Michael Duffield Explained

Michael Duffield
Birth Place:England
Birth Date:1915
Death Place:Toorak, Victoria, Australia
Death Date:July 1986 (aged 71)
Occupation:Actor
Years Active:?–1986

Michael Duffield (1915 – June 1986) was an English-born character actor who worked in Australia for many decades.[1] He was nominated for the 1979 AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his role in The Last of the Knucklemen,[2] a role he was reprising from the original stage production.[3]

Duffield was also a prominent theatre actor, starting from 1950, with numerous career characters with the Melbourne Theatre Company, he won awards in 1962 for his performance on stage in The Caretaker and also was notable for playing. Winston Churchill in the production "The Soldiers". Whilst on television he appeared in numerous televised live plays.

He died in June 1986, aged 71 and was survived by a wife and three children.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. News: The Age. Taking characters very much to heart. 25 July 1983. 14. Margaret. Simons.
  2. Web site: The Last of the Knucklemen (1979) . Kuipers . Richard . Australian Screen . NFSA . 5 November 2021 .
  3. Connolly . Keith . September–October 1979 . Film Reviews . Cinema Papers .
  4. News: Veteran Actor Dies. 17 June 1986. 4. The Age.
  5. News: TELEVISION HIGHLIGHTS . . 37 . 10,548 . Australian Capital Territory, Australia . 29 May 1963 . 19 October 2020 . 35 . National Library of Australia.
  6. News: Famous Play Tonight . . 37 . 10,524 . Australian Capital Territory, Australia . 1 May 1963 . 19 October 2020 . 33 . National Library of Australia.