Ray Barrett Collection
Collection
A collection of material regarding the life and career of actor Ray Barrett including: scrapbooks, photographs, theatre programmes, posters, press packs, magazines, programmes, scripts and call sheets, audiovisual material (films, interviews, television series, commercials), awards, correspondence and papers.
He had many roles in Australian films, starring in The Sundowners (1960), Don's Party (1976), The Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith (1978), Goodbye Paradise (1983), Dad and Dave: On Our Selection (1994), Hotel Sorrento (1994), Brilliant Lies (1996) and In the Winter Dark (1997). Ray was a highly skilled character actor, able to play leading or support roles with enormous credibility and empathy, with all accents, including Australian. He received four AFI awards (including the Raymond Longford Lifetime Achievement Award, and one Logie (Most Outstanding Contribution to the Australian Film Industry). Four further awards are also listed.
In copyright.