Recollections IN PICTURES

Courtesy of Tony Bonner AM

THE EARLY YEARS...

Over the years I have had the enormous privilege of working with amazing people on extraordinary projects in television, theatre and movies.

My first film role as an actor was in the 1966 movie “They’re a Weird Mob.’’ I played a lifesaver. Fortunately, my performance inspired the producers, who then cast me in their next project, as helicopter pilot Jerry King in the very successful television series “Skippy.’’ The series became one of the biggest international success stories in Australian TV history, and dubbed into 25 languages. Subsequently, the series became so famous and popular, it was televised well into the 1980’s and featured in over one hundred countries. It is still currently being televised on repeat after all these years.

The Persuaders

I made a guest appearance on the very popular actioncomedy “THE PERSUADERS’’ in 1971.

I starred alongside Hollywood Heavyweights Roger Moore and Tony Curtis. The series was filmed in the famous Pinewood Studios in London, and it explored the world of Lord Brett Sinclair, a British aristocrat played by Roger Moore and Danny Wilde, a self-made millionaire played by Tony Curtis.

The twosome join forces to investigate crimes that the police were unable to solve. I remember walking onto the set and Roger Moore was there.

This good looking actor with a wonderful smile and vibrant eyes.

From the moment Roger and I shook hands over 40 years ago, we connected. From that handshake, we instantly became good mates. I was taken by his outgoing attitude , his openness and his generosity of spirit and he kind of saw something interesting in me as an actor also.

He was an extraordinary human, who did so much to help others, especially underprivileged children through his work with charities such as UNICEF. Roger was one of the reasons I joined the Variety Club in London with Susan George………..