Bony (TV series)
Bony is an Australian television series made in 1992. The series of 13 episodes followed on from a telemovie made in 1990. The series was criticised for casting a white man as the title character Detective David John "Bony" Bonaparte, under the tutelage of "Uncle Albert", an elderly Aboriginal person played by Burnum Burnum. Bony was supposed to be a descendant of the Bony character created by Arthur Upfield in dozens of novels from the late 1920s until his death in 1964.
Cast
Main / regular
- Cameron Daddo as Detective David John 'Bony' Bonaparte
- Burnum Burnum as 'Uncle Albert' Harris
- Christian Kohlund as Detective Sergeant Frank Fisher
- Terence Cooper as Inspector Leo Vincetti
- Mandy Bowden as Constable Bev Miles
Guests
- Alan Fletcher as Pryor
- Annie Jones as Sarah
- Anthony Hawkins as Evan Baxter
- Briony Behets
- Darren Yap as Chang
- Frankie J. Holden as Croft
- Guy Pearce as Craig
- Jan Adele as Mrs Adele
- Lenita Vangellis as Rina
- Libby Tanner as Jenny
- Mark Lee as Dave O'Dwyer
- Nicki Paull as Jane
- Penne Hackforth-Jones as Eve
- Robert Mammone
- Rod Mullinar as Selby
- Sophie Heathcote as Sally
- Steven Vidler as Jackson
- Tina Bursill as Peta
- Vince Martin as Greg
- Wynn Roberts as Templeman