Don Crosby

Don Crosby

Birthday: 1924-10-29

Place of Birth: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Biography: 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.

Movies

Newsfront
Newsfront

Two brothers working as news cameramen for competing companies in '50s Australia find their lives dr...

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The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith

The true story of a part Aboriginal man who finds the pressure of adapting to white culture intolera...

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Hancock Down Under
Hancock Down Under

Hancock, (who was voted Britain's best-ever comic 35 years after his death) leaves his home in Railw...

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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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The Picture Show Man
The Picture Show Man

A man, his son and a piano player travel around Australia showing the first silent movies...

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