10-year-old Ben Oxenbould – a schoolboy “untainted by acting” – was chosen to portray the titular scamp from a famous Australian comic strip in the Sydney-based film, Fatty Finn.
Screen newcomer Ben shared the film credits with another feature film first-timer, Aussie television stalwart Bert Newton who played Fatty’s father, with Noni Hazelhurst as Mrs Finn, Gerard Kennedy in the role of Tiger Murphy and Lorraine Bayly as crime queen Maggie McGrath.
The idea for turning the Syd Nicholls’ comics into a movie came from writers Bob Ellis and Chris McGill.
Hubert ‘Fatty’ Finn
Ben Oxenbould John Finn
Bert Newton Myrtle Finn
Noni Hazlehurst Tilly
Rebecca Rigg Headlights
Jeremy Larsson Skeet
Martin Lewis Seasy
Hugo Grieve Lolly Legs
Sandy Leask Maggie McGrath
Lorraine Bayly Bruiser Murphy
Greg Kelly Tiger Murphy
Gerard Kennedy Mrs Murphy
Su Cruickshank Squizzy
Christian Robinson Flies
Murray Shultz Mac
Miguel López Snootle
Christopher Norton Officer Claffey
Bill Young Mr Zilch
Henri Szeps
Director
Maurice Murphy
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