http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/richard-smith/ Richard Smith teaches film studies at Sydney University. He is father of three children and master of none. He has recently taken up camping and is convinced that is the real reason for the Brisbane floods. en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Vale-Bill-Hunter-the-voice-and-face-of-Aussie-cinema/ The great Australian actor Bill Hunter has died in a Melbourne hospice, aged 71. Hunter had inoperable cancer. Film studies teacher Richard Smith celebrates his life work and legacy. A friend and I once had a joke about Bill Hunter: that he was the Gerard Depardieu of Australian Cinema. This meant that he was in everything and that he could do anything. He did not seem to change much from one appearance to the next, but he seemed to be so naturally right for the roles: Think of the difference between his role in the BHP ads and his role as Bill Heslop in Muriel’s Wedding, one the voice of The Big Australian, the other the patriarch of little Australia. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Richard Smith) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Vale-Bill-Hunter-the-voice-and-face-of-Aussie-cinema/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Vale-Bill-Hunter-the-voice-and-face-of-Aussie-cinema/#item5878 Sun, 22 May 2011 00:00:56 +0000 Richard Smith | Author bios | The Punch