Also known as Vic Sabrino Role Singer Occupation(s) Singer, Actor | Instruments Vocals TV shows Barrier Reef Name George Assang | |
Spouse Rowena Wallace (m. 1973–1974) | ||
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George Assang (1927–1997) was a singer and actor from Thursday Island, Queensland, Australia. He performed under his own name and the stage name Vic Sabrino. Assang was of Aboriginal, Pacific Islander, and Asian descent.
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As Vic Sabrino he may have made the first Australian Rock'n'Roll recording. A single he recorded with Red Perksey and his orchestra included a version of the Rock Around The Clock. This single may have been recorded in 1955, before Johnny O'Keefe's Wild One in 1957.
Acting
As an actor he featured un television and film. Assang had a major part in the TV series Barrier Reef (1971–1972), appeared in episodes of Skippy and Hunter (1968), Spyforce (1971), Boney (1972 and Number 96 (1974). He also acted in several films, the 1969 film The Intruders, the 1973 film And Millions Will Die, and was one of the voices in the animated movie Dot and the Kangaroo (1977). Under the Vic Sabrino name he had a short-lived television series in 1958 called Vic Sabrino Sings. He was briefly married to actress Rowena Wallace
George Assang
with Trevor Jones' Orchestra
George and Ken Assang
Vic Sabrino
with Red Perksey & His Orchestra and Sheila Sewell
with Red Perksey & His Orchestra
with Dave Owens and his Blue Boys with The Blue Notes
with Gus Merzi's Orchestra and with Harry Willis Orchestra; and The Belltones & Iris Mason Singers
with Graeme Bell and his Skiffle band