What is Robert Helpmann?
[[File:Robert Helpmann.jpg|thumb|Helpmann in about 1945]] [[Sir]] '''Robert Helpmann''' {{Small|[[Commander of the Order of the British Empire|CBE]]}} (9 April 1909{{spaced ndash}}28 September 1986) was an Australian dancer, actor, theatre director and choreographer. He was born in [[Mount Gambier, South Australia|Mount Gambier]], [[South Australia]]. Helpmann was known for his role as the Child Catcher in ''[[Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (movie)|Chitty Chitty Bang Bang]]''. Helpmann died on 28 September 1986 in [[Sydney]] from [[chronic obstructive pulmonary disease]], aged 77. He was given a [[state funeral]].<ref >{{Cite web |title=State Funeral for Sir Robert Helpmann |author=Robert Hawke |date=29 September 1986 |website=Transcripts from the Prime Ministers of Australia |url=http://pmtranscripts.pmc.gov.au/release/transcript-7008 }}</ref> In 1964, he was made a Commander of the [[Order of the British Empire]] (CBE).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=1064687&search_type=advanced&showInd=true |title=It's an Honour: CBE |access-date=2019-02-13 |archive-date=2016-03-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303192141/http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=1064687&search_type=advanced&showInd=true |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1965, he was named [[Australian of the Year]],<ref>{{cite book | author=[[Wendy Lewis|Lewis, Wendy]] | title=Australians of the Year | publisher=Pier 9 Press | year=2010 | isbn=978-1-74196-809-5 }}</ref> and in 1968, he was made a [[Knight Bachelor]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=1083376&search_type=advanced&showInd=true |title=It's an Honour: Knight Bachelor |access-date=2019-02-13 |archive-date=2014-03-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140330113334/http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=1083376&search_type=advanced&showInd=true |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==References== {{r