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Australian Biography Series - Charles 'Bud' Tingwell (Study Guide)
SYNOPSIS
Charles “Bud” Tingwell was one of Australia’s best loved actors. His career began in radio - as the youngest announcer in Australia - after winning a role in a serial with Jack Davey. He moved into movies after World War Two, playing the lead in only his second feature. By the age of 30, he was in Hollywood. But his career really took off when he went to London, where he “accidentally got trapped” for 16 years. The television series Emergency Ward 10, in which he starred, was watched live by half the UK population. Bud returned to Australia in 1972. As an actor and sometimes director and producer, he was part of some of Australia’s favourite programs including TV series such as Homicide, The Sullivans and The Flying Doctors and miniseries such as Power Without Glory and All the Rivers Run, in addition to films like Breaker Morant. In this interview, Bud reveals his attitude to ce
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Charles 'Bud' Tingwell's War Stories: The Heroes, the Battles, the Tragedies and the Triumphs of World War II
Much-loved actor Charles `Bud' Tingwell flew Spitfires and Mosquitoes for the air force during World War II. In Charles `Bud' Tingwell's War Stories Bud recalls his 75 sorties over the Eastern Mediterranean taking reconnaissance photographs of enemy targets. Follow Bud's journey from his early days as a young radio announcer in Sydney to his training and voyages across the oceans to Canada, Europe and the Middle East, to his experiences flying aircraft and dodging ground fire while doing his part in providing a valuable service to the Allied war effort. This is not just a book about Bud, however. Charles `Bud' Tingwell's War Stories is also about the heroes who served Australia with honour and courage. Featured are biographies of all World War II recipients of the highest award for bravery in war, the Victoria Cross, and of recipients of other distinguished awards. Each individual has a fascinating story detailing his or her courage in the face of extreme
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Charles Tingwell AM
Charles 'Bud' Tingwell AM (1923-2009), 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 film role was in the feature film Always Another Dawn (1948); his other films of early 1950s include Kangaroo, Captain Thunderbolt, The Desert Rats and Smiley. In 1956 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 (1965) and Catweazle (1970). He appeared in four Miss Marple films with Dame Margaret Rutherford , and acted in various theatre productions. He returned to Australia in 1973 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 (1973) he went on to produce and direct other major Australian television productions, including The Sullivans, Cop Shop, The Flying Doctors and Prisoner. His film cre
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