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Logie Awards Of 1984
The 26th Annual TV Week Logie Awards was held on Friday 6 April 1984 at the Hilton Hotel in Melbourne, and broadcast on the Nine Network. The ceremony was hosted by Bert Newton. Guests included Christopher Atkins, Heather Thomas, Tony Randall, Dwight Schultz, Douglas Barr, Gerald McRaney, Rich Little, Bob Hawke, Dame Edna Everage, Pamela Stephenson and John Bertrand. National Awards Gold Logie ; Most Popular Personality on Australian Television :''Winner:'' Bert Newton in '' The Don Lane Show'' (Nine Network) ::Nominees: Tony Barber, Daryl Somers, Mike Walsh, Rowena Wallace Acting/Presenting ; Most Popular Actor :''Winner:'' Grant Dodwell in '' A Country Practice'' (Seven Network) ::Nominees: Kevin Miles in '' Carson's Law'' (Ten Network), Shane Porteous in ''A Country Practice'' ; Most Popular Actress :''Winner:'' Rowena Wallace in '' Sons and Daughters'' (Seven Network) ::Nominees: Penny Cook in ''A Country Practice'' (Seven Network), Lorraine Bayly in '' Car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Melbourne
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] [Amazon] |
John Bertrand (Australian Sailor)
John Edwin Bertrand Order of Australia, AO (born 20 December 1946) is a yachtsman from Australia, who skippered ''Australia II'' to victory in the 1983 America's Cup, ending 132 years of American supremacy, and the only time Australia has won. Bertrand won the bronze medal in the Finn (dinghy), Finn competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. In 2010 and 2016, he won the world Etchells class sailing championships. He is a life member of both the Royal Brighton Yacht Club in Melbourne, and the Sorrento Sailing Couta Boat Club. Biography John Bertrand was born in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria. He wrote ''Born to Win'', ''The Power of a Vision,'' about the 1983 America's Cup victory, including insightful observations on the strategy for an unfavoured team against very long odds. During the 1983 competition, Bertrand and his crew deliberately employed their own psychological strategy ahead of the America's Cup breakthrough in refusing to refer to the all-conq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Shane Porteous
John Shane Porteous (born 17 August 1942) (known as Shane Porteous) is an Australian actor, screenwriter, animation layout artist and animation voice artist. As a screenwriter, he is sometimes credited as John Hanlon. He remains best known for his role as in the TV serial ''A Country Practice'', as Dr. Terence Elliot and original character and his ongoing role in TV series ''Pizza'' from 2000 until 2007. He has done numerous animation layouts and provided voice roles for feature film and shorts. Biography Early life and education Shane Porteous was born John Shane Porteous in Coleraine, Victoria on 17 August 1942, to pilot Stanley Porteous and his wife Pat. He was raised in Queensland and attended the University of Queensland, graduating with a B.A. He was a member of the UQ Dramatic Society and performed with actors such as Jack Thompson and Michael Caton at the Avalon Theatre in 1965. Porteous moved to Sydney in 1967. Acting and screenwriting Porteous is best known th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Carson's Law
''Carson's Law'' is an Australian television series made by Crawford Productions for the Ten Network between 1983-1984. The series was a period piece set in the 1920s and starred Lorraine Bayly as progressive solicitor Jennifer Carson. The episodes revolved around the cases taken on by Jennifer, and the various personal intrigues of her family.Albert Moran, ''Moran's Guide to Australian TV Series'', AFTRS 1993 p 100 Brief Synopsis The series' premiere was billed as a 90-minute "movie-length" episode on 24 January 1983, with another two-hour episode in the same timeslot the following night, before settling into its twice-weekly 60-minute format the following week. ''Carson's Law'' was noted for its quality scripts and period production values. Despite being popular in Melbourne, where the series was based and filmed, it did not succeed in Sydney. Attempts to revamp the series to make it appeal more to Sydney audiences eventually alienated the programme's core audience, and it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
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] [Amazon] |
Seven Network
Seven Network (stylised 7Network, and commonly known as Channel Seven or simply Seven) is an Australian commercial free-to-air Television broadcasting in Australia, television network. It is owned by Seven West Media, Seven West Media Limited, and is one of the five main free-to-air television networks in Australia. The network's headquarters are located in Sydney. As of 2014, it was the second-largest network in the country in terms of population reach. Seven Network shows various nonfiction shows—such as news broadcasts (''Seven News'') and sports programming—as well as fiction shows. In 2011, the network won all 40 out of 40 weeks of the ratings season for total viewers, being the first to achieve this since the introduction of the OzTAM ratings system in 2001. As of 2024, Seven Network is the highest-rated television network nationally, in Australia, ahead of the Nine Network, ABC TV (Australian TV channel), ABC TV, Network 10 and SBS (Australian TV channel), SBS. Hea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Grant Dodwell
Grant Radnor Dodwell is an Australian actor, producer, writer, director, voice artist, and drama teacher. He is best known for his roles in television soap operas including as an original cast member in ''A Country Practice'', '' Willing and Abel'' and ''Home and Away''. Early life Dodwell studied acting at Sydney's National Institute of Dramatic Art in 1971. Career Dodwell has over 50 years' experience in the entertainment industry, in theatre, television and film, appearing in many of Australia's best known stage shows and television series. He appeared as Dr. Sam Wilkinson in ''The Young Doctors'' in 1980. He is best known however, for his role playing Dr. Simon Bowen in soap opera ''A Country Practice'', opposite Penny Cook from 1981 to 1986. He is a triple recipient of the Silver Logie for Most Popular Actor for the role, which he received consecutively from 1984 to 1986. Dodwell later played Charles Willing in the comedy series '' Willing and Abel'' (1987), in which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Logie Award For Most Popular Actor
The Silver Logie for Most Popular Actor is an award presented annually at the Australian TV Week Logie Awards. The award recognises the popularity of an actor in an Australian program. It was first awarded at the 19th Annual TV Week Logie Awards, held in 1977 when the award category was originally called Most Popular Australian Lead Actor. It was later renamed Most Popular Actor and briefly Best Actor (2016–2017). For the 2018 ceremony, the award category name was reverted to Most Popular Actor. The winner and nominees of ''Most Popular Actor'' are chosen by the public through an online voting survey on the ''TV Week'' website. Paul Cronin and Martin Sacks hold the record for the most wins, with five each, followed by Grant Dodwell, Craig McLachlan and Hugh Sheridan with three wins each. Winners and nominees Multiple wins Programs with most awards References {{Logie Awards years Awards established in 1977 * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Rowena Wallace
Rowena Wallace (born 23 August 1947) is an English-born Australian stage and screen actress, most especially in the genre of television soap opera. She is best known for her Gold Logie-winning role as conniving Patricia "Pat the Rat" Hamilton/Morrell/Palmer in '' Sons and Daughters'', being the first soap star to win the Gold Logie. After leaving the series and being replaced in the role by Belinda Giblin, Wallace returned in the final season as Patricia's sister Pamela Hudson. She started her career on the small screen in the late 1960s in serial '' You Can't See 'Round Corners'' as well as appearing in that serial's film version and then had regular roles in TV series including Crawford Productions ''Division 4'', '' Number 96'' and '' Cop Shop'' and in 1980–1981 became well known for her stint as Anne Griffin in cult series ''Prisoner.'' After '' Sons and Daughters'', she subsequently appeared primarily in guest roles and cameos in numerous TV serials, before again retu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Mike Walsh (TV Host)
Michael Hayden Walsh (born 5 March 1938) is an Australian Gold Logie award winning former radio and television presenter, who later focused on owning and operating film cinema's and live theatres, as well as producing theatre shows, both locally and in the United Kingdom. Walsh was the first "King of Australian Daytime TV", with his self-titled variety program ''The Mike Walsh Show'', featuring both local and international guests, including numerous Cinema of the United States, Hollywood performers. Early life Walsh was born in Corowa, New South Wales. and completed his education at Xavier College (Melbourne), Xavier College in Melbourne, before studying pharmacy and arts at Melbourne University where he was heavily involved in student theatre revues. Radio career Walsh prior to starring on television was a radio disc jockey on 1260 Triple M Goulburn Valley, 3SR Shepparton and Magic 1278, 3XY Melbourne, and a "Good Guy" on Sydney commercial radio station 2SM. Television ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Daryl Somers
Daryl Paul Somers (né Schulz; 6 August 1951) is an Australian television personality and musician, and a triple Gold Logie award-winner. He rose to national fame as the host and executive producer of the long-running comedy-variety program '' Hey Hey It's Saturday'' and continued his television celebrity and status as host of the live-performance program '' Dancing with the Stars''. Somers was honoured in 2004 with the award of a Medal of the Order of Australia, and by Australia Post in 2018 by having his portrait featured on a series of postage stamps. Early life Somers lived in the Melbourne suburb of Prahran and was educated at the Christian Brothers College, St. Kilda. A drummer and singer, he played in bands including the Newbeat Brass and a group playing music in the style of Herb Alpert which began under the name "Pasquale and his Mexican Rhythm". Newbeat Brass comprised five schoolfriends and quickly gained an 18-month residency at the Cascade Restaurant in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Tony Barber
Anthony Ferraro Louis Barber (born 28 March 1940) is a British Australian Gold Logie award-winning television game show host, radio announcer, singer and media personality, who has been active in the industry since the early 1960s. Biography Early life Barber was born in Oldham, England in March 1940. He has said that he "owes much of his enthusiastic and driving personality to a loving Irish grandma and a whole street full of aunts who kept the spirits high during the dark years of World War II." He moved with his family to Australia in 1947 and was educated by the Sisters of Mercy and the Irish Christian Brothers. He attended Britannia Royal Naval College in Dartmouth, graduating in 1960. In his own words:''"The Sisters of so-called Mercy taught me to sing & dance, the brothers taught me to bob & weave. The navy taught me to play rugby."'' Radio Barber started his media career in 1961, as a cadet announcer at radio station 6GE in Geraldton, Western Australia. By t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
