Veteran entertainer Bill Kerr has been fondly remembered by fans following his passing at the age of 92.
Authorities confirmed on Friday that the much-loved actor had died at his Perth home, and that there were no suspicious circumstances.
Storyteller Digital managing director Mike Searle said Kerr continued to appear on screen in his later years and described Kerr as "the Frank Sinatra of voice over artists".
"Frank Sinatra could deliver a song like no one else with the right feeling and Bill would do the same when he was voicing a documentary – an amazing talent," he said.
"I was working with him up until last year. We were working on a project recording a series in which he recited from memory classic poems.
"Bill is arguably the only actor that has been in every medium, from music hall or vaudeville through to YouTube."
Kerr, a World War II veteran, was born in South Africa and grew up in Wagga Wagga before he settled in Perth in his later life.
He initially found fame in radio dramas and on London's West End, and appeared in the 1955 war film The Dam Busters.
Kerr played an important role alongside Mel Gibson in the 1981 film Gallipoli and was a consistent presence on Australian film and television in the 1980s and 90s.
Perth film producer Paul Barron worked with Kerr on a number of children's television series, including Clowning Around and Ship to Shore.
"He was a true gentleman, and was very gracious and good to the kids on these shows. He had no pretentions but he was truly an actor of world standard," Mr Barron said.
"He did his homework, arrived on set on time, all of that kind of thing, but equally gracious and forgiving of mistakes others may make and meanwhile would turn in an excellent performance."
Director Mark DeFriest also worked with the legendary actor and praised Kerr's commitment to his craft.
"At the turn of the century, I directed a massive bushfire sequence for Southern Cross, a tele-movie shot here in Perth, for which I cast a 79 year old Bill Kerr," he said.
"His character was scripted to be consumed in the fire, and although every effort was made to shoot the scene safely, I was worried how the ageing Kerr would handle the actual fire scene, filmed with real fire, surrounding him."
"It was hot, it was dangerous, but Bill never complained. [He was] a trouper through and through."
It is believed Kerr's last on screen appearance was a reading of classic poem A Highwayman Comes Riding uploaded to YouTube in August 2013.
Mr Searle said he had worked with the actor for several decades.
"I'll miss him a lot. I spoke to him last week and he said 'Mike, have you got any work for me?' he said.
"He had plenty of stories to tell, how he got drunk with Mel Gibson, how he recited a Welsh song with people like Harry Secombe and Richard Burton."
Last year, a lost episode of popular television series Doctor Who was uncovered which featured Kerr in a villainous role.
"Patrick Troughton played the Doctor and the bad guy, but the bad guy's offsider was Bill Kerr," Mr Searle said.
"Up until now, he would have been the oldest surviving cast member of a Doctor Who episode."
