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Waterfront (miniseries)
''Waterfront'' is a 1984 Australian miniseries about industrial disputes on the Australian waterfront during the Great Depression.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford University Press, 1996 p248 Premise In 1928, industrial unrest erupts on the Melbourne waterfront. Cast * Jack Thompson as Maxey Woodbury * Greta Scacchi as Anna Chieri *Warren Mitchell as Laughing Les *Noni Hazlehurst as Maggie *Ray Barrett as Sam Elliott *Chris Haywood as Ernie Donaldson *Jay Mannering as Savo *Elin Jenkins as Vera Donaldson *Frank Gallacher as Paddy Ryan *Jan Friedl as Sheila Ryan * Mark Little as Allan Williams * Wyn Roberts as Inspector Legge *Tony Rickards as Snowy Williams *Eileen Chapman as Flo Williams *Edward Hepple as Harry Geahry *Sylvie Fonti as Teresa Callini *Peter Sardi as Paolo Callini * Joseph Spano as Giorgio *Simon Chilvers as Cross *David Cameron as Albert Maple-Brown *Bruce Myles as Premier Hogan *John Lee as Governor *Anthony Hawkins as Sir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mini-series
In the United States, a miniseries or mini-series is a television show or series that tells a story in a predetermined, limited number of episodes. Many miniseries can also be referred to, and shown, as a television film. " Limited series" is a more recent American term which is sometimes used interchangeably. , the popularity of miniseries format has increased in both streaming services and broadcast television. The term " serial" is used in the United Kingdom and in other Commonwealth nations to describe a show that has an ongoing narrative plotline, while "series" is used for a set of episodes in a similar way that "season" is used in North America. Definitions A miniseries is distinguished from an ongoing television series; the latter does not usually have a predetermined number of episodes and may continue for several years. Before the term was coined in the United States in the early 1970s, the ongoing episodic form was always called a "serial", just as a novel appeari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Hepple
Edward Hepple (4 June 1914 – 3 September 2005) billed variously as Eddie Hepple and Ted Hepple, was an Australian actor, voice artist, producer, director, playwright and television scriptwriter, known for his roles in theatre, television serials, soap operas and TV movies. His well-known roles were as Sid Humphrey in ''Prisoner'' and the voice of the prospector in the animated series '' The Silver Brumby''. Stage He was part of the cast in the first public performance of Kenneth G. Ross's important Australian play ''Breaker Morant: A Play in Two Acts'', presented by the Melbourne Theatre Company at the Athenaeum Theatre, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, on 2 February 1978. Television Perhaps best known for his television appearances, his credits include: * ''Barley Charlie'' (1964) *''Adventure Unlimited'' (1965) * '' The Swagman'' (1965) * ''Contrabandits'' (1967) * '' Vega 4'' (1968) as Zodian * ''Skippy the Bush Kangaroo'' (1968–69) S2 E34 Treasure Hunt as Ben * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1980s Australian Television Miniseries
__NOTOC__ Year 198 (CXCVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sergius and Gallus (or, less frequently, year 951 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 198 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire *January 28 **Publius Septimius Geta, son of Septimius Severus, receives the title of Caesar. **Caracalla, son of Septimius Severus, is given the title of Augustus. China *Winter – Battle of Xiapi: The allied armies led by Cao Cao and Liu Bei defeat Lü Bu; afterward Cao Cao has him executed. By topic Religion * Marcus I succeeds Olympianus as Patriarch of Constantinople (until 211). Births * Lu Kai, Chinese official and general (d. 269) * Quan Cong, Chinese general and advisor (d. 249) Deaths * Li Jue, Chinese warlord and regent * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Screen Online
The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA), known as ScreenSound Australia from 1999 to 2004, is Australia's audiovisual archive, responsible for developing, preserving, maintaining, promoting, and providing access to a national collection of film, television, sound, radio, video games, new media, and related documents and artefacts. The collection ranges from works created in the late nineteenth century when the recorded sound and film industries were in their infancy, to those made in the present day. The NFSA collection first started as the National Historical Film and Speaking Record Library (within the then Commonwealth National Library) in 1935, becoming an independent cultural organisation in 1984. On 3 October, Prime Minister Bob Hawke officially opened the NFSA's headquarters in Canberra. History of the organisation The work of the archive can be officially dated to the establishment of the National Historical Film and Speaking Record Library (part of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Blamey
Field marshal (Australia), Field Marshal Sir Thomas Albert Blamey (24 January 1884 – 27 May 1951) was an Australian general of the First World War, First and Second World Wars. He is the only Australian to attain the rank of field marshal. Blamey joined the Australian Army as a regular soldier in 1906, and attended the Pakistan Command and Staff College, Staff College at Quetta. During the First World War, he participated in the landing at Anzac Cove on 25 April 1915, and served as a staff officer in the Gallipoli campaign, where he was mentioned in despatches for a daring raid behind enemy lines. He later served on the Western Front (World War I), Western Front, where he distinguished himself in the planning for the Battle of Pozières. He rose to the rank of brigadier general, and served as chief of staff of the Australian Corps under Lieutenant general (Australia), Lieutenant General Sir John Monash, who credited him as a factor in the Corps' success in the Battle of Hamel, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Murray McPherson
Sir William Murray McPherson, KBE (17 September 1865 – 26 July 1932) was an Australian philanthropist and politician. He was the 31st Premier of Victoria. Early life and philanthropy He was born in West Melbourne, the son of a prosperous Scottish-born merchant, and worked in his father's business, eventually becoming sole proprietor and managing director of McPherson's, a leading machinery firm. A very wealthy man by the early years of the 20th century, he was President of the Melbourne Chamber of Commerce 1907–1909. In 1892 he married Emily Jackson, with whom he had three children. In 1927 he donated £25,000 to found the Emily McPherson School of Domestic Economy, named for his wife (today, as Emily McPherson College, it is part of RMIT University). He also funded the Jessie McPherson section (named for his mother) of the now-demolished Queen Victoria Hospital. His son, W.E.McPherson, donated Invergowrie House to the Headmistresses’ Association that created a hostel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Hawkins
Anthony Hawkins (30 September 1932 – 23 September 2013), was an English-born, Australian-based television actor. He was best known for his roles as Detective Senior Sergeant Greg Smith in the police procedural ''Special Squad (1984)'' and Frank diAngelo on ''The Saddle Club''. He also had a recurring role in ''Prisoner (TV series), Prisoner'' as Bob Morris from 1980 to 1982. He trained as an actor at Guildhall School of Music and Drama following a brief stint working as a policeman in England. Stage He was part of the cast in the first public performance of Kenneth G. Ross's important Australian play Breaker Morant (play), ''Breaker Morant'', presented by the Melbourne Theatre Company at the Melbourne Athenaeum, Athenaeum Theatre, in Melbourne in 1978. He also appeared in the play ''The Happy Apple'' at Melbourne Little Theatre, St Martins Theatre in Melbourne in 1971. He toured the United States with Alfie (play), ''Alfie'', played in ''Birds on the Wing'' in Melbourne, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmund Hogan
Edmund Ignatius Hogan S.J. (23 January 1831 – 26 November 1917) was an Irish Jesuit scholar. Life Hogan was born at Belvelly near Cobh, County Cork on 23 January 1831, the youngest son of William Hogan and his wife Mary Morris. He joined the Society of Jesus and studied for the priesthood in Belgium and France. He returned to Ireland where he taught German for a year at Clongowes Wood College; and then languages and music in the Sacred Heart College, Limerick. After extensive research in Rome Hogan published a history of the Jesuits in Ireland and a life of Saint Patrick. He lectured on Irish language and history at University College Dublin, and was Todd Professor (Celtic) at the Royal Irish Academy The Royal Irish Academy (RIA; ), based in Dublin, is an academic body that promotes study in the natural sciences, arts, literature, and social sciences. It is Ireland's premier List of Irish learned societies, learned society and one of its le .... Hogan died on 26 Novembe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce Myles
Bruce Myles (born 29 November 1940) is an Australian actor and film director. He has appeared in 40 films and television shows since 1963. In 1987, along with Michael Pattinson, he co-directed the film ''Ground Zero''. It was entered into the 38th Berlin International Film Festival. In 2004 he adapted ''The Call'', Martin Flanagan's 1998 novel about cricketer and Australian rules football pioneer Tom Wills Thomas Wentworth Wills (19 August 1835 – 2 May 1880) was an Australian sportsman who is credited with being Australia's first cricketer of significance and a founder of Australian rules football. Born in the British penal colony of Colo ..., into a stage play. Filmography References External links * 1940 births Living people Australian male film actors Australian film directors Male actors from Sydney {{Australia-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
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 attended Knox Grammar School, in the Sydney suburb of Wahroonga, from 1949 to 1956. Upon leaving school, his parents encouraged him to pursue a career in advertising. Unenthused, he was instead inspired by his grandmother to attend an acting audition, where he was immediately offered a role. Career Chilvers started off his career acting for the stage, at the Melbourne Theatre Company, playing roles In productions by Shakespeare, Ibsen and Chekhov. He went on to appear in television series such as ''A Country Practice'', ''Prisoner'', ''Homicide'' and ''Division 4''. He also played the main role of Sergeant Julian Flicker in drama series ''Rafferty's Rules''. Chilvers won the 1986 AFI Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Min ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Spano
Joseph Peter Spano (born July 7, 1946) is an American actor known best for his roles as Lt. Henry Goldblume on ''Hill Street Blues'' and FBI Special Agent Tobias C. Fornell on '' NCIS''. He also voiced the Chuck E. Cheese (at the time Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time Theatre) character, Pasqually the Chef, from 1977 to 1983. Career Spano was a member of the San Francisco improvisation group The Wing, and in college debuted as Paris in a production of ''Romeo and Juliet'' in 1967. In 1968, he helped found the Berkeley Repertory Theatre, acting in its first production, and stayed with the company for ten years. He relocated to Hollywood during the late 1970s, obtaining guest roles for television and minor roles in ''American Graffiti'' (1973) and '' The Enforcer'' (1976). In ''Hill Street Blues'' he played Henry Goldblume during the entire seven-year run of the series, first as a detective sergeant, later as a lieutenant. Goldblume was one of Hill Street precinct captain Frank Furill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
