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David Cameron (Australian Actor)
David Cameron is an Australian actor and director. Lead screen roles he has played are ''The Keepers'' as Rick Zammit, '' Water Under the Bridge'' as Neil Atkins, and '' Down the Wind'' as Simon Jess. Other roles include Russell Hardwick in ''The Sullivans'' and Tom in ''My First Wife''. Thompson has a long theatre career including the first Australia staging of ''The Rocky Horror Show'' (1968, Independent Theatre) ''A Whip Round for Percy Grainger'' (1982, Playbox Theatre), and ''The Common Pursuit'' (1987, Russell Street Theatre). Awards *1981 Sammy Awards **Best actor in a television series - ''Water Under the Bridge'' - won *1981 Penguin Award **Best sustained performance - ''Water Under the Bridge'' - won * 1981 Logie Awards **Best actor in a TV mini-series - ''Water Under the Bridge'' - nominated References External links * Biographical cuttings on David Cameron, actor, containing one or more cuttings from newspapers or journalsat National Library of Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Keepers (Australian TV Series)
''The Keepers'' is a 1984 Australian drama television series created by Noel Price and starring Bill Hunter and David Cameron as Fisheries and Wildlife officers. Synopsis The series follows the personal and professional lives of two mismatched Fisheries and Wildlife officers, Jack Wolfe and his new assistant Rick Zammit. Production Most of the series was shot on location in the Dandenong Ranges. The show's crew used multiple tricks to fake the killing of the wildlife that Fisheries and Wildlife officers want to protect including frozen ducks and a diseased deer that had been recently culled. Cast * Bill Hunter as Jack Wolfe * David Cameron as Rick Zammit * Catherine Wilkin as Aggie French * Vikki Blanche as Kim French * Nina Landis as Miriam Woods Episodes Reception Garrie Hutchinson of ''The Age'' wrote "The good things are the performances of gruff Bill Hunter enthusiastic David Cameron and the calm Catherine Wilkin as Aggie, the den mother of animal and human alike. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sammy Awards
The Sammy Awards were Australian television and film awards held annually between 1976 and 1981, initially supported by the ''TV Times'' and the Seven Network. 1976 Held at the Sydney Opera House on Friday 8 October 1976. *Gold Sammy: Helen Morse, Gary McDonald *Best drama series: ''Power Without Glory'' *Best lead actor in a television series: John Waters for '' Rush'' *Best lead actress in a television series: Penny Hackforth-Jones for ''Tandarra'' *Best actor in a single television performance: Hugh Keays-Byrne for ''Rush'' (ep: 'A shilling A Day') *Best actress in a single television performance: Maggie Millar for ''Homicide'' (ep: 'The Life and Time of Tina Kennedy') *Best new talent: Mark Holden *Best comedy series: ''The Norman Gunston Show'' *Best comedy television series writer: Bull Harding *Best variety performer: Don Lane *Best current affairs series: ''Four Corners'' *Best daytime series: ''The Mike Walsh Show'' *Best documentary series: '' A Big Country'' *Best ligh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Television Actors
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Living People
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National Library Of Australia
The National Library of Australia (NLA), formerly the Commonwealth National Library and Commonwealth Parliament Library, is the largest reference library in Australia, responsible under the terms of the ''National Library Act 1960'' for "maintaining and developing a national collection of library material, including a comprehensive collection of library material relating to Australia and the Australians, Australian people", thus functioning as a national library. It is located in Parkes, Australian Capital Territory, Parkes, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, ACT. Created in 1960 by the ''National Library Act'', by the end of June 2019 its collection contained 7,717,579 items, with its manuscript material occupying of shelf space. The NLA also hosts and manages the Trove cultural heritage discovery service, which includes access to the Australian Web Archive and National edeposit (NED), a large collection of digitisation, digitised newspapers, official documents, manuscrip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Logie Awards Of 1981
The 23rd Annual TV Week Logie Awards was held on Friday 10 April 1981 at the Centrepoint Convention Centre in Sydney, and broadcast on Network Ten. The ceremony was hosted by Michael Parkinson. Guests included Patrick Duffy, Gil Gerard, Lesley-Anne Down, Sam J. Jones, Adam Rich, Van Johnson and Lindsay Wagner. National Awards Gold Logie :''Winner:'' Bert Newton in ''The Don Lane Show'' (Nine Network) Acting/Presenting ; Most Popular Actor :''Winner:'' Peter Adams in ''Cop Shop'' (Seven Network) ; Most Popular Actress :''Winner:'' Paula Duncan in ''Cop Shop'' (Seven Network) ; Most Popular New Talent :''Winner:'' Simon Gallaher in ''The Mike Walsh Show'' (Nine Network) ;Best Lead Actor in a Series :''Winner:'' Peter Adams in ''Cop Shop'' (Seven Network) ;Best Lead Actress in a Series :''Winner:'' Sheila Florance in ''Prisoner'' (Network Ten) ;Best Supporting Actor in a Series :''Winner:'' Michael Caton in ''The Sullivans'' (Nine Network) ;Best Supporting Actress in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penguin Award
The Penguin Award was an annual award given for excellence in broadcasting by the Television Society of Australia. It was founded in 1954. The award trophy depicts an ear listening to a television tube, but strongly resembles a penguin, hence the name. The award was designed by Des White, an artist and designer at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Past winners 1968 Presented on 10 November 1968. *Best Lead Actor in a Drama Series – Leonard Teale, ''Homicide'', Channel 7 *Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series – Stewart Ginn, '' My Name's McGooley'', Channel 7 *Best Direction of a Drama Series – Alex Emmanuel, ''Homicide'', Channel 7 *Best Lead Talent in a Variety Show – Graham Kennedy *Best Documentary – ''For Better or Worse'', ABC 1970 *Special Award: Outstanding Achievement in Television, 1969 Moon Telecasts – Dept of Supply, Australian Government (coordinating agency in Australia for NASA) 1972 *Leading Quizmaster – Tony Barber, ''The Great Temptatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russell Street Theatre
The Russell Street Theatre was a theatre on Russell Street, Melbourne, Australia. Melbourne Theatre Company performed there from 1960 to 1994, using it as their main city venue in the 1960s and early 1970s and their secondary venue from the late 1970s to 1994. The building was first constructed as an engineering workshop in the 1880s and was extended as a church in 1920. In 1955, the building was sold to the Council of Adult Education and converted into a theatre seating 420. The then Union Theatre Repertory Company (later the MTC) used the building for half the year as their city venue from 1960, and took over the building five years later. Architect Robin Boyd renovated the theatre and decorated it in shades of red. The theatre closed in 1994 when the MTC moved fully to the then Victorian Arts Centre Arts Centre Melbourne, originally known as the Victorian Arts Centre and briefly called the Arts Centre, is a performing arts centre consisting of a complex of theatres an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Water Under The Bridge (miniseries)
''Water Under the Bridge'' is a 1980 miniseries based on the 1977 novel by Sumner Locke Elliott. The novel was one of Elliott's most acclaimed. The budget was $1.5 million.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford University Press, 1996 p238-239 Cast Main * Robyn Nevin as Shasta * David Cameron as Neil * Judy Davis as Carrie Mazzini * Rowena Wallace as Honor Mazzini * Jacki Weaver as Maggie McGhee * Linden Wilkinson as Ida Flag * John Howard as Archie * Rod Mullinar as Don Brandywine * Anne Scott-Pendlebury as Mona Recurring * Anthony Hawkins as Mason ( 2 episodes) * Arthur Dignam as Maynard Dickens (2 episodes) * Deidre Rubenstein as Lainey (3 episodes) * Lesley Baker as Nurse Vickers (3 episodes) * Peter Whitford as T.C. Shallicott (3 episodes) * Ralph Cotterill as Mr Flagg (4 episodes) Guests * Briony Behets as Claire * Frank Gallacher as Luigi Mazzini * Graeme Blundell as Ralph * John Clayton as Rev Scott * Kerry Armstrong as Dora * Lorna Les ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Common Pursuit
''The Common Pursuit'' is a Play (theatre), play by Simon Gray which follows the lives of six characters who first meet as undergraduates at University of Cambridge, Cambridge University when they are involved in setting up a literary magazine called ''The Common Pursuit''. The title is an allusion to F. R. Leavis's 1952 collection of essays ''Scrutiny: The Common Pursuit''. Characters *Stuart Thorne *Marigold Watson *Martin Musgrove *Humphry Taylor *Nick Finchling *Peter Whetworth Synopsis The characters of ''The Common Pursuit'' first meet in Stuart Thorne's rooms in Cambridge, at the first meeting of a literary magazine Stuart is starting called ''The Common Pursuit''. He and Marigold are very much in love, Nick is determined to become a theatre critic, Humphry wants to be a philosophy professor, Martin is set on a career in publishing and Peter only seems interested in chasing women. The play then follows their various lives and careers over the next 20 years, and their stru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
