Michael Duffield (1915 – June 1986) was an English-born character actor who worked in Australia for many decades. He was nominated for the 1979

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for his role in ''

The Last of the Knucklemen ''The Last of the Knucklemen'' is a 1979 Australian film directed by Tim Burstall. Plot The story involves a gang of rough miners. Tom ( Peter Hehir) turns up at the mine looking for a place to hide. He allies himself with the mining foreman Tar ...

'', a role he was reprising from the original stage production. Duffield was also a prominent theatre actor, starting from 1950, with numerous career characters with the

Melbourne Theatre Company The Melbourne Theatre Company is a theatre company based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Founded in 1953 as the Union Theatre Repertory Company at the Union Theatre at the University of Melbourne, it is the oldest professional theatre compa ...

, he won awards in 1962 for his performance on stage in ''The Caretaker'' and also was notable for playing.

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in the production "The Soldiers". Whilst on television he appeared in numerous televised live plays. He died in June 1986, aged 71 and was survived by a wife and three children.

Select filmography

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Night of the Ding-Dong ''Night of the Ding-Dong'' is a 1954 stage play by Ralph Peterson. It was this second play, following ''The Square Ring''. It is a comedy set in Adelaide just after the Crimean War about the locals fearing a Russian invasion. It is based on a rea ...

'' (1961) *'' Quiet Night'' (1961) *'' Two-Headed Eagle'' (1961) *''

Fury in Petticoats ''Fury in Petticoats'' is a 1962 television play broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. It was directed by Christopher Muir. It was based on a play which had been filmed by British TV the year before. Although fictional, the plot ...

'' (1962) *''

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'' (1962) *'' Fly by Night'' (1962) *''

The Music Upstairs ''The Music Upstairs'' is a 1962 Australian television play. It was written by Australian playwright Michael Noonan when he was living in England. It starred Felicity Young who was married to George Thoms. Plot Three doctors, Joe, Ruth and Tom, ...

'' (1962) *''

The White Carnation ''The White Carnation'' is a 1953 play by English playwright R. C. Sherriff. Its premiere production had a cast led by Ralph Richardson, but it was not revived until a 2013 Finborough Theatre production featuring Aden Gillett and Benjamin Whitro ...

'' (1963) *''

The Prisoner ''The Prisoner'' is a 1967 British television series about an unnamed British intelligence agent who is abducted and imprisoned in a mysterious coastal village, where his captors designate him as Number Six and try to find out why he abruptl ...

'' (1963) *'' On Approval'' (1964) *'' Corruption in the Palace of Justice'' (1964) *''

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'' (1964) *'' A Provincial Lady'' (1964) *''

Otherwise Engaged ''Otherwise Engaged'' is a bleakly comic play by English playwright Simon Gray. The play previewed at the Oxford Playhouse and the Richmond Theatre, and then opened at the Queen's Theatre in London on 10 July 1975, with Alan Bates as the sta ...

'' (1964) *''

Macbeth ''Macbeth'' (, full title ''The Tragedie of Macbeth'') is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. It is thought to have been first performed in 1606. It dramatises the damaging physical and psychological effects of political ambition on those w ...

'' (1965) *''

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'' (1965) *''

Campaign for One "Campaign for One" is a 1965 Australian television film. A remake of an episode of the BBC series ''Wednesday Play'', it aired in a 60-minute time-slot on ABC on 24 November 1965 in Melbourne, Sydney, and on 5 January 1966 in Brisbane. as part of ...

'' (1965) *'' Cobwebs in Concrete'' (1968) *'' Two Thousand Weeks'' (1969) *''

The Cheerful Cuckold "The Cheerful Cuckold" is a 1969 Australian TV play. It was written by and stars Alan Hopgood. Plot It was about a young university lecturer (Hopgood) who is cuckolded by his wife Sybil (Sue Donovan). He devises a method to deal with it. Cast *Al ...

'' (1969) *''

'' (1979)

References

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