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Skyways (TV Series)
''Skyways'' is an Australian television soap opera drama series made by Crawford Productions for the Seven Network. Production and casting The series, which aired from 1979 to 1981, was set at the fictional Pacific International Airport and dealt with the lives of the pilots, airline staff and management team who worked there. ''Skyways'' was mainly taped in a television studio where, in many interior-set scenes, Colour Separation Overlay created the illusion of a bustling airport with taxiing planes outside the window. Many of the exterior scenes were shot on location at Melbourne Airport. The show's regular cast members included Tony Bonner as airport manager Paul MacFarlane, later replaced by Gary Doolan ( Gerard Kennedy). Tina Bursill played glamorous and ruthless assistant manager Louise Carter. Bill Stalker, played head of airport security Peter Fanelli, an ex-detective. When ''Skyways'' ended Fanelli was moved to Crawford police procedural ''Cop Shop'', while Brian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Bonner
Anthony Frederick Bonner (born 23 November 1943) is an Australian television, film, and stage actor and singer. Bonner became famous in the 1960s children's television series ''Skippy the Bush Kangaroo'', later moving on to lead roles in the dramas '' Cop Shop'' and '' Skyways''. Early life and education Anthony Frederick Bonner was born in Manly, a northern beach suburb of Sydney. His grandfather, James Bonner, was a former Mayor of Manly and founding President of the Manly Life Saving Club. His father, Frederick Bonner, was a musical comedy actor at Her Majesty's Theatre, Sydney. His mother was born Josephine Sheidow and was, a 1935 article announcing her engagement to Frederick Bonner claimed, 'well known in the swimming world.' She was also known as a singer. After leaving school Bonner started work for a company supplying mannequins and other equipment for window dressing. He also worked part-time in his father's theatre as a wardrobe attendant, fostering his inter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judy Morris
Judith Ann Morris (born 17 February 1947) is an Australian character actress, as well as a film director and screenwriter, well known for the variety of roles she played in 58 different television shows and films, starting her career as a child actress and appearing on screen until 1999, since then she has worked on film writing and directing, most recently for co-writing and co-directing a musical epic about the life of penguins in Antarctica which became ''Happy Feet'', Australia's largest animated film project to date. Early career Morris's first role came at the age of 10 when she was part of the cast of the television episode "Picture of the Magi" a '' Family Theater'' production which aired about 1957 on the Mutual Broadcasting System in the United States. She then performed in two other roles in the US, at the age of 10 on the '' Loretta Young Show'', and in 1960, at the age of 13, on '' The Chevy Mystery Show'' hosted on that occasion by Vincent Price. Career Returning ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurie Fields
Maurice Fields (born Maurice Sheil, 4 August 1926 – 18 December 1995) was an Australian vaudeville performer, actor and stand-up comedian. Career Fields became a well-known face on television first thanks to his comic sketches on live programs like '' Sunnyside Up'' and later dramatic roles as the conniving John Quinney in ABC TV's ''Bellbird''. He also featured in many soap operas on commercial television, including ''Cop Shop'', '' The Box'', ''Prisoner'' (a small part playing crooked screw Leonard "Len" Murphy, and he had previously played two smaller parts in the show) and publican Vic Buckley in '' The Flying Doctors''. He was also a regular as Fred Farrell in situation comedy series '' Bobby Dazzler'' (1977) and did regular comedy segments on ''Hey Hey It's Saturday'' alongside Shane Bourne where in turn they would read jokes sent in by viewers. During the 1980s, Fields also became known as the voice of Wally Walpamur (Chimpanzee's dressed as humans painting houses) in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kerry Armstrong
Kerry Michelle Armstrong (born 12 September 1958) is an Australian actress and author. She is one of only two actresses to win two Australian Film Institute Awards in the same year, winning Best Actress in a Leading Role for ''Lantana'' and Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Television Drama for '' SeaChange'' in 2001. After early television roles in Australia including ''Prisoner'' (1979) and '' Skyways'' (1980), Armstrong moved to the United States in 1981, where she played Ophelia in ''Hamlet'' and Isabella in ''Measure for Measure'' at the Arena Stage in Washington, D.C., and had a role in the soap opera ''Dynasty'' (1985–86). She returned to Australia in 1987. Her other television roles include '' MDA'' (2002–03) and '' Bed of Roses'' (2008–11). Career Early years Armstrong appeared in both acting and presenting roles on Australian television in the 1970s and early 1980. One of her first acting roles was on television series ''Marion'', released in March 197 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew McKaige
Andrew McKaige (born 1959) is an Australian actor, most prominent in television soap opera. As well as acting, McKaige is also a voice-artist and singer-songwriter, having played with the country rock band, The Fine Line. In 1994, he won second place for Best Song in the Country Category of the Australian Songwriter's Association. Divorced, McKaige met his ex-wife Leslie while living in Los Angeles. After seven years of marriage, the couple divorced when McKaige returned to Australia for a role in the Nine Network television soap series '' Paradise Beach''. Early life Coming from a family of avid Australian Rules Football fans, In his teens, McKaige, along with his brothers played for Melbourne Football Club, and was named Under 17's Best and Fairest in 1975. His father, Ken McKaige, played for a number of different clubs over his career. At the age of five years, his brother Cameron was the youngest person ever signed to a league club. This was to ensure that he was not late ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bartholomew John
Bartholomew John (born 24 August 1952 in Christchurch, New Zealand) is an actor best known for his roles on television in America and Australia. In 1974, his single "Someone" peaked at number 75 in Australia. Career John has worked as a professional stage and screen actor, singer and presenter for over 40 years, nationally and internationally. He is a classically trained singer, who initially had a music career in New Zealand. He never considered himself an actor, but developed the acting bug through musical theatre. In the 1970s, John played clown, Ronald McDonald on McDonald’s television advertisements in Australia. He played Dr. Chris Piper in the Australian soap opera '' The Young Doctors'' from 1977 to 1979 followed by a lead role in '' Skyways'' from 1979 to 1981 as Captain Nick Granger, also appearing in '' Waterloo Station'' and ''Special Squad''. His guest credits include: '' Murder Call'', '' All Saints'' and '' Always Greener''. John attended The Actors Studio i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kris McQuade
Kris McQuade (born 1952) is an Australian actress who has had many film, television and theatre roles. Career McQuade's film credits include '' The Love Letters from Teralba Road'', '' Kostas'', '' Fighting Back'', '' Lonely Hearts'', '' Goodbye Paradise'', '' The Coca-Cola Kid'', ''Strictly Ballroom'', '' Billy's Holiday'', '' December Boys'' and ''Cargo''. Her television credits include episodes of '' Fields of Flame'', '' Fields of Fire'' (1987), '' Scales of Justice'', '' Palace of Dreams'' (1985), '' Certain Women'', '' Skyways'', ''Punishment'' (1981), '' A Country Practice'', ''Home and Away'', '' The Flying Doctors'', '' Boys from the Bush'', '' Love Thy Neighbour in Australia'' (1980), '' The Last Resort'' (1988), '' Wildside'', ''Grass Roots'', ''Blue Heelers'', '' Stingers'', ''Supernova A supernova (: supernovae or supernovas) is a powerful and luminous explosion of a star. A supernova occurs during the last stellar evolution, evolutionary stages of a massive st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joanne Samuel
Joanne Samuel is an Australian film and television actress, who is best known for her role as the screen wife of Mel Gibson's title character in the 1979 film ''Mad Max''. Early life and education Joanne Samuel was born in Camperdown, Sydney, Australia. She studied dance with Honeybrooks and drama at the Independent Theatre. Career Prior to her appearance in ''Mad Max'', Samuel had made guest appearances in police procedurals ''Matlock Police'' and ''Homicide''. She was then a regular cast member in television soap operas '' Class of '74'', '' The Sullivans'' and ''The Young Doctors''. She left ''The Young Doctors'' after the producers wrote her out of the show when she was offered the ''Mad Max'' role after a fellow ''Young Doctors'' actress who had been due to take the role fell ill. Samuel later returned to television in the regular role of Kelly Morgan-Young in ''Skyways''. Samuel's other film appearances included roles in ''Alison's Birthday'' (1981), '' Early Frost' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce Barry (actor)
Bruce Alaric Barry (24 October 193420 April 2017 (6 May 2017 is also mentioned as a death date in one source)Obituaries in the Performing Arts 2017 Retrieved 12 January 2019) was an Australian stage, television and film actor, and singer. Early life and career Bruce Barry was born the son of a teacher in , , and grew up in .Philip O'Brien, "Barry happy to per ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken James (Australian Actor)
Ken James (born 16 November 1948) is an Australian former actor and celebrity chef. He is most widely known for his role in children's TV show ''Skippy the Bush Kangaroo'' as Mark Hammond to which be became known locally and to international audiences After his debut in Skippy, James continued to work in film, television and theatre for another 36 years. In December 2009, James was diagnosed with stage three non-Hodgkin lymphoma, which escalated to stage four by 2011. James started chemotherapy, and as of November 2020 the cancer is in remission. James was also actively involved in the Victoria Police, Victorian Police Force as an unsworn member from 1993 to 2013. Early life and education James was born in Sydney on 16 November 1948 and finished his schooling at Cleveland Street Boys High School. During his time at school, James became particularly interested in school plays, which acted as an impetus to join the acting industry. At the age of 12, a neighbour showed him an adve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WIN (TV Station)
WIN is a television station serving southern New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory. It is the flagship station of the WIN Television network. History Television Wollongong Transmission Limited (TWT) was incorporated on 4 October 1955 by a group of local businessmen. Five years later, it was awarded a licence by the Postmaster-General's Department, over a number of other groups aligned to Sydney-based stations ATN, ATN-7 and TCN, TCN-9, to broadcast to the Illawarra and South Coast, New South Wales, South Coast regions. The new station was to broadcast on the VHF-4 frequency, using the callsign WIN (which stood for ''Wollongong Illawarra New South Wales'', in line with other List of Australian television callsigns, Australian call signs). Soon after, a plot of land was purchased at Drummond Battery, Fort Drummond, approximately two kilometres south of the Wollongong central business district, for the station's television studios. Prior to the opening night's tran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lifestyle (British TV Channel)
Lifestyle was a British daytime television channel aimed at women and families. It was broadcast on cable and from February 1989 on transponder 5 of the Astra satellite. The channel's logo originally consisted of 3D computer graphics forming a face before when it was relaunched in November 1987, which changes to an animated pastel butterfly and includes the signature flute tune within typifying its gentle pace and reflective colourful style. History 1985–1989: Early years Lifestyle was launched as a daytime service on 30 October 1985, initially on various cable networks such as Rediffusion Cablevision in parts of the United Kingdom and on Cablelink in parts of Ireland. Lifestyle's lineup mainly consisted of magazines, novelas and movies and the programming was linked by an in-vision continuity announcer, David Hamilton. By the late 1980s, the channel was showing a range of classic American comedies, crime dramas (such as ''Divorce Court'' and ''Remington Steele'') along ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
