Ross Higgins

Ross Higgins

Born: June 13, 1930
Died: October 7, 2016
in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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.

Movies for Ross Higgins...

Title: Echo Point
Character: Mr Douglas
Released: June 5, 1995
Type: TV
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.
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Title: Late For School
Character: Stan Price
Released: February 2, 1992
Type: TV
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The Magic Riddle
Title: The Magic Riddle
Character: (voice)
Released: September 19, 1991
Type: Movie
The Magic Riddle is a 1991 Australian animated feature film directed and written by Yoram Gross. The film's plot features elements of famous fairytales including Cinderella, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Little Red Riding Hood and Pinocchio. Robyn Moore provides the voice of Cindy and various other characters.
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Around the World in 80 Days
Title: Around the World in 80 Days
Character: (voice)
Released: November 25, 1988
Type: Movie
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.
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Title: Richmond Hill
Released: January 27, 1988
Type: TV
Richmond Hill was an Australian television
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Dot Goes to Hollywood
Title: Dot Goes to Hollywood
Character: (Voice)
Released: January 1, 1988
Type: Movie
Dot sets out on a mighty adventure that takes her to Hollywood. With the help of Hollywood stars Dot wins a talent quest, and discovered by a famous director, she becomes what all Hollywood dreams are made of – a film star. This enables her to raise money for her little friend Gumley the koala who needs an operation on his eyes.
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The Last of the Mohicans
Title: The Last of the Mohicans
Character: (voice)
Released: July 31, 1987
Type: Movie
An animated version of James Fenimore Cooper's classic wilderness adventure during the French and Indian War in colonial America. Hawkeye is in his prime as the famous scout who rescues the daughters of the Commander of a frontier fort. Produced by Burbank Films Australia.
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Treasure Island
Title: Treasure Island
Character: Long John Silver (voice)
Released: January 1, 1987
Type: Movie
Young Jim Hawkins is caught up with the pirate Long John Silver in search of the buried treasure of the buccaneer Captain Flint, in this adaptation of the classic novel by Robert Louis Stevenson.
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Dot and the Smugglers
Title: Dot and the Smugglers
Character: (voice)
Released: January 1, 1987
Type: Movie
A circus owner attempts to capture a mysterious Bunyip, but Dot and her bushland friends try to foil his plans. Dot soon discovers that the circus is merely a front for an international wildlife smuggling operation. Backed by her pals, Burra the Kookaburra and two boxing kangaroos, Dot goes on the warpath.
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Epic
Title: Epic
Released: May 13, 1985
Type: Movie
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.
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Sherlock Holmes and the Sign of Four
Title: Sherlock Holmes and the Sign of Four
Character: (voice)
Released: December 31, 1983
Type: Movie
Third Sherlock Holmes animated film starring Peter O'Toole.
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David Copperfield
Title: David Copperfield
Character: (voice)
Released: July 20, 1983
Type: Movie
The classic tale of David Copperfield's life is brought to the screen in this faithful and entertaining animated feature for your kids and family.
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Dot and the Bunny
Title: Dot and the Bunny
Character: (voice)
Released: April 3, 1983
Type: Movie
Dot ventures out into the bush determined to finally locate the little lost joey and reunite him with his mother. On her way she meets a silly bunny rabbit who tries to convince Dot that he is the joey she is looking for. Dot is delighted by his antics and names her new companion 'Funny Bunny'. Together they continue the search for the joey. On the way Dot learns that Funny Bunny is really a very lonely rabbit. His family were killed by hunters and he has been on his own ever since. They find mother kangaroo, and though she has not yet found her joey, when she sees the lonely bunny she realises she has found someone else to look after.
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Around the World with Dot
Title: Around the World with Dot
Character: Reindeer/Mr. Nagamora/Kite Judge/Ringmaster
Released: December 4, 1981
Type: Movie
In this magical film Dot joins up with Santa Claus in order to help her friend the mother kangaroo find her lost baby. The pair take off into the air in Santa’s sleigh led by two kangaroos and travel the world searching for the zoo where the lost kangaroo has been sent.
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Title: Kingswood Country
Released: January 30, 1980
Type: TV
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.
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Dot and the Kangaroo
Title: Dot and the Kangaroo
Character: Willie Wagtail (voice)
Released: May 14, 1977
Type: Movie
An Australian girl gets lost in the Outback, but she's befriended by a kangaroo who gives her a ride in her pouch as they search for the girl's home. Aiding the pair are musically gifted koalas, platypuses, and kookaburras in this film based on Ethel Pedley's 1899 children's book, with animated humans and animals superimposed upon a live-action background.
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The Gentlemen of Titipu
Title: The Gentlemen of Titipu
Character: (voice)
Released: June 1, 1973
Type: Movie
The Emperor of Japan is scheduled to visit the small fishing village of Titipu for the annual cherry blossom festival. Unfortunately, during the ceremony the town tailor, Koko, winks at the pretty Kataisha, who is to be the wife of the Emperor's son Nanki Poo. Koko is promptly arrested and thrown in a dark, dank dungeon and sentenced to death for disrespecting the Emperor. Things look bleak for Koko until Nanki Poo falls in love with the lovely Yum Yum, and Koko gets caught up in a scheme to deceive the Emperor.
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Title: Around the World in Eighty Days
Character: Jean Passepartout
Released: September 9, 1972
Type: TV
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.
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Title: Riptide
Character: Insp. Hanley
Released: February 6, 1969
Type: TV
Riptide is an Australian adventure television
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Title: Riptide
Character: Sergeant
Released: February 6, 1969
Type: TV
Riptide is an Australian adventure television
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Title: Skippy the Bush Kangaroo
Character: Thurston
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.