''Platypus Cove'' is a 1983 Australian television film about a tugboat.
[Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p121]
Cast
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Tony Barry
Tony Barry (28 August 1941 – 21 December 2022) was an Australian actor and activist best known for his television and film roles.
Personal life
Barry was born in Ipswich, Queensland, on 28 August 1941. He had one son. Barry was an environmen ...
as Frank Nelson
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Carmen Duncan
Carmen Joan Duncan (7 July 1942 – 3 February 2019) was an Australian-born stage and screen actress and activist, with a career locally and internationally in the United States that spanned over 50 years.
She was nominated for the AFI Award ...
as Margaret Davis
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Simone Buchanan
Simone Louise Buchanan is an Australian film and television actress, and television director. She is best known for her television roles as Debbie Kelly in the situation comedy '' Hey Dad..!'' and Samantha Fitzgerald in the soap opera ''Neighbo ...
as Jenny Nelson
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Paul Smith Paul Smith is the name of:
Music
* Paul Smith (composer) (1906–1985), American film music composer
* Paul Smith (pianist) (1922–2013), Los Angeles jazz pianist
* Paul Smith (English singer) (born 1979), vocalist and songwriter of British in ...
as Jim Mason
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Martin Lewis as Peter Nelson
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Aileen Britton as Grandma Mason
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Henri Szeps
Henri Szeps () (born October 2, 1943), also spelled Henry Szeps, is a Swiss-born Australian character actor of theatre and television. He has also featured in films and worked in voice roles, and has worked in productions in the United Kingdom. ...
as Winston Bell
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Mark Hembrow
Mark Hembrow (born 1955 in Brisbane) is an Australian actor, writer and musician. He has also has worked as a producer and director.
Early life and family
Hembrow's parents were Vernon Charles Hembrow, a senior English Literature Lecturer at t ...
as Paddy O'Neil
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Dennis Miller
Dennis Michael Miller (born November 3, 1953) is an American political commentator, stand-up comedian, talk show host, writer, actor and former sportscaster.
Miller was a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series ''Saturday Night Live'' fro ...
as Sergeant Don Bailey
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Bill Kerr
William Henry Kerr (10 June 1922 – 28 August 2014) was a British and Australian actor, comedian and vaudevillian.
Born in South Africa, he started his career as a child actor in Australia, before emigrating to Britain after the Second World W ...
as Mr. Anderson
* Brian Anderson as Shop Manager
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Allen Bickford as Ted Finch
* Robin Bowering as Dr. Rinaldi
* Robert Carne as Boxing Second
* John Chedid as Michael Peters
* Tim Grogan as Boxing Second
* John Ley as Leo Baldwin
* Patrick Mansfield as Boat Seller
References
External links
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Australian television films
1983 television films
1983 films
1980s English-language films
Films directed by Peter Maxwell
1980s Australian films
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