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Wilde's Domain
''Wilde's Domain'' is a 1982 Australian TV movie about a circus family.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p164 Cast * Kit Taylor as Dan Wilde * June Salter as Hannah Wilde * Lenore Smith as Alex Wilde * Tim Elliott as Andrew Wilde * Steven Grives as Yuri Danilov * Jeanie Drynan as Liz * Henri Szeps as Shenko * Alan David Lee as David Wilde * Martin Vaughan Martin Kevin Vaughan (5 June 1931 – October 2022) was an Australian stage, television and film actor and musician. He is best known for appearing in the film ''Phar Lap'' as trainer Harry Telford and the lead role in the award-winning 26-part ... as Tom Moore * Ivar Kants as Curtis * Warwick Moss as Jack References External links * 1982 television films 1982 films Australian television films {{Australia-tv-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Tingwell
Charles William Tingwell AM (3 January 1923 – 15 May 2009), known professionally as Bud Tingwell or Charles 'Bud' Tingwell, was an Australian actor. One of the veterans of Australian film, 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 on 3 January 1923 in the Sydney 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. Second World War In 194 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcia Hatfield
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Marcia may refer to: People * Marcia (given name) *James Marcia, Canadian psychologist *Stefano Marcia (born 1993), South African Olympic sailor *Marcia (wife of Cato), wife of Cato the Younger Other uses * ''Marcia'' (Beccafumi), a c. 1519 painting by Domenico Beccafumi * ''Marcia'' (bivalve), a genus of Venus clams in the family Veneridae * Marcia (gens), a Roman gens * '' Marcia: Greatest Hits 1975–1983'', a 2004 album by Marcia Hines * ''Marcia'', the Italian musical designation for a march or march tempo * Hyundai Marcia, a sedan produced by Hyundai for the South Korean market See also *Martia (other) *Martian (other) * Mars (other) * Marzia (other) *Mercia (other) Mercia was an Anglo-Saxon kingdom covering the region now known as the English Midlands. It is sometimes used as a poetic name for the Midlands. Mercia or Mercian may also refer to: * Mercia Inshore Search and Rescue, an volunteer water-rescue or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kit Taylor
Christopher John 'Kit' Taylor (born 1942) is an Australian former actor, who started his career as a child performer. Early life Kit Taylor (born Christoper John Taylor) was born in April 1942 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, and is the son of English-Australian actor Grant Taylor and Margaret Hazlett. He grew up in Potts Point, Sydney. Career Taylor made his acting debut at the age of twelve, portraying Jim Hawkins in both the film ''Long John Silver'' (1954) and the associated TV series '' The Adventures of Long John Silver'' (1956–1957). He went on to play the recurring roles of David Carmichael in sci-fi miniseries '' The Interpretaris'' (1966), Trooper Davis in soap opera '' The Box'' (1974), Warwick Thompson in '' Number 96'' (1975–1976), and both Tim Barclay and Peter O'Neill in Crawford Productions series ''Skyways'' (1979). He also appeared in numerous television guest roles, in series such as '' Consider Your Verdict'', ''Homicide'', ''Division 4'', '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
June Salter
June Marie Salter AM (22 June 193215 September 2001) was an Australian actress and author prominent in theatre and television. She is best known for her character roles, in particular as schoolteacher Elizabeth McKenzie in the soap opera ''The Restless Years'' and for her regular guest appearances in ''A Country Practice'' as Matron Hilda Arrowsmith. Early life and education June Marie Salter was born on 22 June 1932 in Bexley, New South Wales, the youngest of six children of Arthur Edward Salter (born c. 1887) and his wife Edna Edythe Salter (died 24 July 1969), who married in 1916 and had a home on Henderson Road, Bexley. As a child, she studied piano and elocution and attended Kogarah Central Domestic Science Secondary School. She obtained her New South Wales Intermediate Certificate in 1947. Early career While working as a typist-receptionist, Salter joined the St George Players who played at St James' Hall (later called "Mercury Theatre" then "Phillip Street Theatre") ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lenore Smith
Lenore Smith (born 25 October 1958) is an Australian actress best known for her work in television. Internationally, she is best known for her role as Kate Wellings in the drama series ''The Flying Doctors''. Career Smith studied economics as a teenager, but after being dissuaded by a teacher, she decided to take a course at Ensemble Studios in Sydney and become an actress. After being there for just over two years, Smith landed her first role in ''The Restless Years'' as Diane Archer. Smith left Australia after ''The Restless Years'' to work in London, but received a telegram asking her to return to play a role in ''The Flying Doctors''. Smith accepted and came back to Australia to begin work on the TV series. Lenore embarked on higher education later in life after a long and successful career as an actor in television, stage and screen. Lenore graduated with a Bachelor of Podiatry degree, 1st Class Honours, at Central Queensland University. Lenore is a member of the Austra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeanie Drynan
Jeanie Drynan is an Australian film and television actress well known for her roles in the television series '' Class of '74'', as Muriel's mother in the 1994 film ''Muriel's Wedding'' and as solicitor Angela Jeffries in the cult classic television series '' Prisoner Cell Block H''. Early life Jean Julia Drynan's parents were James Joseph and Muriel Drynan. She grew up in the regional NSW towns of Lithgow and Coffs Harbour. She moved to the UK at the age of 15 with the intention of going to finishing school and instead studied acting at Edinburgh College of Speech and Drama (which was later absorbed into Queen Margaret University) in Scotland. She later trained at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in Australia, graduating with a Diploma of Dramatic Art in 1961. Career Drynan started out in guest roles in numerous Australian television series including ''Hunter'', '' Skippy'', '' Riptide'', '' The Rovers'', ''Division 4'', '' The Link Men'', ''Delta'', ''Matlock P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri Szeps
Henri Szeps () (born October 2, 1943), also spelled Henry Szeps, is a Swiss-born Australian character actor of theatre and television. He has also featured in films and worked in voice roles, and has worked in productions in the United Kingdom. Early life Henri Szeps was born in 1943 in Lausanne, Switzerland, to Polish parents. Prior to the German invasion of Poland during World War II, his parents fled to France in 1938. His father left the family to join the French Resistance. In 1943, his mother Rose and three-year-old sister Maria made their way to a refugee camp in Lausanne, where Henri was born. In September 1944, having watched babies in the camp become ill, Henri’s mother had him fostered out to a German-speaking Swiss couple in Blumenstein at 1 months old. In 1946, his mother who had relocated to Paris, reclaimed him when he was three years old, but he returned to the Swiss couple in 1948 when he was 4, as he couldn’t speak Polish or French and found it hard to comm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven Grives
Steven Grives is an English actor based in Australia. Grives made his debut at age 14 on stage at Drury Lane. He went on to feature in '' The Sandbaggers'' before getting a lead role in '' Flambards''. After featuring in '' The Ravelled Thread'', ''Inseminoid'' and '' Second Chance'' he moved to Australia. 1981 saw him as a main cast member in '' Holiday Island'' and from 1999 in '' Beastmaster''. In 2003 he was a regular on '' Fat Cow Motel''. Other screen appearances include '' Super Sleuth'' ''Captain James Cook'' ''Scooby-Doo'' '' Sinbad and the Minotaur'' and '' Dangerous Game''. Grives co-produced the film adaptation of '' The Right-Hand Man''. and hosted ''Queensland's Best Living'', a property program on Channel 7. On stage Grives has featured in ''Hamlet'' (Northcote Theatre, 1975), ''Murderer Murder is the unlawful killing of another human without justification or valid excuse committed with the necessary intention as defined by the law in a specific ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan David Lee
Alan David Lee (born 1955 or 1956) is an Australian actor. Early life Lee grew up on a farm in Kenya before moving to Australia when he was 7. He graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in 1981. When he had initially applied, he was encouraged to gain practical life experience first, so he withdrew his application and moved to North Queensland where he drove road trains in Mount Isa, cut railway sleepers, and was a truck driver. Following that, he moved to Birmingham, England, where he worked in a steel factory, and with a local theatre company at night. When he eventually reapplied and was accepted at NIDA, Lee says he felt he had more clarity and was more resilient. Career Lee's television and film credits include ''Prisoner'', '' Special Squad'', '' The Cowra Breakout'', '' Murder Call'', '' All Saints'', '' Water Rats'', ''Blue Heelers'', '' McLeod's Daughters'' and '' H2O: Just Add Water''. Lee has performed as Hamlet at the Q Theatre; as Jack and Harr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Vaughan
Martin Kevin Vaughan (5 June 1931 – October 2022) was an Australian stage, television and film actor and musician. He is best known for appearing in the film ''Phar Lap'' as trainer Harry Telford and the lead role in the award-winning 26-part 1976 television miniseries '' Power Without Glory''. Career Vaughan was born in Brisbane, Queensland, to a vaudeville comedian father in 1931. Moving to Sydney, New South Wales. at age 17, he was employed in a number of occupations including steam presser, tram conductor, postman, customs clerk and bassoon player. After taking theatre production classes, Vaughan landed his first stage role in 1963 when he was 32.''North Shore Times'', 24 July 2011 Vaughan moved into television in 1967 and in 1975 won the Hoyts Prize for Best Perfo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivar Kants
Ivar Kants (born 19 July 1949), commonly credited as Ivor Kants or Ivar Kanz, is an Australian actor of Latvian descent who has played numerous roles in film, television and theatre. Early life Ivar Kants was born on July 19, 1949, in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. Both his parents were originally from Latvia, but they immigrated to Australia before he was born. Ivar left home at 19 to enrol in National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in Sydney, and graduated with a degree in performing arts (acting) in 1970. Career Film & television Kants has appeared in many soap operas and tv drama series, including ''A Country Practice'', '' G.P.'', '' All Saints'', '' Water Rats'', and ''Blue Heelers''. He portrayed the role of Ken Garrett in the soap opera ''The Restless Years'' (1979) and starred as Father Menotti, a caring inner-city parish priest in the 1980–81 TV series '' Menotti''. A more prominent role was as school principal Barry Hyde, a regular in ''Home and Away ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warwick Moss
Warwick Tennant Moss is an Australian actor, television personality and presenter and dramatist and playwright as well as New South Wales Premier's Literary Award winning writer for the stage. Early life Moss was born in Sydney and attended Newington College (1958–65), commencing as a preparatory school student in Wyvern House. Theatre In 1984 Moss produced, directed and acted in his own play ''Down An Alley Filled With Cats''. This mystery thriller won the New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards for Theatre and had productions throughout Australia, as well as the on West End and in New York. It is published worldwide by Samuel French. In London he appeared in the Royal Command premiere of Stephen Sewell's play ''Dreams in an Empty City''. Film and Television credits Moss has appeared in Come In Spinner, Scales of Justice, Mother and Son, Police Rescue, G. P., The Flying Doctors, Punishment, Blue Murder, Evil Angels (''A Cry in the Dark'') and Danny Deckchair. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
