Post by ChasWeazle on May 14, 2019 23:00:07 GMT
Let us remember... Charles William Tingwell AM, who passed away on this day (15 May) in 2009, aged 86.
He was known professionally as Bud Tingwell or Charles 'Bud' Tingwell.
He was an Australian film, television, theatre and radio actor. One of the veterans of Australian film, he acted in his first motion picture in 1946 and went on to appear in more than 100 films and numerous TV programmes in both the United Kingdom and Australia.
He joined Doris Fitton's Independent Theatre group and appeared on stage from the mid-1940s in such classics as The Little Foxes by Lillian Hellman and Jean Giraudoux's The Madwoman of Chaillot.
In 1946, Tingwell was given his first film role, as a control tower officer in Smithy.
Tingwell had an excellent support part in Bitter Springs (1950), made by Ealing Studios with Chips Rafferty; Tingwell played Rafferty's bigoted son. He had a similar role in Kangaroo (1952), a Hollywood-financed film shot in Australia for 20th Century Fox. He then appeared in I Found Joe Barton (1952), the first TV show shot in Australia.
Fox liked Tingwell's work in Kangaroo and invited him to Los Angeles to play the part of Lt Harry Carstairs in The Desert Rats, in which he appeared opposite Chips Rafferty, James Mason and Richard Burton. They offered him a long-term contract but Tingwell turned it down as he wanted to return to Australia.
Tingwell played the lead in King of the Coral Sea (1954) alongside Rafferty. In 1954, he co-starred with Gordon Chater in Top of the Bill, the first of the famous satirical revues staged at Sydney's Phillip Street Theatre.
The Australian film and radio industry slumped with the advent of television and Tingwell decided to move to the UK. He used the opportunity of a role in Ealing's The Shiralee (1957), which was filmed in Australia and London. Tingwell travelled to England to complete his scenes and decided to stay.
The following year, he took on his first recurring television role, as Australian surgeon Alan Dawson in the live TV serial Emergency – Ward 10 and its film spin-off Life in Emergency Ward 10 (1959).
He had small roles in Ealing's Dunkirk (1958), then Bobbikins (1959), Cone of Silence (1960), and Tarzan the Magnificent (1960).
Tingwell played the role of Inspector Craddock in all four films of the Miss Marple series, starring Margaret Rutherford, from 1961 to 1964: Murder, She Said (1961), Murder at the Gallop (1963), Murder Most Foul (1964) and Murder Ahoy! (1964). For Hammer Films he appeared in The Secret of Blood Island (1964) and Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966).
He had the lead in a TV series An Enemy of the State (1965).
In the late 1960s, he performed various minor voice roles for the Gerry Anderson "Supermarionation" TV series Thunderbirds and Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons..
In 1969 he appeared as Robert Danvers in the long running farce "There's A Girl In My Soup", at the Comedy Theatre, London.
He was the recurring character of Motel Manager Kevin McArthur in Crossroads in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
He had a small role in Nobody Runs Forever (1968) with Rod Taylor.
Tingwell appeared in many other films during his time in Britain, spending a total of 16 years as a "London Aussie".
In 1973, he returned to Australia with his wife and children, and shortly after won the role of Inspector Reg Lawson in the long-running TV series Homicide. This was followed by small roles in a number of major Australian films, such as Breaker Morant (1980), Puberty Blues (1981) and All the Rivers Run (1983). He also played the recurring role of farmer Ted Campbell in the soap A Country Practice in the late 1980s and early 1990s and as the Narrator from The Flying Scotsman In Australia.
Tingwell's career went through a quiet period during the late 1980s and early 1990s, until he took on the role of "Gramps" in "Charlie the Wonderdog", a recurring segment on The Late Show, in 1993. His role in The Late Show was later to win him a major role as lawyer Lawrence Hammill in the film The Castle (1997). He later stated that this role helped him to recover from the death of his wife the previous year.
After the success of The Castle, Tingwell's career underwent a revival during the late 1990s and early 2000s. This saw him take on small roles in the commercial films The Craic (1999) and The Dish (2000), and in the TV mini-series Changi, as well as the lead role in the romantic drama film Innocence (2000). Tingwell also had a recurring guest role in the soap opera Neighbours from 2000 to 2003, playing Henry O'Rourke. He had previously appeared in the soap in 1993 as Bert Willis.
He appeared as John Conroy in the musical theatre production The Man from Snowy River: Arena Spectacular, which toured Australian capital cities twice during 2002.
In 2004, Tingwell published a memoir, Bud: A Life. In 2006, he launched his own website, which attracted 500 registered users in just over a week. On 5 October that year, he created his first blog. He continued to act regularly until his death, in a number of films and TV programmes including eight episodes of Bed of Roses that aired in 2010. Among his last appearances, he hosted both Celebrity Circus and 20 to 1 and appeared on a celebrity special of Temptation with his daughter, Virginia.
Tingwell died in Melbourne from prostate cancer, aged 86, on 15 May 2009.
He was given a state funeral, which was held at St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne, on 20 May.
Films include..
Come Up Smiling (1939) .... Man in Crowd (uncredited)
Smithy (1946) .... Control Tower Officer (uncredited)
Always Another Dawn (1948) .... Terry Regan
Into the Straight (1949) .... Sam Curzon
Bitter Springs (1950) .... John King
The Glenrowan Affair (1951) .... Narrator (voice)
Kangaroo (1952) .... Matt
I Found Joe Barton (1952, Short) .... Al Munch
The Desert Rats (1953) .... Lieutenant Harry Carstairs
King of the Coral Sea (1953) .... Peter Merriman
Captain Thunderbolt (1953) .... Alan Blake
Smiley (1956) .... Mr Stevens
The Shiralee (1957) .... Jim Muldoon
Dunkirk (1958) .... Sergeant in Cookhouse (uncredited)
Life in Emergency Ward 10 (1959) .... Dr. Alan Dawson
Bobbikins (1959) .... Luke Parker
Cone of Silence (1960) .... Captain Braddock
Tarzan the Magnificent (1960) .... Conway
Murder, She Said (1961) .... Inspector Craddock
Murder at the Gallop (1963) .... Inspector Craddock
Murder Most Foul (1964) .... Inspector Craddock
Murder Ahoy! (1964) .... Inspector Craddock
The Secret of Blood Island (1964) .... Major Dryden
Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966) .... Alan Kent
Thunderbirds Are Go (1966) .... Dr. Tony Grant (voice)
Nobody Runs Forever (1968) .... Jacko
Petersen (1974) .... Reverend Petersen
End Play (1975) .... Dr. Fairburn
Eliza Fraser (1976) .... Duncan Fraser
Summerfield (1977) .... Dr. Miller
Money Movers (1978) .... Jack Henderson
The Journalist (1979) .... Sid Mitchell
Breaker Morant (1980) .... Lt. Colonel Denny
Puberty Blues (1981) .... The Headmaster
Freedom (1982) .... Cassidy
My First Wife (1984) .... Helen's Father
Annie's Coming Out (1984) .... Judge
Malcolm (1986) .... Tram Factory Boss
Windrider (1986) .... Stewart Simpson Senior
Bushfire Moon (1987) .... Max Bell
Evil Angels (a.k.a. A Cry in the Dark)(1988) .... Justice James Muirhead
The Flying Scotsman in Australia (1992) .... Narrator
Shotgun Wedding (1993) .... Gary Judge (voice)
The Castle (1997) .... Lawrence Hammill QC
Amy (1997) .... Country Doctor
The Craic (1999) .... Farmer
The Wog Boy (2000) .... Mr. Walker
Innocence (2000) .... Andreas Borg
The Dish (2000) .... Reverend Loftus
WillFull (2001) .... Martin
The Inside Story (2002) .... Edward Brooks
Ned Kelly (2003) .... Graham Berry
Human Touch (2004) .... Anna's Step-father
Laughing Stock (2005) .... Grandad
Irresistible (2006) .... Sam
Jindabyne (2006) .... Minister
Three Blind Mice (2008) .... Bob
Salvation (2008) .... Gallery Visitor
Menzies and Churchill at War (2008, TV Movie) .... Sir Winston Churchill
Remembering Nigel (2009) .... Himself
TV include..
Emergency – Ward 10 (1957) .... Dr. Alan Dawson
The Avengers (1963).... Mike Venner
An Enemy of the State (1965) .... Harry Sutton
Thunderbirds (1966) .... Various characters (voices)
The Avengers (1967) .... Dr. Neville
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons (1967) .... Dr. Fawn, Captain Brown and others (voices)
A Man of our Times (1968) .... David Soames.
UFO (1970) .... Beaver James in "Mindbender"
Homicide (1973-1976) .... Inspector Reg Lawson
The Sullivans (1976) .... Dr. Hammond
All the Rivers Run (1983 mini-series) .... Uncle Charles
Prisoner Cell Block H (1985-1986) .... Dr. Massey/Mr Hudson 5 Episodes
All the Rivers Run 2 (1989 mini-series) ... Uncle Charles
The Late Show (1993) .... Gramps in "Charlie the Wonder Dog"
Mother and Son (1994) .... The Judge
The Silver Brumby (1998) .... Benni
Round the Twist (2000) .... Derek
Neighbours (2000-2003) .... Henry O'Rourke
Changi (2001) .... David Colins (in old age)
... But we remember him as Mr Bennett, Carrot's dad, in the first series of Catweazle, aired in 1970.
He was known professionally as Bud Tingwell or Charles 'Bud' Tingwell.
He was an Australian film, television, theatre and radio actor. One of the veterans of Australian film, he acted in his first motion picture in 1946 and went on to appear in more than 100 films and numerous TV programmes in both the United Kingdom and Australia.
He joined Doris Fitton's Independent Theatre group and appeared on stage from the mid-1940s in such classics as The Little Foxes by Lillian Hellman and Jean Giraudoux's The Madwoman of Chaillot.
In 1946, Tingwell was given his first film role, as a control tower officer in Smithy.
Tingwell had an excellent support part in Bitter Springs (1950), made by Ealing Studios with Chips Rafferty; Tingwell played Rafferty's bigoted son. He had a similar role in Kangaroo (1952), a Hollywood-financed film shot in Australia for 20th Century Fox. He then appeared in I Found Joe Barton (1952), the first TV show shot in Australia.
Fox liked Tingwell's work in Kangaroo and invited him to Los Angeles to play the part of Lt Harry Carstairs in The Desert Rats, in which he appeared opposite Chips Rafferty, James Mason and Richard Burton. They offered him a long-term contract but Tingwell turned it down as he wanted to return to Australia.
Tingwell played the lead in King of the Coral Sea (1954) alongside Rafferty. In 1954, he co-starred with Gordon Chater in Top of the Bill, the first of the famous satirical revues staged at Sydney's Phillip Street Theatre.
The Australian film and radio industry slumped with the advent of television and Tingwell decided to move to the UK. He used the opportunity of a role in Ealing's The Shiralee (1957), which was filmed in Australia and London. Tingwell travelled to England to complete his scenes and decided to stay.
The following year, he took on his first recurring television role, as Australian surgeon Alan Dawson in the live TV serial Emergency – Ward 10 and its film spin-off Life in Emergency Ward 10 (1959).
He had small roles in Ealing's Dunkirk (1958), then Bobbikins (1959), Cone of Silence (1960), and Tarzan the Magnificent (1960).
Tingwell played the role of Inspector Craddock in all four films of the Miss Marple series, starring Margaret Rutherford, from 1961 to 1964: Murder, She Said (1961), Murder at the Gallop (1963), Murder Most Foul (1964) and Murder Ahoy! (1964). For Hammer Films he appeared in The Secret of Blood Island (1964) and Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966).
He had the lead in a TV series An Enemy of the State (1965).
In the late 1960s, he performed various minor voice roles for the Gerry Anderson "Supermarionation" TV series Thunderbirds and Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons..
In 1969 he appeared as Robert Danvers in the long running farce "There's A Girl In My Soup", at the Comedy Theatre, London.
He was the recurring character of Motel Manager Kevin McArthur in Crossroads in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
He had a small role in Nobody Runs Forever (1968) with Rod Taylor.
Tingwell appeared in many other films during his time in Britain, spending a total of 16 years as a "London Aussie".
In 1973, he returned to Australia with his wife and children, and shortly after won the role of Inspector Reg Lawson in the long-running TV series Homicide. This was followed by small roles in a number of major Australian films, such as Breaker Morant (1980), Puberty Blues (1981) and All the Rivers Run (1983). He also played the recurring role of farmer Ted Campbell in the soap A Country Practice in the late 1980s and early 1990s and as the Narrator from The Flying Scotsman In Australia.
Tingwell's career went through a quiet period during the late 1980s and early 1990s, until he took on the role of "Gramps" in "Charlie the Wonderdog", a recurring segment on The Late Show, in 1993. His role in The Late Show was later to win him a major role as lawyer Lawrence Hammill in the film The Castle (1997). He later stated that this role helped him to recover from the death of his wife the previous year.
After the success of The Castle, Tingwell's career underwent a revival during the late 1990s and early 2000s. This saw him take on small roles in the commercial films The Craic (1999) and The Dish (2000), and in the TV mini-series Changi, as well as the lead role in the romantic drama film Innocence (2000). Tingwell also had a recurring guest role in the soap opera Neighbours from 2000 to 2003, playing Henry O'Rourke. He had previously appeared in the soap in 1993 as Bert Willis.
He appeared as John Conroy in the musical theatre production The Man from Snowy River: Arena Spectacular, which toured Australian capital cities twice during 2002.
In 2004, Tingwell published a memoir, Bud: A Life. In 2006, he launched his own website, which attracted 500 registered users in just over a week. On 5 October that year, he created his first blog. He continued to act regularly until his death, in a number of films and TV programmes including eight episodes of Bed of Roses that aired in 2010. Among his last appearances, he hosted both Celebrity Circus and 20 to 1 and appeared on a celebrity special of Temptation with his daughter, Virginia.
Tingwell died in Melbourne from prostate cancer, aged 86, on 15 May 2009.
He was given a state funeral, which was held at St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne, on 20 May.
Films include..
Come Up Smiling (1939) .... Man in Crowd (uncredited)
Smithy (1946) .... Control Tower Officer (uncredited)
Always Another Dawn (1948) .... Terry Regan
Into the Straight (1949) .... Sam Curzon
Bitter Springs (1950) .... John King
The Glenrowan Affair (1951) .... Narrator (voice)
Kangaroo (1952) .... Matt
I Found Joe Barton (1952, Short) .... Al Munch
The Desert Rats (1953) .... Lieutenant Harry Carstairs
King of the Coral Sea (1953) .... Peter Merriman
Captain Thunderbolt (1953) .... Alan Blake
Smiley (1956) .... Mr Stevens
The Shiralee (1957) .... Jim Muldoon
Dunkirk (1958) .... Sergeant in Cookhouse (uncredited)
Life in Emergency Ward 10 (1959) .... Dr. Alan Dawson
Bobbikins (1959) .... Luke Parker
Cone of Silence (1960) .... Captain Braddock
Tarzan the Magnificent (1960) .... Conway
Murder, She Said (1961) .... Inspector Craddock
Murder at the Gallop (1963) .... Inspector Craddock
Murder Most Foul (1964) .... Inspector Craddock
Murder Ahoy! (1964) .... Inspector Craddock
The Secret of Blood Island (1964) .... Major Dryden
Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966) .... Alan Kent
Thunderbirds Are Go (1966) .... Dr. Tony Grant (voice)
Nobody Runs Forever (1968) .... Jacko
Petersen (1974) .... Reverend Petersen
End Play (1975) .... Dr. Fairburn
Eliza Fraser (1976) .... Duncan Fraser
Summerfield (1977) .... Dr. Miller
Money Movers (1978) .... Jack Henderson
The Journalist (1979) .... Sid Mitchell
Breaker Morant (1980) .... Lt. Colonel Denny
Puberty Blues (1981) .... The Headmaster
Freedom (1982) .... Cassidy
My First Wife (1984) .... Helen's Father
Annie's Coming Out (1984) .... Judge
Malcolm (1986) .... Tram Factory Boss
Windrider (1986) .... Stewart Simpson Senior
Bushfire Moon (1987) .... Max Bell
Evil Angels (a.k.a. A Cry in the Dark)(1988) .... Justice James Muirhead
The Flying Scotsman in Australia (1992) .... Narrator
Shotgun Wedding (1993) .... Gary Judge (voice)
The Castle (1997) .... Lawrence Hammill QC
Amy (1997) .... Country Doctor
The Craic (1999) .... Farmer
The Wog Boy (2000) .... Mr. Walker
Innocence (2000) .... Andreas Borg
The Dish (2000) .... Reverend Loftus
WillFull (2001) .... Martin
The Inside Story (2002) .... Edward Brooks
Ned Kelly (2003) .... Graham Berry
Human Touch (2004) .... Anna's Step-father
Laughing Stock (2005) .... Grandad
Irresistible (2006) .... Sam
Jindabyne (2006) .... Minister
Three Blind Mice (2008) .... Bob
Salvation (2008) .... Gallery Visitor
Menzies and Churchill at War (2008, TV Movie) .... Sir Winston Churchill
Remembering Nigel (2009) .... Himself
TV include..
Emergency – Ward 10 (1957) .... Dr. Alan Dawson
The Avengers (1963).... Mike Venner
An Enemy of the State (1965) .... Harry Sutton
Thunderbirds (1966) .... Various characters (voices)
The Avengers (1967) .... Dr. Neville
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons (1967) .... Dr. Fawn, Captain Brown and others (voices)
A Man of our Times (1968) .... David Soames.
UFO (1970) .... Beaver James in "Mindbender"
Homicide (1973-1976) .... Inspector Reg Lawson
The Sullivans (1976) .... Dr. Hammond
All the Rivers Run (1983 mini-series) .... Uncle Charles
Prisoner Cell Block H (1985-1986) .... Dr. Massey/Mr Hudson 5 Episodes
All the Rivers Run 2 (1989 mini-series) ... Uncle Charles
The Late Show (1993) .... Gramps in "Charlie the Wonder Dog"
Mother and Son (1994) .... The Judge
The Silver Brumby (1998) .... Benni
Round the Twist (2000) .... Derek
Neighbours (2000-2003) .... Henry O'Rourke
Changi (2001) .... David Colins (in old age)
... But we remember him as Mr Bennett, Carrot's dad, in the first series of Catweazle, aired in 1970.
