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british empire and commonwealth games tony fingleton

tony fingleton

anthony j. fingleton is an australian former competitive swimmer who won silver medal in 1962 british empire and commonwealth games .
he was invited to participate in 1964 summer olympics , but instead accepted a scholarship to study at harvard university , where he swam for the harvard crimson swimming team .
he remained in the united states after graduation and became a screenwriter and movie producer , including the 1991 rik mayall film `` drop dead fred '' .
in 2003 film director russell mulcahy made a biographical film about tony , called `` swimming upstream '' , based on his autobiography .
tony fingleton was played by jesse spencer and harold , his father and chief antagonist , by geoffrey rush .
