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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] |
The Life And Death Of King Richard II
''The Life and Death of King Richard II'' was a 1960 Australian live TV production of the play by William Shakespeare directed by Raymond Menmuir. It aired on 5 October 1960 and was one of the most elaborate productions made for Australian TV at that time. The ABC decided to suspend peak-hour programs to transmit the show live using all three of the ABC's Gore Hill TV studios. An obituary of Menmuir called this "a concept of such complexity and audacity that it was never repeated." Premise The story of King Richard II of England. Cast *Ric Hutton as Richard II *Richard Parry as John of Gaunt *Hugh Stewart as Duke of York *James Condon as Bolingbroke *George Roubiceck as Aumerie *Rosemary Webster as Queen *Nancye Stewart as Duchess Of Gloucester *John Fassen as Duke of Norfolk *Walter Sullivan as Earl of Northumberland *Laurier Lange as Sailsbury *Max Osbiston as Willoughby *Peter Wagner as Bushy * Max Meldrum as Green *Geoffrey King as Bishop of Carlisle *Malcolm Billings as Lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Australian Women's Weekly
''The Australian Women's Weekly'', sometimes known as simply ''The Weekly'', is an Australian monthly women's magazine published by Mercury Capital in Sydney. For many years it was the number one magazine in Australia before being outsold by the Australian edition of '' Better Homes and Gardens'' in 2014. , ''The Weekly'' has overtaken '' Better Homes and Gardens'' again, coming out on top as Australia's most read magazine. The magazine invested in the 2020 film '' I Am Woman'' about Helen Reddy, singer, feminist icon and activist. Editor-in-chief Nicole Byers told Film Ink "Helen’s story of adversity and triumph is nothing short of inspirational. ''The Weekly'' has been telling stories of iconic Australian women for more than 80 years and we're delighted to be supporting the film production". History and profile The magazine was started in 1933 by Frank Packer and Ted Theodore as a weekly publication. The first editor was George Warnecke and the initial dummy was laid out b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Grey Nurse Said Nothing
"The Grey Nurse Said Nothing" is a television play written by Sumner Locke Elliott. It was based on elements of the Shark Arm case but is mostly fictitious. The play was screened in the US in 1959 as an episode of '' Playhouse 90''. It was performed on American and Australian television. Plot A shark is captured and throws up an identifiable human arm, with a tattoo. It is presumed the arm belongs to a boatman. A local tycoon is arrested for murder. Witnesses at the trial include the tycoon's alcoholic wife, whom the boatman tried to seduce, and a local school teacher in love with the boatman. Cast * Ann Todd as Laura Mills *Angela Lansbury as Hazel Wills *Paul Comi as Patrick Aherne *Gary Crutcher as Lynch mob leader *Patricia Cutts as Mavis Greenop *Michael David as Herbert Wills *Don Dubbins as Bluey *Hugh Griffith as Rev. Light *Tony Haig as Boy Production The play was set in Australia, a location that was uncommon on American TV at the time. The show had a cast of 120. Su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stormy Petrel (TV Series)
''Stormy Petrel'' is an early Australian television drama. A period drama, the 12-episode serial told the story of William Bligh and aired in 1960 on ABC. It was the first live TV serial from the ABC. It was based on a script by Rex Rienits adapted from his 1948 radio serial. The radio serial was rebroadcast in 1953. ''Stormy Petrel'' was a critical and popular success and led to the ABC making a number of period drama series set in Australia's past: '' The Outcasts'' (1961), '' The Patriots'' (1962), and ''The Hungry Ones'' (1963). It also inspired ATN-7, a commercial station, to make ''Jonah'' (1962). Telerecordings (also known as Kinescope recordings) of ''Stormy Petrel'' are held by National Archives of Australia. Premise The story of William Blighs' governorship of New South Wales leading up to the events of the Rum Rebellion. Cast * Brian James as William Bligh * Walter Sullivan as John MacArthur * Delia Williams as Mary Bligh, Bligh's daughter *Ric Hutton as John Putl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In Writing
''In Writing'' is a 1961 Australian television play by an Australian writer living in London, Raymond Bowers, and directed by Kevin Shine. It was first presented on the BBC in London in 1956 and was also presented on stage and radio. Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time. Plot According to the ''Sydney Morning Herald'' it was "the story of an unusual murder in London involving a husband and wife, investigated in an unorthodox manner by Detective-Inspector Hurst." James Peebles has befriended John Clostin's wife and Clostin is unhappy with that. Cast *Leonard Teale as Detective Inspector Hurst *Ric Hutton as John Clostin *Anne Haddy as Mrs Clostin * James Workman as Pr Bowman *Richard Parry as James Peebles *Jack Ford as Sergeant *Carolyn Keely as waitress Production It was produced for British TV in 1956 with a cast including Bernard Lee and Terence Morgan. It was Bowers' second script done for Australian TV the first being ''It's the Geography That Counts' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Canberra Times
''The Canberra Times'' is a daily newspaper in Canberra, Australia, which is published by Australian Community Media. It was founded in 1926, and has changed ownership and format several times. History ''The Canberra Times'' was launched in 1926 by Thomas Shakespeare along with his oldest son Arthur Shakespeare and two younger sons Christopher and James. The newspaper's headquarters were originally located in the Civic retail precinct, in Cooyong Street and Mort Street, in blocks bought by Thomas Shakespeare in the first sale of Canberra leases in 1924. The newspaper's first issue was published on 3 September 1926. It was the second paper to be printed in the city, the first being ''The Federal Capital Pioneer''. Between September 1926 and February 1928, the newspaper was a weekly issue. The first daily issue was 28 February 1928. In June 1956, ''The Canberra Times'' converted from broadsheet to tabloid format. Arthur Shakespeare sold the paper to John Fairfax Lt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guns At Batasi
''Guns at Batasi'' is a 1964 British drama film starring Richard Attenborough, Jack Hawkins, Flora Robson, John Leyton and Mia Farrow. The film is based on the 1962 novel ''The Siege of Battersea'' by Robert Holles and was directed by John Guillermin. Although the action is set in an overseas colonial military outpost during the last days of the British Empire in East Africa, filming happened at Pinewood Studios in the United Kingdom. Plot ''Guns of Batasi'' depicts an erupting world where newly empowered forces, both black and white, embrace the realpolitik of a post-colonial world. A group of veteran British NCOs, headed by upright Regimental Sergeant Major Lauderdale (Richard Attenborough), becomes entangled with a coup in an unnamed African state, recently-independent and dogged by political intrigue. The unnamed country is evocative of Kenya in east Africa: RSM Lauderdale mentions the Turkana peoples (who live in Kenya), native soldiers speak in Kiswahili, the lingua fran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
