Actor Frank Whitten first won attention in 1984, playing the enigmatic farmer in Vincent Ward's breakthrough feature Vigil. Later he was known to many for his role as the Southern Man in the Speights "onya mate" commercials, and his ongoing appearances in Outrageous Fortune, playing the manipulative grandfather to the West clan. He died in February 2011.
...a wicked, irreverent man of lethal wit, a heart of gold and one of the best actors we'll ever work with. We all respected him enormously but in good Outrageous spirit we treated him with the disrespect and irreverence he loved. Actor Robyn Malcolm on Frank Whitten's passing, speaking for the Outrageous Fortune cast, NZ Herald, 13 February 2011
2019, As: Ted West - Web
2011, As: Ches and Dale - Television
2005, As: Ted West - Television
2005 - 2010, As: Grandpa Ted - Television
1999, As: Ron - Short Film
1996 - 1998, As: Carl Jones - Television
1996, Narrator - Television
1996, As: Carl Jones - Television
1989, As: Kevin McCarthy - Television
1989, As: Kevin McCarthy - Television
1989, As: Engineer - Film
1986, As: Tony Van Der Berg - Television
1986, As: Farmer - Film
1986 - 1987, As: Tony Van Der Berg - Television
1986, As: Tony Van Der Berg - Television
1985, As: Reg Bowen - Television
1984 - 1986, As: Leslie - Television
1984, As: Kevin Waters - Television
1984, As: Ethan Ruir - Film
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