Athol Compton (born 1951) was an Aboriginal Australian actor. He became internationally famous when cast in ''The Games'' (1970).
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*''Skippy'' episode "The Rainmakers"
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The Games'' (1970)
*''Delta'' episode "Blackout"(1970)
*''Homicide'' episode "Flash Johnny" (1970)
*''Pig in a Poke'' episode "Ray's Story" (1977)
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The Last Wave
''The Last Wave'' (also released, in the US, as ''Black Rain'') is a 1977 Australian Mystery film, mystery Drama (film and television), drama film directed by Peter Weir.''Variety Film Reviews, Variety'' film review; 16 November 1977, p. 21. It ...
'' (1977)
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The Timeless Land
''The Timeless Land'' (1941) is a work of historical fiction by Eleanor Dark (1901–1985). The novel ''The Timeless Land'' is the first of ''The Timeless Land'' trilogy of novels about European settlement and exploration of Australia.
Story ...
'' (1980)
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A Country Practice
''A Country Practice'' is an Australian television soap opera which broadcast on the Seven Network from 18 November 1981 until 5 November 1993, airing at 7:30 pm on Monday and Tuesday evenings. Altogether, 14 seasons and 1,058 episodes were p ...
'' (1984) episodes 1 & 2 "An Axe to Grind"
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Short Changed
''Short Changed'' is a 1986 Australian film directed by George Ogilvie based on a script by Aboriginal writer Bob Merritt, who described it as a "black/white '' Kramer vs Kramer''".Mary Colbert, "Positive action: Bob Merritt, playwright and scre ...
'' (1986)
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BabaKiueria'' (1986)
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Flight into Hell
''Flight into Hell'' is a 1985 television miniseries about German pilot Hans Bertram and his co-pilot who go missing in 1932, based on Bertram's book of the same name, and in what was also known as 1932 Kimberley rescue.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Aust ...
'' (1987)
References
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IMDb
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Athol Comptonat
Ausstage
AusStage: The Australian Live Performance Database is an online database which records information about live performances in Australia, providing records of productions from the first recorded performance in Australia (1789, by convicts) up unt ...
Australian actors
1951 births
Living people
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Aboriginal cinema in Australia