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Kevin Miles (actor, Born 1929)
Kevin Gordon Miles (17 April 1929 – 13 September 2024) was an Australian actor of theatre, television and film. He was best known for his small screen roles as Detective John Randall in ''The Link Men'' and as Godfrey Carson in the legal drama ''Carson's Law''. Miles also appeared in ''Delta'' (1969), ''Dynasty'' (1970) and '' The Power, The Passion'' (1989). Early life Miles was born on 17 April 1929 in Melbourne, Victoria, to a working class family as one of six children. He left school at age 12 or 13, but didn't have an interest in acting until his brother-in-law encouraged him to audition for the theatre. Career Miles' career began in theatre in 1949, appearing in J.C. Williamson productions. He then moved to the United Kingdom, touring England and Europe with the Royal Shakespeare Company alongside Laurence Olivier and Vivian Leigh. In 1955 he also began appeared in television plays at the BBC. In the late 1960s he began appearing in guest roles on Australian telev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melbourne, Victoria
Melbourne ( , ; Boonwurrung language, Boonwurrung/ or ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city of the States and territories of Australia, Australian state of Victoria (state), Victoria, and the second most-populous city in Australia, after Sydney. The city's name generally refers to a metropolitan area also known as Greater Melbourne, comprising an urban agglomeration of Local Government Areas of Victoria#Municipalities of Greater Melbourne, 31 local government areas. The name is also used to specifically refer to the local government area named City of Melbourne, whose area is centred on the Melbourne central business district and some immediate surrounds. The metropolis occupies much of the northern and eastern coastlines of Port Phillip Bay and spreads into the Mornington Peninsula, part of West Gippsland, as well as the hinterlands towards the Yarra Valley, the Dandenong Ranges, and the Macedon R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Class Of '74
''Class of '74'' (and subsequently ''Class of '75'') was a soap opera that screened on the Seven Network in Australia and produced by Reg Grundy Organisation, with Peter Maxwell as EP and sometime director, the series was created by John Edwards, a former employee of Crawford Productions and devised by Alan Coleman and broadcast in black-and-white starting March 1974. Marist Singers of Eastwood provided back-up singing for the school choir. The series was set at a fictional secondary school called a ''Waratah High School'' with it's characters being a mix of teachers, staff and students. The series was aimed at a teenage audience. Running for 290 x 30 minutes episodes; five episodes each week were broadcast, stripped across week nights in an early evening 7pm timeslot. The series was renamed ''Class of '75'' for its second and final year. Although originally produced in black and white, it switched to colour broadcasting during its second year of production.Albert Moran, ''Mora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penguin Award
The Penguin Award was an annual award given for excellence in broadcasting by the Television Society of Australia. It was founded in 1954. The award trophy depicts an ear listening to a television tube, but strongly resembles a penguin, hence the name. The award was designed by Des White, an artist and designer at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Past winners 1968 Presented on 10 November 1968. *Best Lead Actor in a Drama Series – Leonard Teale, ''Homicide'', Channel 7 *Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series – Stewart Ginn, '' My Name's McGooley'', Channel 7 *Best Direction of a Drama Series – Alex Emmanuel, ''Homicide'', Channel 7 *Best Lead Talent in a Variety Show – Graham Kennedy *Best Documentary – ''For Better or Worse'', ABC 1970 *Special Award: Outstanding Achievement in Television, 1969 Moon Telecasts – Dept of Supply, Australian Government (coordinating agency in Australia for NASA) 1972 *Leading Quizmaster – Tony Barber, ''The Great Temptatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darlings Of The Gods
''Darlings of the Gods'' is a 1989 Australian mini series about the 1948 trip to Australia by Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh and the Old Vic Company, where Olivier and Leigh met Peter Finch.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p187 Cast * Anthony Higgins as Laurence Olivier * Mel Martin as Vivien Leigh * Jerome Ehlers as Peter Finch * Rhys McConnochie as Ralph Richardson * Anthony Hawkins as Cecil Tennant * Barry Quin as Dan Cunningham * Jackie Kelleher as Elsie Beyer * Lindy Davies as Antonia Vaughan * Nicki Paull as June Kelly * Shane Briant as Cecil Beaton * Jon Finlayson as Tyrone Guthrie * Kevin Miles as Lord Esher * Jacek Koman as Company Member Home Media Not Currently Available on DVD References External links''Darlings of the Gods''at IMDb''Darlings of the Gods''at AustLit AustLit: The Australian Literature Resource (also known as AustLit: Australian Literature Gateway; and AustLit: The Resource for Austr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nancy Wake (miniseries)
''Nancy Wake'' is a 1987 Australian mini-series on the exploits of New Zealand born Australian Nancy Wake (Wellington, NZ, 30 August 1912 – London, UK, 7 August 2011) during World War II as a female British Special Operations Executive agent based on Russell Braddon's 1956 book ''Nancy Wake: The Story of a Very Brave Woman''.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p216 It was released as ''True Colors'' in the United States. Production In 1985, Australian television Seven Network purchased the rights to Russell Braddon's book ''Nancy Wake: The Story of a Very Brave Woman'' and engaged a producer, but due to differences over what approach to take, including budget, the project was called off. The production company, and director Pino Amenta, had planned to produce a definitive resistance story over eight hours. Five months later, in April 1986, Seven Network approached Simpson Le Mesurier Films, Roger Le Mesurier the producer and Rog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Logie Awards
The TV Week Logie Awards (known colloquially as The Logies) is an annual ceremony celebrating and honouring the best shows and stars in Australian television, sponsored and organised by the magazine ''TV Week''. The event is telecast live and billed as "television's night of nights". The first ceremony was hosted in 1959 as the TV Week Awards. The Gold Logie is the most prestigious award and the industry's highest honour; it's awarded to the ''Most Popular Personality on Australian Television'' for the previous year. The award receives much publicity and media attention. Awards are presented in 20 categories, representing both industry and public voted prizes The event has been strongly associated with the Nine Network, who have hosted the ceremony on the most occasions, and TV and former radio personality Bert Newton, particularly in the early days, who served as a solo host of the ceremony on 17 occasions, with a constant run from 1966 until 1980 and as co-host on three ot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorraine Bayly
Lorraine Daphne Bayly AM (born 16 January 1937) is an Australian retired actress of film, television and theatre, narrator, presenter, singer, dancer, pianist and theatre director, stage manager and writer. Bayly has been a performer since she was a child, and became a professional actress in 1954, having started as a theatre performer. She is perhaps best known to small screen audiences for her soap opera roles, especially in the World War II period-piece drama '' The Sullivans'' as matriarch Grace Sullivan, as well as roles in legal drama ''Carson's Law'' as Jennifer Carson and briefly in serial ''Neighbours'' as Faye Hudson, the sister of patriarch Doug Willis played by Terence Donovan. She is well-known also for having been a presenter of children's television series '' Play School'' as an original presenter in 1966 until 1978. Early life Bayly was born in Narrandera, New South Wales. Her first performance was at age 3, playing tambourine with the Salvation Army. At a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Case For The Defence
''Case for the Defence'' is a 1978 Australian legal TV series.Albert Moran, ''Moran's Guide to Australian TV Series'', AFTRS 1993 p 102 It starred John Hamblin as Sydney defence lawyer John Case and Judith Arthy as Winsome Blake. Supporting cast were Max Osbiston as Proudfoot, Edward Howell as Wheems and Robert 'Tex' Morton as Rupe Case. Cast Main / regular * John Hamblin as John Case * Judith Arthy as Winsome Blake * Max Osbiston as Proudfoot * Edward Howell as Wheems * Robert 'Tex' Morton as Rupe Case * Kevin Miles as Fulstrom * Trevor Kent as The Rabbi * John Waters as Steve Gray Guests * Angela Punch McGregor as Ruth (1 episode) * Barry Otto as Doctor * Belinda Giblin as Terri Simpson (1 episode) * Ben Gabriel as Edward Freeman (1 episode) * Betty Lucas as Fiona Malcolm (1 episode) * Brian Moll as The Judge * Bruce Spence as Alfred (2 episodes) * Bud Tingwell as George McGee (1 episode) * Elizabeth Alexander as Jean (1 episode) * Enid Lorimer as Mrs Latim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luke's Kingdom
''Luke's Kingdom'' is a 1976 Australian TV series set in colonial Australia. Directors included Peter Weir and writers included Elisabeth Kata and Tony Morphett. It was co-produced with Trident Television, the then owners of Yorkshire and Tyne Tees Television, and aired in 1976 on Nine Network in Australia and ITV in the United Kingdom. In 1975, Trident Television acquired the series co-producer, Australia Pty Ltd. Filming completed in 1974. The series starred Oliver Tobias as an Englishman who, in 1829, emigrates to Australia with his father and siblings to settle on a land grant in New South Wales. It was based on the novel ''Pages From A Squatter's Diary'', by E. V. Timms. Cast *Oliver Tobias as Luke Firbeck * James Condon as Jason Firbeck *Gerard Maguire as Samuel Firbeck *Elisabeth Crosby as Jassy Firbeck *Helen Morse as Kate *Les Foxcroft as Morgan *Willie Fennell as Shepherd * Shirley Cameron as Innkeeper * Joseph Fürst as Storekeeper * Bettina Kenter as Anna-Louise ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Young Doctors
''The Young Doctors'' is an Australian early-evening soap opera originally broadcast on the Nine Network and produced by the Reg Grundy Organisation, it aired from Monday 8 November 1976 until Wednesday 30 March 1983. The series is primarily set in the fictional ''Albert Memorial Hospital'', as well as the restaurant/nightclub ''Bunny's Place'', and is fundamentally concerned with the romances and relations between younger members of the hospital staff, rather than typical medical issues and procedures. The program was shown and exported internationally including throughout North America and Canada and Europe including the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, France and Spain. Series history Early years The series broadcast by the Nine Network produced by the Grundy Organisation was created and devised by Alan Coleman with Reg Watson serving as Executive Producer. Watson had been the Producer of the British TV soap opera '' Crossroads'' from 1964 to 1973 and moved back to Austr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Division 4
''Division 4'' is an Australian television police drama series broadcast by the Nine Network and created by Crawford Productions airing between 1969 and 1975 for 301 episodes. Synopsis The series was one of the first to follow up on the enormous success of the earlier Crawford Productions drama ''Homicide'' and dealt with the wide variety of cases investigated by police in the fictional Melbourne suburb of Yarra Central (modelled on St Kilda but with many features in common with Port Melbourne and South Melbourne). Initial publicity suggested that the 'emphasis throughout is on realism'. ''Division 4'' was more concerned with character motivation than ''Homicide''. The first episode included a human interest story for Frank Banner, played by Gerard Kennedy, whose pregnant wife Joy (played by Kate McKittrick) dies in part due to harassment from criminals pursuing a vendetta against him. This situation was recalled in Episode 20, 'The Threat', and in other early episodes in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
