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Les Foxcroft
Clement Leslie Foxcroft was an Australian character actor with a career of over 50 years, working in all major facets of the industry from stage, radio, television and film. Biography Les Foxcroft was born in Fitzroy, Victoria, in circa. 1918/1919. His mother died when he was three and his father, who was South African remarried. He was wounded in Gallipoli. Foxcroft grew up in Geelong and left home at 15, then moved to Melbourne where he joined the New Theatre and took up acting. He served with the Air Force during World War II, after which he moved to Sydney and started working in radio and clubs. He later moved on to television with the '' Captain Fortune Show''. His TV career continued in Brisbane and then back to Sydney, appearing in a large number of productions. He expanded into film, including a main role in ''The Roly Poly Man ''The Roly Poly Man'' is a 1994 Australian feature film. Production It was funded through private investment, The Film Finance Corporat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fitzroy, Victoria
Fitzroy is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, north-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Yarra local government area. Fitzroy recorded a population of 10,431 at the 2021 census. Planned as Melbourne's first suburb in 1839, it later became one of the city's first areas to gain municipal status, in 1858. It occupies Melbourne's smallest and most densely populated area outside the CBD, just 100 ha. Fitzroy is known as a cultural hub, particularly for its live music scene and street art, and is the main home of the Melbourne Fringe Festival. Its commercial heart is Brunswick Street, one of Melbourne's major retail, culinary, and nightlife strips. Long associated with the working class, Fitzroy has undergone waves of urban renewal and gentrification since the 1980s and today is home to a wide variety of socio-economic groups, featuring both some of the most expensive rents in Melbourne and one of its largest public h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Theatre, Melbourne
The New Theatre in Melbourne, formerly Melbourne Workers' Theatre Group, was one of a number of branches of Australia's New Theatre movement established in the 1930s. This was a radical left theatrical movement which staged performances with a political message. The theatre group existed from 1936 until 2000. Background New Theatre in Australia was inspired by similar movements abroad: the Workers Theatre Movement in the 1920s in the UK, and the New Theatre League in the United States. They were all affiliated with the Communist Party, and the plays were in the agitprop style of theatre favoured by the Soviet Union. Themes usually related to the class struggle. Referred to as workers' theatre in the early days, groups formed in other cities around Australia: the Workers Art Club in Sydney in 1932 (later New Theatre), Workers' Theatre Groups in Melbourne and Perth; similar groups in Brisbane, Newcastle, and Adelaide. Some disbanded and then got re-established, but only the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain Fortune Show
''The Captain Fortune Show'' (also known as ''Captain Fortune's Saturday Party'') was a popular Australian children's television show which first broadcast on ATN-7 in 1957. It starred Alan Herbert and featured various segments with puppets, clowns, and other entertainment. Herbert's character ''Captain Fortune'' spoke directly with the kids, live and without a script. At the height of the show's popularity, it aired three times during the weekdays and also on Saturday mornings. The show also included segments with ''Uncle Monty'' and Roy Kinghorn, and is perhaps best remembered for the show's introductory sequence, which involved the young children running into the Captain's house unannounced and gathering around a large barrel, which contained a mannequin (named "Short John O'Copper"). The Captain would sing "Who's that kno-o-cking on my barrel?" several times, after which a puppet would pop out of the top of the barrel and the Captain would put on a puppet show for the yo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Roly Poly Man
''The Roly Poly Man'' is a 1994 Australian feature film. Production It was funded through private investment, The Film Finance Corporation and the NSW Film and Television Office. Its budget was just under $1,000.000. Cast * Paul Chubb as Dirk Trent * Les Foxcroft as Mickey * Susan Lyons as Sandra Burnett * Zoe Bertram as Laurel Trent * Frank Whitten as Dr. Henderson * Peter Braunstein as Det. Tom McKenzie * John Batchelor as Axel * Rowan Woods as Prof. Wauchop * Jane Harders as Jane Lewis * Valerie Bader as Motel Manager * Sarah Lambert as Vicki Lane * Deborah Kennedy as Chantal * Jim Pike as Tony * Exploding White Mice as Thrash Rock Band * Roy Billing as Sidebottom * Barbara Stephens as Nun * Kylie Jane Green as School Girl * Bruce Venables as Security Guard * Laura Gabriel as Nurse * Marie Armstrong as Wife * Bill Vince as Husband * Robert Bruning as Garfield * Tony Poli as Gary (billed as Toni Poli) * Dan Wyllie as Aggro Graffitist (billed as Daniel Wyllie) * Dorothy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1918 Births
This year is noted for the end of the First World War, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, as well as for the Spanish flu pandemic that killed 50–100 million people worldwide. Events Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix. January * January – 1918 flu pandemic: The "Spanish flu" (influenza) is first observed in Haskell County, Kansas. * January 4 – The Finnish Declaration of Independence is recognized by Soviet Russia, Sweden, Germany and France. * January 9 – Battle of Bear Valley: U.S. troops engage Yaqui Native American warriors in a minor skirmish in Arizona, and one of the last battles of the American Indian Wars between the United States and Native Americans. * January 15 ** The keel of is laid in Britain, the first purpose-designed aircraft carrier to be laid down. ** The Red Army (The Workers and Peasants Red Army) is formed in the Russian SFSR and Soviet Union. * January 18 - The Historic Concert for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 Deaths
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Australian Stage Actors
Australian(s) may refer to: Australia * Australia, a country * Australians, citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia ** European Australians ** Anglo-Celtic Australians, Australians descended principally from British colonists ** Aboriginal Australians, indigenous peoples of Australia as identified and defined within Australian law * Australia (continent) ** Indigenous Australians * Australian English, the dialect of the English language spoken in Australia * Australian Aboriginal languages * ''The Australian'', a newspaper * Australiana, things of Australian origins Other uses * Australian (horse), a racehorse * Australian, British Columbia, an unincorporated community in Canada See also * The Australian (other) * Australia (other) * * * Austrian (other) Austrian may refer to: * Austrians, someone from Austria or of Austrian descent ** Someone who is considered an Austrian citizen, see Austrian nationality law * Austrian German dialect * S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
