Russell Newman

Movies

Codgers
Patrick
Five Aussie codgers meet at the gym each week to exercise, chew the fat, sling off, sing and have a bloody good laugh! Among the jokes and the secrets, the back strain and biceps, they learn that ‘difference’ is more to do with your point of view and that no matter what, ‘you wouldn’t be dead for quids!’
Love in the First Degree
Mr. Birch
An actor takes a temporary job working as a secretary at a law firm, and is attracted to a female attorney. She is reluctant to start a relationship out of fear of her fellow attorneys believing that she is dating below her position.
Lucy
Bill Frawley
MOW about the life of Lucille Ball, focusing on the loving yet tumultuous relationship with Desi Arnaz.
Whipping Boy
Sex Store Husband
A female lawyer heads a government taskforce investigating a suspected paedophile racket in Sydney. Based on the novel by Gabrielle Lord.
The Seventh Floor
Det. Riley
Kate Fletcher has the perfect apartment. Everything is computer controlled. It is the home of her dreams until a psychotic man begins to execute the violent orders he hears from his long dead sister.
The Custodian
Police Commissioner
Detective James Quinlan has left his alcoholic wife, sprouting a bloom of insecurity, anger and self-motivation within him to expose the corrupt police force that surrounds him. He abandons his straight life to join his partner Detective Church in order to get on the inside of the circle of double-agents. He secretly sides with a reporter and an Internal Affairs lawyer to expose them to the press.
Joh's Jury
Robert Greenwood
Dramatisation of the 1991 perjury trial of former Queensland state Premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen.
The Distant Home
Mr. Flannery
Government authorities incarcerate a girl whose extraterrestrial origin is discovered after an accident with a car.
Dear Cardholder
Alfred Block
Hec, a sacked taxation clerk, seeks fame and fortune using the world of credit cards. Unfortunately for him, and the banks, he has no concept of credit card limit.
The Riddle of the Stinson
Rolly Graham
In 1937, a routine passenger and mail flight crashes during bad weather on a flight between Brisbane and Sydney. A local bushman begins a search, and finds the wreckage and two survivors ten days after the crash.
Army Wives
Fletcher
Two childhood friends who marry brothers in the Army soon discover that their lives will take a different path from what they first expected.
Archer's Adventure
Publican
During the 1860s, Dave Powers, apprentice to a horse trainer, volunteers to ride Archer to the Melbourne Cup race. Their start is 600 miles from Melbourne, and the journey is anything but easy. Of course, the pair have numerous adventures along the way, and in the end Archer competes in the Melbourne Cup race.
After Hours
Coach
The difficulty of separating sexual fantasy and reality becomes apparent in an investigation of an alleged sexual harassment case.