in 1993 as Bert Willis. He appeared as John Conroy in the musical theatre production The Man from Snowy River: Arena Spectacular, which toured Australian capital cities twice during 2002. In 2004, Tingwell published a memoir, Bud: A Life. In 2006, he launched his own website, which attracted 500 registered users in just over a week. On 5 October that year, he created his first blog. He continued to act regularly until his death, in a number of films and TV programmes including eight episodes of Bed of Roses that aired in 2010. Among his last appearances, he hosted both Celebrity Circus and 20 to 1 and appeared on a celebrity special of Temptation with his daughter, Virginia. Honours Tingwell was appointed a member of the Order of Australia in the Queen's Birthday Honours of June 1999. Awards Tingwell was inducted into the Logie Hall of Fame in 1994. In 2008, he was inducted into Australian Film Walk of Fame in honour of his career and achievements in film and television. Death Tingwell died in Melbourne from prostate cancer, aged 86, on 15 May 2009. He was given a state funeral, which was held at St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne, on 20 May. Selected filmography Film Come Up Smiling (1939) .... Man in Crowd (uncredited) Smithy (1946) .... Control Tower Officer (uncredited) Always Another Dawn (1948) .... Terry Regan Into the Straight (1949) .... Sam Curzon Bitter Springs (1950) .... John King The Glenrowan Affair (1951) .... Narrator (voice) Kangaroo (1952) .... Matt I Found Joe Barton (1952, Short) .... Al Munch The Desert Rats (1953) .... Lieutenant Harry Carstairs King of the Coral Sea (1953) .... Peter Merriman Captain Thunderbolt (1953) .... Alan Blake Smiley (1956) .... Mr Stevens The Shiralee (1957) .... Jim Muldoon Dunkirk (1958) .... Sergeant in Cookhouse (uncredited) Life in Emergency Ward 10 (1959) .... Dr. Alan Dawson Bobbikins (1959) .... Luke Parker Cone of Silence (1960) .... Captain Braddock Tarzan the Magnificent (1960) .... Conway Murder, She Said (1961) .... Inspector Craddock Murder at the Gallop (1963) .... Inspector Craddock Murder Most Foul (1964) .... Inspector Craddock Murder Ahoy! (1964) .... Inspector Craddock The Secret of Blood Island (1964) .... Major Dryden Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966) .... Alan Kent Thunderbirds Are Go (1966) .... Dr. Tony Grant (voice) Nobody Runs Forever (1968) .... Jacko Petersen (1974) .... Reverend Petersen End Play (1975) .... Dr.