Robert Tudawali
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Robert Tudawali {1930–1967} was an Australian actor, born and raised on Melville Island in the Northern Territory. He became the first Aboriginal film star as a result of playing the lead role, Marbuck, in Jedda.
As he alternated several times between Aboriginal and white society, he used the name Bobby Wilson in Darwin
. Under this name he took part in the TV series Whiplash
.
According to the quoted credits, Tudawali was: prod. Paul D. Barron and Julia Overton, wr. Alan Seymour, dop. Michael Edols, prod. design Phil Peters, ed. Kerry Regan; Ernie Dingo
, Jedda Cole, Peter Fisher
, Frank Wilson
, Charles Tingwell
, Suzanne Peveril, Bill McCluskey, Michelle Torres.
As he alternated several times between Aboriginal and white society, he used the name Bobby Wilson in Darwin
Darwin, Northern Territory
Darwin is the capital city of the Northern Territory, Australia. Situated on the Timor Sea, Darwin has a population of 127,500, making it by far the largest and most populated city in the sparsely populated Northern Territory, but the least populous of all Australia's capital cities...
. Under this name he took part in the TV series Whiplash
Whiplash (TV series)
Whiplash is a British/Australian television series made by the Seven Network and ATV and ITC Entertainment. Filmed in 1959-60, the series was first broadcast September 1960 in the United Kingdom followed by Australia in February 1961 and had opening titles featuring the Australian locale and...
.
Tudawali
In 1987, Steve Jodrell directed a made for TV 91 min. docu-drama about Robert Tudawali.According to the quoted credits, Tudawali was: prod. Paul D. Barron and Julia Overton, wr. Alan Seymour, dop. Michael Edols, prod. design Phil Peters, ed. Kerry Regan; Ernie Dingo
Ernie Dingo
Ernie Dingo AM is an Indigenous Australian actor and television presenter originating from the Yamatji people of the Murchison region of Western Australia.-Background:...
, Jedda Cole, Peter Fisher
Peter Fisher (Australian actor)
Peter Fisher is an Australian film and television actor who was most active in the period from the mid-1970s to the late-1990s. In the early 1990s he started to move into the area of corporate communications. In 1995 he created "Act One!" in Sydney, a company that specialises in corporate...
, Frank Wilson
Frank Wilson (Australian actor)
Frank Edward Wilson was an Australian film, stage and television actor; musical comedy singer and director; and television game show and variety host.-Early life:...
, Charles Tingwell
Charles Tingwell
In 1941, aged 18, he volunteered for war service overseas with the Royal Australian Air Force. Under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, personnel from Commonwealth air forces were part of a joint training and assignment system. Consequently, Tingwell trained as a pilot in Canada during 1942...
, Suzanne Peveril, Bill McCluskey, Michelle Torres.