Peter Gwynne
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Biography: Peter Gwynee (1929 - November 17, 2011) as a New Zealand-born Australian television character actor who was also known for voice-over work. He is best remembered internationally as Bill McMaster, Stephanie Harper's General Manager at Harper Mining in both the 1983 mini-series and the 1986 series of Return to Eden. Gwynne was married to actress Cecily Polson.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Auckland, New Zealand
Birthday: January 01, 1929
Deathday: November 17, 2011
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Gender: Male
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Tim
Overview: Handsome but backward gardener Tim Melville has a new woman in his life. She is Mary, his widowed employer, a woman who had given up on love until she had found Tim. At first they are friends. But soon they become lovers, as Mary, drawn to Tim's innocence and magnetism, begins to teach him all about life - and love.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-07-13
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Sidecar Racers
Overview: You're going to get us both killed with your grandstanding...! Two guys, one girl, and no brakes! Death defying daredevils burning up the track in thrill-a-minute action. Burning the track like its never been burned before!
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-04-30
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The Magic Pudding
Overview: Meet Albert, The Magic Pudding, Bunyip Bluegum, a splendid young koala and his seafaring friends Bill Barnacle and Sam Sawnoff. Together they fight off the bungled attempts of pudding thieves, Possum and Wombat, and try to solve the mystery of Bunyip's parents' disappearance.
Genres: Animation Music Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-12-14
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Petunia
Overview: Based on the Book by Roger Duvoisin
Genres: Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-11-22
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Ride a Wild Pony
Overview: Scott, a poor farm boy, is given a wild pony from a wealthy ranch owner's herd to ride to and from school. Scott and his pony soon become an inseparable team, until one day the pony suddenly disappears. Soon after, the ranch owner's handicapped daughter Josie has a wild pony especially trained to pull her cart. But Scott is convinced that Josie's pony is actually his, which leads to a court battle that divides their small Australian town. One child must ultimately lose the pony when true ownership is decided.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-11-02
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The Dove
Overview: 16-year-old Robin Lee Graham aims to become the youngest person to sail around the world in a 23-foot sloop named "The Dove". On his journey, he meets and falls in love with Patti Ratteree, who is also traveling around the world. As Robin sails around the world to many beautiful locales, he grows from a boy to a man, finds himself, and finds the love of his life.
Genres: Romance Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-06-16
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The Human Face of Japan
Overview: The world continues to look to Japan as a highly industrialized, future-oriented country that has retained much of its ancient tradition. This series provides an insight into the character of a highly complex nation by examining the lives of nine Japanese from widely diverse backgrounds in the context of social and economic developments.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-03-16
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The Nostradamus Kid
Overview: When he discovers the world is about to end, a lovestruck teen makes it his mission to bed the girl he has fallen for.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-10-14
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Shark's Paradise
Overview: A mad man threatens to lure hundreds of sharks to the beach at Surfers Paradise Australia at the start of the tourist season, his price to hold off the sharks is $2 million. Our heroes do everything from escaping jail to risking death in a chemical factory, to stop him.
Genres: Comedy Action TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-03-13
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Nickel Queen
Overview: Nickel Queen was an Australian comedy film released in 1971 starring Googie Withers and directed by her husband John McCallum. The story was loosely based on the Poseidon bubble, a nickel boom in Western Australia in the late 1960s, and tells of an outback pub owner who stakes a claim and finds herself an overnight millionaire.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-03-31
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Australia
Overview: Set in northern Australia before World War II, an English aristocrat who inherits a sprawling ranch reluctantly pacts with a stock-man in order to protect her new property from a takeover plot. As the pair drive 2,000 head of cattle over unforgiving landscape, they experience the bombing of Darwin by Japanese forces firsthand.
Genres: Adventure Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-11-18
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Old Scores
Overview: Former Welsh rugby hero Bleddyn Morgan has his life in New Zealand interrupted by a deathbed confession that leads to a replay of a controversial 1966 All Blacks/Wales rugby match - with the original teams. The now old men pull on their jerseys one more time while Morgan deals with his past on his return home.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-01-01
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Remember Me
Overview: A woman recently returned to work is contacted by her former husband who has been in a mental institution. She is torn between her still strong desire for him, and her fear, which comes from events in their past. She cannot control his intrusion into both her current life and her second marriage, and tragedy ensues.
Genres: Mystery Drama Horror TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-01-01
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Puzzle
Overview: Franciscus searches for the urn that contains the remains of Buddha but instead finds danger and intrigue.
Genres: Thriller Adventure Action TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-12-05
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Over the Sea and Near Away
Overview: A short documentary tracking the transportation of New Zealand products into ports in the Philippines, China, Japan, and Hong Kong, with a focus on cultural differences and economic opportunities.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-05-05
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Dot and the Kangaroo
Overview: An Australian girl gets lost in the Outback, but she's befriended by a kangaroo who gives her a ride in her pouch as they search for the girl's home. Aiding the pair are musically gifted koalas, platypuses, and kookaburras in this film based on Ethel Pedley's 1899 children's book, with animated humans and animals superimposed upon a live-action background.
Genres: Animation Adventure Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-05-14
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