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Maurice Murphy Maurice Murphy i(A143420 works by)
Born: Established: 1939 Sydney, New South Wales, ;
Gender: Male
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1 form y separately published work icon Fatty Finn Bob Ellis , Chris McGill , ( dir. Maurice Murphy ) Australia : Children's Film Corporation Finn Productions , 1980 7253813 1980 single work film/TV children's adventure

'Fatty Finn, head of the neighbourhood nice-guys, has a final confrontation with Bruiser Murphy and his gang of toughs with comic results.'

Source: Screen Australia. (Sighted: 15/4/2014)
1 form y separately published work icon The Tea Ladies Grahame Bond , Jim Burnett , Don Catchlove , ( dir. Maurice Murphy ) Australia : Lyle McCabe Productions Paradine Productions , 1978 Z1821414 1978 series - publisher film/TV humour

As Moran notes in his Guide to Australian TV Series, this was (like other productions of the same period, including Are You Being Served? and Father, Dear Father) an importation of a British concept: unlike the other programs, however, this was based on a concept for which William Stewart had produced a pilot, but that had never been picked up for production.

The series revolved around tea ladies working in Parliament House, Canberra. Moran notes that 'The short series made at ATV Channel 0 in Melbourne cost $500 000. Each episode was aired almost immediately after studio shooting and was screened at 8:30pm to small audiences with almost no reviews.'
1 1 form y separately published work icon The Aunty Jack Show Grahame Bond , Tim Gooding , Rory O'Donoghue , Peter Weir , Geoffrey Atherden , Dick Barry , Peter Best , Peter Bicevskis , Ric Blakeney , John Brendan , Tony Coote , Michael Cove , Ronald Evans , Glenn Jones , Sharman Mellick , Maurice Murphy , Paul O'Sullivan , Wendy Skelcher , ( dir. Maurice Murphy ) Sydney : Australian Broadcasting Commission , 1972-1973 8013420 1972 series - publisher film/TV humour

A television series conceived around a violent, motorcycle-riding tranvestite boxer and his/her off-beat friends and acquaintances, The Aunty Jack Show ran from 1972 to 1973 on the ABC. From its first broadcast the show attained cult status with much of the country's youth.
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