Reg Lye (14 October 1912 – 23 March 1988), Reginald Thomas Lye, was an Australian actor who worked extensively in Australia and England. He was one of the busiest Australian actors of the 1950s, appearing in the majority of locally shot features at the time, as well as on stage and radio. Lee Robinson called him "one of the best character actors in Australia."[1] He moved to England in the early 1960s but returned to Australia when the film industry revived in the 1970s. He won the Australian Film Institute award for the 1975 production Sunday Too Far Away, opposite Jack Thompson
Selected filmography
- Busman's Holiday (1948)[2]
- Man of Destiny (1952) [3]
- The Shop at Sly Corner (1953)[4]
- King of the Coral Sea (1954) - Grundy
- The Proposal (1954, by Anton Chekhov)[5]
- Smiley (1956) - Pa Bill Greevins
- Walk Into Paradise (1956) [6] - Ned 'Shark-eye' Kelley
- Three in One (1957) - The Swaggie (segment "Joe Wilson's Mates")
- The Shiralee (1957) - Desmond
- The Stowaway (1958) - Buddington
- Smiley Gets a Gun (1958) - Pa Greevins
- The Flaming Sword (1958) - Poggy
- Dust in the Sun (1958) - Dirks
- The Restless and the Damned (1959) - Matthews
- The Dock Brief (1960, by John Mortimer)[7] - Fowle
- The One Day of the Year (1961, by Alan Seymour)[8]
- The Amorous Prawn (1962) - Uncle Joe (the poacher)
- Reunion Day (1962, by Peter Yeldham)[9] - Carmody
- The Wrong Arm of the Law (1963) - Reg Denton
- The Counterfeit Constable (1964) - Le chauffeur de taxi fatigué
- Stell (1964, by Peter Yeldham) [10]
- King Rat (1965) - Tinker Bell
- The Wrong Box (1966) - Third Undertaker
- A Challenge for Robin Hood (1967) - Much
- Fathom (1967) - Mr. Trivers
- Danger Route (1967) - Balin
- The Magnificent Six and ½: It's Not Cricket (1968) - Angry Houseowner
- Doctor Who (1968, British TV) - Griffin the Chef
- The Lost Continent (1968) - Helmsman
- Battle of Britain (1969) - Workman (uncredited)
- The Games (1970) - Gilmour
- Performance (1970) - Workman (uncredited)
- 10 Rillington Place (1971) - Tramp
- Burke & Hare (1971) - Old Joe
- Ooh… You Are Awful (1972) - Bogus Milkman (uncredited)
- The Amazing Mr. Blunden (1972) - Sexton
- Dracula (1973) - Zookeeper
- Sunday Too Far Away (1975) - Old Garth
- Quiller (1975) - Chirac
- Blind Man's Bluff (1977) - Uncle Fred
- Jabberwocky (1977) - Hawker (uncredited)
- Death on the Nile (1978) - Workman (uncredited)
- Wombling Free (1978) - Assistant Surveyor
- A Man Called Intrepid (1979) - Newsvendor
- Unidentified Flying Oddball (1979) - Prisoner
- Tarka the Otter (1979) - Dairy Farmer
- The Killing of Angel Street (1981) - Riley
- Freedom (1982) - Old farmer
- Molly (1983) - Old Dan
References
- ^ "FILM UNIT MOVING NORTH". The Cairns Post. Qld.: National Library of Australia. 11 July 1953. p. 5. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
- ^ "Advertising". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 14 August 1948. p. 11. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
- ^ "Double Bill Presented By Shavians". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 3 November 1952. p. 2. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
- ^ "Advertising". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 13 May 1953. p. 13. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
- ^ "Metropolitan Plays For Schools". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 12 June 1954. p. 6. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
- ^ "NEW FILM SHOOTING "WALK INTO PARADISE" IN NEW GUINEA". The Australian Women's Weekly. National Library of Australia. 20 July 1955. p. 12. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
- ^ "The P.M.G.'s private eye". The Australian Women's Weekly. National Library of Australia. 17 February 1960. p. 84. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
- ^ "It seems to me". The Australian Women's Weekly. National Library of Australia. 10 May 1961. p. 12. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
- ^ "ANZAC REUNION". The Australian Women's Weekly. National Library of Australia. 31 January 1962. p. 15. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
- ^ "DID YOU KNOW?". The Australian Women's Weekly. National Library of Australia. 19 February 1964. p. 16. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
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