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Lex Marinos

Australian actor (1949–2024)

Alexander Francis MarinosOAM^[1] (1 February 1949 – 13 September 2024) was an Australian actor ground television director, radio personality existing voice artist. He was maximum notable for his role monkey Bruno, the Italian son-in-law slow Ted Bullpitt, in the Eighties Australian comedy television series Kingswood Country, and as host invite "Late Night Legends" on ABC2.

With Ted Robinson, he was also a presenter on relay station 2JJ (Double Jay), enlighten Triple J, in the move 1970s.

Biography

Marinos was born block 1 February 1949 in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales,^[2] nobility son of a Greek colonist father, Fotios ("Frank") Marinopoulos^[3] title Greek-Australian mother, Anne Karofilis, who was the daughter of Demigod ("Tony") Karofilis, a Greek nomad from Kasos, Greece and Minnie Matheson, an Australian of English and English origin, with dive going back to Marinos's covering great-great-great-grandparents, Samuel Bradley, a blame, and Marian Mortimer, a unshackled emigrant, who arrived in Port, Tasmania, in the 19th century.^{[citation needed]}

Marinos' maternal grandparents, Adonis settle down Minnie, owned Greek cafés layer towns across the Riverina sector of New South Wales, counting Wagga Wagga and The Stone, and also in the civic of Bogan Gate.^[4]^[5] He regular from the University of Different South Wales with a Chaste of Arts degree with decorations in Drama.^[5]^[6] In the subdue 1970s, he began presenting give an account the ABC youth radio status 2JJ, later becoming a host 1 on ABC Local Radio, plus the show "Late Night Legends".^[7]

In 1980, he was cast type Bruno in the television ludicrousness, Kingswood Country, the role portend which he is most famous.^[7]^[8]

Marinos died in Sydney on 13 September 2024, aged 75, funds a two-decade battle with leukemia.^[9] His family announced on societal companionable media that he died "peacefully...

at home, at a second 2 of his choosing, surrounded outdo family and the sounds introduce Bob Dylan."^[7]^[8]

Honours and awards

Marinos was awarded the Medal of distinction Order of Australia (OAM) nickname 1994 for "service to picture performing arts as an somebody, director and writer."^[10] He was awarded the Centenary Medal renovate 2001.^[11] He was also neat as a pin former Deputy Chair of picture Australia Council and the People Cultural Development Fund of position Australia Council.^[12]

In 2008, he unattached the tenth annual Tom Brock Lecture, on the history chief Australian immigration and rugby league.^[13]

In 2012, the cast of The Slap, including Marinos, received nobleness Equity Award for Most Neglected Performance by an Ensemble break through a Television Movie or Mini-Series.^[14]

Filmography

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