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Reg Gorman
Reg Gorman (2 August 1932 – 5 August 2021) was an Australian television and film actor, and comedian, he was known best for his role in TV serial ''The Sullivans'', as Jack Fletcher. and children's series ''Fergus McPhail'' as Harry Patterson. Gorman was also active in radio dramas and theatre and was one of the last active vaudeville performers in Australia. Personal life Reg Gorman, trained with and J.C. Williamson Theatre Company, he was married to fellow actor Judith Roberts. The couple had three children: Kate, Karl and Charmaine. They raised their children together while working in the theatre, television and film industries.Career Television ...
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Sydney
Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountains to the west, Hawkesbury to the north, the Royal National Park to the south and Macarthur to the south-west. Sydney is made up of 658 suburbs, spread across 33 local government areas. Residents of the city are known as "Sydneysiders". The 2021 census recorded the population of Greater Sydney as 5,231,150, meaning the city is home to approximately 66% of the state's population. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2017. Nicknames of the city include the 'Emerald City' and the 'Harbour City'. Aboriginal Australians have inhabited the Greater Sydney region for at least 30,000 years, and Aboriginal engravings and cultural sites are common throughout Greater Sydney. The traditional custodians of the land on which modern Sydney stands are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wayne Manifesto
''The Wayne Manifesto'' is an Australian children's television series that aired on the ABC. Based on the children's books by David McRobbie, it is centred on the life of 12-year-old Wayne Wilson, showing the world both as the way he would like it and the way it really is. Filmed in Brisbane, Australia, it aired weekdays at 5pm on the ABC in 1997 and re-runs at 4.30pm in 1999. It has also aired on the BBC in the UK and was broadcast from 1998 to 2005. Cast * Jeffrey Walker as Wayne Wilson * Simon James as Keven Mary * Remi Broadway as Rupert * Brooke Harman as Rosie * Cassandra Magrath as Charlene * Jah'shua McAvoy as Squocka * Korey Fernando as James * Tracey-Louise Smith as Violet * Ingrid Mason as Mrs. Pringle * Rainee Skinner as Wayne's Mum * Nick Waters as Dad Episodes # A Wayne in a Manger # The Alien # This Guy Dellafield # A Slave to Fashion # Pizza # Rites and Wrongs # The Wayne Manifesto # There's Good in Everybody # Harris Weed # You Can't Take Him Anywhere # ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Division 4
''Division 4'' is an Australian television police drama series made by Crawford Productions for the Nine Network between 1969 and 1975 for 301 episodes. Synopsis The series was one of the first dramas to follow up on the enormous success of the earlier Crawford Productions crime show ''Homicide'' and dealt with the wide variety of cases dealt with by police in the fictional Melbourne suburb of Yarra Central (modelled on St Kilda). Awards The series was both popular - winning 10 Logie Awards, including two Gold Logie awards (for Australia's most popular entertainer) for Gerard Kennedy - who played Frank Banner, the series was critically acclaimed, winning a number of Penguin and Awgie awards for its scripts and actors. In 1972 Frank Taylor received the Penguin Award for the Best Supporting Actor in a Television Series. After Kennedy decided to leave ''Division 4'', the Nine Network summarily cancelled the series; only one episode was made with his replacement John St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barrier Reef (TV Series)
''Barrier Reef'' was an Australian television series that was first screened domestically in 1971.Albert Moran, ''Moran's Guide to Australian TV Series'', AFTRS 1993 p 74 However, 19 episodes had already premiered on British television on BBC1 between 5 October 1970 and 15 February 1971 and four more aired between 5 April and 3 May 1971 in advance of Australian broadcast. ''Barrier Reef'' was about a group of marine biologists on board a sailing ship called the ''New Endeavour'', researching around the Great Barrier Reef, off Queensland, Australia. ''"It was the first series in the world to feature extensive colour underwater filming on location"''. The show was almost entirely filmed in North Queensland and at the time the show was reported to be the most expensive series ever produced in Australia and one of the few Australian series to be produced outside Sydney or Melbourne. ''Barrier Reef'' was produced by Fauna Productions who also created the uniquely Australian hit TV seri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Rovers (TV Series)
''The Rovers'' was an Australian ocean-based family adventure television show originally screened from 21 August 1969 until 12 June 1970 and was broadcast on the 0-Ten network, the precursor of Network Ten Synopsis Produced by NLT Productions, executive producer was Bill Harmon and producer Don Cash, who would become famous for creating Number 96. The series starred Rowena Wallace, Edward Hepple, Noel Trevarthen and child actor Grant Seiden. The storylines revolve around the adventures of the crew of the ‘Pacific Lady’, an island schooner owned by Captain Sam McGill (or ‘Cap’ for short), played by Hepple, Bob Wild (a freelance photographer) played by Trevarthen and Rusty Collins, a wildlife journalist (played by Wallace). Thirty-nine episodes of 30 minutes each were produced on color film with an eye to distributing in overseas markets like Skippy the Bush Kangaroo. Writers included Kenneth Cook, Michael Latimer, Ron McLean, Michael Wright, Ralph Peterson and Rosamu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riptide (Australian TV Series)
''Riptide'' was an Australian adventure television series, starring Ty Hardin, which was first broadcast in 1969. The show featured a foreign lead actor and a foreign producer, similar in approach to the later series '' The Outsiders''. Co-stars were Jonathan Sweet and Sue Costin, while guest roles featured Australian actors such as Tony Ward, Rowena Wallace, Michael Pate, Bill Hunter, Helen Morse, John Meillon, Norman Yemm, Chips Rafferty, and Jack Thompson. The series was filmed at Australian locations. Plot The protagonist Moss Andrews (played by Ty Hardin, who had previously appeared in ''Bronco'') is a once successful US-American businessman who took a sabbatical A sabbatical (from the Hebrew: (i.e., Sabbath); in Latin ; Greek: ) is a rest or break from work. The concept of the sabbatical is based on the Biblical practice of ''shmita'' (sabbatical year), which is related to agriculture. According to ... after his wife had died prematurely. The widower undertook ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Alfred Hospital
The Alfred Hospital, also known as The Alfred or Alfred Hospital, is a leading tertiary teaching hospital in Melbourne, Victoria. It is the second oldest hospital in Victoria, and the oldest Melbourne hospital still operating on its original site. The Alfred is one of two major adult trauma centres in Victoria, and houses the largest intensive care unit in Australia. In 2021 it was ranked as one of the world's best hospitals. It is located at the corner of Commercial and Punt Roads, Prahran, opposite Fawkner Park. The Alfred Hospital is managed by Alfred Health along with Caulfield Hospital and Sandringham Hospital. History Moves were already underway to establish a second hospital when Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, in Australia on a royal visit, was shot in an unsuccessful assassination attempt. The new "Hospital by the Yarra" (as well as Sydney's Royal Prince Alfred Hospital) was named for him. It was founded in 1871. In 1957, The Alfred was the first hospital in Australi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) is the national broadcaster of Australia. It is principally funded by direct grants from the Australian Government and is administered by a government-appointed board. The ABC is a publicly-owned body that is politically independent and fully accountable, with its charter enshrined in legislation, the ''Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1983''. ABC Commercial, a profit-making division of the corporation, also helps to generate funding for content provision. The ABC was established as the Australian Broadcasting Commission on 1 July 1932 by an act of federal parliament. It effectively replaced the Australian Broadcasting Company, a private company established in 1924 to provide programming for A-class radio stations. The ABC was given statutory powers that reinforced its independence from the government and enhanced its news-gathering role. Modelled after the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), which is funded by a tel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Short Film
A short film is any motion picture that is short enough in running time not to be considered a feature film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes or less, including all credits". In the United States, short films were generally termed short subjects from the 1920s into the 1970s when confined to two 35 mm reels or less, and featurettes for a film of three or four reels. "Short" was an abbreviation for either term. The increasingly rare industry term "short subject" carries more of an assumption that the film is shown as part of a presentation along with a feature film. Short films are often screened at local, national, or international film festivals and made by independent filmmakers with either a low budget or no budget at all. They are usually funded by film grants, nonprofit organizations, sponsor, or personal funds. Short films are generally used for industry experience and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sci Fi
Syfy (formerly Sci-Fi Channel, later shortened to Sci Fi; stylized as SYFY) is an American basic cable channel owned by the NBCUniversal Television and Streaming division of Comcast's NBCUniversal through NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment. Launched on September 24, 1992, the channel broadcasts programming relating to the science fiction, horror, and fantasy genres. As of January 2016, Syfy is available to 92.4 million households in America. History In 1989, in Boca Raton, Florida, communications attorneys and cable TV entrepreneurs Mitchell Rubenstein and his wife and business partner Laurie Silvers devised the concept for the Sci-Fi Channel, and signed up 8 of the top 10 cable TV operators as well as licensing exclusive rights to the British TV series ''Doctor Who'' (which shifted over from PBS to Sci-Fi Channel), ''Dark Shadows'', and the cult series ''The Prisoner''. In 1992, the channel was sold by Rubenstein and Silvers to USA Networks, then a joint venture between Paramou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Drifting Avenger
''The Drifting Avenger'' is a Japanese Western film shot in Australia. It was also known as ''Koya no toseinin''. Cast Ken Takakura as Ken Kato Ken Goodlet as Marvin Judith Roberts as Rosa Kevin Cooney as Mike the boy Ronald Norman Lea as Franco (as R. Lea) Clive Saxon as Billy Pat Twohill as Carson (as John Sherwood) Reginald Collins as the Doctor Ray Lamont as the Sheriff Mike Danning as Laker (as Mike Dunning) Osman Yusuf as Duncan (as John Yusef) Stanley Rogers as Rogers (as Stan Rogers) Tony Allen as Jack (as Tony Allan) Chuck Kehoe as Ricky Terry Farnsworth as Cowboy Gunslinger (as T. Fansworth) Reg Gorman as Otto Carlo Manchini as Wayne Hans Horneff as Manager (as Hans Horner) Graham Keating as Wess Peter Armstrong as a Cowboy Dew Purington (as D. Purington) John Hopkins as Cowboy A (as J. Hopkins) Liam Reynolds as Cowboy B (as L. Reynolds) B. Evis as Cowboy C Allen Bickford (as A. Bickford) P. McCornill Takashi Shimur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
