Bill Collins (television presenter)
Bill Collins | |
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| Born | William Roderick Collins 4 December 1934 Sutherland, New South Wales, Australia |
| Died | 20 June 2019 (aged 84) Sydney, Australia |
| Other names | Mr. Movies |
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| Years active | 1963–2018 |
| Spouse | Joan Collins |
William Roderick Collins OAM (4 December 1934 – 20 June 2019) was an Australian film critic and film historian, radio and television presenter, journalist, author and lecturer best known for presenting Hollywood films on television in Australia.
Collins specialised in the era of Classical Hollywood cinema, and his favourite film was Gone with the Wind. He was well known for his association with Network 10, presenting Bill Collins' Golden Years of Hollywood for fifteen years, and later with Foxtel, presenting movies on the cable channel FOX Classics from 1995 to 2018.