare as if it were a new play.' I heartily agree with this.... The main value of the play is inside the minds of its characters. TV, with its revealing close-ups, is the ideal medium with which to demonstr ...
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