Tony Fingleton
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Anthony 'Tony' Fingleton is a former Australian swimmer. He won silver medal in 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games. He was invited to participate in 1964 Summer Olympics but instead accepted a scholarship to study at Harvard University. He remained in the United States after graduation and has become a screenwriter and movie producer, including the 1991 Rik Mayall film Drop Dead Fred.[1]
In 2003 film director Russell Mulcahy made a biographical film about Tony, called Swimming Upstream, based on his autobiography.[2] Tony Fingleton was played by Jesse Spencer and Harold, his father and chief antagonist, by Geoffrey Rush.[3]
References
- ↑ Different strokes; (2 March 2003) The Age
- ↑ Swimming Upstream at the National Library of Australia
- ↑ Swimming Upstream at the Internet Movie Database