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Harold Verdun Baigent , known as 'Baige', was a New Zealand theatre director, actor and arts manager. He trained as an actor in the USA at Yale University Drama School, and acted in Broadway and London stage productions, before returning to New Zealand in the late 1940s, where he founded his own drama company and worked as a drama tutor and stage manager. In the 1960s he settled in Melbourne, Australia. As director of the Emerald Hill Theatre Company and the Victorian Travelling Theatre, he was an influential figure in the Victorian theatrical scene, and played a significant role in promoting the arts in regional Victoria and South Australia.
Born
Thursday, 16 November 1916
Died
Saturday, 09 March 1996
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Garbo | Old Resident with Cat | 1992 |
Golden Braid | Clockmaker | 1990 |
Pugwall | Pa Wall | 1989 |
Niel Lynne | Guard | 1989 |
Slate, Wyn & Me | Sammy | 1987 |
The Flying Doctors | Reg Hedges / Lance Simpson / Joe Kelly | 1986 |
A Thousand Skies | Swampy Dawkins | 1985 |
Double Deal | Sir Henry | 1983 |
Der schwarze Bumerang | Jimmy Croft | 1983 |
Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior | Voice of Narrator | 1981 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Garbo | Old Resident with Cat | 1992 |
Golden Braid | Clockmaker | 1990 |
Pugwall | Pa Wall | 1989 |
Niel Lynne | Guard | 1989 |
Slate, Wyn & Me | Sammy | 1987 |
The Flying Doctors | Reg Hedges / Lance Simpson / Joe Kelly | 1986 |
A Thousand Skies | Swampy Dawkins | 1985 |
Double Deal | Sir Henry | 1983 |
Der schwarze Bumerang | Jimmy Croft | 1983 |
Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior | Voice of Narrator | 1981 |
Gallipoli | Camel Driver | 1981 |
I Can Jump Puddles | Daddy | 1981 |
Cop Shop | Jack Clancy | 1977 |
Mad Dog Morgan | Extra | 1976 |