RIP Alwyn Kurts - TV's popular police series Homicide
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Alwyn Kurts, who played the crusty Inspector Fox on TV's popular
police series Homicide, died at his Melbourne home today. He was 84.
Kurts was discharged from hospital yesterday after suffering a heart
attack and kidney failure, according to Channel Nine.
He is survived by his wife of 60 years, two children and three
grandchildren.
Kurts' career on stage and screen spanned half a century, but he will
be best remembered, alongside the likes of Leonard Teale and Norman
Yemm, for Homicide.
He spent seven years on the long-running Crawfords series, which was
based on the successful radio serial D24 and American cop shows such
as Dragnet and Naked City.
Homicide ran on Channel Seven from October 1964 to July 1976, and for
eight of those years was Australia's most popular TV show.
Kurts once said of his exit from the show: "They had to really want to
get rid of me and make sure I didn't come back, so I got shot through
the temple."
After leaving Homicide, he switched to Channel Nine to star in another
hit series, The Last of the Australians, during the mid-70s.
His big-screen work included a role alongside Mel Gibson in the
adaptation of Colleen McCulloch's best-selling novel Tim.
He was also in Spotswood with Sir Anthony Hopkins and Russell Crowe
and, more recently, The Road to Nhill.
Kurts' son Michael told Channel Nine tonight: "It (Spotswood) was a
highlight of his career, so to speak, making that film with Anthony
Hopkins."
Funeral arrangements have not been finalised. -AAP
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