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Vale: Ray Barrett
Film, stage and television actor Ray Barrett died suddenly on Tuesday morning from a brain haemorrhage following a fall. He was 82.
Barrett’s wife said he suffered from chronic low-blood pressure which in recent weeks had led to several falls.
Screenwriter Andrew Knight (After the Deluge) said on hearing the news, “Oh no, I was about to go up and see him”.
Barrett was formidable on the big screen in feature films including Don’s Party, Hotel Sorrento, Brilliant Lies, Goodbye Paradise, The Winter Dark and The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith, for which he won …
SBS Drama exec returns to ABC
An SBS Drama executive is heading back to the ABC.
Carole Sklan, who commissioned two seasons of East West 101, plus Carla Cametti PD and the upcoming second season of Wilfred for SBS, has re-joined ABC TV as a Commissioning Editor for Drama.
Sklan worked at SBS for three and a half years where she was commissioning editor on the telemovie Saved, the animated feature Mary and Max, the five minute comedy interstitial series Marx and Venus, and the indigenous short series, Bit of Black Business.
Amanda Higgs, Acting Head of ABC TV Drama …
New girls join Satisfaction
There are two new faces joining the working girls of 232, or if you prefer, two new actresses for the third season of Satisfaction.
Season 3 began shooting today with Renai Caruso and Camille Keenan as new working girls ‘Tess’ and ‘Amy.’ Also joining the cast in guest roles are Grant Bowler (Lost, Ugly Betty, Border Security), Shane Connor (Dirt Game, Neighbours) and Danielle Carter (Underbelly, Something In The Air).
Camille Keenan (pictured) takes on the role of ‘Amy’, a veterinary science student and 232’s ‘youngest wildcard.’ She
has just finished shooting the lead …
Vale: Reg Evans
The Herald Sun has noted the death of character actor Reg Evans, 80, in Victorian bushfires.
An English migrant, Evans was born in 1928, started in television in 1964 on Consider Your Verdict, and worked on many Australian series: Skippy, Division Four, Matlock Police, Power Without Glory, Homicide, The Sullivans, Skyways, Are You Being Served, Prisoner, The Flying Doctors, Snowy River, MDA, Seachange, Something in the Air and Blue Heelers.
His film career includes Mad Dog Morgan, Mad Max, Manganinnie, Women of the Sun, Gallipoli, Kitty and the Bagman, Strikebound, Evil Angels, …
Drama Exec leaving SBS
One of the best in the biz, Drama Executive Sue Masters, is leaving SBS citing personal reasons.
Masters has only been with SBS since April, previously with TEN and the ABC. During her tenure SBS has produced or developed Carla Cametti P.D, Bogan Pride, and Swift and Shift Couriers plus second seasons of East West 101 and The Circuit -she will remain as an Executive Producer on series two of The Circuit.
Masters has previously worked on dramas including Brides of Christ, The Secret Life of Us, Wildside, Seachange, RAW FM, …