
A Fortunate Life
19865.0 rating
- Drama
At eight years old, an impoverished Bert Facey was forced to start the backbreaking, dawn-to-dusk life of a farm labourer. Unschooled, his father dead, abandoned by his mother, by the age of twenty he had survived the rigours of pioneering the harsh Australian bush and the slaughter of the bloody WWI campaign at Gallipoli.
Cast
- Dorothy Allison
Dorothy Allison
Grandma Carr
- Dale Randall
Dale Randall
Roy Facey
- John Ley
John Ley
Eric Facey
- Anthony Richards
Anthony Richards
Bert (9 Years)
- Benedict Sweeney
Benedict Sweeney
Bert (14 Years)
- Dominic Sweeney
Dominic Sweeney
Bert
- Pat Bishop
Pat Bishop
Alice McCall

Paul Sonkkila
Archie McCall
- Jeffrey Rhoe
Jeffrey Rhoe
Jock McKay
- Maurie Ogden
Maurie Ogden
Cop
- Leslie Wright
Leslie Wright
Jack Lander
- Raelene Hughes
Raelene Hughes
Young Alice McCall

Val Lehman
Bert's Mother

Ray Meagher
Bad Bob

Bill Hunter
Charlie Bibby

Bill Kerr
Narrator (voice)



















