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Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1930-06-13

Place of Birth

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Ross Higgins

Biography

Ross Higgins (14 June 1931 – 7 October 2016) was an Australian vaudevillian, character actor, television host, comedian, singer and voice actor. Higgins was best known for his role as Ted Bullpitt in the 1980s television situation comedy series Kingswood Country and brief revival Bullpitt! He was the father of an Australian actor Brendan Higgins.

Known for

Skippy the Bush Kangaroo

Skippy the Bush Kangaroo

Skippy the Bush Kangaroo is an Australian television series telling the adventures of a young boy and his intelligent pet kangaroo, and the various visitors to the fictional Waratah National Park in Duffys Forest, near Sydney, New South Wales.

Echo Point

Echo Point

Echo Point was an Australian television soap opera produced by Southern Star Group for Network Ten on 1 June 1995 until 1 December 1995. The series was devised as an attempt by the Ten Network to rival the opposition soap Home and Away on the Seven Network. The series focused on several families and teenagers in a coastal community, and a key on-going storyline concerned renewed interest in a long-unsolved local murder mystery. Echo Point originally aired at 7:00pm weeknights to low ratings and the series was cancelled after a little over 100 episodes had been produced. The final episodes were aired in a late night 11.30pm slot. The only purchaser of the series in the UK was Central Television, the only member of the ITV network to screen it. Central screened the series at 1315-1345 in the summer of 1998 following the conclusion of A Country Practice. TV3 in New Zealand picked up the series for just a few weeks in 1996 but then later cancelled, the show featured former Shortland Street actor Martin Henderson.

Rush

Rush

Rush was an Australian television series produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation between 1974 and 1976. The first 13 episodes were produced in 1974 and filmed in black and white. In 1976, 13 more episodes were produced, in colour, in conjunction with French production company Antenne 2. Each series featured a different cast with the exception of John Waters.

Around the World in Eighty Days

Around the World in Eighty Days

Around the World in 80 Days is an animated television series that lasted one season of sixteen episodes, broadcast during the 1972-1973 season by NBC. It was the first Australian-produced cartoon to be shown on American network television. Leif Gram directed all sixteen episodes, and the stories were loosely adapted by Chester "Chet" Stover from the novel by Jules Verne.

Kingswood Country

Kingswood Country

Kingswood Country is an Australian sitcom that screened from 1980 to 1984 on the Seven Network. The series started on 30 January 1980 and was a spin-off from a sketch on comedy program The Naked Vicar Show that had featured Ross Higgins as a blustering bigot. It was produced by RS Productions.

Riptide

Riptide

Riptide is an Australian adventure television

Riptide

Riptide

Riptide is an Australian adventure television

Ginger Meggs

Ginger Meggs

The escapades of Ginger Meggs, local larrikin. He's trying to win the heart of Minnie Peters, but the pressures of school, his rival Eddie Coogan and bully Tiger Kelly make life tough for him. Besides, there's fishing to be done.

Richmond Hill

Richmond Hill

Richmond Hill was an Australian television

Bullpitt!

Bullpitt!

Bullpitt! sees the return of the character Ted Bullpitt (from Kingwood Country). The legend of Wombat Crescent has packed up the Kingswood, loaded Neville the statue and moved into “Whispering Pines” retirement village. Australia’s favourite hero, Ted Bullpitt, tries to retire gracefully but can’t help plunging the village into chaos and confusion.

The Naked Vicar Show

The Naked Vicar Show

A variety show with sketch comedy, guest musical performances and commentary on news and politics of the day, filmed in front of a studio audience. Premiered on ABC Radio in 1976 as a radio show, before making the transition to television broadcast on the Seven Network in 1977 and ended in 1978.

Late For School

Late For School

Epic

Epic

During a massive flood, two children are rescued by a family of dingoes, which subsequently raises them as their own. When the children come of age, they must go out into the world and collect the "secrets of life", before becoming the new king and queen of the dingoes.

Around the World in 80 Days

Around the World in 80 Days

English Lord Phileas Fogg has just become the main suspect in a daring bank robbery. Meanwhile, he has made a wager with several other lords that he will be able to travel around this world in a mere 80 days. Joined by his butler Passepartout, Fogg begins his journey. However, hot on his heels is Scotland Yard detective Mr. Fix.

Dot and the Bunny

Dot and the Bunny

Dot looks for a lost kangaroo with help from her bunny friend who wants to be a kangaroo, too.