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Peter Gwynne
Peter Gwynne (22 September 1929 – 17 November 2011) was a New Zealand-born Australian television actor who was also known for voice-over work. Career Born in New Zealand, Gwynne was a well-recognised character actor, appearing in many of the significant television productions of the 1970s onwards, including ''Cop Shop'', '' Boney'', ''Division 4'', ''Homicide'', ''Matlock Police'', '' The Flying Doctors'', '' Return to Eden'', '' A Country Practice'' and many more. He is best remembered internationally as Bill McMaster, Stephanie Harper's General Manager at Harper Mining in both the 1983 mini-series and the 1986 series of '' Return to Eden''. Personal life Gwynne was married to actress Cecily Polson. Peter's mother (Dorothy Wall) was born in Springwood, New South Wales and moved to New Zealand after she married Frank Gwynne from Christchurch. Gwynne last resided at Lane Cove in Sydney Sydney is the capital city of the States and territories of Australia, state of N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brackets
A bracket is either of two tall fore- or back-facing punctuation marks commonly used to isolate a segment of text or data from its surroundings. They come in four main pairs of shapes, as given in the box to the right, which also gives their names, that vary between British English, British and American English. "Brackets", without further qualification, are in British English the ... marks and in American English the ... marks. Other symbols are repurposed as brackets in specialist contexts, such as International Phonetic Alphabet#Brackets and transcription delimiters, those used by linguists. Brackets are typically deployed in symmetric pairs, and an individual bracket may be identified as a "left" or "right" bracket or, alternatively, an "opening bracket" or "closing bracket", respectively, depending on the Writing system#Directionality, directionality of the context. In casual writing and in technical fields such as computing or linguistic analysis of grammar, brackets ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sydney
Sydney is the capital city of the States and territories of Australia, state of New South Wales and the List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city in Australia. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about 80 km (50 mi) from the Pacific Ocean in the east to the Blue Mountains (New South Wales), Blue Mountains in the west, and about 80 km (50 mi) from Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park and the Hawkesbury River in the north and north-west, to the Royal National Park and Macarthur, New South Wales, Macarthur in the south and south-west. Greater Sydney consists of 658 suburbs, spread across 33 local government areas. Residents of the city are colloquially known as "Sydneysiders". The estimated population in June 2024 was 5,557,233, which is about 66% of the state's population. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2017. The city's nicknames include the Emerald City and the Harbour City. There is ev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim (film)
''Tim'' is a 1979 Australian romantic drama film written, produced and directed by Michael Pate in his directorial debut. It stars Piper Laurie, Mel Gibson, Alwyn Kurts, Pat Evison, and Deborah Kennedy, and is based on the 1974 novel of the same name by Colleen McCullough. Plot ''Tim'' depicts a developing relationship between Mary Horton, an independent older, educated and wealthy American woman, and Tim Melville, a handsome, developmentally impaired 24-year-old builder's labourer, whom she hires. Tim lives with his sister, Dawnie, who is a year older than he is, and their parents Ron and Emily. Dawnie marries her boyfriend, Mick Harrington. Dawnie and Mick make clear they dislike Mary and oppose her relationship with Tim, but do not state their reason for their feeling. Tim eventually marries Mary. Cast * Piper Laurie as Mary Horton * Mel Gibson as Tim Melville * Alwyn Kurts as Ron Melville * Pat Evison as Em Melville * Peter Gwynne as Tom Ainsley * Deborah Kennedy as Dawn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Tichborne Affair
''The Tichborne Affair'' is a 1977 Australian television film directed by Carl Schultz and starring Hugh Keays-Byrne, Neil Fitzpatrick, and Ken Goodlet. It is based on the Tichborne case.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970–1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p152 Plot Lady Tichborne seeks her missing son. A Wagga Wagga solicitor thinks it is the local butcher Tom Castro. Cast * Hugh Keays-Byrne as Tichborne / Tom Castro * Aileen Britton as Mrs Skinner * Sandra McGregor as Mary Ann Tichborne * Phillip Hinton as Holmes * Kevin Miles as Defence Counsel * Brian Blain as Hopkins * Tony Wager as Brown * Neil Fitzpatrick as Dr Kenealy * Peter Gwynne as Bowker * Ken Goodlet as William Gibbes * Peter Whitford as Cubitt * Tim Elliott as Gosford * John Gaden * Melissa Jaffer Production It was shot in the ABC's Sydney studios. Awards The film won Best One Shot Drama and Best Director at the Penguin Awards. References External links *''The Tichborne Affair''at Aus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Film & Sound Archive
The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA), known as ScreenSound Australia from 1999 to 2004, is Australia's audiovisual archive, responsible for developing, preserving, maintaining, promoting, and providing access to a national collection of film, television, sound, radio, video games, new media, and related documents and artefacts. The collection ranges from works created in the late nineteenth century when the recorded sound and film industries were in their infancy, to those made in the present day. The NFSA collection first started as the National Historical Film and Speaking Record Library (within the then Commonwealth National Library) in 1935, becoming an independent cultural organisation in 1984. On 3 October, Prime Minister Bob Hawke officially opened the NFSA's headquarters in Canberra. History of the organisation The work of the archive can be officially dated to the establishment of the National Historical Film and Speaking Record Library (part of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dot And The Kangaroo (film)
''Dot and the Kangaroo'' is a 1977 Australian live-action/animated musical drama film which combines animation and live-action. It is based on the 1899 children's literature book ''Dot and the Kangaroo'' by Ethel Pedley. Plot New South Wales, 1884: when a perpetually barefoot red-headed five-year-old girl named Dot finds herself lost in the Australian bush, a female red kangaroo who has lost her joey promises to help the girl find her way home. In the process, the kangaroo introduces Dot to a number of other local animals, teaching her a greater appreciation for nature. Cast * Barbara Frawley as Dot, a young, perpetually barefoot, red-headed Australian girl who loves animals * Joan Bruce as the Kangaroo and Dot's Mother * Spike Milligan as Mr. Platypus * June Salter as Mrs. Platypus * Ross Higgins as Willie Wagtail * Ron Haddrick as Dot's Father * Lola Brooks * Peter Gwynne Peter Gwynne (22 September 1929 – 17 November 2011) was a New Zealand-born Australian televi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McManus MPB
''McManus MPB'' is a 1976 Australian television film which was the pilot for a TV series.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p106 Plot The daughter of the Russian Consul vanishes. Sergeant McManus of the Missing Persons Bureau is sent to find her. Cast * Peter Sumner as Sergeant McManus * Arna-Marie Winchester * Chantal Contouri as Lara Boltolavic * Pamela Stephenson as Kylie Charles * Peter Gwynne as Sergeant Salisbury * Brian Moll as Carl Day References External links''McManus''at IMDb''McManus MPB''at AustLit AustLit: The Australian Literature Resource (also known as AustLit: Australian Literature Gateway; and AustLit: The Resource for Australian Literature) is a national bio-bibliographical database of Australian literature. It is an internet-based, ... Australian television films {{Australia-tv-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
They Don't Clap Losers
''They Don't Clap Losers'' is a 1975 Australian television documentary-drama film directed by John Power. It aired on March 1, 1975, the first night Australian television turned to colour. Power had made a number of drama documentaries for the ABC, including ''Billy and Percy'', '' Like a Summer Storm'' and '' Escape from Singapore''. It later aired in 1977 as an episode of '' Stuart Wagstaff's World Playhouse''. Premise Two single parents, Martin and Kay, meet through Children's Court, when their sons are called in on vandalism charges.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p152 Cast *Martin Vaughan as Martin O'Brien * Pat Evison *Michele Fawdon as Kay Lodge *Jack Charles *Don Crosby *Jude Kuring *Sean Scully * Drew Forsythe as Priest Reception Powers' script won an AWGIE Award. References External links''They Don't Clap Losers''at Screen Australia Screen Australia is the Australian Federal Government's key funding body ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ride A Wild Pony
''Ride a Wild Pony'' is a 1975 American-Australian family adventure film produced by Walt Disney Productions, directed by Don Chaffey and based on the novel ''A Sporting Proposition'' (1973) by James Aldridge. Plot Set in a small Australian town during the interwar period, the film follows the battle between two children, Scott, a poor farm boy, and Josie, the handicapped daughter of a wealthy ranch owner, for ownership of a horse that both children love. Scott requires a horse to ride seven miles to school and his father buys an unbroken pony, which Scott names Taff. Josie yearns to ride again but, having been afflicted with polio two years before, must settle for using a cart and pony. Scott's pony disappears, while a pony is eventually selected for Josie from her father's herd. When Scott sees the horse, which Josie named Bo, performing in the pony and cart competition at the township fair, he recognizes it as his horse and attempts to take it away. The ensuing quarrel affects ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sidecar Racers
A sidecar is a one-wheeled device attached to the side of a motorcycle, scooter, or bicycle, making the whole a three-wheeled vehicle. The combination of a motorcycle with a sidecar is sometimes called a ''rig'', ''outfit'', or ''hack''. History Jean Bertoux, a French army officer, secured a prize offered by a French newspaper in 1893 for the best method of carrying a passenger on a bicycle. The sidecar wheel was mounted on the same lateral plane as the bicycle's rear and was supported by a triangulation of tubes from the bicycle. A sprung seat with back rest was mounted above the cross-member and a footboard hung below. A sidecar appeared in a cartoon by George Moore in the January 7, 1903, issue of the British newspaper '' Motor Cycling''. Three weeks later, a provisional patent was granted to Mr. W. J. Graham of Graham Brothers, Enfield, Middlesex. He partnered with Jonathan A. Kahn to begin production. One of Britain's oldest sidecar manufacturers, Watsonian, was founded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Escape From Singapore
''Escape from Singapore'' is a 1973 Australian TV dramatised documentary about General Gordon Bennett and his escape from Singapore in World War II.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p29 It was a number of dramatised documentaries Power made for Australian TV. He spent ten months researching it, accessing papers provided by Bennett's widow. Power said "I was interested in the dilemma of a man, an undoubtedly a brave man, facing a great personal crisis... should he or should he not leave his troops?.. It goes down as one of the great crises in Australian history." The film won Best Documentary at the 1974 TV Week Logie Awards. The show was repeated in 1975. Cast * Don Crosby as General Gordon Bennett * John Meillon as narrator *Don Philps as Mr Dovey QC * Martin Vaughan as Boots Callaghan * Peter Gwynne * Gordon Glenwright *Max Osbiston Maxwell Hamilton Osbiston (7 August 1914 – 12 March 1981) was an Australian actor, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dove (1974 Film)
''The Dove'' is a 1974 American-British Biographical films, biographical film directed by Charles Jarrott. The picture was produced by Gregory Peck, the third and last feature film he produced. The drama is based on the real-life experiences of Robin Lee Graham, a young man who spent five years sailing around the world as a Single-handed sailing, single-handed sailor, starting when he was 16 years old. The story is adapted from ''Dove'' (1972), the book Graham co-wrote with Derek L.T. Gill about his seafaring experiences. Plot The film tells of real-life Robin Lee Graham (Joseph Bottoms), a 16-year-old boy who sets sail in a 23-foot sloop in attempt to be the youngest person to circumnavigation, circumnavigate the globe solo. He had planned the trip with his sailor father Lyle Graham (John McLiam) for years. On one of his stops after setting sail, he meets and falls in love with the gregarious and attractive Patti Ratteree (Deborah Raffin). After much banter, Patti decides to fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
