Tony Morphett

Tony Morphett

Anthony David Morphett (10 March 1938 – 2 June 2018), known under the professional pen name Tony Morphett, was an Australian screenwriter, who created or co-created many Australian television series, including Dynasty, Certain Women, Sky Trackers, Blue Heelers, Water Rats, Above the Law and Rain Shadow. Morphett wrote or co-wrote seven feature films, ten telemovies, twelve mini-series, and hundreds of episodes of television drama, as well as devising or co-devising seven TV series.

  • Title: Tony Morphett
  • Popularity: 3.114
  • Known For: Writing
  • Birthday: 1938-03-10
  • Place of Birth: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Tony Morphett Movies

  • 2003
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    Balmain Boys

    Balmain Boys

    2.5 2003 HD

    Former national Aussie Football player Ledge had to quit the sport due to injury and started a fine career as police detective. He gets injured in a...

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  • 1991
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    Sweet Talker

    Sweet Talker

    4.643 1991 HD

    When scam artist Harry Reynolds gets out of jail, he makes his way to the depressed coastal village of Beachport, where according to local myth, an...

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  • 1991
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    Sweet Talker

    Sweet Talker

    4.643 1991 HD

    When scam artist Harry Reynolds gets out of jail, he makes his way to the depressed coastal village of Beachport, where according to local myth, an...

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  • 1977
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    The Last Wave

    The Last Wave

    6.737 1977 HD

    Australian lawyer David Burton agrees with reluctance to defend a group of Aboriginal people charged with murdering one of their own. He suspects the...

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  • 1994
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    The Seventh Floor

    The Seventh Floor

    6.3 1994 HD

    Kate Fletcher has the perfect apartment. Everything is computer controlled. It is the home of her dreams until a psychotic man begins to execute the...

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  • 1993
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    CrimeBroker

    CrimeBroker

    5 1993 HD

    High court judge Holly McPhee devises blueprints for criminal operations and offers them for sale to the crime world. Her scrupulous operation falls...

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  • 1989
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    Boys in the Island

    Boys in the Island

    1 1989 HD

    A teenage boy from Tasmania is drawn into a petty crime gang in Melbourne.

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  • 1979
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    The John Sullivan Story

    The John Sullivan Story

    1 1979 HD

    After his troopship is sunk in 1942, John Sullivan is saved by members of the Yugoslav group, the Chetniks. He is later sold to the opposing group,...

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  • 1998
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    13 Gantry Row

    13 Gantry Row

    5.5 1998 HD

    When newlyweds Peter and Julie purchase an old house with plans to renovate it, they begin to discover the strangest things. First, they find one of...

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  • 1970
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    Winners: Quest Beyond Time

    Winners: Quest Beyond Time

    1 1970 HD

    A young hang glider crash lands into the year 2457 where he finds himself embarking on a dangerous mission to help an ailing colony.

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  • 1992
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    The Distant Home

    The Distant Home

    5 1992 HD

    Government authorities incarcerate a girl whose extraterrestrial origin is discovered after an accident with a car.

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  • 1988
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    The Riddle of the Stinson

    The Riddle of the Stinson

    6.8 1988 HD

    A true story. In 1937, a routine passenger and mail flight crashes during bad weather on a flight between Brisbane and Sydney. A local bushman begins...

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  • 1977
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    The Alternative

    The Alternative

    2 1977 HD

    Unmarried, beautiful and talented, Melanie Hilton discovers she is pregnant. The editor of a woman's magazine, she decides to have her baby and take...

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  • 1985
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    Robbery Under Arms

    Robbery Under Arms

    6.4 1985 HD

    Fourth adaptation and first made for television of the classic Australian bushranger novel "Robbery Under Arms" by Rolf Boldrewood. Made by the South...

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  • 1999
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    Don't Look Behind You

    Don't Look Behind You

    5 1999 HD

    Jeff Corrigan has to enter the witness protection program with his family when he gives up his former boss to the FBI after discovering that he is a...

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  • 1970
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    6.9 1970 HD

    This classic Australian mini series was originally broadcast in 1989 as three 90 minute episodes and tells the story of a young woman who goes in...

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  • 1970
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    6.5 1970 HD

    The Flying Doctors is an Australian drama series produced by Crawford Productions that revolved around the everyday lifesaving efforts of the real...

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  • 1970
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    5.615 1970 HD

    A Country Practice was an Australian television drama series. At its inception, one of the longest-running of its kind, produced by James Davern of...

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  • 1970
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    6.6 1970 HD

    Blue Heelers was one of Australia's longest running weekly television drama series. Blue Heelers is a police drama series set in the fictional...

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  • 1970
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    1 1970 HD

    MDA is an Australian television series that aired between 2002 and 2005 on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. It concerned the day-to-day...

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  • 1970
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    6.9 1970 HD

    The ins and outs of the classroom lives of a group of students who attend the fictional Hartley High School in Sydney.

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  • 1970
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    7.4 1970 HD

    Sea Patrol is an Australian television drama set on board HMAS Hammersley, a fictional patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy. The series focuses...

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  • 1970
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    6.7 1970 HD

    Water Rats is an Australian TV police procedural broadcast on the Nine Network from 1996 to 2001.

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  • 1970
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    1 1970 HD

    Rain Shadow is an Australian television drama series which premiered on 7 October 2007 on ABC TV. It aired on Sundays at 8.30 pm. The six-part series...

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  • 1970
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    1 1970 HD

    The Link Men was an Australian television series shown in 1970. The series was the first drama series made in-house by the Nine Network as part of...

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  • 1970
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    6 1970 HD

    Boney is an Australian television series produced by Fauna Productions during 1971 and 1972, featuring James Laurenson in the title role of Detective...

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  • 1970
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    1 1970 HD

    Dynasty is a 1970 Australian TV series based on a novel by Tony Morphett.

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  • 1970
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    8.2 1970 HD

    Against the Wind was a 1978 Australian television mini-series. It is a historical drama portraying both the British rule of Ireland, and the...

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  • 1970
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    10 1970 HD

    The life of an Irish immigrant family in Australia in the second half of the 19th century.

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  • 1970
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    5 1970 HD

    Helen Simpson's scorching novel of passion and unspoken loyalty is brought to life in a major mini series unfolding in the epic Australian tradition...

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  • 1970
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    5.5 1970 HD

    The Evil Touch is an Australian-produced television series, originally broadcast in Australia in 1973. It was an anthology series where each episode...

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  • 1970
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    2 1970 HD

    Set against the backdrop of World War II, this epic miniseries centers on the religiously divided town of St. Helens and the innocent romance between...

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  • 1970
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    8 1970 HD

    Headland is an Australian drama television series produced by the Seven Network which ran from 15 November 2005 to 21 January 2006. The Seven Network...

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  • 1970
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    6.6 1970 HD

    The Man from Snowy River is an Australian television series based on Banjo Paterson's poem "The Man from Snowy River". Released in Australia as Banjo...

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  • 1970
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    6.75 1970 HD

    Macauley is a swagman on the road in the 1940s looking for work. He's a laid back, laconic sort of bloke but when he gets landed with his daughter...

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  • 1970
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    4.8 1970 HD

    The Sullivans is an Australian drama television series produced by Crawford Productions which ran on the Nine Network from 1976 until 1983. The...

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  • 1970
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    7.8 1970 HD

    Stingers brings to light the life and work of an undercover police unit located in Melbourne. This dangerous work requires complete dedication, one...

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  • 1970
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    6.6 1970 HD

    Blue Heelers was one of Australia's longest running weekly television drama series. Blue Heelers is a police drama series set in the fictional...

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  • 1970
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    6.7 1970 HD

    Water Rats is an Australian TV police procedural broadcast on the Nine Network from 1996 to 2001.

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  • 1970
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    1 1970 HD

    Rain Shadow is an Australian television drama series which premiered on 7 October 2007 on ABC TV. It aired on Sundays at 8.30 pm. The six-part series...

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  • 1970
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    7 1970 HD

    Sky Trackers was a television series created by Jeff Peck and Tony Morphett, and produced by Patricia Edgar and Margot McDonald for the Australian...

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  • 1970
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    1 1970 HD

    Dynasty is a 1970 Australian TV series based on a novel by Tony Morphett.

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