Yes, Gundog, you are correct. A quick response after my second clues. It is Sir Robert Helpmann.
Do you have another person for us?
A bio for Robert Helpmann:
Sir Robert Murray HelpmannCBE (néHelpman, 9 April 1909 28 September 1986) was an Australian ballet dancer, actor, director, and choreographer. After early work in Australia he moved to Britain in 1932, where he joined the Vic-Wells Ballet (now The Royal Ballet) under its creator, Ninette de Valois. He became one of the company's leading men, partnering Alicia Markovaand later Margot Fonteyn. When Frederick Ashton, the company's chief choreographer, was called up for militar y service in the Second World War, Helpmann took over from him while continuing as a principal dancer.
Helpmann died in Sydney and was given a state funeral in St Andrew's Cathedral. The Prime Minister, Bob Hawke, gave a tribute in the Parliament of Australia, and a motion of condolence was passed a rare tribute for a non-politician. Helpmann is commemorated in the Helpmann Awards for Australian performing arts, established in his honour in 2001.
Horace Andrew Dargie (7 July 1917 30 August 1999) was an Australian musician and harmonicist, television compere and manager and music label founder and arranger.
His older brother Sir William Dargie was a noted Australian portrait artist.
if someone else would like to post a ne who is this please go ahead
On his broadcasting and passion for nature, NPR stated he "roamed the globe and shared his discoveries and enthusiasms with his patented semi-whisper way of narrating".[2] He is widely considered a national treasure in the UK, although he himself does not embrace the term.[3][4][5] He is the younger brother of director, producer and actor Richard Attenborough,[6] and older brother of motor executive John Attenborough.[7]
I had waited a few days to see if someone else could have turn, there were no attempts.
Firstly, I remembered his first name, then his hell-raising mate, Oliver, which lead me back to his surname.
Santa said
01:41 PM Sep 8, 2023
That's him Ted, away you go.
watsea said
05:08 PM Sep 8, 2023
Thanks Santa.
Who is this lady? I think that she is pretty well known because of her earlier prowess and now doing well in her current activities.
I deliberately chose a photo away from her norm, hoping to make things not too easy.
-- Edited by watsea on Friday 8th of September 2023 05:09:31 PM
Haven't heard from Big Gorilla: Ken for a while.?????
Gundog said
07:50 PM Sep 10, 2023
Sussi O'Neill
watsea said
08:41 PM Sep 10, 2023
Good work, Gundog. Yes, it is Susie O'Neill, Australia's "Madame Butterfly" and now successful radio host.
Who will you have for us next?
Bio:
Susan (Susie) O'Neill was born on 2 August 1973 in Mackay, Queensland, to Trish and John O'Neill. She has two siblings, a brother and a sister. Her family moved to Brisbane and she was educated at Lourdes Hill College (LHC) in Hawthorne.[2] Whilst at LHC, O'Neill excelled in sport, setting school records in 50 m and 100 m butterfly, freestyle, and backstroke. She was also LHC cross country champion and set records for the 13 years 800 m in 1986 and for the 15 years 400 m in 1988 for athletics. All these records still stood as of 2011.
O'Neill won the 200m butterfly at the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 200m freestyle at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She has won 35 Australian titles, 8 Olympic medals including 2 gold, and 24 gold medals in major international competitions. Only Emma McKeon, Ian Thorpe and Leisel Jones have won more Olympic medals for Australia.
At her international debut at the 1990 Commonwealth Games, she won two medals (gold and silver), and continued to add to her medals cache at every international competition until her final Olympics. In front of a home crowd at the 2000 Olympic Games Trials she broke the 19-year standing world record of another "Madame Butterfly", Mary T. Meagher, in the 200m butterfly, but was beaten in an upset at the 2000 Olympic Games by American Misty Hyman.
She trained under Bernie Wakefield until 1994, then Scott Volkers at the Commercial Swimming Club in Brisbane.
On 10 March 2007 during the 12th FINA World Championship, O'Neill was honoured by the dedication of the temporary swimming pool in the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne named after her for the duration of the competition.
On 14 February 2018, O'Neill released a single entitled "My Heart Goes Boom".[5]
In May 2019, O'Neill was announced as Australia's joint Deputy Chef de Mission for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo,[6] with fellow Olympians, Evelyn Halls and Kim Brennan.
In August this year, former Olympian Susie O'Neill has broken the world record at her swim meet in Japan. Racing at the World Aquatics Masters Championships late yesterday afternoon, Susie sailed home to win her race with a time of 29.08 setting the new women's 50-54 individual 50m butterfly world record.
-- Edited by watsea on Sunday 10th of September 2023 10:13:47 PM
Big Gorilla said
08:04 AM Sep 11, 2023
Santa wrote:
Haven't heard from Big Gorilla: Ken for a while.?????
Just observing !!!
Santa said
11:07 AM Sep 11, 2023
Big Gorilla wrote:
Santa wrote:
Haven't heard from Big Gorilla: Ken for a while.?????
Robert Helpman
Yes, Gundog, you are correct. A quick response after my second clues. It is Sir Robert Helpmann.
Do you have another person for us?
A bio for Robert Helpmann:
Sir Robert Murray Helpmann CBE (né Helpman, 9 April 1909 28 September 1986) was an Australian ballet dancer, actor, director, and choreographer. After early work in Australia he moved to Britain in 1932, where he joined the Vic-Wells Ballet (now The Royal Ballet) under its creator, Ninette de Valois. He became one of the company's leading men, partnering Alicia Markovaand later Margot Fonteyn. When Frederick Ashton, the company's chief choreographer, was called up for militar y service in the Second World War, Helpmann took over from him while continuing as a principal dancer.
Helpmann became co-director of the Australian Ballet, in 1965, for whom he created several new ballets. He became sole director in 1975 but disagreements with the company's board led to his dismissal a year later. He directed for Australian Opera and acted in stage plays into the 1980s. Although primarily a stage artist, he appeared in fifteen films between 1942 (One of Our Aircraft is Missing) and 1984 (Second Time Lucky), including The Red Shoes, The Tales of Hoffmann, a film version of Igor Stravinsky's ballet-drama The Soldier's Tale ("L'Histoire du soldat") in which Helpmann played the Devil, and the Child Catcher in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
Helpmann died in Sydney and was given a state funeral in St Andrew's Cathedral. The Prime Minister, Bob Hawke, gave a tribute in the Parliament of Australia, and a motion of condolence was passed a rare tribute for a non-politician. Helpmann is commemorated in the Helpmann Awards for Australian performing arts, established in his honour in 2001.
Can someone post on my behalf please
no takers another South Australian
You've got me beat !!!
He's a muso from nth of the City of Churches
No idea, and I'm a South Aussie.
-- Edited by Santa on Saturday 26th of August 2023 05:31:43 PM
Could be from the somewhere on the Eyre Peninsula, done some musical arrangement for a Aussie movie and a couple of TV shows
Find the credits for Skippy, Croc Dundee....even for Mike and Mel's Show.
He has a brother named Bill who's a bit famous too.
He was BIG fan of Larry Adler....... who plays a ?
-- Edited by Gundog on Monday 28th of August 2023 02:41:58 PM
Here;s another hint or two
he hosted The BP Super Show, The Price is Right, remember the Delo and Daly Show he had something to do with and The Go Show on channel 0
His face looks very familiar, I feel I should know who it is but cant retrieve the info from my archives.
Funny he was born in Whyalla and his brother was born in Melbourne 5 years earlier and was a dab hand with a paint brush.
Think about the background music from Natures Walkabout hosted by Vincent Serventy
-- Edited by Gundog on Thursday 31st of August 2023 10:55:02 AM
Might as well be speaking Greek Graham, not a sausage.
[video=https://youtu.be/D5JnAG2AFkA?si=NrNx8PTk20QSXB6K]
Horace Andrew Dargie (7 July 1917 30 August 1999) was an Australian musician and harmonicist, television compere and manager and music label founder and arranger.
His older brother Sir William Dargie was a noted Australian portrait artist.
if someone else would like to post a ne who is this please go ahead
Thanks Gundog. I can put up a photo.
Who is this bloke?
He is not normally a Xylophone player, and he is British.
He has been to Australia quite a few times, and to many other countries.
He is not an actor but his brother was an actor.
David Attenborough?
Yes Santa. It is Sir David Attenborough. Another photo for us?
Sir David Frederick Attenborough (/ætnbr/; born 8 May 1926) is a British broadcaster, biologist, natural historian and author. He is best known for writing and presenting, in conjunction with the BBC Natural History Unit, the nine natural history documentary series forming the Life collection, a comprehensive survey of animal and plant life on Earth.
Attenborough was a senior manager at the BBC, having served as controller of BBC Two and director of programming for BBC Television in the 1960s and 1970s. First becoming prominent as host of Zoo Quest in 1954, his filmography as writer, presenter and narrator has spanned eight decades; it includes Natural World, Wildlife on One, the Planet Earth franchise, The Blue Planet and its sequel. He is the only person to have won BAFTA Awards in black and white, colour, high-definition, 3D and 4K resolution. Over his life he has collected dozens of honorary degrees and awards, including three Emmy Awards for Outstanding Narration.
While Attenborough's earlier work focused more on the wonders of the natural world, his later work has been more vocal in support of environmental causes. He has advocated for restoring planetary biodiversity, limiting population growth, switching to renewable energy, mitigating climate change, reducing meat consumption, and setting aside more areas for natural preservation.
On his broadcasting and passion for nature, NPR stated he "roamed the globe and shared his discoveries and enthusiasms with his patented semi-whisper way of narrating".[2] He is widely considered a national treasure in the UK, although he himself does not embrace the term.[3][4][5] He is the younger brother of director, producer and actor Richard Attenborough,[6] and older brother of motor executive John Attenborough.[7]
Thanks Ted.
I had waited a few days to see if someone else could have turn, there were no attempts.
Firstly, I remembered his first name, then his hell-raising mate, Oliver, which lead me back to his surname.
That's him Ted, away you go.
Thanks Santa.
Who is this lady? I think that she is pretty well known because of her earlier prowess and now doing well in her current activities.
I deliberately chose a photo away from her norm, hoping to make things not too easy.
-- Edited by watsea on Friday 8th of September 2023 05:09:31 PM
Haven't heard from Big Gorilla: Ken for a while.?????
Sussi O'Neill
Good work, Gundog. Yes, it is Susie O'Neill, Australia's "Madame Butterfly" and now successful radio host.
Who will you have for us next?
Bio:
Susan (Susie) O'Neill was born on 2 August 1973 in Mackay, Queensland, to Trish and John O'Neill. She has two siblings, a brother and a sister. Her family moved to Brisbane and she was educated at Lourdes Hill College (LHC) in Hawthorne.[2] Whilst at LHC, O'Neill excelled in sport, setting school records in 50 m and 100 m butterfly, freestyle, and backstroke. She was also LHC cross country champion and set records for the 13 years 800 m in 1986 and for the 15 years 400 m in 1988 for athletics. All these records still stood as of 2011.
O'Neill won the 200m butterfly at the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 200m freestyle at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She has won 35 Australian titles, 8 Olympic medals including 2 gold, and 24 gold medals in major international competitions. Only Emma McKeon, Ian Thorpe and Leisel Jones have won more Olympic medals for Australia.
At her international debut at the 1990 Commonwealth Games, she won two medals (gold and silver), and continued to add to her medals cache at every international competition until her final Olympics. In front of a home crowd at the 2000 Olympic Games Trials she broke the 19-year standing world record of another "Madame Butterfly", Mary T. Meagher, in the 200m butterfly, but was beaten in an upset at the 2000 Olympic Games by American Misty Hyman.
She trained under Bernie Wakefield until 1994, then Scott Volkers at the Commercial Swimming Club in Brisbane.
O'Neill is an ambassador for the Fred Hollows Foundation.[3]
She provided commentary at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. She was the Oceania athletes' representative on the International Olympic Committee from 2000 to 2005. When she resigned her membership she was replaced by Barbara Kendall.[4]
On 10 March 2007 during the 12th FINA World Championship, O'Neill was honoured by the dedication of the temporary swimming pool in the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne named after her for the duration of the competition.
O'Neill is a co-host on Nova 106.9's breakfast radio show Ash, Luttsy & Susie.
On 14 February 2018, O'Neill released a single entitled "My Heart Goes Boom".[5]
In May 2019, O'Neill was announced as Australia's joint Deputy Chef de Mission for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo,[6] with fellow Olympians, Evelyn Halls and Kim Brennan.
In August this year, former Olympian Susie O'Neill has broken the world record at her swim meet in Japan. Racing at the World Aquatics Masters Championships late yesterday afternoon, Susie sailed home to win her race with a time of 29.08 setting the new women's 50-54 individual 50m butterfly world record.
-- Edited by watsea on Sunday 10th of September 2023 10:13:47 PM
Just observing !!!
G'day Ken.
Get involved, we need your input.
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