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Charles "Bud" Tingwell

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Biography

Born

1/3/1923, Coogee, New South Wales, Australia

Died

5/15/2009

Birth Name

Gender

Male

Credits

Star (21)

Role
- 20 to 1
  Host (Season 1)
  - S 1: Ep 7 Moments Of Madness
    11/24/05
  - S 1: Ep 6 Moments That Stopped The Nation
    11/17/05
  - S 1: Ep 5 Great Aussie Ideas, Icons and Inventions
    11/10/05
  - S 1: Ep 4 Best Australian Commercials
    11/3/05
  - S 1: Ep 3 Great Aussie Songs
    10/27/05
  - + 2 More Credits
- Celebrity Circus (Australia)
  Host
  - S 1: Ep 3 Ups & Downs
    5/21/05
  - S 1: Ep 2 No Experience
    5/14/05
  - S 1: Ep 1 In Came The Clowns
    5/7/05
- Legacy of the Silver Shadow
  Billings
  - S 1: Ep 13 Frankenscience
    1/31/03
  - S 1: Ep 12 Fire in the Hole
    1/24/03
  - S 1: Ep 11 No Such Thing
    1/17/03
  - S 1: Ep 10 Kings of the World
    1/10/03
  - S 1: Ep 9 Teenage Sidekicks
    1/3/03
  - + 8 More Credits
- Something in the Air
  William Brown
  - S 2: Ep 160 I'll Be Seeing You
    5/2/02
  - S 2: Ep 159 Truth, Dare, Double Dare, Kiss, Promise
    5/1/02
  - S 2: Ep 158 Do You Take This Woman?
    4/30/02
  - S 2: Ep 157 The Hardest Thing In The World
    4/29/02
  - S 2: Ep 156 The Bucks With No Beer
    4/25/02
  - + 315 More Credits
- The Silver Brumby
  Benny / Narrator
- Catweazle
  Mr. Bennett
  - S 1: Ep 13 The Trickery Lantern
    5/10/70
  - S 1: Ep 12 The Wisdom of Solomon
    5/3/70
  - S 1: Ep 11 The Flying Broomsticks
    4/26/70
  - S 1: Ep 10 The House of the Sorcerer
    4/19/70
  - S 1: Ep 9 The Demi Devil
    4/12/70
  - + 8 More Credits
- A Man of Our Times
  David Soames
  - S 1: Ep 1 Long Time since You've Got My Breakfast
- Homicide
  Detective Inspector Reg Lawson (1973 - 1975)
  - S 6: Ep 47 When A Body
    12/2/69
  - S 6: Ep 46 Johnny Dead Fella
    11/25/69
  - S 6: Ep 45 An Unwelcome Guest
    11/11/69
  - S 6: Ep 44 Blue Moo
    11/11/69
  - S 6: Ep 43 The Many Shades Of Black
    11/4/69
  - + 308 More Credits
- Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
  Macey / Policeman #4
  - S 1: Ep 32 The Inquisition
    5/14/68
  - S 1: Ep 3 Big Ben Strikes Again
    10/13/67
- Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
  Spectrum Helicopter A-42 Pilot
  - S 1: Ep 29 Traitor
    4/23/68
- Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
  Lieutenant Dean
  - S 1: Ep 19 Dangerous Rendezvous
    2/9/68
- Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
  Base Controller
  - S 1: Ep 16 Renegade Rocket
    1/19/68
- Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
  Fairfield - Fairfield Engine Company
  - S 1: Ep 15 Seek And Destroy
    1/5/68
- Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
  Space General Peterson
  - S 1: Ep 9 Spectrum Strikes Back
    11/24/67
- Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
  Dr. Fawn/Morgan
  - S 1: Ep 8 Operation Time
    11/17/67
- Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
  Lieutenant Belmont
  - S 1: Ep 6 White As Snow
    11/3/67
- Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
  Marshall
  - S 1: Ep 5 Avalanche
    10/27/67
- Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
  Harris
  - S 1: Ep 4 Manhunt
    10/20/67
- Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
  Dr. Fawn/Captain Brown/Airport Operator/Agent 042
  - S 1: Ep 2 Winged Assassin
    10/6/67
- Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
  Captain Brown / Lieutenant Dean / Spectrum Helicopter A-42 Pilot / Spectrum London Headquarters
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Mysterons
    9/29/67
- Emergency-Ward 10
  House Surgeon Alan Dawson
  - S 1: Ep 1 Episode 1
    2/19/57
Recurring Role (5)

Role
- 20 to 1
  Interviewee (Season 4+)
  - S 4: Ep 4 Amazing Moments In Music
    3/4/07
  - S 4: Ep 3 Fads And Phases
    2/25/07
  - S 4: Ep 2 Life Changing Moments
    2/18/07
  - S 4: Ep 1 Aussie Parties And Pastimes
    2/13/07
- 20 to 1
  Guest Interviewee
  - S 3: Ep 14 Magnificent Movies
    12/4/06
  - S 3: Ep 11 Memorable Movie Characters
    11/14/06
  - S 3: Ep 5 Great Aussie Films
    10/3/06
- Neighbours
  Henry O'Rourke (2000, 2003)
- Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
  Doctor Carter
  - S 1: Ep 18 Shadow Of Fear
    2/2/68
- Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
  Captain Hassel
  - S 1: Ep 13 Point 783
    12/22/67
Guest Star (54)

Role
- 20 to 1
  Interviewee (Season 4+)
  - S 4: Ep 9 Billion Dollar Ideas
    4/29/07
  - S 4: Ep 6 Funny Films
    3/18/07
  - S 4: Ep 5 Moments Of Mayhem And Madness
    3/11/07
- Scooter: Secret Agent
  Clemments
  - S 1: Ep 22 Operation: Senior Citizen
    6/25/05
- Good Morning Australia
  Himself
  - S 14: Ep 26 March 18, 2005
    3/18/05
  - S 14: Ep 8 February 22, 2005
    2/22/05
  - — December 2, 2004
    12/2/04
  - — May 4, 2004
    5/4/04
- Blue Heelers
  Guest Star
  - S 11: Ep 5 Heirs Apparent
    3/3/04
- Neighbours
  Henry O'Rouke
  - S 19: Ep 193 Episode 4348
    10/15/03
  - S 19: Ep 192 Episode 4347
    10/14/03
- Neighbours
  Henry O'Rourke
  - S 19: Ep 137 Episode 4292
    7/29/03
  - S 19: Ep 136 Episode 4291
    7/28/03
- Legacy of the Silver Shadow
  Billings
  - S 1: Ep 9 Teenage Sidekicks
    1/3/03
- Changi
  Older David Collins
  - S 1: Ep 1 Seeing is Believing
    10/14/01
- The Secret Life of Us
  Cyril
  - S 1: Ep 14 Better the Devil You Know
    10/1/01
- Rove Live
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 30 September 11, 2001
    9/11/01
- Chuck Finn
  Old Snowy
  - S 1: Ep 10 Finn P.I & Associates
    11/8/99
- All Saints
  Dr Harry McKay
  - S 1: Ep 39 One Moment In Time
    11/3/98
- Round The Twist
  Derek the Rainmaker
  - S 3: Ep 10 Tears Of Innocence
    6/3/98
- Snowy River: The McGregor Saga
  The Govenor
  - S 1: Ep 12 Love Finds a Way
    11/20/94
- Ocean Girl
  Mr Carmody
  - S 1: Ep 7 Toxic Waste
    10/10/94
- Frontline (Australia)
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 9 The Invisible Man
    7/4/94
- Blue Heelers
  Hayes
  - S 1: Ep 14 Reunion
    4/19/94
- A Country Practice
  Santa Claus/Edward Seldon
  - S 13: Ep 89 Burning Bright (1)
    11/21/93
- The Flying Doctors
  Felix
  - S 4: Ep 28 The Hero
    3/8/90
- Prisoner: Cell Block H
  Dr Massey
  - S 7: Ep 70 Episode 575
    10/1/85
  - S 7: Ep 69 Episode 574
    9/26/85
  - S 7: Ep 68 Episode 573
    9/24/85
- Cop Shop
  George Conolly
  - S 1: Ep 42 Episode 92
    11/16/78
- Case For The Defence
  George McGee
  - S 1: Ep 2 The Killing Of Toby McGee
    5/27/78
- Boney
  Jeff Stanton
  - S 2: Ep 4 Boney and the Powder Trail
    2/12/73
- Division 4
  Detective Sergeant John Brown
  - S 5: Ep 13 Big Bad John
    2/12/73
- UFO
  Captain Beaver James
  - S 1: Ep 14 Mindbender
    1/13/71
- The Wednesday Play
  Guest Star
  - S 9: Ep 31 Chariot of Fire
    5/20/70
- Carson's Law
  Judge Warren
  - S 1: Ep 9 The Royston Trial
  - S 1: Ep 11 The Witness
- Behind The Legend
  Governor Arthur Phillip
  - S 1: Ep 4 Governor Arthur Phillip
- Wedlocked
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Dating Game
- Power Without Glory
  Kenneth Murkett
  - — Rough And Tumble
- Cop Shop
  Patrick Saunders
  - S 1: Ep 15 Episode 457
- Cop Shop
  Charles Horner
  - S 1: Ep 21 Episode 273
- Skyways
  Harold Forbes
  - — Exits
  - — Entrances
- The Troubleshooters (1965)
  Matthew Barber
  - S 5: Ep 15 Doctor Liebling, I Presume
    4/21/69
- Out of the Unknown
  Mark Blaine
  - S 3: Ep 1 Immortality, Inc.
    1/7/69
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes
  Carruthers
  - S 1: Ep 14 The Solitary Cyclist
    12/9/68
- Detective
  Pederson
  - S 2: Ep 4 Lesson in Anatomy
    6/7/68
- Z Cars
  Arthur Cranley
  - S 6: Ep 126 The Guilty Ones, Part 2
    5/14/68
  - S 6: Ep 125 The Guilty Ones, Part 1
    5/13/68
- The Avengers
  Dr Venner
  - S 5: Ep 17 Return of the Cybernauts
    9/30/67
- The Revenue Men
  Pringle
  - S 2: Ep 4 Who Needs Friends?
    9/22/67
- Thunderbirds
  Dr. Lang / Tanner
  - S 2: Ep 7 Give or Take a Million
    12/25/66
- Thunderbirds
  Dr. Tony Grant / Public Relations Officer / Angry Young Man
  - S 3: Ep 1 Thunderbirds Are Go
    12/12/66
- Thunderbirds
  International Space Control
  - S 2: Ep 6 Ricochet
    11/6/66
- Thunderbirds
  Mitchell / Bruno
  - S 2: Ep 5 Lord Parker's 'Oliday
    10/23/66
- Out of the Unknown
  Captain Dantor
  - S 2: Ep 3 Lambda I
    10/20/66
- Play of the Month
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 1 Defection! The Case of Colonel Petrov
    9/27/66
- Adam Adamant Lives!
  Kinthy
  - S 1: Ep 4 The Sweet Smell of Disaster
    7/14/66
- The Troubleshooters (1965)
  Blue Hughes
  - S 2: Ep 9 Cablegrams Come Expensive
    6/25/66
- The Man in Room 17
  Maj. David Winton
  - S 2: Ep 11 The Standard
    6/17/66
- Out of the Unknown
  Captain Jaffe
  - S 1: Ep 2 The Counterfeit Man
    10/11/65
- Danger Man
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 17 The Affair at Castelevara
    2/9/65
- The Avengers
  Venner
  - S 3: Ep 4 The Nutshell
    10/19/63
- Crane
  Ringwood
  - S 1: Ep 2 Bad Company
    4/9/63
- Studio 57
  Alan Caldwell
  - S 3: Ep 10 Mister Cinderella
    11/27/56
Writer (1)

Role
- Prisoner: Cell Block H
  Writer
  - S 7: Ep 55 Episode 560
    8/6/85
Director (3)

Role
- Newlyweds (1993)
  Director
  - S 2: Ep 5 Body Beautiful (The Playboy of the Shopping World)
    9/29/93
  - S 2: Ep 4 Moving Out
    9/22/93
  - S 2: Ep 3 Jules Moves In
    9/15/93
- Prisoner: Cell Block H
  Director
  - S 7: Ep 63 Episode 568
    9/3/85
  - S 7: Ep 62 Episode 567
    8/29/85
- Cop Shop
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 9 500

Charles "Bud" Tingwell News

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'Bud' Tingwell dies at 86

By David Knox, May 15, 2009

Esteemed Australian actor Charles "Bud" Tingwell has passed away following a battle with cancer. read more
2

Aussie films: it's all good

By David Knox, Dec 08, 2008

Hometown boy Eric Bana was the 'star attraction' at the 50th AFI Awards. As a local boy whose work has seen him leap from comedy roles in Full Frontal to Hollywood movies like Troy and J.J. Abram's upcoming Star Trek… read more

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Trivia
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- Charles starred in all four of the films in the Miss. Marple series starring Margaret Rutherford, playing the part of Inspector Craddock.
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- Charles was on a celebrity edition of the quiz show Temptation, where he was teamed up with his daughter Virginia.
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- Charles hosted the first season of 20 To 1, before being replaced by Bert Newton. Charles has now come back to the show for its fourth season as one its many celebrity interviewees.
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- Charles "Bud" Tingwell: Let the blogging commence.
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