Tom Burlinson
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Tom Burlinson is an Australian actor and singer.
He attended Pittwater High School on Sydney's Northern Beaches and was the School Captain in his final year. Starting 1979 he played Mickey Pratt in the teen-oriented Australian soap opera
The Restless Years
.
He appeared as Jim Craig ("The Man") in both the 1982 Australian movie The Man from Snowy River, and its 1988 sequel The Man from Snowy River II, which has the United States
title of Return to Snowy River and the British
title of The Untamed. He portrayed horse trainer
Tommy Woodcock
in Phar Lap: Heart of a Nation
.
He is also a singer, and has sung in concerts on stage as Frank Sinatra
. He provided Sinatra's singing voice in the 2003 Australian movie The Night We Called It a Day
.
From 2007 to 2009, Burlinson was a judge on the Australian reality TV show Australia's Got Talent
along with Dannii Minogue
and Red Symons
.
He attended Pittwater High School on Sydney's Northern Beaches and was the School Captain in his final year. Starting 1979 he played Mickey Pratt in the teen-oriented Australian soap opera
Soap opera
A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...
The Restless Years
The Restless Years
The Restless Years is an Australian soap opera which followed the lives of several Sydney school-leavers and young adults. It was produced by the Reg Grundy Organisation for Network Ten. It debuted December 1977 and ran until late 1981. It was not renewed by the network due to declining ratings...
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He appeared as Jim Craig ("The Man") in both the 1982 Australian movie The Man from Snowy River, and its 1988 sequel The Man from Snowy River II, which has the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
title of Return to Snowy River and the British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
title of The Untamed. He portrayed horse trainer
Horse trainer
In horse racing, a trainer prepares a horse for races, with responsibility for exercising it, getting it race-ready and determining which races it should enter...
Tommy Woodcock
Tommy Woodcock
Aaron Treve "Tommy" Woodcock was the Australian handler of the racehorse Phar Lap.He was born at Uralgurra, near Kempsey, New South Wales, in 1905. Woodcock served an apprenticeship as a jockey under Barney Quinn, who was based at Randwick, in Sydney. He won several starts, and worked as a jockey...
in Phar Lap: Heart of a Nation
Phar Lap (film)
Phar Lap is a 1983 film about the Australian racehorse Phar Lap. The film starred Tom Burlinson and was written by famous Australian playwright David Williamson.-Plot:...
.
He is also a singer, and has sung in concerts on stage as Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra
Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra was an American singer and actor.Beginning his musical career in the swing era with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, Sinatra became an unprecedentedly successful solo artist in the early to mid-1940s, after being signed to Columbia Records in 1943. Being the idol of the...
. He provided Sinatra's singing voice in the 2003 Australian movie The Night We Called It a Day
The Night We Called It a Day (film)
The Night We Called It a Day is an Australian film directed by Peter Clifton starring Dennis Hopper as Frank Sinatra and Melanie Griffith as Barbara Marx, and featuring Portia de Rossi, Joel Edgerton, Rose Byrne, and David Hemmings. The movie is based on the true events surrounding one of several...
.
From 2007 to 2009, Burlinson was a judge on the Australian reality TV show Australia's Got Talent
Australia's Got Talent
Australia's Got Talent is an Australian reality television talent show which premiered on 18 February 2007 on the Seven Network. The show was based on the Got Talent series format that originated in the United Kingdom with Simon Cowell...
along with Dannii Minogue
Dannii Minogue
Danielle Jane "Dannii" Minogue is an Australian singer-songwriter, actress, television personality, radio personality, fashion designer and model...
and Red Symons
Red Symons
Redmond Symons is an Australian musician, writer, actor and radio host, probably best known as lead guitarist with Skyhooks and as the snide judge of "Red Faces", a segment of the long-running Hey Hey It's Saturday variety television show...
.