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Cul Cullen

Fred Cullen, credited as Cul Cullen and Fred "Cul" Cullen, was an Australian writer and actor. He won multiple Logie Awards and a Penguin Award.

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Fred Cullen (~1934 – 7 December 1982), credited as Cul Cullen and Fred "Cul" Cullen, was an Australian writer and actor. He won multiple Logie Awards and a Penguin Award.12

Cullen's screen writing credits included The Man from Snowy River, Australians at War and Homicide.1 The latter included the episode "The Friendly Fellow" in which he also starred.3 Cullen won two Logie Awards, for acting and writing, for this episode.4 Other acting credits include Over There, The Comedy Game, Snake Gully with Dad and Dave, The Spoiler,3 Matlock Police, Division 42 Holiday and The Box.5

In the mid-1970s he released an album titled Sometimes through Earth featuring songs and monologues.6

Cullen's nickname Cul came from newspaper cartoons he wrote, the smaller ones were signed Cul and the larger ones Cullen.7

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  1. "Cul Cullen, actor and writer", The Sydney Morning Herald, 9 December 1982
  2. "Death of Cul Cullen", The Canberra Times, 9 December 1982
  3. "Actor writes tense script", The Sydney Morning Herald, 16 July 1973
  4. Matthews, Kate. "Homicide – The Friendly Fellow (1973)". Australian Screen. National Film and Sound Archive of Australia. Retrieved 25 March 2026.
  5. "Cul Cullen's Holiday", The Age, 16 October 1974
  6. Forester (2 January 1975), "Made any dinkum records lately", The Age
  7. Ryan, Michael (16 October 1974), "Cul's no matinee idol, but he is a theatrical success", The Age
  8. "Sigley is top TV personality", The Sydney Morning Herald, 8 March 1975
  9. "Logies for Lane, Little", The Sydney Morning Herald, 26 March 1977
  10. "Alternative's actors win Pengum", The Age, 7 November 1977
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