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Wynn Roberts (actor)
Wynn Roberts (born 1923/1924 – 24 August 2021) credited also as Wyn Roberts and Wynne Roberts, was an Australian radio, stage and screen actor who appeared in more than 70 film and television productions between the early 1950s and 2001. He appeared in numerous TV plays and also featured in TV miniseries over a career spanning 50 years. His television credits include ''Homicide'', ''Prisoner'', '' Special Squad'', ''Neighbours'', ''The Flying Doctors'', ''Police Rescue'', ''A Country Practice'' and '' Wildside''. He is also known for his role as Sergeant Bumpher in the 1975 film classic '' Picnic at Hanging Rock''. He was also a leading stage actor, starting from the late 1940s. He worked for a number of years in radio. A 1965 article called him "one of the best and most versatile actors left in Australia - probably the best in Melbourne". He died on 24 August 2021 in Tanja, New South Wales Tanja is a locality in the Bega Valley Shire of New South Wales, Austra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanja, New South Wales
Tanja is a locality in the Bega Valley Shire of New South Wales, Australia. At the , Tanja had a population of 157. Tanja Public School is situated on Barrabooka Road. The school had an enrolment of 17 in 2017. It dates from 1878, having originally begun in a room of the school teacher's own residence. Tanja Post Office opened on 1 September 1878 and closed on 28 August 1980. Heritage listings Tanja has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: * Haighs Road (within Mimosa Rocks National Park): Penders * Nelson Lake Road, Nelson Lagoon, Mimosa Rocks National Park: Baronda Baronda is a heritage-listed former holiday house at Nelson Lake Road, Nelson Lagoon Mimosa Rocks National Park, Tanja, Bega Valley Shire, New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by Graeme Gunn and built from 1968 to 1969 by Kingsley Koelln ... References {{reflist Localities in New South Wales Bega Valley Shire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Petrov Affair (miniseries)
''The Petrov Affair'' is a 1987 mini series based on the defection of Vladimir Petrov.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p222 Cast * Alex Menglet as Vladimir Petrov * Eva Sitta as Evdokia Petrov * Simon Chilvers as H. V. Evatt * Swawomir Wabik as Michael Bialoguski Michael Bialoguski (19 March 191729 July 1984) was a Polish-Australian medical practitioner, musician and intelligence agent, who played a significant part in the 1954 Petrov Affair. Biography Michael Bialoguski was born to Polish Jewish parent ... References External links * Australian television films 1987 television films 1987 films {{Australia-tv-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Survivor (Keneally Novel)
''The Survivor'' is a 1969 novel by Australian author Thomas Keneally. Awards and nominations *Captain Cook Bicentenary Awards, Novel Section, 1970: joint winner Notes *Dedication: "To W. H. Crook" 1972 TV Movie The novel was adapted for TV by the ABC in 1972.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p149 References External linksBlog review* Reviews "Southerly" Vol 30 No 1, 1970, by Michael Wilding at AustLit
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Flashpoint (1972 Film)
''Flashpoint'' is a 1972 Australian film. Plot David moves to a mining town in northwest Australia. He befriends a veteran worked for the mining company, Foxy, and his wife Vicky. Vicky and David become friends, making Foxy jealous. Cast *Serge Lazareff as David *Wyn Roberts as Foxy *Jan Kingsbury as Vicky *Hu Pryce as Ben *Kevin Leslie as Arthur *Barry Donnelly as Andy *Harry Lawrence as Jimmy *Ben Gabriel as mine manager Production Film Australia were inspired to make further drama productions following the success of ''Three to Go'' (1970). They originally planned to make two films with common characters and opening scenes about the separate experiences of a father and son – the father would be a tradesman cop gin with unemployment at middle age while the son faces a new job. The film about the father, written by Frank Moorhouse, was abandoned but the other film became ''Flashpoint''.Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, ''Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Producti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Essington (film)
''Essington'' is a 1974 TV film about a convict named Squires who arrives with a detachment of Royal Marines at Port Essington.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p52 According to the ''Canberra Times'' "it is both an historical narrative and an allegorical treatment of Australian history." Plot In the 1840s, the settlement of Port Essington is run by Governor Macarthur. The inhabitants include Macarthur's wife, Private Evans, and a convict, Bob Squires, who has good relations with the local aboriginal population. Private Evans falls for an aboriginal woman and goes missing from the settlement. Cast *Chris Haywood as Bob Squires *Jacqueline Kott *Sandra McGregor *Wyn Roberts * Michael Craig *Cornelia Frances *Melissa Jaffer * John Hargreaves *Ralph Cotterill *Hugh Keays-Byrne * Justine Saunders *Wendy Hughes * Steve Dodd Reception Thomas Keneally won Best Script at the 1976 Logie Awards. Chis Haywood won Best Performance by a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filmnews
''Filmnews'' was a monthly newspaper that covered independent film production, distribution and exhibition in Australia and the federal and state government policies and practices that supported them. Produced in Sydney, it was distributed around Australia, containing news, reviews, interviews, articles and some gossip on the local film community. It ran from February 1975, from government startup grants over 1973–74, to 1995. History ''Filmnews'' first issue appeared in February 1975. Published in St Peters' Lane, Darlinghurst, Filmnews began as a newsletter with screening and meeting information and catalogue of the Sydney Filmmakers Co-op. In August 1975 filmmaker Aggy Read complained that it was "flabby and indulgent with very little meaningful news/info/dialogue", which galvanised the newspaper into transforming into a legitimate newspaper for the filmmaker/worker community. In 1981 the Co-op’s cinema closed as its funding from the AFC ceased. The AFC, however, support ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Listen To The Lion (film)
''Listen to the Lion'' is a 1977 short feature from Australia. Plot A Sydney derelict lies drunk in an alley and is beaten up by thugs. A friend helps him find refuge in a night shelter. As he lies dying he has a vision of himself flying about the room. The man dies and after the cremation of his corpse, his spirit returns to the footpath. Cast *Wyn Roberts as Hunter *Barry Lovett as one legged man *Syd Heylen as Hunter's friend *John Derum as evangelist Production The film was written by Robert Hill, a former journalist who spent months researching the life of homeless people in Sydney. A substantial portion of the budget was provided by the General Production Fund of the Australian Film Commission. Reception The film won Greater Union Award for Best Fiction Film at the 1977 Sydney Film Festival and the Robert Mamoulian Award for the most distinguished Australian short film. Although shot before '' Storm Boy'' (1976), also directed by Henri Safran Henri Safran (born 7 Octobe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ride A Wild Pony
''Ride a Wild Pony'' (also known as ''Born to Run'') is a 1975 American-Australian family adventure film produced by Walt Disney Productions, directed by Don Chaffey and based on the novel ''A Sporting Proposition'' by James Aldridge. Plot Set in a small Australian town during the interwar period, the film follows the battle between two children, Scott, a poor farm boy, and Josie, the handicapped daughter of a wealthy ranch owner, for ownership of a horse that both children love. Scott requires a horse to ride seven miles to school today and his father buys an unbroken pony, which Scott names Taff. Josie yearns to ride again but, being afflicted with polio two years ago, must settle on the use of a cart and pony. Scott's pony disappears, while a pony is eventually selected for Josie from her father's herd. When Scott sees the horse, which Josie named Bo, performing in the pony and cart competition at the township fair, he recognizes it as his horse and attempts to take it away. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weekend Of Shadows
''Weekend of Shadows'' is a 1978 film directed by Tom Jeffrey and starring John Waters. Premise In the 1930s, a farmer's wife in a small town is murdered. Suspicion falls on a Polish labourer and a posse is formed to catch him. Cast *John Waters as 'Rabbit' *Melissa Jaffer as Vi *Wyn Roberts as Sergeant Caxton *Graham Rouse as Ab Nolan * Graeme Blundell as Bernie Collins * Bill Hunter as Bosun *Bryan Brown as Bennett Production Writer Peter Yeldham later called the film a "real disaster... we had constant changes and insecurity about it, right up to the day of shooting. I think many of these changes didn't help the film." Shooting commenced in July 1977 in Macclesfield in the Adelaide Hills. The film was a commercial disappointment. Director Tom Jeffrey Tom Morven Jeffrey (born 26 September 1938) is an Australian film and television producer and director. He worked at the ABC and BBC, becoming an ABC drama director in the late 1960s.Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, ''Austr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cell Block H
''Prisoner'' (known in the UK and the US as ''Prisoner: Cell Block H'') is an Australian television soap opera, which broadcast on Network Ten (originally The 0-10 Network) from February 27 (Melbourne) February 26 (Sydney) 1979 to December 1986 (Melbourne), though the series finale would not screen until September 1987 in Sydney, where it aired as a 3-hour film that was split into three 1-hour episodes at the much-later time-slot of 10.30pm, running eight seasons and 692 episodes. ''Prisoner'' was the first Australian series to feature a primarily female-dominated cast and carried the slogan "If you think prison is hell for a man, imagine what it would be like for woman!" The series, produced by the Grundy Organisation, was conceived by Reg Watson and filmed at the then Network Ten Melbourne Studios at Nunawading and on location. The series garnered an international cult following, and it was one of Australia's most successful media exports, performing particularly well in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |