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Maurie Fields is a Actor Australien born on 4 august 1926

Maurie Fields

Maurie Fields
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Nationality Australie
Birth 4 august 1926
Death 18 december 1995 (at 69 years)

Maurie Fields (4 August 1926 – 18 December 1995) was an Australian actor, vaudeville performer and stand-up comedian. He became a well-known face on television thanks to his dramatic roles as John Quinney in Bellbird, as well as in soap operas The Box, Prisoner (a small part playing "crooked" screw, Len Murphy) and publican Vic Buckley in The Flying Doctors. He was also a regular as Fred Farrell in situation comedy series Bobby Dazzler (1977) and did regular comedy segments on Hey Hey It's Saturday.
He was also the editor of the jokes pages of Australasian Post Magazine for many years, a role continued by his son Marty after Maurie's passing.

Biography

Fields was the son of an accountant and married twice. His first wife was Dorothy and they had three children, Lorraine, Eileen and Alan. He then married the actress Val Jellay, who was also his screen wife in The Flying Doctors. They played publicans Vic and Nancy Buckley. He was the father of comedian Marty Fields. He died on 18 December 1995, from a heart attack.

Fields was inducted into the Logie Awards Hall of Fame in 1996. The award was accepted by his widow.

During the first Hey Hey It's Saturday reunion show, Fields was rotocaptured into the set so that he was able to do the "Great Aussie Joke" with his son Marty.

Best films

Evil Angels (1988)
(Actor)

Usually with

Reg Gorman
Reg Gorman
(5 films)
Paul Cox
Paul Cox
(2 films)
Norman Kaye
Norman Kaye
(2 films)
Julia Blake
Julia Blake
(3 films)
Jon Finlayson
Jon Finlayson
(3 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Maurie Fields (12 films)

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Actor

Country Life, 1h58
Directed by Michael Blakemore
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Sam Neill, Greta Scacchi, John Hargreaves, Kerry Fox, Googie Withers, Michael Blakemore
Roles Fred Livingstone
Rating66% 3.344243.344243.344243.344243.34424
It is just after the end of World War I in an Australia that is beginning to question the value of continuing as an outpost of the British Empire. Jack Dickens' sister had married Alexander Voysey, but died years ago. After the death of his wife, Voysey took off for the bright lights of the city, abandoning his daughter, Sally, who has since been raised by her Uncle Jack and the sharp-tongued maid, Hannah. Jack and Sally have sacrificed all their own hopes and dreams to run the farm while Voysey has been disporting himself in the city, ostensibly making a name for himself as a literary critic and writer in London. However, the truth is that Voysey is a self-centered, self-aggrandizing, pompous windbag who has no visible means of support other than leeching off his brother-in-law's labor on the farm.
Evil Angels, 1h58
Directed by Fred Schepisi
Origin Australie
Genres Drama
Themes Seafaring films, Prison films, Transport films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Meryl Streep, Sam Neill, Deborra-Lee Furness, Bruce Myles, Bud Tingwell, Charles Dance
Roles Barritt
Rating68% 3.4475853.4475853.4475853.4475853.447585
Seventh-day Adventist Church pastor Michael Chamberlain (Sam Neill), his wife Lindy (Meryl Streep), their two sons, and their nine-week-old daughter Azaria are on a camping holiday trip in the Outback. With the baby sleeping in their tent, the family is enjoying a barbecue with their fellow campers when a cry is heard. Lindy returns to the tent to check on Azaria and is certain she sees a dingo with something in its mouth running off as she approaches. When she discovers the infant is missing, everyone joins forces to search for her, without success. It is assumed what Lindy saw was the animal carrying off the child, and a subsequent inquest rules her account of events is true.
Death of a Soldier, 1h33
Directed by Philippe Mora
Genres Drama, War, Historical, Crime
Themes Political films
Actors James Coburn, Bill Hunter, Reb Brown, Maurie Fields, Michael Pate, Terence Donovan
Roles Det. Sgt. Martin
Rating58% 2.90272.90272.90272.90272.9027
En Australie, un avocat prend la défense d'un soldat américain accusé du meurtre de trois femmes.
Lonely Hearts, 1h35
Directed by Paul Cox
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Wendy Hughes, Norman Kaye, Jon Finlayson, Chris Haywood, Julia Blake, Jonathan Hardy
Rating67% 3.3832253.3832253.3832253.3832253.383225
A middle-aged man, Peter, goes to a dating agency in search of a companion. He is introduced to a shy bank clerk Patricia.
Break of Day, 1h52
Directed by Ken Hannam
Genres Drama
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Sara Kestelman, Andrew McFarlane, Tony Barry, Maurie Fields
Roles Lou
Rating63% 3.164973.164973.164973.164973.16497
In the 1920s, young war veteran Tom Cooper lives in the small town of Tetlow with his pregnant wife. He falls in love with visiting artist Alice Hughes, but their relationship is threatened by the arrival of Alice's bohemian friends from the city.
Alvin Rides Again, 1h29
Genres Comedy
Themes Seafaring films, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Erotic films
Actors Graeme Blundell, Gus Mercurio, Abigail, Jon Finlayson, Chantal Contouri, Frank Wilson
Roles Garage Proprietor
Rating44% 2.202952.202952.202952.202952.20295
Alvin Purple is unable to hold down a job because of his appeal to women. He and his friend Spike help a team of women cricketers win a match by playing in drag, and decide to spend their share of the prize money in a casino. Alvin discovers he is identical in appearance to gangster Balls McGee. When Balls is killed, Alvin is forced to take his place.
Country Town, 1h46
Genres Drama
Actors Gary Gray, Lynette Curran, Gerard Maguire, Maurie Fields, Sheila Florance, Kirsty Child
Roles John Quinney

A severe drought strikes the town of Bellbird. Young reporter Philip Henderson arrives and stirs old tensions. The locals rally together and hold a fund-raising gymkhana.
I Can Jump Puddles, 48minutes
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Lewis Fitz-Gerald, Tony Barry, Lesley Baker, Olivia Brown, Debra Lawrance, Lisa Aldenhoven
Roles Spruiker
Rating80% 4.047894.047894.047894.047894.04789
Based on Alan Marshall's three-part autobiography I Can Jump Puddles (1955), This is the Grass (1962) and In Mine Own Heart (1963), the film tells of Marshall's childhood growing up in rural Victoria during the turn of the century. Contracting polio soon after attending school, the story retells the obstacles he faced as a child in trying to overcome his disability. As an adult, he later encounters prejudice from his debilitating disease while looking for work in Melbourne.