Don Crosby

Don Crosby

Don Crosby (29 October 1924 – 3 December 1985) was one of Australia's most distinguished actors, with a career spanning stage, radio, television and film. He urged the use of Australian actors where possible and spoke out against cuts in ABC funding. In 1980 he was awarded an OAM, and in 1985 he received the Australian Film Institute's Raymond Longford award for services to the industry. He was president of Actors Equity of Australia from 1976 until his death in 1985.

  • Title: Don Crosby
  • Popularity: 0.599
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1924-10-29
  • Place of Birth: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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  • Also Known As: George Wallace Donald Crosby, Donald Crosby
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Don Crosby Movies

  • 1978
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    Newsfront

    Newsfront

    5.6 1978 HD

    Two brothers working as news cameramen for competing companies in '50s Australia find their lives dramatically affected by the constantly changing...

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  • 1978
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    The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith

    The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith

    6.8 1978 HD

    The true story of a part Aboriginal man who finds the pressure of adapting to white culture intolerable, and as a result snaps in a violent and...

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  • 1972
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    Hancock Down Under

    Hancock Down Under

    1 1972 HD

    Hancock, (who was voted Britain's best-ever comic 35 years after his death) leaves his home in Railway Cuttings, East Cheam, England for warmer, more...

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  • 1974
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    Billy and Percy

    Billy and Percy

    1 1974 HD

    Australian docudrama based on the relationship between Prime Minister Billy Hughes and his private secretary Percy Deane during World War I. It was...

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  • 1971
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    Barrier Reef

    Barrier Reef

    1 1971 HD

    Barrier Reef was an Australian television series that was first screened in 1971. Barrier Reef centred around a group of marine biologists on board...

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  • 1968
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    Skippy the Bush Kangaroo

    Skippy the Bush Kangaroo

    5.5 1968 HD

    Skippy the Bush Kangaroo is an Australian television series telling the adventures of a young boy and his intelligent pet kangaroo, and the various...

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  • 1972
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    The Spoiler

    The Spoiler

    1 1972 HD

    A suspended policeman searches for the evidence to link a businessman with a murder in this continuing story drama series conspicuously modelled on...

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