The castle bud tingwell biography
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Hundreds farewell Charles &#;Bud&#; Tingwell
Hundreds of friends, family members and fans packed Melbourne's St Paul's Cathedral on Wednesday May 21, for the state funeral to farewell legendary actor Charles 'Bud' Tingwell, who passed away at the age of
The eulogies focussed as much on his war record as his acting career.
"People asked what was it like to have a famous actor for a father," said his son Dr Christopher Tingwell.
"I was prouder of him being a Spitfire pilot that fitted the bill more of a hero."
Tingwell's daughter Virginia told today's gathering that her father died as he lived - loving and being loved by the family and friends he adored.
She also joked that his all-time favourite show was Sex And The City.
"Dad discovered it by accident a few years ago and was immediately hooked," she laughed.
His death has touched many Australians.
From his official web-site.
“Bud was a true Austral
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Charles Tingwell AM
Charles 'Bud' Tingwell AM (), actor, became the youngest radio announcer in Australia when he was employed at Sydney radio station 2CH as a cadet. During the war he served in the Middle East as an RAF photographic reconnaissance pilot. His first lead spelfilm role was in the feature film Always Another Dawn (); his other films of early s include Kangaroo, Captain Thunderbolt, The Desert Rats and Smiley. In Tingwell and his wife Audrey moved to London for seventeen years, during which he secured roles in television and radio series including An Enemy of the State () and Catweazle (). He appeared in four Miss Marple films with Dame Margaret Rutherford , and acted in various theatre productions. He returned to Australia in when Hector Crawford offered him the lead role of Inspector Reg Lawson in the television series Homicide. A regular in the ABC series Certain Women () he went on to produce and direct other major Australian television productions, including The Sulli
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The Castle ( Australian film)
Australian film by Rob Sitch
Not to be confused with The Castle ( Austrian film).
"Kerrigan Decision" redirects here. For the decision bygd the Connecticut Supreme Court, see Kerrigan v. Commissioner of Public Health.
The Castle is a Australian comedy film directed by Rob Sitch, and written by Sitch, Santo Cilauro, Tom Gleisner and Jane Kennedy of Working Dog Productions, all veteran writers and performers on ABC's The Late Show and The D-Generation. The film stars Michael Caton, Anne Tenney, Stephen Curry, Anthony Simcoe, Sophie Lee and Wayne Hope as the Kerrigan family, as well as Tiriel Mora, Robyn Nevin, Eric Bana, Costas Kilias and Bud Tingwell.
The film's title is based upon the English saying, repeatedly referred to in the film, "a man's home is his castle". Its humour plays on the national self-image, most notably the concept of working-class Australians and their place in modern Australia.[2]
Shot in 11 days on a bud