McDonald, Garry

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Name
McDonald, Garry Gender: M
Garry George McDonald
born on 30 October 1948 at 12:30 (= 12:30 PM )
Place Sydney, Australia, 33s52, 151e13
Timezone AEST h10e (is standard time)
Data source
Accuracy in question
Rodden Rating C
Collector: Sutton
Astrology data s_su.18.gif s_scocol.18.gif 06°35' s_mo.18.gif s_libcol.18.gif 07°29 Asc.s_aqucol.18.gif 24°01'



Garry McDonald (Gold Logie)
photo: WikiCats (talk), license gfdl

Biography

Australian actor, satirist and comedian, with a career spanning five decades. He has had many theatre, television and film roles, and has been listed as a National Living Treasure. He is best known as the seemingly naive celebrity interviewer Norman Gunston, through whom he pioneered the "ambush interviewer" technique since followed by many others. He received a Gold Logie award for the television Norman Gunston Show (1975-1979) in which he developed the character. He is also famed for his role of the hapless Arthur Beare in the television sitcom Mother and Son (1984-1994). Appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2003 for service to the community in the mental health field and to the arts as an entertainer, he has also been a board member of the Australian mental health organisation beyondblue.

Link to Wikipedia biography

Source Notes

Sy Scholfield has a 21-page document of Australian data compiled by Dennis Sutton giving McDonald's data as above with the following source: "From Arthur Bowman - C (caution required)."

Categories

  • Diagnoses : Psychological : Depression
  • Vocation : Entertainment : Actor/ Actress
  • Vocation : Entertainment : Comedy
  • Vocation : Entertainment : Live Stage
  • Vocation : Entertainment : TV host/ Personality
  • Vocation : Entertainment : TV series/ Soap star
  • Notable : Awards : Public Service (AO)
  • Notable : Awards : Vocational award (4x Logies)
  • Notable : Famous : Historic figure (Australian "National Living Treasure")