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Bert Newton is a Actor Australien born on 23 july 1938 at Fitzroy, Victoria (Australie)
Albert Watson "Bert" Newton, AM, MBE (born 23 July 1938), is an Australian entertainer and radio, theatre and television personality/presenter, known for hosting television series such as In Melbourne Tonight, Good Morning Australia, and 20 to 1. Newton has hosted the Logie Awards on numerous occasions through his career, and is a four time recipient of the Gold Logie and a Hall of Fame inductee. He is known for his collaborations with Graham Kennedy and Don Lane. He started in radio broadcasting, before becoming a star and fixure of Australian television since its inception in 1956, and is considered an industry pioneer, along with his wife Australian singer Patti Newton, the duo are generally considered to be showbiz royalty.
In 1993, a gambling problem led Newton to near bankruptcy and a $1 million debt.
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Bert Newton
Birth name Albert Watson Newton
Nationality Australie
Birth 23 july 1938 at Fitzroy, Victoria (Australie)
Death 30 october 2021 (at 83 years)
Awards Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
Nationality Australie
Birth 23 july 1938 at Fitzroy, Victoria (Australie)
Death 30 october 2021 (at 83 years)
Awards Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
Biography
Newton was reputed to have lived at home with his mother until the age of 36, prompting widespread gossip that he was gay. In 1974 he married Patti McGrath, a co-worker. The Newtons have a son, Matthew, and a daughter, Lauren. Matthew Newton is an actor and has appeared in a number of Australian films and television dramas. Lauren Newton married swimmer Matt Welsh.In 1993, a gambling problem led Newton to near bankruptcy and a $1 million debt.
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The King (2007)
, 1h40Genres Drama, Biography, Documentary
Actors Stephen Curry, Stephen Hall, Shaun Micallef, Monica Maughan, Jane Claire Allsop, Angus Sampson
Roles Himself (archive footage)
Rating66%
The Wannabes (2003)
, 1h32Directed by Nikolaos Giannopoulos
Genres Comedy
Actors Nikolaos Giannopoulos, Russell Dykstra, Isla Fisher, Michael Carman, Lena Cruz, Costas Kilias
Rating39%
Danny (Nick Giannopoulos) is a talentless entertainer who is hired by Marcus (Russell Dykstra) and his motley crew to turn them into the biggest kids' group since The Wiggles. But while Danny is training them to become The Wannabes, they're secretly planning to use their new identity as cover to pull off a heist of a diamond necklace from the very rich Aurora Van Dyke (Lena Cruz). Aurora has hosted a party for her grandchild, and booked all the best child entertainers in town to perform, and as The Wannabes prepare for the show, two of the characters steal the necklace.
Doctors & Nurses (1981)
Genres Comedy
Actors Bert Newton, Pamela Stephenson, Graeme Blundell, Drew Forsythe, June Salter, Sarah Lambert
Roles Mr Cody
Rating67%
Fatty Finn (1980)
, 1h31Directed by Maurice Murphy
Genres Comedy, Fantasy
Actors Ben Oxenbould, Rebecca Rigg, Martin Lewis, Bert Newton, Robert Hughes, Noni Hazlehurst
Roles John Finn
Rating66%
Set in inner-city Woolloomooloo in Sydney, New South Wales in 1930, the neighbourhood nice guys are led by Fatty (real name Hubert Finn), an ambitious 10-year-old with an eye for making a quid. From shady frog jumping contests to a fixed goat race, Fatty uses his enterprise to raise enough money to buy a crystal set (radio without a separate power supply) that's worth seventeen shillings & sixpence (17/6), more than his Dad earns in a year. Bruiser Murphy the bully and his gang try to stop him. Fatty uses his brains against his enemies' brawn to eventually triumph.