Australian film and television legend Charles "Bud" Tingwell, has died. He was 86. Tingwell was best known as the star of the iconic police show Homicide and the much-loved Australian film The Castle. Tingwell was born in 1923, in Coogee, New South Wales, and prior to his career as a film and television actor, worked in radio and served as a Spitfire pilot during World War II. He worked in Hollywood and England, during the latter becoming well known as the star of a live-to-air drama Emergency Ward 10. He returned to Australia, and became the star of the iconic police drama Homicide, playing Inspector Reg Lawson. His recent credits include the 1997 film The Castle, the mini-series Changi and a role in Neighbours. He also appeared in The Man From Snowy River: The Arena Spectacular. In 1994, he was admitted to the TV Week Gold Logie Hall of Fame. Leave your tribute here to one of Australia's finest actors, Charles "Bud" Tingwell. Watch the multimedia tribute to Bud Tingwell
