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Frankie J. Holden is a Actor Australien born on 18 december 1952

Frankie J. Holden

Frankie J. Holden
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Birth name Peter Brian
Nationality Australie
Birth 18 december 1952 (71 years)

Frankie J. Holden (born Peter Brian; 18 December 1952) , also known as Frank Holden, is an Australian singer, actor and TV presenter. In the 1970s, he fronted Ol' 55, which had a hit with "On the Prowl" from their debut album, Take It Greasy which peaked at number three on the Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart in 1976. For Return Home Holden was nominated for Best Actor in a Lead Role at the 1990 AFI Awards.

Biography

He married his first wife Leigh Hunter in the mid seventies, divorcing in the early eighties. He had 3 daughters from his second marriage, to dancer Melda Rees, who died in 1997 from cancer. Holden married actress Michelle Pettigrove two years later. They have had one daughter together.

Holden currently resides on the Sapphire Coast of New South Wales Australia and is still performing around Australia as a successful entertainer.

In 2010, Frankie and Michelle, with two other couples, purchased the Tathra Beach Family Park, a seaside holiday park in Tathra, NSW.

Usually with

Tony Barry
Tony Barry
(2 films)
Ian Baker
Ian Baker
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Frankie J. Holden (16 films)

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Actor

Clubland
Clubland (2007)
, 1h45
Directed by Cherie Nowlan
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Emma Booth, Rebecca Gibney, Brenda Blethyn, Richard Wilson, Philip Quast, Russell Dykstra
Roles John Maitland
Rating63% 3.1932153.1932153.1932153.1932153.193215
Life for shy 21-year-old Tim Maitland (Khan Chittenden) is not always smooth sailing. His mum Jean (Brenda Blethyn) is a cafeteria worker by day who hits the comedy club circuit by night, while his dad John (Frankie J. Holden) is busy trying to recapture his fifteen minutes of fame from when he was a country and western singer back in 1975. But when the feisty beautiful Jill (Emma Booth) walks into Tim's life, things seem to be looking up. Unfortunately, there's another woman in Tim's life, one who will stand between him and the perfect romance... his mother!
Hammers Over the Anvil, 1h37
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Russell Crowe, Wayne Pygram, Charlotte Rampling, Amanda Douge, Frankie J. Holden
Roles Bushman Marshall
Rating56% 2.804932.804932.804932.804932.80493
Based on the novel of the same name by Alan Marshall, the film is set in the early 1900s in the Outback, centering around a young Alan Marshall and the people in his town. Crippled by polio, Alan tries to make sense of his place in a world where a man's physical prowess gains the admiration of women and the envy of his peers, as demonstrated by the horsebreaker East Driscoll, portrayed by Russell Crowe. Charlotte Rampling also stars as an English lady, Grace McAlister, who has moved to the area with her husband. Complications arise as an attraction develops between East and Grace and young Alan deals with the complexities of growing up.
Ebbtide
Ebbtide (1993)
, 1h34
Genres Thriller
Actors Harry Hamlin, John Waters, Frankie J. Holden
Roles Ernie Miller
Rating57% 2.872352.872352.872352.872352.87235
Lawyer Jeff Warren takes over a compensation case after the sudden death of one of his partners.
Eight Ball
Eight Ball (1992)
, 1h30
Genres Drama
Actors Frankie J. Holden, Matthew Krok
Roles Mal
Rating47% 2.3974152.3974152.3974152.3974152.397415
A young architect, Charlie, meets Russell, who has just got out of prison.
Proof
Proof (1991)
, 1h26
Directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse
Origin Australie
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Films about disabilities, La cécité
Actors Hugo Weaving, Russell Crowe, Heather Mitchell, Jeffrey Walker, Daniel Pollock, Frankie J. Holden
Roles Brian
Rating71% 3.5951553.5951553.5951553.5951553.595155
The story concerns the tribulations of Martin (Hugo Weaving), a blind photographer. Through a series of flashbacks, Martin is shown as a child, distrustful of his own mother, and also she describes to him the garden outside his bedroom window. She tells him that someone is raking leaves, but he can't hear the sound and angrily decides she is lying to him.
Rose Against the Odds, 1h46
Genres Biography, Action
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Boxing films, Documentary films about law
Actors Telly Savalas, Paul Williams, Tony Barry, Steve Jacobs, Frankie J. Holden, Jacinta Stapleton
Roles Tom Price
Rating66% 3.305973.305973.305973.305973.30597
Ce film est une biographie du boxeur aborigène Lionel Rose : de son enfance dans un village aborigène pauvre d'Australie, son départ à Melbourne pour rejoindre l'équipe de boxe de Jack Rennie, jusqu'au soir où un coup de téléphone surprise lui donne la chance de sa vie : défier le champion du monde en titre, le grand Fighting Harada.
The Big Steal, 1h39
Directed by Nadia Tass
Genres Comedy
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies, Heist films
Actors Ben Mendelsohn, Claudia Karvan, Steve Bisley, Marshall Napier, Damon Herriman, Maggie King
Roles Frank
Rating67% 3.3941853.3941853.3941853.3941853.394185
In his first leading role Ben Mendelsohn plays Danny Clark, a bumbling eighteen-year-old guy. He knows what it takes to be cool and have some style, it is just that he seems to struggle to get there. Danny has enthusiasm and passion and only wants two things more than anything in the world. A Jaguar XJ6 and a date with the gorgeous Joanna Johnson (an early role for then 17-year-old Claudia Karvan). Get these and his life will be complete.
Return Home, 1h27
Genres Drama
Actors Frankie J. Holden, Ben Mendelsohn, Alan Fletcher
Roles Steve
Rating65% 3.274553.274553.274553.274553.27455
Evil Angels, 1h58
Directed by Fred Schepisi
Origin Australie
Genres Drama
Themes Seafaring films, Prison films, Transport films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Meryl Streep, Sam Neill, Deborra-Lee Furness, Bruce Myles, Bud Tingwell, Charles Dance
Roles Leslie Thompson
Rating68% 3.447963.447963.447963.447963.44796
Seventh-day Adventist Church pastor Michael Chamberlain (Sam Neill), his wife Lindy (Meryl Streep), their two sons, and their nine-week-old daughter Azaria are on a camping holiday trip in the Outback. With the baby sleeping in their tent, the family is enjoying a barbecue with their fellow campers when a cry is heard. Lindy returns to the tent to check on Azaria and is certain she sees a dingo with something in its mouth running off as she approaches. When she discovers the infant is missing, everyone joins forces to search for her, without success. It is assumed what Lindy saw was the animal carrying off the child, and a subsequent inquest rules her account of events is true.
High Tide
High Tide (1987)
, 1h44
Directed by Gillian Armstrong
Genres Drama
Actors Judy Davis, Claudia Karvan, Frankie J. Holden, Colin Friels, Toni Scanlan, Mark Hembrow
Roles Lester
Rating70% 3.5400453.5400453.5400453.5400453.540045
Lilli is one of three backing singers for a touring Elvis impersonator until she is fired. Then, left alone at the beginning of winter she is stranded in a ramshackle beach town on the windswept coast of New South Wales. This remote, working class, tourist-town has a pervasive sense of rootlessness and movement. The people survive by changing their occupations with the seasons and work hard in small businesses. Here, stuck in the Mermaid Caravan Park, she encounters her teenage daughter Ally (Claudia Karvan). When Lilli's young surfer husband had died, she felt lost; she gave up her baby to her mother-in-law, Bet. Lilli has been drifting ever since, and getting wasted. Bet is a rowdy, belligerent woman, devoted to Ally—she has taken care of her for 13 years but she has no idea how unhappy the girl is. Lilli has an immediate rapport with the lonely Ally even before she knows that Ally is her daughter, and after she knows, she can't take her eyes off her. They belong with each other. but Lilli's terrified of taking on the responsibilities of motherhood, and Bet tells her she's riff-raff. When we first see Ally she is in the water; surfing is—"her refuge from the noisy junkiness of life with Bet. Bet isn't a monster, she's simply the wrong person to be raising the pensive Ally, whose emotions are hidden away, like her mother's. The drama is in our feeling that Lilli must not leave her daughter in the embrace of this raucous old trouper.
The Humpty Dumpty Man, 1h32
Directed by Paul John Hogan
Actors Deborra-Lee Furness, Jim Holt, Rod Mullinar, Frankie J. Holden
Rating55% 2.7900752.7900752.7900752.7900752.790075
Shadlow is a trade consultant who accepts a Soviet trade contract and is accused of international espionage.
The Chain Reaction, 1h32
Origin Australie
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action
Themes La fin du monde, Disaster films, Films about earthquakes
Actors Steve Bisley, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Richard Moir, Tim Burns, Mel Gibson, Frankie J. Holden
Roles Farts
Rating54% 2.7093052.7093052.7093052.7093052.709305
An earthquake in rural Australia causes a dangerous leak at WALDO (acronyms of Western Atomic Longterm Dumping Organisation), a nuclear waste storage facility. Heinrich Schmidt (Ross Thompson) an engineer badly contaminated in the accident, knows that the leak will poison the groundwater for hundreds of miles around and wants to warn the public. His boss, however, is only interested in protecting himself and believes that the accident should be covered up, when in fact the contamination risks thousands of lives. Heinrich escapes from the facility but is badly injured. Lost in the woods and suffering from amnesia, he is rescued by Larry Stilson (Steve Bisley), a car mechanic on holiday, and his wife Carmel (Arna-Maria Winchester). As Heinrich tries to piece together his memories of what happened, his boss' thugs are quickly closing in on the trio.
The Odd Angry Shot, 1h32
Genres War, Comedy, Action
Themes Political films
Actors Graham Kennedy, Bryan Brown, John Hargreaves, John Jarratt, Graeme Blundell, Richard Moir
Roles Spotted Soldier
Rating65% 3.292533.292533.292533.292533.29253
Bill, a young new recruit in the Australian Special Air Service, arrives for his year-long tour of duty in Vietnam. Other members of his section include Harry, the section's Corporal and the oldest and most worldly-wise of the group, along with Bung, Rogers, Dawson and Scott. The close-knit group cope with their circumstances with a mixture of humour, cheek, practical jokes and copious quantities of beer. Harry has an ongoing verbal feud with the company cook over the questionable quality of the food. During the first weeks of their stay in Vietnam, their biggest enemies are mud, boredom, tinea and the never-ending torrential rains. However the real war strikes suddenly one night when an enemy mortar barrage hits their camp claiming a number of casualties. The section's first operation takes place shortly afterwards; a short sharp engagement in the dense jungle, which leaves Scott mortally wounded and one wounded Viet Cong who escapes. This encounter sets the tone for the remainder of their tour. Long, exhausting patrols which are periodically interrupted by short savage encounters with either the enemy, mines or booby-traps.