Charles William "Bud" Tingwell AM (3 January 1923 – 15 May 2009) was an Australian film, television, theatre and radio actor. Tingwell was one of the veterans of Australian film. He acted in his first motion picture in 1946 and appeared in over 100 films and numerous television programs in both the United Kingdom and Australia.
Tingwell was born in the Sydney suburb of Coogee, the son of William Harvey Tingwell and Enid Green. As an adolescent he...
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Charles William "Bud" Tingwell AM (3 January 1923 – 15 May 2009) was an Australian film, television, theatre and radio actor. Tingwell was one of the veterans of Australian film. He acted in his first motion picture in 1946 and appeared in over 100 films and numerous television programs in both the United Kingdom and Australia.
Tingwell was born in the Sydney suburb of Coogee, the son of William Harvey Tingwell and Enid Green. As an adolescent he was encouraged by his father to be an accountant but failed the entrance exam. While still at school he became a cadet at Sydney radio station 2CH, soon becoming the youngest radio announcer in Australia.
In 1941, aged only 18, he volunteered for the Royal Australian Air Force. He trained as a pilot in Canada during 1942 under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. Despite damaging a Harvard trainer in August 1942, he qualified as a Pilot Officer in December 1942. He served with No.74 Operational Conversion Unit in British Palestine and...
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