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William John "Bill" Hunter (27 February 1940 – 21 May 2011) was an Australian actor of film, stage and television. He appeared in more than 60 films and won two Australian Film Institute Awards.
Hunter was born in Ballarat, a son of William and Francie Hunter. He had a brother, John, and a sister, Marie Ann.
During his teens, Hunter was a champion swimmer, and briefly held a world record for the 100 yards freestyle until his record was broken by John Devitt in the very next heat ten minutes later. Hunter had qualified for the Australian swimming team in the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, but a bout of meningitis ended his Olympic hopes.
Hunter made his film debut as an extra in 1957 film The Shiralee. An introduction to Ava Gardner saw him gain a job as an extra and swimming double in the Hollywood film On the Beach, which was filming in Melbourne. Hunter claimed that he was inspired to take up acting after watching one of the leads (variously claimed to be either Gregory Peck or Fred Astaire) do 27 takes of a scene, and thinking he could do better. He took an intensive drama course in Melbourne, and then won a two-year scholarship to the prestigious Northampton Repertory Company in England. In 1966, he made his television debut in an uncredited role in two episodes of the Doctor Who serial The Ark.
Actors: Andrew Cesana (miscellaneous crew), Jay Patterson (actor), Brian Delate (actor), Ray Iannicelli (actor), Brian Delate (writer), Brian Delate (director), Brian Delate (producer), Angela Cutrone (miscellaneous crew), Cady McClain (actress), Rae C. Wright (actress), James Kiberd (actor), Lisa Shreve (editor), Anthony Lover (producer), Marin Gazzaniga (actress), Jim Farmer (composer),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Gerard McSorley (actor), Brendan Gunn (miscellaneous crew), Debbie Wiseman (composer), Bronagh Gallagher (actress), Eva Birthistle (actress), David Wilmot (actor), Frankie McCafferty (actor), Daniel Mays (actor), Lalor Roddy (actor), Jeanette McGrath (miscellaneous crew), Lorna Marie Mugan (costume designer), Dougal Cousins (miscellaneous crew), Larry Cowan (actor), Matthew Macfadyen (actor), Richard Dormer (actor),
Plot: In the front row pew, a young boy named Gabriel sits as his father and a preacher tell him: "There are certain people who are chosen by God for some special purposes of His own. And we believe you are such a one." Thus unfolds the destiny of Gabriel in Brian Kirk's riveting Middletown. After almost an entire lifetime spent in religious instruction, Gabriel returns to his small Irish town as the new preacher. But the town is full of drinking and gambling, and Gabriel's younger brother Jim and sister-in-law Caroline are no exceptions. Soon Gabriel learns that Caroline does not attend church, runs the local pub across from the church on the Sabbath, and refuses to have her child baptized. Jim, the flat-broke black sheep of the family, quickly becomes caught between his brother's beliefs and his wife's strong-mindedness. As a messenger of God, Gabriel believes he must save the townspeople, especially his brother, his sister-in-law, and the couple's unborn child. The battle for their souls brings about some surprising revelations on all sides. With a commanding use of shadows, Kirk exquisitely captures the ominous tone of Daragh Carville's dynamic script. Matthew Macfadyen (Pride and Prejudice) gives an authoritative performance as Gabriel, ably balancing stoicism and vulnerability. Daniel Mays (Vera Drake) perfectly captures Jim's reckless sensibility and quest for responsibility, while Eva Birthistle (Breakfast on Pluto) plays the headstrong Caroline with aplomb. Middletown is an explosive, dark drama that is sure to captivate viewers from its opening scene to its potent finale.
Genres: Drama,Actors: Gert Günther Hoffmann (producer), Gregor Schnitzler (actor), Hanno di Rosa (composer), Eva Will (editor), Michael Heicks (actor), Hugh Hoffmann (writer), Hugh Hoffmann (director), Kai Stahlmann (actor),
Genres: ,Actors: Peter Donat (actor), Brian Keith (actor), Joseph G. Medalis (actor), Trevor Howard (actor), Henry Fonda (actor), Martin Landau (actor), Karl Malden (actor), Gregory Gaye (actor), Richard Dysart (actor), Joseph Campanella (actor), James Bacon (actor), Sean Connery (actor), Clyde Kusatsu (actor), Ronald Neame (actor), Read Morgan (actor),
Plot: After a collision with a comet, a nearly 8km wide piece of the asteroid "Orpheus" is heading towards Earth. If it will hit it will cause a incredible catastrophe which will probably extinguish mankind. To stop the meteor NASA wants to use the illegal nuclear weapon satellite "Hercules" but discovers soon that it doesn't have enough fire power. Their only chance to save the world is to join forces with the USSR who have also launched such an illegal satellite. But will both governments agree?
Keywords: airplane, alps, astronaut, astronomer, astrophysicist, avalanche, bar, blizzard, boat-race, boyfriend-girlfriend-relationshipActors: Chief Yowlachie (miscellaneous crew), Robert Blake (actor), LeRoy Mason (actor), Lew Morphy (actor), Jack O'Shea (actor), Chief Yowlachie (actor), Martha Wentworth (actress), Earle Snell (writer), Mort Glickman (composer), R.G. Springsteen (director), Harold Minter (editor), Roy Barcroft (actor), Ed Cassidy (actor), Edmund Cobb (actor), Earle Hodgins (actor),
Plot: Red Ryder battles an unscrupulous fur thief named Hunter for the right to trap beaver and otter on the land of Chief Running Fox. Hunter attempts to ambush Ryder and his pal "Bear Trap" and when this fails, he kidnaps Little Beaver, grandson of the Chief, and kills the Judge, with whom the boy had been staying. But the boy manages to escape. The Duchess, Ryder's aunt, turns up and tries to persuade Ryder to return east with her. He discovers her and Little Beaver as stowaways in the supply train he is taking to the Indian camp. Hunter stages a fake Indian attack and attempts to recapture Little Beaver. The latter escapes and locates Running Fox who leads his warriors to the rescue. Hunter tries to escape by using Little Beaver as a shield, but he is knocked cold by the Duchess who sneaks up behind him. There is a joyful reunion between the old chief and his grandson, but Little Beaver elects to stay with Ryder and renounces his right to one day be chief in favor of Barking Squirrel.
Keywords: kidnapping, red-ryder-seriesLost in the sky
Clouds roll by and I roll with them
Arrows fly
Seas increase and then fall again
This world is spinning around me
This world is spinning without me
Every day sends future to past
Every breath leaves one less to my last
Watch the sparrow falling
Gives new meaning to it all
If not today nor yet tomorrow then some other day
I'll take seven lives for one
And then my only father's son
As sure as I ever did love him
I am not afraid
This world is spinning around me
The whole world keeps spinning around me
All life is future to past
Every breath leaves me one less to my last
Pull me under Pull me under
Pull me under I'm not afraid
All that I feel is honor and spite
All I can do is to set it right
Dust fills my eyes
Clouds roll by and I roll with them
Centuries cry
Orders fly and I fall again
This world is spinning inside me
The whole world is spinning inside of me
Every day sends future to past
Every step brings me closer to my last
Pull me under Pull me under
Pull me under I'm not afraid
Living my life too much in the sun
Only until your will is done