Cul Cullen
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
[edit]- 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
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Cul Cullen, actor and writer", The Sydney Morning Herald, 9 December 1982
- 1 2 "Death of Cul Cullen", The Canberra Times, 9 December 1982
- 1 2 "Actor writes tense script", The Sydney Morning Herald, 16 July 1973
- ↑ Matthews, Kate. "Homicide – The Friendly Fellow (1973)". Australian Screen. National Film and Sound Archive of Australia. Retrieved 25 March 2026.
- ↑ "Cul Cullen's Holiday", The Age, 16 October 1974
- ↑ Forester (2 January 1975), "Made any dinkum records lately", The Age
- ↑ Ryan, Michael (16 October 1974), "Cul's no matinee idol, but he is a theatrical success", The Age
- ↑ "Sigley is top TV personality", The Sydney Morning Herald, 8 March 1975
- ↑ "Logies for Lane, Little", The Sydney Morning Herald, 26 March 1977
- ↑ "Alternative's actors win Pengum", The Age, 7 November 1977
External links
[edit]- Cul Cullen at IMDb
- Biographical cuttings on Cul Cullen, actor, containing one or more cuttings from newspapers or journals at the National Library of Australia