Ernie Bourne
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Ernie Bourne (1926 – 21 January 2009) was a British-born Australian actor, best known for his regular roles on television.
In the 1960s, he was loved (and booed) as a series of pantomime-style villains such as Sir Jasper Crookley (in Magic Circle Club), and multiple similar baddies in Adventure Island including Sir Cedric Sneak, Captain Crook, Chummy Chums and Miser Meanie's sidekick Fester Fumble.
In the 1980s he played prison chef Mervin Pringle in Prisoner and garage mechanic Rob Lewis in Neighbours.
He also appeared in a series of television commercials for a retail sportsgear outlet (Sportsmart) as an older man (playing golf and tennis) who is perpetually laughed at by a young blonde man (Bryce Flannery, a local Melbourne actor who now resides in the UK with his wife Lian) for spending too much money on his gear elsewhere.
Bourne died on 21 January 2009, aged 82.[1]
References
- ^ Knox, David (21 January 2009). "Vale: Ernie Bourne". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 21 January 2009.
External links
- Ernie Bourne at IMDb
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