Bony (1992)
Plot.
Bony is an Australian television series made in 1992. The series of 13 episodes followed on from a telemovie made in 1990. The series was criticised for casting a white man (Cameron Daddo) as the title character Detective David John Bonaparte, under the tutelage of "Uncle Albert", an elderly Aborigine (Burnham Burnham). Bony was supposed to be a descendent of the Bony character created by Arthur Upfield in dozens of novels from the late 1920s until his death in 1964.
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Cast & Crew.
Cameron Daddo
David 'Bony' Bonaparte
Terence Cooper
Vincetti
Burnham Burnham
Uncle Albert
Christian Kohlund
Frank Fisher
Mandy Bowden
Bev Miles
Reg Watson
Creator
Jan Bladier
Producer
David Lee
Producer
Frank Strangio
Original Music Composer
Nino Gaetano Martinetti
Director of Photography
Cornelia von Braun
Casting Director
Anthony Tulloch
Best Boy Electrician
Gary Conway
Director
Mark Callen
Director
Paul Moloney
Director
Chris Langman
Director
Dan Burstall
Director
Dave Worthington
Writer
Shane Brennan
Writer
Jan Sardi
Writer
Howard Griffiths
Writer
Ray Harding
Writer
Alister Webb
Writer
Denis Whitburn
Writer
Jeffery Richards
Constable Read
Frank Bren
Rabbit
Guy Pearce
Late Arrival
Mark Lee
Dave O'Dwyer
Libby Tanner
Jenny
Annie Jones
Sarah
Tina Bursill
Peta
Shane Briant
Oaks
Louise Pajo
Audrey
Frankie J. Holden
Croft
Paul Dawber
Estate Agent
Steven Vidler
Jackson
Peter Gow
Lou
Dennis Grosvenor
Kennedy
Sophie Heathcote
Sally
Keith Kaye
Terry
Ralph Marsden
Sgt. Harley
Johnny Raaen
Holbrook
Darren Yap
Chang
Gloria Ajenstat
Paula Timms
Lesley Baker
Board House Lady
Suzanne Dudley
Tess D'Argent
Alan Fletcher
Pryor
Lyn James
Mrs. Vincetti
Wynn Roberts
Templeman
Ross Thompson
Connelly
Lenita Psillakis
Rina
Nikos Psaltopoulos
Guy
Suzanne Brenchley
Duty Manager
David Cameron
Kirby
Tom Coltraine
Hardy
Laurie Dobson
Campbell
Judith Graham
Mrs. Lamar
Rod Mullinar
Selby
Tony Rickards
Smooch
Cheryl Ballantine
Cleaning Lady
Doug Bowles
Helicopter Pilot
Christopher Dibb
Bosley
Kylie Foster
Beth
Peter Harvey-Wright
Detective
Vince Martin
Greg
Bob Ruggiero
Stefanou
Peter Stratford
Ducol
Aash Aaron
The Bully
Dane Carson
Wayne
Dorothy Cutts
Nurse
Victoria Kennedy
Amanda
Taya Straton
Elizabeth
Owen Weingott
Helmut
Alan Cassell
Sgt. Yeates
Kevin Leslie
McIntyre
Ian Scott
Noel
Tom Travers
Ces
Anne Browning
Fiona O'Dwyer
Anthony Hawkins
Evan Baxter
David Le Page
Reporter
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Bony is an Australian television series made in 1992. The series of 13 episodes followed on from a telemovie made in 1990. The series was criticised for casting a white man (Cameron Daddo) as the title character Detective David John "Bony" Bonaparte, under the tutelage of "Uncle Albert", an elderly Aboriginal person played by Burnum Burnum. Bony was supposed to be a descendant of the Bony character created by Arthur Upfield in dozens of novels from the late 1920s until his death in 1964.