Bony (TV series)

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 "Bony" Bonaparte, under the tutelage of "Uncle Albert", an elderly Aboriginal person played by Burnum Burnum. Bony was supposed to be a descendant of the Bony character created by Arthur Upfield in dozens of novels from the late 1920s until his death in 1964.

Main / regular

 * Cameron Daddo as Detective David John "Bony" Bonaparte
 * Burnum Burnum as "Uncle Albert" Harris
 * Christian Kohlund as Detective Sergeant Frank Fisher
 * Terence Cooper as Inspector Leo Vincetti
 * Mandy Bowden as Constable Bev Miles
 * Briony Behets
 * Darren Yap
 * Robert Mammone

Guests

 * Alan Fletcher as Prior (1 episode)
 * Annie Jones as Sarah (1 episode)
 * Anthony Hawkins as Evan Baxter (1 episode)
 * Lenita Vangellis as Rina (1 episode)
 * Nicki Paull as Jane (1 episode)
 * Wynn Roberts as Templeman (1 episode)

Pilot
The pilot film to the series aired in 1990. It concerns Bony investigating an attempted rape allegation.