Barry Humphries
Director, Actor
Filmography (All Films)
- Bedazzled (1967)
- Dir. Stanley Donen
Feat. Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Raquel Welch…
- A brilliant and enduring satire that updates of the 'Faust' tale to swinging London, with Moore playing a lovelorn chef who is lured into a pact by…
- Naked Bunyip, The (1970)
- Dir. John B. Murray
Feat. Graeme Blundell, Barry Humphries
- A ground–breaking cult in Australia, this explored the world and taboos of sexuality with unprecendented candour and a generous dose of…
- Adventures of Barry McKenzie, The (1972)
- Dir. Bruce Beresford
Feat. Barry Humphries, Barry Crocker, Spike Milligan…
- Ground–breaking Australian comedy from the pens of Barry Humphries and dir. Beresford, that exports Fosters–swigging Barry Crocker into…
- Barry McKenzie Holds His Own (1974)
- Dir. Bruce Beresford
Feat. Barry Humphries, Barry Crocker, Clive James…
- Lesser follow–up to ADVENTURES OF BARRY MCKENZIE, where Dame Edna is spirited off to Transylvania by vampiric kidnappers. Nephew Crocker and…
- Great Macarthy, The (1975)
- Dir. David Baker
Feat. John Jarratt, Judy Morris, Barry Humphries
- A not unlikeable drama from 1970s Australian cinema, set on the boundary between amateur and professional Australian Rules football. Jarratt plays a…
- Getting of Wisdom, The (1978)
- Dir. Bruce Beresford
Feat. Julia Blake, Dorothy Bradley, Kay Eklund…
- An immaculate rendition of Henry Richardson's classic Australian novel set at a Melbourne girls' school in the Victorian era, where a rural newcomer…
- An Audience with Dame Edna (1980-1988)
- Dir. Alasdair MacMillan
Feat. Barry Humphries
- A compilation of three TV specials starring the indefatigable and imperious Dame Edna Everage (Barry Humphries in drag) as she shares her opinions on…
- Secret Policeman's Other Ball, The (1981)
- Dir. Julien Temple
Feat. John Cleese, Rowan Atkinson, Barry Humphries…
- Most comical and musical shenanigans performed for the benefit of Amnesty International in the second 'Ball' of the series. The Monty Python team…
- Les Patterson Saves the World (1987)
- Dir. George Miller
Feat. Barry Humphries, Pamela Stephenson, Thaao Penghlis
- This raunchy comedy sees Humphries star as the bumbling Australian ambassador Les Patterson and his better known alter–ego Dame Edna Everage…
- Dame Edna Experience, The (TV Series) (1987)
- Feat. Barry Humphries
- Dame Edna Everage hosted this riotous mock chat–show in the late eighties (following a series of successful TV specials), where her guests…
- Dame Edna's Work Experience (1997)
- Feat. Barry Humphries
- BBC TV Special featuring everyone's favourite Aussie housewife snooping around British factories for the inside buzz on the lives of the working…
- Barry Humphries - Flashbacks (TV Series) (1998)
- Feat. Barry Humphries
- Iconic Aussie entertainer Barry Humphries and his alter–ego's Dame Edna, Sir Les Patterson and Sandy Stone take us on a journey through a slice…
- Mary and Max (2008)
- Dir. Adam Elliot
Feat. Philip Seymour Hoffman, Toni Collette, Barry Humphries…
- Clay–mated marvel from Australia that tells an adorable yet heart–breaking tale of friendship between an eight–year–old…
- Hobbit, The - An Unexpected Journey (2012)
- Dir. Peter Jackson
Feat. Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage…
- Peter Jackson returns to Middle Earth with this epic first chapter in The Hobbit saga, which follows Bilbo Baggins' quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf…
- Kath and Kimderella (2012)
- Dir. Ted Emery
Feat. Jane Turner, Gina Riley, Magda Szubanski…
- Australia's suburban queens are getting long in the tooth in this sloppy feature–length spin–off – strictly for fans of the…
- Justin and the Knights of Valour (2013)
- Dir. Manuel Sicilia
Feat. Antonio Banderas, Rupert Everett, Freddie Highmore…
- Essentially Pixar's BRAVE turned inside out, this amusing medieval fantasy centres on a young aspiring knight whose parents wish for him to instead…