Martin Vaughan

Martin Vaughan

Birthday: 1931-06-05

Place of Birth: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Biography: Martin Vaughan (5 June 1931 – October 2022) was an Australian stage, television and film actor and musician. He is best known for appearing in the film Phar Lap as trainer Harry Telford and the lead role in the award-winning 26-part 1976 television miniseries Power Without Glory. Vaughan had a supporting role in the ABC series Rake, which was his final TV appearance. He retired in 2013 and spent the last decade of his life writing.

Movies

We of the Never Never
We of the Never Never

Based on the well-loved Australian classic by Mrs. Aeneas Gunn, this is the remarkable true story of...

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Phar Lap
Phar Lap

Phar Lap, the big bold chestnut reigned as the king of the turf in the depression that gripped Austr...

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Liebermans in the Sky
Liebermans in the Sky

Alan Lieberman, a beleaguered water bed salesman, is having the worst day of his life....

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Backs to the Blast: An Australian Nuclear Story
Backs to the Blast: An Australian Nuclear Story

A document of Australia's nuclear industrial history, from uranium mining and its toxic legacy to th...

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The Drover's Wife
The Drover's Wife

The Australian myth of the ‘drover's wife' retold from a different perspective....

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The Winds of Jarrah
The Winds of Jarrah

Australia 1946. A young woman escapes from an unhappy affair to become tutor to three children who a...

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Kokoda Crescent
Kokoda Crescent

The grandson of a war veteran is found dead from an overdose of heroin. He and his old army buddies ...

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Danger Down Under
Danger Down Under

The story of an American horse-breeder living in Australia who is the single father of three sons....

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The Dam
The Dam

A lifelong friendship is under siege when two mature Australian men visit the monolithic dam that de...

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Emmerdale: The Dingles Down Under
Emmerdale: The Dingles Down Under

When a young, wealthy Australian crashes (literally) into their lives and whisks them off to Austral...

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Encounters
Encounters

Madaline is troubled by the recurring visions of her past. The comfort of her envious life and socia...

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Snowblind
Snowblind

Jack is utterly fed up with living at home. He longs for love, freedom and the music by KISS....

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Just Out Of Reach
Just Out Of Reach

This short feature film begins with a suicide attempt by Cathy, and then follows by telling her stor...

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Alison's Birthday
Alison's Birthday

During a Ouija board session with her teenaged friends, 16-year-old Alison gets a message from beyon...

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No Mail
No Mail

Small minds in a small town attempt to ostracize the local Muslim postman and their actions divide t...

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Billy and Percy
Billy and Percy

Australian docudrama based on the relationship between Prime Minister Billy Hughes and his private s...

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You and Me and Uncle Bob
You and Me and Uncle Bob

Two children who play cupid to an unlikely older couple: a chorus girl and an unemployed butcher....

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They Don't Clap Losers
They Don't Clap Losers

Two single parents meet when their children appear in juvenile court....

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The Magic Pudding
The Magic Pudding

Meet Albert, The Magic Pudding, Bunyip Bluegum, a splendid young koala and his seafaring friends Bil...

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The Sparks Obituary
The Sparks Obituary

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Picnic at Hanging Rock
Picnic at Hanging Rock

In the early 1900s, Miranda attends a girls boarding school in Australia. One Valentine's Day, the s...

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Australian Rules
Australian Rules

16-year-old Gary Black is an average football player, budding wordsmith and reluctant hero. Gry help...

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Wharfies
Wharfies

A documentary about the Waterside Workers' Federation union in Australia....

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Constance
Constance

Constance is a bored, movie-loving schoolteacher in post-WW2 New Zealand who begins to fantasize tha...

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