Martin Vaughan
Also Known As: Martin Kevin Vaughan
Biography: Martin Vaughan (5 June 1931 – October 2022) was an Australian stage, television and film actor and musician. He is best known for appearing in the film Phar Lap as trainer Harry Telford and the lead role in the award-winning 26-part 1976 television miniseries Power Without Glory. Vaughan had a supporting role in the ABC series Rake, which was his final TV appearance. He retired in 2013 and spent the last decade of his life writing.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Birthday: June 05, 1931
Deathday: October 30, 2023
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Gender: Male
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We of the Never Never
Overview: Based on the well-loved Australian classic by Mrs. Aeneas Gunn, this is the remarkable true story of Jeannie Gunn, a woman who fought to overcome sexual and racial prejudice amid the harsh beauties of the outback. Leaving her Melbourne existence for a new life on her husband's isolated ranch, Jeannie's feisty, good-natured attitude soon wins over the misogynistic stockmen, but she faces a much tougher challenge in trying to change their racist attitudes towards the indigenous aboriginal population.
Genres: Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-11-04
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Phar Lap
Overview: Phar Lap, the big bold chestnut reigned as the king of the turf in the depression that gripped Australia of the 1930s. From his humble beginnings the New Zealand bred horse raced on to become the hero of a nation.
Genres: Drama Family History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-08-11
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Liebermans in the Sky
Overview: Alan Lieberman, a beleaguered water bed salesman, is having the worst day of his life.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-05-29
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Backs to the Blast: An Australian Nuclear Story
Overview: A document of Australia's nuclear industrial history, from uranium mining and its toxic legacy to the nuclear weapons tests conducted at Maralinga in South Australia.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-06-01
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The Drover's Wife
Overview: The Australian myth of the ‘drover's wife' retold from a different perspective.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-10-11
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Constance
Overview: Constance is a bored, movie-loving schoolteacher in post-WW2 New Zealand who begins to fantasize that she's a Hollywood star - with tragic consequences.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-05-30
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The Winds of Jarrah
Overview: Australia 1946. A young woman escapes from an unhappy affair to become tutor to three children who are being raised by their uncle.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-06-01
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Kokoda Crescent
Overview: The grandson of a war veteran is found dead from an overdose of heroin. He and his old army buddies swing into action and stake out the drug dealer, only to discover a web of police corruption surrounding the drug dealing. Given police complicity in the matter, they take the law into their own hands.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-06-01
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Danger Down Under
Overview: The story of an American horse-breeder living in Australia who is the single father of three sons.
Genres: Action Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-03-14
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The Dam
Overview: A lifelong friendship is under siege when two mature Australian men visit the monolithic dam that defined their young lives and are confronted by feelings that were impounded long ago, but cannot be contained any longer.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-08-17
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Emmerdale: The Dingles Down Under
Overview: When a young, wealthy Australian crashes (literally) into their lives and whisks them off to Australia, Mandy's thinking wedding bells, Zak looks for his long lost relative Crocodile Dingle, Vic and Terry find someone new to fight over and even Butch finds romance in the most unexpected of places.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-11-17
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Encounters
Overview: Madaline is troubled by the recurring visions of her past. The comfort of her envious life and social position are not enough to shake the haunting memories of her brother’s accidental death that Madaline blames on herself. Nightmares haunt her with images of her brother and also begin to blur with reality. Madaline’s frail state of mind has her believing that her brother has returned to kill her. Her husband disappears and a stranger from Madaline’s past threatens her life. Suspense builds and the truth is revealed in the chilling climax – Madaline’s life will never be the same again. Returning to the home where she was raised, Madaline fights to come to grips with why she was blamed for her family's death.
Genres: Thriller Drama Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-01-01
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Snowblind
Overview: Jack is utterly fed up with living at home. He longs for love, freedom and the music by KISS.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-02-10
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Just Out Of Reach
Overview: This short feature film begins with a suicide attempt by Cathy, and then follows by telling her story in flashbacks. Cathy is a neurotic young woman who retreats from cold British parents into an equally uncommunicative relationship with a former teacher who aspires to be a poet. Cathy's self-destructive behavior is presented as a legacy of her (British) family and past.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-10-01
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Alison's Birthday
Overview: During a Ouija board session with her teenaged friends, 16-year-old Alison gets a message from beyond the grave not to go home for her birthday three years later.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-05-01
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No Mail
Overview: Small minds in a small town attempt to ostracize the local Muslim postman and their actions divide the town. When the postman's co-workers rally behind him the residents are forced to face the same exclusion they imposed on him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-11-01
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Billy and Percy
Overview: Australian docudrama based on the relationship between Prime Minister Billy Hughes and his private secretary Percy Deane during World War I. It was based primarily on Deane's diaries.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-07-10
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You and Me and Uncle Bob
Overview: Two children who play cupid to an unlikely older couple: a chorus girl and an unemployed butcher.
Genres: TV Movie Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-02-02
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They Don't Clap Losers
Overview: Two single parents meet when their children appear in juvenile court.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-07-10
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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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The Sparks Obituary
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Genres: Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-01-02
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Picnic at Hanging Rock
Overview: In the early 1900s, Miranda attends a girls boarding school in Australia. One Valentine's Day, the school's typically strict headmistress treats the girls to a picnic field trip to an unusual but scenic volcanic formation called Hanging Rock. Despite rules against it, Miranda and several other girls venture off. It's not until the end of the day that the faculty realizes the girls and one of the teachers have disappeared mysteriously.
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-09-02
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Australian Rules
Overview: Friends Gary Black (Nathan Phillips) and Dumby Red (Luke Carroll) are on the same football team in their coastal Australian town. But to local racists, they're a world apart: Gary is white and Dumby is an Aborigine. This becomes an issue when one of the team's Aboriginal players becomes involved in a crime. In response, Dumby is demoted even though he's the star player, and Gary is given his place. Will Gary have the courage to speak out before tragedy results?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-03-05
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