Les Foxcroft

Les Foxcroft


Died: June 21, 2004
in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Movies for Les Foxcroft...

13 Gantry Row
Title: 13 Gantry Row
Character: Barber
Released: January 9, 1998
Type: Movie
When newlyweds Peter and Julie purchase an old house with plans to renovate it, they begin to discover the strangest things. First, they find one of the living room walls covered with iron plates that reveal an expanding sepia stain. Afterwards, they realize that the stain is beginning to take the shape of a man climbing from the darkness under the house. Whenever they paint over the stain, it reappears. The evil events that took place in the house 100 years prior, are becoming the cause of strange occurrences. Soon, the couple is directly threatened by the evil history of their home.
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Still Twisted
Title: Still Twisted
Character: Neighbor (segment 'The Crossing')
Released: January 2, 1997
Type: Movie
Four unsuspecting victims are hurled into a twisted and altered reality: ... a young woman tries to flee a hit-and-run with destiny... an ex-ballroom champion hides a mysterious secret from the past in his bedroom... a routine job for a hitman takes an unusual turn... and a woman finds herself trapped in a train station with a bizarre railway clerk. All four soon discover that their preconceived notions of reality couldn't be further from the truth.
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Title: Water Rats
Character: Old Man
Released: February 12, 1996
Type: TV
Water Rats is an Australian TV police procedural broadcast on the Nine Network from 1996 to 2001.
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The Roly Poly Man
Title: The Roly Poly Man
Character: Mickey
Released: December 1, 1994
Type: Movie
Private detective Dirk Trent, a collector of cigarette butts, a "smooth" ladies man, a wearer of bad suits, and he's convinced there's more to an incident he caught on tape, where a man seemed about to murder his mistress with an axe. Delving deeper, the film enters some seldom-trodden territory as it slips easily into horror and sci-fi, while still maintaining the hilarious dialogue
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Bedevil
Title: Bedevil
Character: Old Mickey
Released: September 11, 1993
Type: Movie
Three stories of the supernatural are recounted in this anthology. Rick, an Aboriginal boy living near a swamp on Bribie Island, is haunted by an American solider who drowned in quicksand. Ruby and her family live in a house near long-abandoned train tracks, which still carry ghostly apparitions. A landlord has trouble evicting the tenants of an old warehouse: a couple that's been dead for years
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The Last Crop
Title: The Last Crop
Character: Grandpa
Released: August 7, 1991
Type: Movie
Ann (Kerry Walker) cleans for a living. She confronts problems like a vacuum cleaner sucks up dirt from the carpet. She shares everything she has with her two moody children (Noah Taylor, Sarah Hooper) and her equally erratic neighbours. She also shares everything her rich and constantly out-of-town employers have. While Ann vacuums her clients’ penthouses, her friends enjoy the million dollar views, luxury appointments, home gyms, cocktails by the pool - the things they have always wanted, but could never in their wildest dreams afford.
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Title: E Street
Character: Mr. Tracey
Released: January 24, 1989
Type: TV
An Australian television soap opera, set in a tough fictional inner-city district called Westside. The stories revolve around the local community there. Created by Forrest Redlich and produced by Network Ten from 24 January 1989 to 13 May 1993.
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Burke & Wills
Title: Burke & Wills
Character: Harry
Released: October 30, 1985
Type: Movie
A story based on true events about two explorers on a doomed journey trying to cross Australia on foot in the 19 century.
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The Winds of Jarrah
Title: The Winds of Jarrah
Character: Woody Gunner
Released: June 1, 1983
Type: Movie
Australia 1946. A young woman escapes from an unhappy affair to become tutor to three children who are being raised by their uncle.
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The Dismissal
Title: The Dismissal
Character: The First Speaker
Released: March 6, 1983
Type: Movie
The drama surrounding the dismissal of Mr. Gough Whitlam as the Labor Prime Minister of Australia - on 11 November, 1975 - by the then Governor-General of Australia, Sir John Kerr - and the subsequent installation, in Parliament, of the Liberal 'caretaker government' and Mr. Malcolm Fraser as the 'caretaker' Prime Minister.
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Hoodwink
Title: Hoodwink
Released: November 5, 1981
Type: Movie
Hoodwink is based on the true story of an Australian con artist who briefly won the hearts of the media (if not the authorities). John Hargreaves stars as a criminal serving time in a New South Wales prison. He's not partial to the physical labor required of the convicts, so he hits upon a labor-saving plan. Hargreaves pretends to be totally blind, thus lightening his work load....and carries off the hoax for years.
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Lady Stay Dead
Title: Lady Stay Dead
Character: Billy Shepherd
Released: September 10, 1981
Type: Movie
Millionairess actress-singer Marie Coleby (Deborah Coulls) lives in a luxurious villa on a deserted beach. One afternoon following a TV commercial shoot at the villa she incites gardener Gordon Mason (Chard Hayward) to mayhem and murder. The unexpected arrival of Marie's sister Jenny Nolan (Louise Howitt) hinders Mason's attempts to dispose of the body. He then decides to kill Jenny. But she is equally determined to stay alive ... so begins a battle of wits. Jenny's salvation seems at hand when two security men arrive at the villa, but only one, Officer Collings (Roger Ward) survives the initial siege. Then Jenny is alone to face Mason for the final time ...
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...Maybe This Time
Title: ...Maybe This Time
Character: MP #2
Released: March 19, 1981
Type: Movie
Fran, the assistant to university professor Paddy, is about to turn 30. She is having an affair with a married minister's aide, Stephen. She returns home to the country town she grew up in and has a fling with an old flame, Alan. She also begins sleeping with Paddy.
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Little Boy Lost
Title: Little Boy Lost
Released: November 16, 1978
Type: Movie
The True story of Stephen Walls, a young Australian farm boy, whose disappearance galvanized a continent into action. Taught to be wary of strangers, the boy cannot know that the boisterous hordes of volunteers are his saviors and not his enemies. After four tense days, hopes wanes. At last, a group of searchers spot the young Stephen, and its members are able to convice him that they want to help him reach home and family. - Written by
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Newsfront
Title: Newsfront
Character: Redex Trial Driver
Released: July 29, 1978
Type: Movie
Two brothers working as news cameramen for competing companies in '50s Australia find their lives dramatically affected by the constantly changing times in which they live.
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Born to Run
Title: Born to Run
Character: Loafer
Released: October 13, 1977
Type: Movie
Journey to the land down under for a warm, thrilling story of a once proud racehorse stableowner, his adventurous grandson, and their dream to revive the golden days of horse racing glory.
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Title: Skippy the Bush Kangaroo
Character: Cliff
Released: February 5, 1968
Type: TV
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.
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Title: Skippy the Bush Kangaroo
Character: Strapper
Released: February 5, 1968
Type: TV
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.