Bruno Lawrence

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Other
Birthday
Feb 12, 1941 (84 years old)
Death date
Jun 10, 1995

Bruno Lawrence

Known For

Frontline
0h 26m
TV Show 1994

Frontline

Frontline is an Australian comedy television series which satirised Australian television current affairs programmes and reporting. It ran for three series of 13 half-hour episodes and was broadcast on ABC TV in 1994, 1995 and 1997.

Jack Be Nimble
1h 35m
Movie 1993

Jack Be Nimble

Jack and Dora, abandoned by their parents as babies, are desperate to find each other after years of adoption. Jack's young life has been spent with a sadistic family. Dora, whose life has been somewhat better, has developed extra-sensory powers which tell her that Jack's in danger and drives her to search for him.

The Rogue Stallion
1h 33m
Movie 1990

The Rogue Stallion

After her father's death, Anna Peterson and her family move from Australia to her father's ancestral home in New Zealand.

Cowboys of Culture
0h 45m
Movie 1990

Cowboys of Culture

Director Geoff Steven's personal perspective on the Kiwi cinema renaissance of the 1970s. It traces the development of the local film industry from the ‘she'll be right' days when filming permits were unknown, and all that was needed to get a picture up were a Bolex camera, enthusiasm and ingenuity.

The Delinquents
1h 41m
Movie 1989

The Delinquents

A small town in Australia, in the late 1950s: Brownie and Lola are deeply in love. But because they are under-age, their parents are against their relationship and try to separate them.

Grievous Bodily Harm
1h 36m
Movie 1988

Grievous Bodily Harm

A schoolteacher (John Waters) becomes obsessed with the idea that his wife (Joy Bell) did not die in a car accident, as everyone else thinks.

The Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy
1h 40m
Movie 1988

The Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy

Dramatisation of the sinking of the Greenpeace ship 'The Rainbow Warrior' by French agents in Auckland, New Zealand, in 1985.

As Time Goes By
1h 36m
Movie 1988

As Time Goes By

A surfer abandoned in the middle of the Australian Outback encounters an alien who time-travels in a ship that looks like a 1950s greasy spoon restaurant and embroils the hero in a chase that involves him sorting out a time paradox so that he can wind back time to prevent the Japanese winning World War II.

Rikky and Pete
1h 41m
Movie 1988

Rikky and Pete

Rikky and her brother Pete struggle to keep their lives from spinning out of control in small town Australia.

Initiation
1h 32m
Movie 1987

Initiation

After the death of his mother, teenage Danny visits his father Matt Malloy on a lonesome farm in Australia, where he lives with a girlfriend and her daughter Stevie. The farm has been going bad lately, so Matt starts smuggling Marijuana for a drug connection. When Danny joins him on one of his flights, the two-seater crashes in the middle of nowhere. Since his father is wounded, he has to conquer the jungle alone in search for help.

Biography

Born David Charles Lawrence in Worthing, West Sussex, England, he migrated with his family to New Zealand in 1946, settling in New Plymouth before moving to Wellington in 1948. Lawrence spent most of his life in New Zealand, but also worked extensively in Australia. He was a renowned jazz and rock drummer, playing drums in many bands, including Max Merritt & The Meteors, Quincy Conserve,Blerta, and The Crocodiles. His last recording was with Bernie McGann, Larry Gales and Jonathan Crayford on "Jazz at the St. James" in 1989. In the early 1970s, Lawrence founded Blerta ("Bruno Lawrence's Electric Revelation and Travelling Apparition"). The multi and theatrical co-operative toured New Zealand and in parts of Australia. Blerta saw him performing alongside many people he would work with later as an actor, including director Geoff Murphy, and actors Martyn Sanderson and Ian Watkin.

By browsing this website, you accept our cookies policy.