Reg Evans

Reginald Evans (27 March 1928 – 7 February 2009) was a British-born actor active in Australian radio, theatre, television and cinema from the 1960s, after having started his career in his native England. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Gallipoli (1981)

As World War I rages, brave and youthful Australians Archy and Frank—both agile runners—become friends and enlist in the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps together. They later find themselves part of the Dardanelles Campaign on the Gallipoli peninsula, a brutal ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Weir
CAST:  Mel Gibson  •  Mark Lee  •  Bill Kerr  •  Gerda Nicolson

As World War I rages, brave and youthful Australians Archy and Frank—both agile runners—become friends and enlist in the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps together. They later find themselves part of the Dardanelles Campaign on the Gallipoli peninsula, a brutal ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Weir
CAST:  Mel Gibson  •  Mark Lee  •  Bill Kerr  •  Gerda Nicolson

Japanese Story (2003)

Sandy, a geologist, finds herself stuck on a field trip to the Pilbara desert with a Japanese man she finds inscrutable, annoying and decidedly arrogant. Hiromitsu's view of her is not much better. Things go from bad to worse when they become stranded in one of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sue Brooks
CAST:  Toni Collette  •  Gotaro Tsunashima  •  Matthew Dyktynski  •  Lynette Curran

Sandy, a geologist, finds herself stuck on a field trip to the Pilbara desert with a Japanese man she finds inscrutable, annoying and decidedly arrogant. Hiromitsu's view of her is not much better. Things go from bad to worse when they become stranded in one of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sue Brooks
CAST:  Toni Collette  •  Gotaro Tsunashima  •  Matthew Dyktynski  •  Lynette Curran

Mad Max (1979)

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In the ravaged near future, a savage motorcycle gang rules the road. Terrorizing innocent civilians while tearing up the streets, the ruthless gang laughs in the face of a police force hell-bent on stopping them. But they underestimate one officer: Max Rockatansky. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Miller
CAST:  Mel Gibson  •  Joanne Samuel  •  Hugh Keays-Byrne  •  Steve Bisley

In the ravaged near future, a savage motorcycle gang rules the road. Terrorizing innocent civilians while tearing up the streets, the ruthless gang laughs in the face of a police force hell-bent on stopping them. But they underestimate one officer: Max Rockatansky. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Miller
CAST:  Mel Gibson  •  Joanne Samuel  •  Hugh Keays-Byrne  •  Steve Bisley

Evil Angels (1988)

Based on the true story of Lindy Chamberlain who, during a family camping trip to Ayers Rock in central Australia, claimed she witnessed a dingo take her baby daughter, Azaria, from their tent. Azaria's body was never found and, after investigations and two public ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fred Schepisi
CAST:  Meryl Streep  •  Sam Neill  •  Dale Reeves  •  David Hoflin

Based on the true story of Lindy Chamberlain who, during a family camping trip to Ayers Rock in central Australia, claimed she witnessed a dingo take her baby daughter, Azaria, from their tent. Azaria's body was never found and, after investigations and two public ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fred Schepisi
CAST:  Meryl Streep  •  Sam Neill  •  Dale Reeves  •  David Hoflin

The Island (1980)

David Nau leads a band of modern day pirates who raid yachts and sail boats of people on vacation in the Caribbean. When reporter Blair Maynard and his son arrive to investigate the mystery of the disappearing boats, Nau and his band of raiders decide to induct ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Ritchie
CAST:  Michael Caine  •  David Warner  •  Angela Punch McGregor  •  Frank Middlemass

David Nau leads a band of modern day pirates who raid yachts and sail boats of people on vacation in the Caribbean. When reporter Blair Maynard and his son arrive to investigate the mystery of the disappearing boats, Nau and his band of raiders decide to induct ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Ritchie
CAST:  Michael Caine  •  David Warner  •  Angela Punch McGregor  •  Frank Middlemass

Heaven Tonight (1990)

The film covers the conflict between a father and his son both being musicians. The father is the leader of a band making rock-music from the 60s but his son becomes a star of techno-pop music.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pino Amenta
CAST:  John Waters  •  Rebecca Gilling  •  Kim Gyngell  •  Guy Pearce

The film covers the conflict between a father and his son both being musicians. The father is the leader of a band making rock-music from the 60s but his son becomes a star of techno-pop music.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pino Amenta
CAST:  John Waters  •  Rebecca Gilling  •  Kim Gyngell  •  Guy Pearce

Flynn (1993)

A biographical movie on the film star Errol Flynn's early life before Hollywood fame.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Howson
CAST:  Guy Pearce  •  Steven Berkoff  •  Claudia Karvan  •  John Savage

A biographical movie on the film star Errol Flynn's early life before Hollywood fame.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Howson
CAST:  Guy Pearce  •  Steven Berkoff  •  Claudia Karvan  •  John Savage

Manganinnie (1980)

Through lyrical images, Manganinnie journeys across mountains towards the coast with Joanna, a white girl, in search of Manganinnie's vanished tribe. The poignancy of this film derives from the Aboriginal woman's gradual realization that her people and the tribal ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Honey
CAST:  Mawuyul Yanthalawuy  •  Anna Ralph  •  Phillip Hinton  •  Buruminy Dhamarrandji

Through lyrical images, Manganinnie journeys across mountains towards the coast with Joanna, a white girl, in search of Manganinnie's vanished tribe. The poignancy of this film derives from the Aboriginal woman's gradual realization that her people and the tribal ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Honey
CAST:  Mawuyul Yanthalawuy  •  Anna Ralph  •  Phillip Hinton  •  Buruminy Dhamarrandji

Charlie & Boots (2009)

Paul Hogan plays Charlie McFarland and Shane Jacobson plays his estranged son, Boots. After a family tragedy Charlie and Boots try and put their differences aside and head off on the road trip of a lifetime - from regional Victoria to the Cape York Peninsula - they ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dean Murphy
CAST:  Paul Hogan  •  Shane Jacobson  •  Roy Billing  •  Morgan Griffin

Paul Hogan plays Charlie McFarland and Shane Jacobson plays his estranged son, Boots. After a family tragedy Charlie and Boots try and put their differences aside and head off on the road trip of a lifetime - from regional Victoria to the Cape York Peninsula - they ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dean Murphy
CAST:  Paul Hogan  •  Shane Jacobson  •  Roy Billing  •  Morgan Griffin

Mesmerized (1985)

An orphan weds an older man in circa-1900 New Zealand, then finds out he's a miser who spies on her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Laughlin
CAST:  John Lithgow  •  Jodie Foster  •  Michael Murphy  •  Dan Shor

An orphan weds an older man in circa-1900 New Zealand, then finds out he's a miser who spies on her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Laughlin
CAST:  John Lithgow  •  Jodie Foster  •  Michael Murphy  •  Dan Shor

Dying Breed (2008)

An extinct species, the Tasmanian tiger. A long-forgotten legend, “The Pieman” aka Alexander Pearce, who was hanged for cannibalism in 1824. Both had a desperate need to survive; both could have living descendants within the Tasmanian bush. Four hikers venture ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jody Dwyer
CAST:  Mirrah Foulkes  •  Leigh Whannell  •  Nathan Phillips  •  Melanie Vallejo

An extinct species, the Tasmanian tiger. A long-forgotten legend, “The Pieman” aka Alexander Pearce, who was hanged for cannibalism in 1824. Both had a desperate need to survive; both could have living descendants within the Tasmanian bush. Four hikers venture ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jody Dwyer
CAST:  Mirrah Foulkes  •  Leigh Whannell  •  Nathan Phillips  •  Melanie Vallejo

Father (1990)

On a TV tabloid show, Iya Zetnick exposes Joe Mueller as the Nazi war criminal who killed her family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Power
CAST:  Max von Sydow  •  Carol Drinkwater  •  Julia Blake  •  Steve Jacobs

On a TV tabloid show, Iya Zetnick exposes Joe Mueller as the Nazi war criminal who killed her family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Power
CAST:  Max von Sydow  •  Carol Drinkwater  •  Julia Blake  •  Steve Jacobs

Muggers (2000)

When two medical students find themselves dangerously indebted to a sadistic loan shark, they become embroiled in an illicit black-market organ transplant scam in order to save their lives. 'Muggers' is a twisted, hilarious, pitch-black comedy about friendship, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dean Murphy
CAST:  Jason Barry  •  Matt Day  •  Petra Yared  •  Simon Bossell

When two medical students find themselves dangerously indebted to a sadistic loan shark, they become embroiled in an illicit black-market organ transplant scam in order to save their lives. 'Muggers' is a twisted, hilarious, pitch-black comedy about friendship, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dean Murphy
CAST:  Jason Barry  •  Matt Day  •  Petra Yared  •  Simon Bossell

Kitty and the Bagman (1983)

Notorious Australian flop set in the Roaring 20s Sydney follows Kitty O'Rourke who, after her thug husband ends up in jail, becomes a tough gangster on her own, befriends a crooked cop called The Bagman and takes on the competition.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Donald Crombie
CAST:  Liddy Clark  •  John Stanton  •  Val Lehman  •  Gerard Maguire

Notorious Australian flop set in the Roaring 20s Sydney follows Kitty O'Rourke who, after her thug husband ends up in jail, becomes a tough gangster on her own, befriends a crooked cop called The Bagman and takes on the competition.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Donald Crombie
CAST:  Liddy Clark  •  John Stanton  •  Val Lehman  •  Gerard Maguire

The Plains of Heaven (1983)

Two technicians manning a tracking station on the Victorian High Plains pursue opposite ways of coping with isolation. The ageing Cunningham seems to be rejuvenated by and obsessed with the landscape, while the younger Barker withdraws into the interior and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ian Pringle
CAST:  Richard Moir  •  Reg Evans  •  Gerard Kennedy  •  John Flaus

Two technicians manning a tracking station on the Victorian High Plains pursue opposite ways of coping with isolation. The ageing Cunningham seems to be rejuvenated by and obsessed with the landscape, while the younger Barker withdraws into the interior and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ian Pringle
CAST:  Richard Moir  •  Reg Evans  •  Gerard Kennedy  •  John Flaus

The Echo of Thunder (1998)

Scenic settings in Australia enhance this Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation, a simple yet engaging tale about a teenage girl's adjustment to a new family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Simon Wincer
CAST:  Judy Davis  •  Jamey Sheridan  •  Lauren Hewett  •  Ernie Dingo

Scenic settings in Australia enhance this Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation, a simple yet engaging tale about a teenage girl's adjustment to a new family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Simon Wincer
CAST:  Judy Davis  •  Jamey Sheridan  •  Lauren Hewett  •  Ernie Dingo

Mad Dog Morgan (1976)

The true story of Irish outlaw Daniel Morgan, who is wanted, dead or alive, in Australia during the 1850s.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philippe Mora
CAST:  Dennis Hopper  •  Jack Thompson  •  David Gulpilil  •  Bill Hunter

The true story of Irish outlaw Daniel Morgan, who is wanted, dead or alive, in Australia during the 1850s.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philippe Mora
CAST:  Dennis Hopper  •  Jack Thompson  •  David Gulpilil  •  Bill Hunter