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Runaway Island (1982 Film)
''Runaway Island'' is a 1982 Australian television film directed by Igor Auzins and starring Miles Buchanan, Simone Buchanan, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Kate Fitzpatrick, and Ron Haddrick. Set in the 1830s, it is about some wealthy children who form a gang with poor kids.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p134 * Cast * Miles Buchanan as Jamie McLeod * Simone Buchanan as Jemma McLeod * Beth Buchanan * Hugh Keays-Byrne as Lucas the Ratter * Kate Fitzpatrick as Elene Costard * Ron Haddrick * Kerry McGuire as Molly McKenzie * Ivar Kants as Hendrick * Ray Meagher * Michael Beecher * Alexander Archdale Alexander Mervyn Archdale (26 November 190513 May 1986) was a British actor, manager and theatre producer. He had a very long career in both the theatre and in film, stretching from the 1930s to the 1980s. He spent the latter part of his life an ... Reception The movie has an 7.8/10 review on IMDb References External links * * Austr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Igor Auzins
Igor Auzins (born 1949 in Melbourne) is an Australian filmmaker. He joined Crawford Productions in 1969 and worked as a cameraman, then a director. He made documentaries for the South Australian Film Corporation, TV commercials, tele movies and features.Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, ''Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production'', Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998 p315 Select Credits *''Matlock Police'' (TV series) - camera operator *''Division 4'' (1972-73) (TV series) - director *''Upstream, Downstream'' (1975) (short film) *''Homicide'' (1973–76) - won a Logie for his direction of episode "The Firework Man" *'' The Outsiders'' (1976) - director Ghost Town *''The Big Backyard'' (1977) (short film) - director *''Upstream downstream'' (1977) (short) - director *'' All at Sea'' (1977) (TV movie) *''Death Train'' (1977) (TV movie) - director *''The Night Nurse'' (1977) (TV movie) - director *''High Rolling'' (1977) - director *'' Chopper Squad'' (1978) ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivar Kants
Ivar Kants (born 19 July 1949) (commonly credited as ''Ivor'' Kants or Ivar Kanz) is an Australian actor of Latvian descent who has played numerous roles in soap operas including ''A Country Practice'', '' G.P.'', '' All Saints'', '' Water Rats'', and ''Blue Heelers''. He portrayed the role of Ken Garrett in the soap opera ''The Restless Years'' (1979) and starred as Father Menotti, a caring inner-city parish priest in the 1980–81 TV series '' Menotti''. A more prominent role was as school principal Barry Hyde, a regular in ''Home and Away ''Home and Away'' (often abbreviated as ''H&A'') is an Australian television soap opera. It was created by Alan Bateman and commenced broadcast on the Seven Network on 17 January 1988. Bateman came up with the concept of the show during a trip ...''. He has also appeared in ''Neighbours'', ''Heartbreak High'' and in the TV movie ''The Plumber (1979 film), The Plumber''. He narrated the ''Hairy Maclary'' audiobook series released by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1982 Films
The following is an overview of events in 1982 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths. Highest-grossing films North America The top ten 1982 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Outside North America The highest-grossing 1982 films in countries outside of North America. Worldwide gross revenue The following table lists known worldwide gross revenue figures for several high-grossing films that originally released in 1982. Note that this list is incomplete and is therefore not representative of the highest-grossing films worldwide in 1982. Events * January 1 - Terry Semel becomes president of Warner Bros. * June 11 ** '' E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'' is released; it became the highest-grossing film to date. ** Michelle Pfeiffer appears in her first leading role, in ''Grease 2'', the sequel to the top-grossing film of 1978. * June 22 – The Coca-Cola Compan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1982 Television Films
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Australian Television Films
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Alexander Archdale
Alexander Mervyn Archdale (26 November 190513 May 1986) was a British actor, manager and theatre producer. He had a very long career in both the theatre and in film, stretching from the 1930s to the 1980s. He spent the latter part of his life and career in Australia. Biography He was born Alexander Mervyn Archdale in Jhansi, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, British India , to British parents Theodore Montgomery Archdale and Helen Alexandra Russell His younger sister was the educationalist and cricketer Betty Archdale. In 1934 he was in a Broadway production of ''The Wind and the Rain'' at the Ritz Theater (Newburgh, New York), Ritz Theatre, New York City. In 1937 he acted in Jeffrey Dell's play ''Night Alone'' at the Embassy Theatre (London), Embassy Theatre in London, England with Richard Bird, Julian Somers, and Anna Konstam in the cast. In the same year he acted in J. B. Priestley's play ''Time and the Conways'' at the Duchess Theatre in London, with Jean Forbes-Robertso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Beecher (actor)
Michael Beecher (20 November 1939 – 4 March 1993) was an Australian-based model and actor. He was the son of Rear Admiral Otto Humphrey Becher and Valerie Chisholme Baird. Beecher had originally wanted to train and work as a diplomat. His highest-profile role was as debonair hospital superintendent Dr. Brian Denham in Australian soap opera ''The Young Doctors'', a role he played from the programme's inception in 1976 until leaving the series (shortly before its demise) in 1982. Prior to ''The Young Doctors ''The Young Doctors'' is an Australian early-evening soap opera originally broadcast on the Nine Network and produced by the Reg Grundy Organisation, it aired from Monday, 8 November 1976 until Wednesday, 30 March 1983. The series is primar ...'' he had worked as a photographic model. Filmography Film Television References External links * 1939 births 1993 deaths Australian male television actors 20th-century Australian male actors {{Aust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Meagher
Raymond Francis Meagher (born 4 July 1944) is an Australian actor, who has appeared in Australian film and television since the mid-1970s. He is notable as the longest continuing performer in an Australian television role, portraying Alf Stewart on ''Home and Away'', having played the role since the first episode in 1988. Meagher won a Gold Logie Award for Most Popular Personality on Australian Television, Gold Logie Award for his role in ''Home and Away'' in 2010 and currently played the role of Alf for over 35 years. Early life Meagher was born and raised on a sheep and cattle station in Queensland, before attending a boarding school on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Gold Coast from the age of nine. He became a keen sportsman at high school, Marist College Ashgrove in Brisbane, representing the school at a number of sports including rugby union, a sport which he ultimately played at state level. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kerry McGuire
Kerry McGuire is an Australian actress. For her performance in ''Olive'' she won the 1988 Australian Film Institute Award for Best Lead Actress in a Telefeature. For her role in '' Against the Wind'' she won the 1979 Sammy Award for best actress and a 1979 Logie for Best Performance By An Actress In A Major Role. Screen roles include ''Olive'' were she played the titular Olive Bodill, an actress battling cancer, ''Runaway Island Runaway Island () is a rocky island 0.7 nautical miles (1.3 km) west of the west tip of Neny Island and 0.2 nautical miles (0.4 km) northwest of surf rock, lying in Marguerite Bay off the west coast of Graham Land. The island was rough ...'' as innkeeper Molly McKenzie and ''Against the Wind'' as Polly, also an innkeeper. Her long stage career include roles in ''Absurd Person Singular'' runs at the Northside Theatre, a gender swapped ''The Odd Couple'' References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:McGuire, Kerry Living people Aus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Mirams
Roger Eastgate Holden Mirams (16 April 1918 – 26 February 2004) was a New Zealand-born film producer and director, whose career extended over 60 years. Mirams co-directed '' Broken Barrier'', the only local dramatic feature film made in New Zealand in the 1950s, and later won a reputation for the children's television series he produced in Australia. Biography Mirams was born in the New Zealand city of Christchurch, New Zealand where he made his first film aged 13, ''When the Gangsters Came to Christchurch''. It screened at a local cinema in 1931. Mirams joined the New Zealand Army at the outbreak of World War II, working as a war correspondent and cameraman throughout the duration of the war, which saw him travel with the New Zealand Division throughout Italy and the Middle East. Following the end of the war, he travelled to Japan where he filmed a documentary about the war crimes trials that were held there. He then joined the New Zealand National Film Unit as a director and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beth Buchanan
Beth Christine Buchanan (born 10 March 1972) is an Australian actress and Social Worker. She is best known for the television roles in sitcom ''Hey Dad!'', Gemma Ramsay in ''Neighbours'', and Susan Croydon in ''Blue Heelers''. She was also a long-standing member of the Ranters Theatre company.Usher, Robin (17 July 2008"Swimming in success"'' SMH.com.au'' (Retrieved: 1 March 2010) Early life Buchanan was born in Sydney, the daughter of musician Tony Buchanan (formerly of Crossfire) and teacher Jo Buchanan. She is the youngest of three children; her brother Miles and sister Simone are also actors. Career Buchanan's television work includes appearances in ''Secret Valley'', ''Runaway Island'', ''Island Trader'', ''Pirates Island'', ''A Country Practice'', ''Home and Away'', '' Stingers'', ''Hey Dad'' (where her older sister Simone starred as Debbie Kelly) and ''The Brittas Empire''. Her longest running part, between 1994 and 2006, was the recurring role of Susan Croydon, the d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ross Berryman
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