Bony (1992)

Creator: Reg Watson

Bony is an Australian television series made in 1992. The series of 13 episodes followed on from a telemovie made in 1990. The series was criticised for casting a white man (Cameron Daddo) as the title character Detective David John Bonaparte, under the tutelage of "Uncle Albert", an elderly Aborigine (Burnham Burnham). Bony was supposed to be a descendent of the Bony character created by Arthur Upfield in dozens of novels from the late 1920s until his death in 1964.

Cast

Cameron Daddo

David 'Bony' Bonaparte

Terence Cooper

Vincetti

Burnam Burnam

Uncle Albert

Christian Kohlund

Frank Fisher

Mandy Bowden

Bev Miles