Mark Edwards (born 1942) is an Australian actor best known for his appearances in British horror films of the early 1970s. [1]
He was cast as Cassio in a production of Othello at the Old Tote in 1965.
He studied in Bristol, England in the mid 1960s [2] then moved to England and was in steady work. [3] [ clarification needed ] He moved back to Australia in the mid 1970s. [4]
The year 1971 involved some significant events in television. Below is a list of notable TV-related events.
Harry Stewart Fleetwood Andrews, CBE was an English actor known for his film portrayals of tough military officers. His performance as Regimental Sergeant Major Wilson in The Hill (1965) alongside Sean Connery earned Andrews the National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actor and a nomination for the 1966 BAFTA Award for Best British Actor. The first of his more than 80 film appearances was in The Red Beret in 1953.
Karl Michael Vogler was a German actor, probably best known for his appearances in several big-budget English language films. In The Blue Max (1966), he co-starred with George Peppard and Ursula Andress as the squadron commander, and in Patton (1970), he portrayed General Erwin Rommel. In between, he was in Robert Redford's Downhill Racer (1969) as a ski company owner.
John Nicholas Finch was an English stage and film actor who became well known for his Shakespearean roles. Most notably, he starred in films for directors Roman Polanski and Alfred Hitchcock.
Candida Raymond is an Australian actress of film and television during the 1970s and early 1980s.
Bill Bain was an Australian television and film director.
Alan James Gwynne Cellan Jones was a British television and film director. From 1963, he directed over 50 television series and films, specialising in dramas.
Alan Gibson was a Canadian director active in British film and television.
Kenneth John Warren was an Australian actor.
Ken Wayne (1925–1993) was an Australian actor of radio, theatre, film and television. He made his film debut in Sons of Matthew (1949) and appeared in a number of movies including Dust in the Sun (1958). He was also well known for his work in radio, particularly for playing private eye Larry Kent in the series I Hate Crime. According to colleague and friend Charles Tingwell, being so identified with Larry Kent hurt Wayne from being cast in other roles.
Gwendoline Alexandra Nelson was an English actress who was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal Court Theatre Company.
What If You Died Tomorrow? is a 1973 play written by David Williamson. It was commissioned by the Old Tote Theatre Company for its first drama season at the new Sydney Opera House.
The Yarra Yarra Golf Club is a private golf club in Australia, located in Victoria at Bentleigh East, a suburb southeast of Melbourne. It is one of the eight Melbourne Sandbelt championship courses and is renowned for its par-3s.
Patricia Mary Byson Flower was an English Australian writer of plays, television plays and novels.
The Man Who Shot the Albatross is a play by Ray Lawler about the Rum Rebellion, first performed in 1971. A 1972 television film featured the stage cast.
"All Out for Kangaroo Valley" is a British TV movie about Australians living in London, shown on BBC1 on 5 November 1969.
John Croyston was an Australian writer, radio producer and director.
Noel Robinson is an Australian writer of many television and radio plays in the 1960s. Split Level (1964) was her first original screenplay. She moved to London where she worked for over a decade.
"Othello" is a 1964 Australian television play based on the play by William Shakespeare. It was broadcast on the ABC as part of Wednesday Theatre and filmed in ABC's Melbourne studios. It aired on 18 November 1964 in Melbourne, on 3 February 1965 in Sydney, and on 7 July 1965 in Brisbane.
Gareth Langton John Forwood was a British stage, film and television actor. Forwood was the only child of actors Glynis Johns and Anthony Forwood. He made his screen debut in 1965 and went on to prosper as a character actor with over 40 credits in film, television and theatre. His career was marked with recurring roles in several large productions, particularly with the British public broadcast network ITV. In his later career, Forwood was typecast in several British television adaptations of classic novels.