''Ratbag Hero'' is a 1991 Australian mini series based on the book ''A Riverman's Story'' by Mik Kelsall.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford University Press, 1996 p225 It stars Cameron Nugent as Mick Kelsall, along with Elaine Smith, Peter Fisher and

Marcus Graham Marcus Graham is an Australian film, television and stage actor, writer and director, with roles including '' Mulholland Drive'' and '' Josh Jarman''. He was known as a teenage heartthrob in the early 1990s while starring in the Australian TV ...

. Also appearing were Marion Edward and a then 7 year old Matthew Ketteringham. The series was nominated for the 1991 AFI Award for Best Miniseries or Telefeature (or Short Run Series)

Cast

* Cameron Nugent as Mick * Elaine Smith as Mum * Peter Fisher as Pop *

as Unc * Marion Edward as Gran * Matthew Ketteringham as Frizzy *

Simon Chilvers Simon Chilvers (born 5 April 1939) is an English-born, Australia-based television actor. Early life Chilvers was born in London in 1939, and discovered art as a young child, drawing images of planes flying overhead during World War II. He att ...

as Baldy *

Tony Briggs Tony Briggs (born 3 July 1967) is an Aboriginal Australian actor. He is best known for creating the stage play '' The Sapphires'' (later a 2012 film), which tells the true story of an Aboriginal singing girl group who toured Vietnam during th ...

as Jimmy *

Reg Evans Reginald Evans (27 March 1928 – 7 February 2009) was a British-born actor active in Australian radio, theatre, television and cinema from the 1960s, after having started his career in his native England. Early life Evans started drama while ...

as Cocky Brown *

Terry Gill Terry Gill (25 October 1939 – 25 February 2015) was an English Australian actor, theatre owner, producer, director and writer. A character actor, he carved a niche in Australian television playing police officers. He appeared in over 26 Austr ...

as Skipper

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