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Ric Hutton
Ric Hutton (1926–1996) was an Australian actor. He worked in Britain, Australia and the United States of America. He was best known in Australia as the voice of "Black Jack Seager" in the hit radio series ''The Castlereagh Line'' written by Ross Napier. He was a radio personality as well. Select credits *''The Life and Death of King Richard II '' (1960) *''The Grey Nurse Said Nothing'' (1960) *''Stormy Petrel (TV series), Stormy Petrel'' (1960) *''In Writing'' (1961) *''The Young Victoria'' (1963) *''Guns at Batasi'' (1964) References External linksRic Huttonat IMDbRic Hutton at the National Film and Sound Archive 1926 births 1996 deaths Australian male actors Australian expatriates in England {{Australia-screen-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Castlereagh Line
THE CASTLEREAGH LINE is an Australian radio serial and series of 7 Novels, written by the late Ross Napier. Initially contracted for 65 episodes in 1982, the radio serial ran for 910 episodes and was aired on over 100 stations nationally and internationally, more than any Australian radio serial ever. At a time when radio drama had long been put out to pasture, 2WS saw its potential and the rest was history. The program was so popular that factories downed tools to enable the staff to listen to it. According to an article in The Sydney Morning Herald in 1984 “Devotees are continually ringing the station to find out what will happen in the next three weeks as they have to know, or they can’t go on holiday”. The radio serial has been re-run nationally several times over and continues to run to this day. During the course of ‘The Line’s’ initial broadcast from 1982–1986, Ross wrote the first three Castlereagh novels: THE CASTLEREAGH LINE, THE CASTLEREAGH WAY and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ross Napier
Ross Napier (April 21, 1929 – November 2, 2004) was one of Australia's leading radio and TV writers from the 1950s to 1990s, as well as an accomplished novelist. Born in Sydney in 1929, he began writing short stories for magazines while still in high school, selling his first script at 17. Shortly after, he became a staff writer for Grace Gibson Radio Productions, and during the 1950s and 1960s his radio serials were broadcast Australia-wide and internationally. This firmly established Napier as one of Australia's leading drama writers. Whilst at Gibson's he met Ann Fuller, who he married in 1953. Career Napier spent much of his career in television, notably as script editor of the classic Australian series '' Skippy the Bush Kangaroo'',One of Australia's most prolific scriptwriter's during his career he wrote extensively for Television with Grundy Entertainment including episodes of the ground show Number 96'Skippy Episode Guide' Classic Australian Television/ref> for which he w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cumberland Argus And Fruitgrowers' Advocate
''The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers' Advocate'' (also known as ''The Cumberland Argus'' or ''The Argus'') was a newspaper published in Parramatta, New South Wales, Parramatta with coverage and circulation incorporating Greater Western Sydney and parts of North-West Sydney, Australia. First published on 24 September 1887, the paper continued under this title until issue No. 3397, on 15 March 1950, when the newspaper was officially renamed the ''Cumberland Argus''. It remained under this banner for a further 12 years until it ceased publication on 24 October 1962. History The newspaper was founded by Messrs. Thomas Davies Little, Frederick William James Lovell, Richard Stewart Richardson and Alfred Gazzard, all formerly associated with ''The Cumberland Mercury'' newspaper. The paper's office was located in Phillip Street, later George Street, Parramatta, with correspondents located around various districts. Initially issued weekly on Saturdays, costing 2d an issue, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
