Name Alwyn Kurts | Role Actor | |
Died May 4, 2000, Melbourne, Australia Awards AACTA Award for Best Supporting Actor Movies and TV shows Tim, Spotswood, Homicide, The Earthling, Cop Shop Similar People Michael Pate, Mark Joffe, Peter Collinson, Andrew Knight, Timothy White | ||
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Alwyn Cecil Kurts (28 October 1915 – 4 May 2000) was an Australian drama and comedy actor of radio, television and film, best remembered for his role as gruff Inspector Colin Fox in the TV series Homicide. Kurts originally worked as a war correspondent, before moving onto radio with his program Raising a Husband on radio station 3XY. Kurts' television career started with the television version of his radio show Raising a Husband (which was pushed off air by the success of Graham Kennedy), then Hutton's Family Quiz, Don't Argue and Fighting Words. He came to prominence in Homicide, followed by the comedy The Last of the Australians. In 1982 he appeared in the Australian TV drama Cop Shop. For a brief time, he was the Beast in the Australian version of the television panel show Beauty and the Beast. Kurts also appeared in the 1979 movie Tim starring Mel Gibson Kurts supported the 1972 campaign for the election of Gough Whitlam and the Labor Party.
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Death
Alwyn Kurts died on 4 May 2000, aged 84 in Melbourne, Australia, from liver failure.
Awards
In 1979, Kurts won the Australian Film Institute Award for AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his role as the father of Mel Gibson's character in the film Tim.
Filmography
Actor
1999
Blue Heelers (TV Series) as
Les Collister
- Be Prepared (1999) - Les Collister
- The Angel Cruise (1999) - Les Collister
1997
Road to Nhill as
Jack
1994
Newlyweds (TV Series) as
Archie
- The Family Portrait (1994) - Archie (as Alwyn Kurtz)
1994
Under the Skin (TV Series)
- Old Sam, Jasper and Mr Frank (1994)
1993
This Won't Hurt a Bit as
Psychiatrist
1991
Chances (TV Series) as
Aubrey Nash
- Episode #1.52 (1991) - Aubrey Nash
- Episode #1.51 (1991) - Aubrey Nash
- Episode #1.50 (1991) - Aubrey Nash
1991
The Efficiency Expert as
Mr. Ball
1991
Rafferty's Rules (TV Series) as
George Bradstock
- Unaccompanied Bark (1991) - George Bradstock
1988
The Flying Doctors (TV Series) as
Ted Warner / Angus McGregor
- Valentine's Day (1990) - Ted Warner
- Clapped Out (1988) - Angus McGregor
1986
Sword of Honour (TV Mini Series) as
Psychiatrist
- Episode #1.3 (1986) - Psychiatrist
1985
A Country Practice (TV Series) as
Theo Guthrie
- Swan Song: Part 2 (1985) - Theo Guthrie
- Swan Song: Part 1 (1985) - Theo Guthrie
1984
Special Squad (TV Series) as
Teddy
- Life After Teddy - Teddy
1984
Banjo's Australia (Video) as
Reader - Brumby's Run
1978
Cop Shop (TV Series) as
Sgt. Reg Wallis / Jack Fitzgibon
1982
..Deadline.. (TV Movie) as
Jack McGinty
1981
Homicide Squad (TV Movie) as
Leo Chapman
1980
All the Green Years (TV Series) as
Older Charlie Reeves
- The End of a Year (1980) - Older Charlie Reeves (as Alwyn Kurtis)
- Over the Bridge (1980) - Older Charlie Reeves (as Alwyn Kurtis)
- An Occasion to Remember (1980) - Older Charlie Reeves (as Alwyn Kurtis)
- Episode #1.2 (1980) - Older Charlie Reeves (as Alwyn Kurtis)
- Sunshine and Shadows (1980) - Older Charlie Reeves (as Alwyn Kurtis)
- In Love and War - Older Charlie Reeves (as Alwyn Kurtis)
1980
The Earthling as
Christian Neilson
1979
Tim as
Ron Melville
1978
The Newman Shame (TV Movie) as
Steven Ogilvie
1978
Chopper Squad (TV Series) as
Richard Hayle
- A Dream Before Dying (1978) - Richard Hayle
1978
Loss of Innocence (TV Mini Series) as
Leonard
- 1954 (1978) - Leonard
- 1975 (1978) - Leonard
1977
Bellbird (TV Series) as
Wes Lewis
- The Gold Mine Part 3 (1977) - Wes Lewis
- The Gold Mine Part 2 (1977) - Wes Lewis
- The Gold Mine Part 1 (1977) - Wes Lewis
- Any Pound of Flesh Will do: part 3 (1977) - Wes Lewis
- Any Pound of Flesh Will do: part 2 (1977) - Wes Lewis
- Any Pound of Flesh Will do: part 1 (1977) - Wes Lewis
1977
The Alternative (TV Movie) as
Doherty
1976
Solo One (TV Series) as
Alfonso
- Goodbye George (1976) - Alfonso
1975
The Last of the Australians (TV Series) as
Ted Cook
- Finish! (1976) - Ted Cook
- The Stone Final Utter Bloody End (1976) - Ted Cook
- The Kill-Joys of Sex (1976) - Ted Cook
- The Cook House Tapes (1976) - Ted Cook
- Have a Good Trip (1976) - Ted Cook
- Stars Trek (1975) - Ted Cook
- Present Indefinite (1975) - Ted Cook
- Man of La Mantra (1975) - Ted Cook
- Ashes to Ashes (1975) - Ted Cook
- Guess Who's Coming to Get Done Like a Dinner? (1975) - Ted Cook
- The Compleat Works (1975) - Ted Cook
- Eternal Quadrangle (1975) - Ted Cook
- Interrupted Malady (1975) - Ted Cook
- The Big Noise (1975) - Ted Cook
- The Grass Is Greener (1975) - Ted Cook
- Everything's Relative (1975) - Ted Cook
- Double Disillusion (1975) - Ted Cook
- The Hydrochondriac (1975) - Ted Cook
- Trust Gary (1975) - Ted Cook
- Sunday Roast (1975) - Ted Cook
- The Hand That Cradles the Rock (1975) - Ted Cook
- Lavender Blues (1975) - Ted Cook
- Found Wanton (1975) - Ted Cook
- Unholy Mess (1975) - Ted Cook
- Hordes of a Different Colour (1975) - Ted Cook
- Ted and the Beans Talk (1975) - Ted Cook
1976
McCloud (TV Series) as
Superintendant Harold Caldwell
- Night of the Shark (1976) - Superintendant Harold Caldwell
1975
Shannon's Mob (TV Series) as
Alan Merritt
- Stock in Trade (1975) - Alan Merritt
1974
Rush (TV Series) as
Lansdowne
- There's Only You Mate and I (1974) - Lansdowne
- There's a Good Time Coming (1974) - Lansdowne
- Manners Maketh the Man (1974) - Lansdowne
- Poor John Chow Chow (1974) - Lansdowne
- Lament the Days That Are Gone By (1974) - Lansdowne
- Three Cheers for Her Gracious Majesty (1974) - Lansdowne
- For That New Promised Land (1974) - Lansdowne
- There's a Change from the Old to the New (1974) - Lansdowne
- Toe the Scratch and Never Say Die (1974) - Lansdowne
- They Faced All the Dangers, Those Bold Bushrangers (1974) - Lansdowne
- They'll Yet Regret (1974) - Lansdowne
- Of All the Crowd That Assembled There (1974) - Lansdowne
1974
This Love Affair (TV Series)
- Autumn Roses (1974)
1973
...and Millions Die! (TV Movie) as
Dr. Mitchell
1968
Homicide (TV Series) as
Insp. Colin Fox / Inspector Colin Fox / Frank Inglis
- Assassin (1973) - Insp. Colin Fox
- The Other Man (1973) - Insp. Colin Fox
- A Mother's Love (1973) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Leopold Alexander Hamilton, Esquire (1973) - Insp. Colin Fox
- The Last Way Out (1973) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Suddenly They've All Stopped Talking (1973) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Mother Superior (1973) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Initiation (1973) - Insp. Colin Fox
- We'll Both Remember Angie (1973) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Yes, That's Sandra (1973) - Insp. Colin Fox
- I Killed Amanda Clarke (1973) - Insp. Colin Fox
- The Pursuit (1973) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Only a Matter of Time (1973) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Shotgun Wedding (1973) - Insp. Colin Fox
- They Clear Them Every Thursday (1973) - Insp. Colin Fox
- A Good Investment (1973) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Born Loser (1973) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Black Sheep (1973) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Nightmare (1973) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Fool's Gold (1973) - Insp. Colin Fox
- The Herring (1973) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Skeleton Key (1973) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Warcry (1972) - Insp. Colin Fox
- The Rape of Lennie Walker (1972) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Change of Heart (1972) - Insp. Colin Fox
- R.I.P. (1972) - Insp. Colin Fox
- I Couldn't Sleep- I Couldn't Sleep at All (1972) - Insp. Colin Fox
- The Street of Fear (1972) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Cost of Success (1972) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Disengagement (1972) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Little Big Girl (1972) - Insp. Colin Fox
- One Inch to Murder (1972) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Victim of Fear (1972) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Head Start (1972) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Second Time Lucky (1972) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Old Hercules (1972) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Twigs and Twine (1972) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Anniversary (1972) - Insp. Colin Fox
- One Against the World (1972) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Time to Kill (1972) - Insp. Colin Fox
- An Early Morning Dip (1972) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Shoot to Kill (1972) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Anti-Gravity (1972) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Cat's Paw (1972) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Sleeper (1972) - Insp. Colin Fox
- There Are More Things in Heaven and Earth- (1972) - Insp. Colin Fox
- The Crisis (1972) - Insp. Colin Fox
- The Floater (1972) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Why Lenny? (1972) - Insp. Colin Fox
- The Girl Who Wanted to Go Home (1972) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Grains of Sand (1972) - Insp. Colin Fox
- A Ticket to the Grave (1972) - Insp. Colin Fox
- The Hermit (1972) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Nothing Ever Happens Round Here (1972) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Widow Maker (1972) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Death Turns On (1972) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Mad Dog (1972) - Insp. Colin Fox
- From the Top (1972) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Motive (1972) - Insp. Colin Fox
- The Hex (1972) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Too Clever by Half (1972) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Everything in the Garden Isn't- (1972) - Insp. Colin Fox
- The Wife (1972) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Maybe She'll Come Tomorrow (1972) - Insp. Colin Fox
- I Love You Primrose Taylor (1972) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Lover Boy (1971) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Handle with Care (1971) - Insp. Colin Fox
- The Experts (1971) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Blood (1971) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Fighting Fred (1971) - Insp. Colin Fox
- A Game of Chance (1971) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Masquerade (1971) - Insp. Colin Fox
- All the World Is Queer (1971) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Brer Fox (1971) - Insp. Colin Fox
- The Professional (1971) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Expectations (1971) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Don't Call the Cops (1971) - Insp. Colin Fox
- The Bikie (1971) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Sugar and Spite (1971) - Insp. Colin Fox
- On the Run (1971) - Insp. Colin Fox
- A Change of Habit (1971) - Insp. Colin Fox
- A Boy's Best Friend (1971) - Insp. Colin Fox
- The Puppy (1971) - Insp. Colin Fox
- There Must Be a Reason (1971) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Thursday's Child (1971) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Inquest (1971) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Thou Shalt Not (1971) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Urge to Kill (1971) - Insp. Colin Fox
- A Kind of Freedom (1971) - Insp. Colin Fox
- The Acquittal (1971) - Insp. Colin Fox
- David's Diary (1971) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Killer (1971) - Insp. Colin Fox
- In the Dark (1971) - Insp. Colin Fox
- The Wall (1971) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Lost (1971) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Just Throw Money (1971) - Insp. Colin Fox
- The Corrupter (1971) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Red Carpet Treatment (1971) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Death on the Vine (1971) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Denny (1971) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Mein Herr Wenzel (1971) - Insp. Colin Fox
- The Terrible Stranger (1971) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Short Circuit (1971) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Help Yourself (1971) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Two for the Money (1971) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Lost and Found (1970) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Have You Heard About the Lawrences? (1970) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Patterson's Curse (1970) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Wages of Sin (1970) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Copy Cat (1970) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Bride Price (1970) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Doris and Daphne (1970) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Cat-Eyes (1970) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Once a Killer (1970) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Suffer Little Children (1970) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Bars (1970) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Flash Johnny (1970) - Insp. Colin Fox
- See No Evil (1970) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Wall of Silence (1970) - Insp. Colin Fox
- All Correct (1970) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Settling Day (1970) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Water Boy (1970) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Midnight Pizza (1970) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Monica Missing (1970) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Chain Gang (1970) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Not for Mine (1970) - Insp. Colin Fox
- The Doll (1970) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Death in the Family (1970) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Auntie (1970) - Insp. Colin Fox
- The Lonely Ones (1970) - Insp. Colin Fox
- A Place to Live (1970) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Juliet (1970) - Insp. Colin Fox
- The Kindly Killers (1970) - Insp. Colin Fox
- The Last Friend (1970) - Insp. Colin Fox
- The Superintendent (1970) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Taken Care Of (1970) - Insp. Colin Fox
- A Time for Grieving (1970) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Hand in Glove (1970) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Peter's Party (1970) - Insp. Colin Fox
- The Gift (1970) - Insp. Colin Fox
- The Death Seat (1970) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Love Story (1970) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Pushover (1970) - Insp. Colin Fox
- The Sound of Money (1970) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Wheels (1970) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Evelyn (1970) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Two Down, One to Go (1970) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Kill or Be Killed (1970) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Just a Bit of Fluff (1970) - Insp. Colin Fox
- The Solitary Duet (1970) - Insp. Colin Fox
- When a Body (1969) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Johnny Deadfella (1969) - Insp. Colin Fox
- An Unwelcome Guest (1969) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Blue Moo (1969) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Many Shades of Black (1969) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Billy (1969) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Jig-Saw (1969) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Address Unknown (1969) - Insp. Colin Fox
- The Amateur (1969) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Traveller's Tale (1969) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Dead Shot (1969) - Insp. Colin Fox
- George (1969) - Insp. Colin Fox
- The Set Up (1969) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Major Edmund, M. A. (1969) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Smiling Joe (1969) - Insp. Colin Fox
- The Devil May Care (1969) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Onus of Proof (1969) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Jet Lag (1969) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Undercover (1969) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Spin Out (1969) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Never a Man (1969) - Insp. Colin Fox
- The Joker Is Dead (1969) - Insp. Colin Fox
- I, Mick O'Byrne (1969) - Insp. Colin Fox
- A Quiet Town (1969) - Insp. Colin Fox
- The Big Mistake (1969) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Everyone Knows Charlie (1969) - Insp. Colin Fox
- As the Twig Is Bent (1969) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Triple Play (1969) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Bait (1969) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Chain of Evidence (1969) - Insp. Colin Fox (uncredited)
- The X-Factor (1969) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Three Card Trick (1969) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Blind Man's Bluff (1969) - Insp. Colin Fox
- Dead or Alive (1968) - Inspector Colin Fox
- The Slippers (1968) - Frank Inglis
1969
Division 4 (TV Series) as
Sinclair
- The Sunday Mother (1969) - Sinclair
1968
Hunter (TV Series) as
Ron White / Sir Benjamin Hart
- A Matter of Immunity (1969) - Ron White
- The Lost One (1968) - Sir Benjamin Hart
Thanks
1988
The D Generation Goes Commercial (TV Series) (thanks - 1 episode)
- Degenocide (1988) - (thanks)
Self
1994
Homicide... 30 Years On (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
1991
Spotswood: Featurette (Video short) as
Self / Mr. Ball
1983
Fools Rush In (Documentary short) as
Narrator (voice)
1979
Sammy Awards 1979 (TV Special) as
Self
1975
Celebrity Squares (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 14 October 1975 (1975) - Self
- Episode dated 13 October 1975 (1975) - Self
- Episode dated 10 October 1975 (1975) - Self
1964
Beauty and the Beast (TV Series) as
Self (1973)
1959
Don't Argue (TV Series) as
Self - Host
1957
Raising a Husband (TV Series) as
Self - Host
1956
Wedding Day (TV Series) as
Host-Himself
- Episode #1.39 (1956) - Host-Himself
- Episode #1.1 (1956) - Host-Himself
Archive Footage
2022
Memories of 'Spotswood' (Video short) as
Mr. Ball
1997
An Unexpected Drama: The Making of the feature film 'Road to Nhill' (Video documentary short) as
Self - Actor
1993
The Olden Days (TV Movie) as
Judge Muttonchops
References
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