The actor and writer John Bonney, who died last week, was in the throes of organising a trip to the UK with his one-man play about Shakespeare, "An Act of Will."
Bonney entered hospital for an eye check and while there suffered a fatal stroke. He was 59.
He began his working life as a cadet journalist on the Sydney Daily Mirror in the early 1950s, but gave this up for an acting career. He began with the Independent Theatre and the Phillip Street Theatre in Sydney, later working on stage and TV in London.
In the '60s he hosted a show on Sydney's Channel 10, and starred in an ABC-TV series, "Contrabandits."
He had a break from acting for about 10 years, working in sales training, then returned to acting in the 1980s, on TV and giving Shakespeare lectures. In recent years, he played Sir Robert Menzies in "The True Believers" on TV, and the spy Anthony Blunt in "Single Spies" at the Ensemble Theatre.
He co-wrote "An Act of Will" with Blair Stone, beginning work on it when he was writer-in-residence at Macquarie University.
He is survived by his wife, Carmen, and four children.
Published in The Sydney Morning Herald, July 2, 1993
Bonney entered hospital for an eye check and while there suffered a fatal stroke. He was 59.
He began his working life as a cadet journalist on the Sydney Daily Mirror in the early 1950s, but gave this up for an acting career. He began with the Independent Theatre and the Phillip Street Theatre in Sydney, later working on stage and TV in London.
In the '60s he hosted a show on Sydney's Channel 10, and starred in an ABC-TV series, "Contrabandits."
He had a break from acting for about 10 years, working in sales training, then returned to acting in the 1980s, on TV and giving Shakespeare lectures. In recent years, he played Sir Robert Menzies in "The True Believers" on TV, and the spy Anthony Blunt in "Single Spies" at the Ensemble Theatre.
He co-wrote "An Act of Will" with Blair Stone, beginning work on it when he was writer-in-residence at Macquarie University.
He is survived by his wife, Carmen, and four children.
Published in The Sydney Morning Herald, July 2, 1993
The actor and writer John Bonney, who died last week, was in the throes of organising a trip to the UK with his one-man play about Shakespeare, "An Act of Will."
Bonney entered hospital for an eye check and while there suffered a fatal stroke. He was 59.
He began his working life as a cadet journalist on the Sydney Daily Mirror in the early 1950s, but gave this up for an acting career. He began with the Independent Theatre and the Phillip Street Theatre in Sydney, later working on stage and TV in London.
In the '60s he hosted a show on Sydney's Channel 10, and starred in an ABC-TV series, "Contrabandits."
He had a break from acting for about 10 years, working in sales training, then returned to acting in the 1980s, on TV and giving Shakespeare lectures. In recent years, he played Sir Robert Menzies in "The True Believers" on TV, and the spy Anthony Blunt in "Single Spies" at the Ensemble Theatre.
He co-wrote "An Act of Will" with Blair Stone, beginning work on it when he was writer-in-residence at Macquarie University.
He is survived by his wife, Carmen, and four children.
Published in The Sydney Morning Herald, July 2, 1993
Bonney entered hospital for an eye check and while there suffered a fatal stroke. He was 59.
He began his working life as a cadet journalist on the Sydney Daily Mirror in the early 1950s, but gave this up for an acting career. He began with the Independent Theatre and the Phillip Street Theatre in Sydney, later working on stage and TV in London.
In the '60s he hosted a show on Sydney's Channel 10, and starred in an ABC-TV series, "Contrabandits."
He had a break from acting for about 10 years, working in sales training, then returned to acting in the 1980s, on TV and giving Shakespeare lectures. In recent years, he played Sir Robert Menzies in "The True Believers" on TV, and the spy Anthony Blunt in "Single Spies" at the Ensemble Theatre.
He co-wrote "An Act of Will" with Blair Stone, beginning work on it when he was writer-in-residence at Macquarie University.
He is survived by his wife, Carmen, and four children.
Published in The Sydney Morning Herald, July 2, 1993
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