Tony Fingleton

{{short description|Australian swimmer}}

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{{Use Australian English|date=September 2012}}

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{{MedalSilver| 1962 Perth | 220 yd backstroke}}

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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.[http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/02/28/1046064214143.html Different strokes]; (2 March 2003) The Age

In 2003 film director Russell Mulcahy made a biographical film about Tony, called Swimming Upstream, based on his autobiography.[http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2194990 Swimming Upstream] at the National Library of Australia Tony Fingleton was played by Jesse Spencer and Harold, his father and chief antagonist, by Geoffrey Rush.{{IMDb title|0326664|Swimming Upstream}}