Charles William Tingwell AM (3 January 1923 – 15 May 2009), known professionally as Bud Tingwell or Charles 'Bud' Tingwell, was an Australian film, television, theatre and radio actor. One of the veterans of

Australian film The cinema of Australia had its beginnings with the 1906 production of ''The Story of the Kelly Gang'', arguably the world's first feature film. Since then, Australian crews have produced many films, a number of which have received internati ...

, he acted in his first motion picture in 1946 and went on to appear in more than 100 films and numerous TV programs in both the United Kingdom and Australia.

Early life and military service

Tingwell was born in the

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suburb of Coogee, the son of William Harvey Tingwell and Enid (née Green). William volunteered as a surf lifesaver at Coogee Surf Life Saving Club where, in 1922, a colleague noticed Enid's pregnancy and asked, 'What's budding there?', and 'Bud' became the nickname for their infant son. As an adolescent, Bud was encouraged by his father to train as an accountant, but Tingwell failed the entrance exam. While still at school, he became a cadet at Sydney radio station 2CH, soon becoming the youngest radio announcer in Australia.

World War II

In 1941, aged 18, Tingwell volunteered for war service overseas with the

Royal Australian Air Force "Through Adversity to the Stars" , colours = , colours_label = , march = , mascot = , anniversaries = RAAF Anniversary Commemoration ...

. Under the

British Commonwealth Air Training Plan The British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP), or Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS) often referred to as simply "The Plan", was a massive, joint military aircrew training program created by the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zea ...

, personnel from

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air forces formed part of a joint training and assignment system. Consequently, Tingwell trained as a pilot in Canada during 1942. Despite damaging a

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training aircraft in August, he later qualified as a pilot and was commissioned as a

pilot officer Pilot officer (Plt Off officially in the RAF; in the RAAF and RNZAF; formerly P/O in all services, and still often used in the RAF) is the lowest commissioned rank in the Royal Air Force and the air forces of many other Commonwealth countri ...

that December. He was posted to the Mediterranean Theatre and underwent operational training with No. 74 Operational Training Unit RAF, in

British Palestine Mandatory Palestine ( ar, فلسطين الانتدابية '; he, פָּלֶשְׂתִּינָה (א״י) ', where "E.Y." indicates ''’Eretz Yiśrā’ēl'', the Land of Israel) was a geopolitical entity established between 1920 and 1948 i ...

, and qualified to fly the

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and

Supermarine Spitfire The Supermarine Spitfire is a British single-seat fighter aircraft used by the Royal Air Force and other Allied countries before, during, and after World War II. Many variants of the Spitfire were built, from the Mk 1 to the Rolls-Royce Grif ...

. In January 1944, he was posted to

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, a

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unit, and flew 75

sortie A sortie (from the French word meaning ''exit'' or from Latin root ''surgere'' meaning to "rise up") is a deployment or dispatch of one military unit, be it an aircraft, ship, or troops, from a strongpoint. The term originated in siege warfare. ...

s in

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and Spitfires during the Italian campaign. Other aircraft that Tingwell was qualified to fly included the

Bristol Blenheim The Bristol Blenheim is a British light bomber aircraft designed and built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company (Bristol) which was used extensively in the first two years of the Second World War, with examples still being used as trainers until ...

Martin Baltimore The Martin 187 Baltimore was a twin-engined light attack bomber built by the Glenn L. Martin Company in the United States as the A-30. The model was originally ordered by the French in May 1940 as a follow-up to the earlier Martin Maryland, then ...

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and

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. He was promoted to flying officer in June 1943 and

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in December 1944. Towards the end of the war, Tingwell was transferred back to Australia. He was posted to No. 5 Operational Training Unit RAAF as a flying instructor in June 1945, and then in December 1945, after the war had ended, he was posted to No. 87 Squadron RAAF, flying photo-reconnaissance Mosquitoes, until his demobilisation in March 1946. His war service earned him the 1939–45 Star,

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, Defence Medal,

War Medal 1939–1945 The War Medal 1939–1945 is a campaign medal which was instituted by the United Kingdom on 16 August 1945, for award to citizens of the British Commonwealth who had served full-time in the Armed Forces or the Merchant Navy for at least 28 days ...

, and

Australia Service Medal 1939–1945 The Australia Service Medal 1939–1945 recognises service in Australia's armed forces, Mercantile Marine and Volunteer Defence Corps during World War II. Award criteria Gazetted in November 1949, initially, the qualifying period was at least 1 ...

. Tingwell remained a reservist into the 1950s.

Post-war life and acting career

Australia

After returning to Australia, Tingwell married his childhood sweetheart, Audrey May Wilson, who died in 1996. They had two children. He joined

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's Independent Theatre company and appeared on stage from the mid-1940s in such classics as ''

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'' by

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and

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's ''

The Madwoman of Chaillot ''The Madwoman of Chaillot'' (french: La Folle de Chaillot) is a play, a poetic satire, by French dramatist Jean Giraudoux, written in 1943 and first performed in 1945, after his death. The play is in two acts. The story concerns an eccentric woma ...

'' In 1946, Tingwell was given his first film role, in '' Smithy'', cast as an RAAF control tower officer – winning the role since he could supply his own RAAF uniform. Tingwell had an excellent supporting role in '' Bitter Springs'' (1950), made by

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with

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; Tingwell played Rafferty's bigoted son. He had a similar role in ''

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'' (1952), a Hollywood-financed film shot in Australia for

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. He then appeared in ''

I Found Joe Barton ''I Found Joe Barton'', also known as ''The Adventures of Al Munch'', was a 1952 film made for American television starring Bud Tingwell and Lloyd Berrell. The first Australian drama show made specifically for television, it was the pilot for a ...

'' (1952), the first TV show filmed in Australia. Fox liked Tingwell's work in ''Kangaroo'' and invited him to Los Angeles to play the role of Lt. Harry Carstairs in ''

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'', in which he appeared opposite

, James Mason and

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. They offered him a long-term contract but Tingwell turned it down because he wanted to return to Australia. Tingwell played the lead in ''

King of the Coral Sea ''King of the Coral Sea'' is a 1954 film starring Chips Rafferty and Charles Tingwell, directed by Lee Robinson and shot on location in Thursday Island. It was one of the most commercially successful Australian films of the 1950s and was Rod Ta ...

'' (1954) alongside Rafferty. In 1954, he co-starred with

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in '' Top of the Bill'', the first of the famous satirical revues staged at Sydney's

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England

The Australian film and radio industry slumped with the advent of television and Tingwell decided to move to the UK. He used the opportunity of a role in Ealing's '' The Shiralee'' (1957), which was filmed in Australia and London. Tingwell travelled to England to complete his scenes and decided to stay. The following year, he took on his first recurring television role, as Australian surgeon Alan Dawson in the live TV serial ''

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'' and its film spin-off ''

Life in Emergency Ward 10 ''Life in Emergency Ward 10'' is a 1959 film directed by Robert Day. It stars Michael Craig and Wilfrid Hyde-White. It was based on the television series ''Emergency – Ward 10''. Cast * Michael Craig as Dr. Stephen Russell *Wilfrid Hyde-Whit ...

'' (1959). He had small roles in Ealing's ''

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'' (1959), '' Cone of Silence'' (1960), and ''

Tarzan the Magnificent ''Tarzan the Magnificent'' is a 1960 British Eastmancolor film, the follow-up to ''Tarzan's Greatest Adventure'' (1959). Its plot bears no relation to that of the 1939 Edgar Rice Burroughs novel of the same name. The film was directed by R ...

'' (1960). Tingwell played the role of Inspector Craddock in all four films of the ''

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'' series, starring

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, from 1961 to 1964: '' Murder, She Said'' (1961), '' Murder at the Gallop'' (1963), '' Murder Most Foul'' (1964) and ''

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'' (1964). For Hammer Films he appeared in ''

The Secret of Blood Island ''The Secret of Blood Island'' is a 1964 British war film directed by Quentin Lawrence and starring Jack Hedley, Barbara Shelley and Patrick Wymark. The film is a prequel to the 1958 film ''The Camp on Blood Island''. Premise British Prisone ...

'' (1964) and '' Dracula: Prince of Darkness'' (1966). He had the lead in a TV series ''

An Enemy of the State ''An Enemy of the State'' is a 1965 British TV series. Originally shown on BBC Two, it was written by Ken Hughes and directed by James Cellan Jones. It ran for 6 episodes of 25 minutes. Cast *Charles Tingwell Charles William Tingwell AM ( ...

'' (1965). In the late 1960s, he performed various minor voice roles for the

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" TV series '' Thunderbirds'' and ''

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'', besides appearing in the first series of ''

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''. In 1969 until the end of the play's run, he appeared as ''Robert Danvers'' in the long running farce ''

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'' at the Comedy Theatre, London. He was the recurring character of motel manager Kevin McArthur in ''

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'' in the late 1960s and early 1970s. (

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played McArthur in 1970–1973). He had a small role in ''

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'' (1968) with

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Return to Australia

Tingwell appeared in many other films during his time in Britain, spending a total of 16 years as a "London Aussie". In 1973, he returned to Australia with his wife and children, and shortly after won the role of Inspector Reg Lawson in the long-running TV series '' Homicide''. This was followed by small roles in a number of major Australian films, such as ''

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'' (1980), ''

Puberty Blues ''Puberty Blues'' is a 1981 Australian coming-of-age comedy-drama film directed by Bruce Beresford, based on the 1979 novel of the same name (essentially a protofeminist teen novel) by Kathy Lette and Gabrielle Carey. Plot The story focuses ...

'' (1981) and ''

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'' (1983). He also played the recurring role of farmer Ted Campbell in the soap ''

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'' in the late 1980s and early 1990s and as the Narrator from ''The Flying Scotsman in Australia''

Revival in popularity

Tingwell's career went through a quiet period during the late 1980s and early 1990s, until he took on the role of "Gramps" in "Charlie the Wonderdog", a recurring segment on ''

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'', in 1993. His role in ''The Late Show'' was later to win him a major role as lawyer Lawrence Hammill in the film '' The Castle'' (1997). He later stated that this role helped him to recover from the death of his wife the previous year. After the success of ''The Castle'', Tingwell's career underwent a revival during the late 1990s and early 2000s. This saw him take on small roles in the commercial films ''

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'' (1999) and ''

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'' (2000), and in the TV mini-series ''

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'', as well as the lead role in the romantic drama film ''

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'' (2000). Tingwell also had a recurring guest role in the soap opera ''

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'' from 2000 to 2003, playing

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. He had previously appeared in the soap in 1993 as

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. He appeared as John Conroy in the musical theatre production '' The Man from Snowy River: Arena Spectacular'', which toured Australian capital cities twice during 2002. In 2004, Tingwell published a memoir, ''Bud: A Life''. In 2006, he launched his own website, which attracted 500 registered users in just over a week. On 5 October that year, he created his first blog. He continued to act regularly until his death, in a number of films and TV programmes including eight episodes of ''

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'' that aired in 2010. Among his last appearances, he hosted both '' Celebrity Circus'' and '' 20 to 1'' and appeared on a celebrity special of ''

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'' with his daughter, Virginia.

Honours

Film Walk of Fame Ritz Cinema Sydney 028

Tingwell was appointed a member of the

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in the

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of June 1999.

Awards

Tingwell was inducted into the

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in 1994. In 2008, he was inducted into

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in honour of his career and achievements in film and television.

Death

Tingwell died in

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from

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, aged 86, on 15 May 2009. He was given a

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, which was held at

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, Melbourne, on 20 May.

Selected filmography

Film

* ''

Come Up Smiling ''Come Up Smiling'' (also known as ''Ants in His Pants'') is a 1939 Australian comedy film starring popular American stage comedian Will Mahoney and his wife Evie Hayes. It was the only feature from Cinesound Productions not directed by Ken G. H ...

'' (1939) .... Man in Crowd (uncredited) * '' Smithy'' (1946) .... Control Tower Officer (uncredited) * '' Always Another Dawn'' (1948) .... Terry Regan * ''

Into the Straight ''Into the Straight'' is a 1949 Australian horse racing melodrama directed by T. O. McCreadie. Plot The Curzons, an Australian horse racing family, are visited by an English horse trainer, Hugh Duncan, and his playboy son, Paul. Both men fall fo ...

'' (1949) .... Sam Curzon * '' Bitter Springs'' (1950) .... John King * '' The Glenrowan Affair'' (1951) .... Narrator (voice) * ''

'' (1952) .... Matt * ''

'' (1952, Short) .... Al Munch * ''

'' (1953) .... Lieutenant Harry Carstairs * ''

'' (1953) .... Peter Merriman * ''

Captain Thunderbolt Frederick Wordsworth Ward (1835 – 25 May 1870), better known by the self-styled pseudonym of Captain Thunderbolt, was an Australian bushranger renowned for escaping from Cockatoo Island, and also for his reputation as the "gentleman bushra ...

'' (1953) .... Alan Blake * ''

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'' (1956) .... Mr Stevens * '' The Shiralee'' (1957) .... Jim Muldoon * ''

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'' (1959) .... Dr. Alan Dawson * ''

Bobbikins ''Bobbikins'' is a 1959 British comedy film directed by Robert Day and starring Shirley Jones and Max Bygraves. It was made in CinemaScope and released by 20th Century Fox. It was produced by the British subsidiary of 20th Century Fox and sho ...

'' (1959) .... Luke Parker * '' Cone of Silence'' (1960) .... Captain Braddock * ''

'' (1960) .... Conway * '' Murder, She Said'' (1961) .... Inspector Craddock * '' Murder at the Gallop'' (1963) .... Inspector Craddock * '' Murder Most Foul'' (1964) .... Inspector Craddock * ''

'' (1964) .... Inspector Craddock * ''

'' (1964) .... Major Dryden * '' Dracula: Prince of Darkness'' (1966) .... Alan Kent * '' Thunderbirds Are Go'' (1966) .... Dr. Tony Grant (voice) * ''

'' (1968) .... Jacko * ''

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'' (1974) .... Reverend Petersen * ''

End Play ''End Play'' is a 1976 Australian thriller film directed by Tim Burstall and starring George Mallaby, John Waters and Ken Goodlet. It was an adaptation of the 1972 novel ''End Play'' by Russell Braddon. It was made by Hexagon Productions.Moran & ...

'' (1975) .... Dr. Fairburn * ''

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'' (1976) .... Duncan Fraser * '' Summerfield'' (1977) .... Dr. Miller * ''

Money Movers ''Money Movers'' is a 1978 Australian crime action drama film directed by Bruce Beresford. The film was based on the 1972 book ''The Money Movers'' by Devon Minchin, founder of Metropolitan Security Services. The story deals loosely with two ...

'' (1978) .... Jack Henderson * '' The Journalist'' (1979) .... Sid Mitchell * ''

'' (1980) .... Lt. Colonel Denny * ''

'' (1981) .... The Headmaster * ''

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'' (1982) .... Cassidy * ''

My First Wife ''My First Wife'' is a 1984 Australian drama film directed by Paul Cox. The film won several AFI Awards in 1984. Plot The film follows the dissolution of John and Helen's marriage and the aftermath. Cast * John Hargreaves as John *Wendy Hughe ...

'' (1984) .... Helen's Father * '' Annie's Coming Out'' (1984) .... Judge * ''

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'' (1986) .... Tram Depot Supervisor * ''

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'' (1986) .... Stewart Simpson Senior * ''

Bushfire Moon ''Bushfire Moon'' is a 1987 Australian drama film about a young boy, Ned, who thinks a swagman is Santa Claus. It was released in the United States as “The Christmas Visitor” on the Disney Channel and as “Miracle Down Under” on VHS. Cast ...

'' (1987) .... Max Bell * '' Evil Angels'' (a.k.a. ''A Cry in the Dark'') (1988) .... Justice James Muirhead * ''

The Flying Scotsman in Australia ''The'' () is a grammatical Article (grammar), article in English language, English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite ...

'' (1992) .... Narrator * '' Shotgun Wedding'' (1993) .... Gary Judge (voice) * '' The Castle'' (1997) .... Lawrence Hammill QC * '' Amy'' (1997) .... Country Doctor * ''

'' (1999) .... Farmer * ''

The Wog Boy ''The Wog Boy'' is a 2000 Australian comedy film directed by Aleksi Vellis and starring Nick Giannopoulos, Vince Colosimo, Lucy Bell, Abi Tucker, Stephen Curry, Tony Nikolakopoulos and Derryn Hinch. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2000 the soundtrac ...

'' (2000) .... Mr. Walker * ''

'' (2000) .... Andreas Borg * ''

'' (2000) .... Reverend Loftus * ''WillFull'' (2001) .... Martin * ''The Inside Story'' (2002) .... Edward Brooks * ''

Ned Kelly Edward Kelly (December 1854 – 11 November 1880) was an Australian bushranger, outlaw, gang leader and convicted police-murderer. One of the last bushrangers, he is known for wearing a suit of bulletproof armour during his final shootout wi ...

'' (2003) .... Graham Berry * ''

Human Touch ''Human Touch'' is the ninth studio album by American singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen. The album was released on March 31, 1992, the same day as '' Lucky Town''. It was the more popular of the two, peaking at number two on the US ''Billboar ...

'' (2004) .... Anna's Step-father * ''Laughing Stock'' (2005) .... Grandad * '' Irresistible'' (2006) .... Sam * ''

Jindabyne Jindabyne () is a town in south-east New South Wales, Australia that overlooks Lake Jindabyne near the Snowy Mountains, in Snowy Monaro Regional Council. It is a popular holiday destination year round, especially in winter. This is due to its ...

'' (2006) .... Minister * ''

Three Blind Mice "Three Blind Mice" is an English-language nursery rhyme and musical round.I. Opie and P. Opie, ''The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes'' (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1951, 2nd edn., 1997), p. 306. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number o ...

'' (2008) .... Bob * ''

Salvation Salvation (from Latin: ''salvatio'', from ''salva'', 'safe, saved') is the state of being saved or protected from harm or a dire situation. In religion and theology, ''salvation'' generally refers to the deliverance of the soul from sin and its c ...

'' (2008) .... Gallery Visitor * ''

Menzies and Churchill at War Menzies is a Scottish surname, with Gaelic forms being Méinnearach and Méinn, and other variant forms being Menigees, Mennes, Mengzes, Menzeys, Mengies, and Minges. Derivation and history The name and its Gaelic form are probably derived f ...

'' (2008, TV Movie) ....

Sir Winston Churchill Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 187424 January 1965) was a British statesman, soldier, and writer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from 1940 to 1945 during the Second World War, and again from 1 ...

* ''Remembering Nigel'' (2009) .... Himself

Television

* ''

'' (1957) .... Dr. Alan Dawson * '' The Avengers'' "The Nutshell" (1963).... Mike Venner * ''

'' (1965) .... Harry Sutton * ''

Out of the Unknown ''Out of the Unknown'' is a British television science fiction anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and broadcast on BBC2 in four series between 1965 and 1971. Most episodes of the first three series were a dramatisation of a science f ...

'' ('The Counterfeit Man', episode) (1965) .... Captain Dantor * '' Thunderbirds'' (1966) .... Various characters (voices) * '' The Avengers'' "Return of the Cybernauts" (1967) .... Dr. Neville * ''

'' (1967) .... Dr. Fawn, Captain Brown and others (voices) * '' A Man of our Times'' (1968) .... David Soames * ''

'' (1970) .... Mr. Bennet * ''

UFO An unidentified flying object (UFO), more recently renamed by US officials as a UAP (unidentified aerial phenomenon), is any perceived aerial phenomenon that cannot be immediately identified or explained. On investigation, most UFOs are id ...

'' (1970) .... Beaver James in " Mindbender" * '' Homicide'' (1973-1976) .... Inspector Reg Lawson * ''

The Sullivans ''The Sullivans'' is an Australian period drama television series produced by Crawford Productions which ran on the Nine Network from 15 November 1976 until 10 March 1983. The series tells the story of a fictional average middle-clas ...

'' (1976) .... Dr. Hammond * ''

'' (1983 mini-series) .... Uncle Charles * ''

Prisoner A prisoner (also known as an inmate or detainee) is a person who is deprived of liberty against their will. This can be by confinement, captivity, or forcible restraint. The term applies particularly to serving a prison sentence in a prison. ...

'' (a.k.a. ''Prisoner: Cell Block H'') (1985-1986) .... Dr. Massey (3 episodes, 1985) / Mr. Hudson (2 episodes, 1986) * ''

2'' (1989 mini-series) ... Uncle Charles * ''

'' (1993) .... Gramps in "Charlie the Wonder Dog" * ''

Mother and Son ''Mother and Son'' is an Australian television sitcom that was broadcast on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) from 16 January 1984 until 21 March 1994. The show stars Ruth Cracknell, Garry McDonald, Henri Szeps and Judy Morris. It ...

'' (1994) .... The Judge * '' The Silver Brumby'' (1998) .... Benni * ''

Round the Twist ''Round the Twist'' is an Australian children's comedy television series based on stories by author Paul Jennings that follows the supernatural adventures of the Twist family. The series was created and produced by Patricia Edgar, and develope ...

'' (2000) .... Derek * ''

'' (2000-2003) ....

* ''

'' (2001) .... David Colins (in old age)

Discography

Charting singles

References

External links

*
Bud Tingwell
at the National Film and Sound Archive

Royal Australian Air Force News

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