Bud Tingwell

Charles William "Bud" Tingwell AM (3 January 1923 - 15 May 2009) was an Australian film, television, theatre and radio actor. Tingwell was one of the veterans of Australian film. He acted in his first motion picture in 1946 and appeared in...

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...(Philip Latham) informs them that his late Master left instructions for visitors always to be welcomed. That night, he kidnaps Alan (Charles Tingwell ) and uses his blood to resurrect Count Dracula (Christopher Lee) from his ashes. He then...

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...and never did it again. Davey would have been looking to have the cameraman sacked! Some well known Australian actors, such as Bud Tingwell and John Ewart, worked as assistant comperes on Dyer's radio programs. As Tingwell describes it,...

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...revealed 10 of Australia's prime ministers were Freemasons, as well as legendary cricketer Sir Donald Bradman and veteran actor Charles Tingwell, who died earlier this year. The history of Freemasonry, a fraternal organization, dates back...

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...Clayton Watson) in a scene that dances deftly between tense and hilarious. Later, we meet Sam's mum (Jacki Weaver) and granddad (Bud Tingwell), Dean's girlfriend (Pia Miranda) and her parents (Barry Otto and Heather Mitchell) plus the...

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.... Previous winners include directors Fred Schepisi and Peter Weir, producer Jan Chapman, film critic David Stratton and actors Bud Tingwell, John Meillon and Ray Barrett. The significance of the award for Rush is to join a group of...

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A script by bed as acting great Charles Bud Tingwell exits CHARLES "Bud" Tingwell had one of the longest acting careers in Australia - spanning radio, film, TV and the stage - and Australians never tired of him. From his first radio work...

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...Castle, but locally he was the face of many roles spanning a 50-year career, from television to the stage and the silver screen. "Bud Tingwell is in every sense an Australian legend," the Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said. His last...

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...he had cancer for the last couple of years. Outside the Ritz Randwick today, flowers were placed on Charles Tingwell's plaque in the pavement. Tingwell was best known as the star of the iconic police show Homicide and the much-loved...

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Aussie actor Charles Tingwell has died at a Melbourne hospital. The 86 year old appeared in movies like Breaker Morant, The Castle and classic war film The Desert Rats, and hit British and Australian TV shows including Emergency Ward 10...

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