Cul Cullen
Australian actor and playwright
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Fred Cullen (~1934 – 7 December 1982), credited as Cul Cullen and Fred "Cul" Cullen, was an Australian writer and actor. He won multiple Logie Awards and a Penguin Award.[1][2]
Cullen's screen writing credits included The Man from Snowy River, Australians at War and Homicide.[1] The latter included the episode "The Friendly Fellow" in which he also starred.[3] Cullen won two Logie Awards, for acting and writing, for this episode.[4] Other acting credits include Over There, The Comedy Game, Snake Gully with Dad and Dave, The Spoiler,[3] Matlock Police, Division 4[2] Holiday and The Box.[5]
In the mid-1970s he released an album titled Sometimes through Earth featuring songs and monologues.[6]
Cullen's nickname Cul came from newspaper cartoons he wrote, the smaller ones were signed Cul and the larger ones Cullen.[7]
Awards
- Logie Awards of 1974
- Best Script - Homicide, "The Friendly Fellow"
- Outstanding Single Acting Performance - Homicide, "The Friendly Fellow"
- Logie Awards of 1975[8]
- Best Script - Homicide, "The Fireworks Man"
- Logie Awards of 1977[9]
- Best Documentary Script - Australians At War
- 1977 Penguin Awards[10]
- Best Documentary Script – Australians at War