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Jim Holt (actor)
James David Holt (born 15 January 1956) is an English-born actor who has appeared in many Australian television shows and films. Holt is also a magician, and has had the opportunity to incorporate this talent into some of his television appearances. Well known productions in which he has appeared include ''Bodyline (miniseries), Bodyline'', ''Anzacs (TV series), Anzacs'', ''Crocodile Dundee II'', ''A Country Practice'', ''Embassy (TV series), Embassy'', ''G. P.'', ''Heartbreak High'', ''Wildside (Australian TV series), Wildside'', and most recently in an episode of ''Packed to the Rafters'' (2009). He is married to publishing executive Robyn Holt, and they have a daughter named Hannah. From around 2002 to early 2006, he was based in Russia while his wife was the Managing Director of Condé Nast Publications, Condé Nast Zao. Filmography Acting References External links *Bio details of Robyn Holt 1959 births Living people Australian male film actors Australian ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liverpool
Liverpool is a port City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. It is situated on the eastern side of the River Mersey, Mersey Estuary, near the Irish Sea, north-west of London. With a population of (in ), Liverpool is the administrative, cultural and economic centre of the Liverpool City Region, a combined authority, combined authority area with a population of over 1.5 million. Established as a borough in Lancashire in 1207, Liverpool became significant in the late 17th century when the Port of Liverpool was heavily involved in the Atlantic slave trade. The port also imported cotton for the Textile manufacture during the British Industrial Revolution, Lancashire textile mills, and became a major departure point for English and Irish emigrants to North America. Liverpool rose to global economic importance at the forefront of the Industrial Revolution in the 19th century and was home to the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fever (1989 Film)
''Fever'' is a 1989 Australian thriller film about an Australian policeman who finds a suitcase full of money, and the course of events which unfold when he decides to keep it.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p60 The film was directed by Craig Lahiff, and stars Bill Hunter, Gary Sweet Gary Sweet (born 22 May 1957) is an Australian film and television actor known for his roles in ''Alexandra's Project'' (as Steve), ''Police Rescue'' (as Sergeant "Mickey" McClintock), ''Cody (TV series), Cody'' (as Cody), ''Big Sky (Australian ..., and Mary Regan. Plot Sergeant Jack Wells, a tough country cop, discovers a bag of cash after a shoot out. He decides to keep the money so he and his wife Leanne can start a new life. However Leanne has a lover. Cast *Bill Hunter *Gary Sweet Production The movie was the second of three low budget thrillers Craig Lahiff made in succession. Writer Josephine Emery had made a short feature with Craig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Royal Wedding
''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pronoun ''thee' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Young Lions (TV Series)
''Young Lions'' is an Australian TV police drama shown on the Nine Network in 2002 and in Ireland on RTÉ Two. The storyline of the Television series, series revolved around the professional and private lives of four rookie detectives, the ''Young Lions'', of South West 101, an inner city Sydney police station. The program rated poorly and was not renewed after its first season. Competition from other new drama series and several timeslot changes also contributed to the show's demise. Cast Main *Alex Dimitriades as Det Snr Constable Eddie Mercia *Alexandra Davies as Det Snr Constable Donna Parry *Tom Long (actor), Tom Long as Det Snr Constable Guy 'Guido' Martin *Anna Lise Phillips as Det Snr Constable Cameron Smart *Penny Cook as Chief Inspector Sharon Kostas *Katherine Slattery as Madeleine Delaney *Alan Cinis as Phil Emerson Recurring/guests Release Broadcast The series ran from 17 July through 18 December 2002, and consisted of 23 episodes. Critical reception ''T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Monkey's Mask
''The Monkey's Mask'' is an international co-production 2000 thriller film directed by Samantha Lang. It stars Susie Porter and Kelly McGillis. Porter plays a lesbian private detective who falls in love with a suspect (McGillis) in the disappearance of a young woman. The film is based on the 1994 verse novel of the same name by Australian poet Dorothy Porter. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2001 the soundtrack was nominated for Best Original Soundtrack Album.ARIA Award previous winners. Plot In Australia, a young woman called Mickey reads a poem to an audience at a bar. When she leaves, she gets into an unseen person's car. Jill Fitzpatrick is a former police officer turned private detective, who investigates missing persons. She gets a job to look for Mickey, who has been missing for two weeks. Jill goes to Mickey's university and meets her poetry professor, Diana. Jill is quickly attracted to Diana, who is married. They meet several times for coffee, not always talking a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Potato Factory
''The Potato Factory'' is a 1995 fictionalised historical novel by Bryce Courtenay, which was made into a four-part miniseries in Australia in 2000. The book is the first in a three-part series, followed by '' Tommo & Hawk'' and '' Solomon's Song''. ''The Potato Factory'' has been the subject of some controversy regarding its historical accuracy and its portrayal of Jewish characters. The book is based on Ikey Solomon, known as the "Prince of Fences" and the basis of the Fagin character in the Charles Dickens novel '' Oliver Twist''. Courtenay states that it is a fictional historical novel based on extensive research, but it depicts fictionalised versions of the characters. Author Judith Sackville-O'Donnell, who wrote another book on Solomon, claimed that the book was inaccurate and anti-Semitic. The book's other main characters are Solomon's wife, Hannah, and his (fictional) mistress, Mary Abacus. Abacus goes from serving girl, to prostitute, to high-class madam, to prisone ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murder Call
''Murder Call'' is an Australian television series, created by Hal McElroy for the Southern Star Entertainment and broadcast on the Nine Network between 1997 and 2000. The series was inspired by the ''Tessa Vance'' novels by Jennifer Rowe, both of which were adapted as episodes, while Rowe also developed story treatments for 38 episodes throughout the series. Synopsis ''Murder Call'' focuses on cases confronted by an unconventional team of homicide detectives, Tessa Vance and Steve Hayden. Steve is an often light-hearted "man's man" who is moving up the career hierarchy. Tessa is more introspective and no-nonsense, and often solves the murder with her intuition and insight. Their team includes boss Inspector Malcolm Thorne, police Constable Dee Suzeraine, forensic services expert Lance Fisk, and unorthodox doctor Imogen "Tootsie" Soames. Production ''Murder Call'' was initially conceived as an adaptation of the Verity Birdwood murder mystery novels by Jennifer Rowe. Bir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Sky (Australian TV Series)
''Big Sky'' was an Australian television drama series produced by John Edwards that ran for two seasons on Network Ten from 1997 to 1999. The show centred on the adventures of the pilots of a small aviation company in Australia called "Big Sky Aviation" and the battles of the owner to keep the company running. Chief pilot Chris Manning (Gary Sweet) is determined to look after his team, even if that conflicts with the new boss, Lauren Allen (Ally Fowler), who has inherited the company following the death of her father. Cast Main / recurring * Gary Sweet as Chris Manning * Ally Fowler as Lauren Allen * Rhys Muldoon as Jimbo James * Martin Henderson as Scotty Gibbs * Lisa Baumwol as Lexie Ciani (season 1) * Robyn Cruze as Shay McWilliam * Bille Brown as Lightfoot (season 2) * Danielle Nuss as Paula Niessen (season 2) * Tim Campbell as Blake Wallace (season 2) * Peta Brady as Rosie Day (season 2) * Sheila Kennelly as Betty (season 1) * John Clayton as Roland 'Riley' Watson (16 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Man From Snowy River (TV Series)
''The Man from Snowy River'' is an Australian adventure drama television series based on Banjo Paterson's poem " The Man from Snowy River".Brooks, Tim and Marsh, Earle, ''The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows 1946 – Present'' (7th edition), page 939, Ballantine, 1999 Released in Australia as ''Banjo Paterson's The Man from Snowy River'', the series was subsequently released in both the United States and the United Kingdom as ''Snowy River: The McGregor Saga''. The series follows the adventures of Matt McGregor ( Andrew Clarke), a successful Australian rancher, and his family. Matt is the hero immortalized in Banjo Paterson's poem " The Man from Snowy River", and the series is set 25 years after his famous ride. Patterson's poem was also the basis for two films '' The Man from Snowy River'', and '' The Man from Snowy River II''. Synopsis During the late 1800s widower Matt McGregor, his adult sons Collin and Rob, plus adolescent daughter Danni, live and work o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue Murder (mini-series)
''Blue Murder'' is a two-part Australian television crime drama miniseries produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 1995, and is based on true events.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p177 Set in the 1970s and 1980s in Sydney, the miniseries concerns the relationship between controversial former detective Roger "the Dodger" Rogerson and notorious criminal Arthur "Neddy" Smith. Rogerson and his colleagues were accused of giving Smith a "green light" to commit crimes without police interference, with the relationship fraying when Rogerson orders hitman Chris "Mr. Rent-a-Kill" Flannery to murder Police Officer Michael Drury. The murder of prostitute Sallie-Anne Huckstepp also features. ''Blue Murder'' is narrated by the characters of Rogerson, Smith, and Drury, and focuses on the corruption allegations that plagued the NSW Police Force at the time. Rogerson and Smith achieved a kind of celebrity status during the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strangers (1991 Film)
''Strangers'' is a 1991 Australian film directed by Craig Lahiff and starring James Healey and Anne Looby. Premise Stockbroker Gary has an affair with the dangerous Anna. Cast * James Healey as Gary * Anne Looby as Anna * Geoff Morrell as Frank * Melissa Docker as Rebecca * John Clayton as Agent * Tim Robertson Tim Robertson is an Australian actor and writer. Early life Robertson was born in 1944 in Braintree, Essex, in the UK. He relocated to Australia in 1952. He is a graduate of the University of Western Australia (1965). After graduating, he ta ... as Father Production It was shot from 16 October to 24 November 1989. Craig Lahiff says it was inspired by '' Strangers on a Train'' and claims it was the first movie financed by the Film Finance Corporation to make its budget back in sales. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hey Dad
''Hey Dad..!'' is an Australian sitcom produced by Gary Reilly Productions, originally airing from 1987 to 1994 on the Seven Network. Synopsis Architect Martin Kelly singlehandedly raises his children: Simon, Debbie, and Jenny. His wife, Margaret, had died three years before the series' start. Martin runs his own architectural business from the family home in the Sydney suburb of Chatswood. He employs his wife's cousin Betty Wilson, a good-natured ditz from the New South Wales country town of Walgett, as his secretary. Many episodes deal with the daily stresses Martin faces as the family patriarch, such as settling arguments amongst his children. He frequently endures Betty's elaborate excuses for tardiness and is constantly frustrated with her delayed productivity at work. Simon's best friend is Gerald "Nudge" Noritas, a neighbour who constantly helps himself to whatever food he can find in the Kellys' kitchen. In early episodes, the show briefly examines how the characters ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
