Dick Fair
Encyclopedia
Dick Fair full name Richard Edward Fair, was an Australian actor and radio compere, best known for hosting the enormously-popular radio shows 'Australia's Amateur Hour' and 'Australia's Hour of Song'. He occasionally acted under the name Grant Lyndsay.
Filmography
- On Our SelectionOn Our Selection (1932 film)On Our Selection is a 1932 comedy based on the Dad and Dave stories by Steele Rudd. These had been turned into a popular play by Bert Bailey and Edmund Duggan in 1912, which formed the basis for the screenplay. Bailey repeats his stage role as Dad Rudd. He also write the script with director Ken G...
(1932) - The Squatter's DaughterThe Squatter's DaughterThe Squatter's Daughter is a 1933 Australian melodrama starring Jocelyn Howarth. It is based on a 1907 play by Bert Bailey and Edmund Duggan which had been previously filmed in 1910.-Synopsis:...
(1933) - acted under the name "Grant Lyndsay"
External links
- Dick Fair at Australian Dictionary of BiographyAustralian Dictionary of BiographyThe Australian Dictionary of Biography is a national, co-operative enterprise, founded and maintained by the Australian National University to produce authoritative biographical articles on eminent people in Australia's history....
- Clips featuring Dick Fair (as "Grant Lyndsay") from The Squatters Daughter
- Clip from British Pathe of Dick Fair introducing a boy music prodigy