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09/12/2005: "DICK ANDERSON and GREG MORRIS .........L.A. DIVERS"

Although not in any way associated with each other, both are celebrity divers in California.

Dick Anderson is mentioned in the Captain C. Weed story below - his picture appears here. He was the first film maker to specialise with comedy stories underwater, but did other serious stories as well.

Dick Anderson was MC for the Australian Underwater Film Expo held at Santa Monica's Civic Auditorium and had the audience singing happy birthday for the then young film maker from Australia.

This film maker was presenting, with live commentary, his 16mm underwater documentary in a massive auditorium that had held a Pink Floyd concert the previous two evenings.


Greg Morris spotted our material on the net celebrating the 75th birthday of Wal Gibbins and phoned Wally from the States on his birthday. The text had included Wal's number.

Greg is from Sydney where he knew Wally and has now clocked up more years in the USA than at 'home'.

Pictured here with his then revolutionary 17mm camera lens for the Nikonos II. This was eons before Nikon made their 15mm for the next generation of Nikonos'.

Greg's lens made most of the cover pictures for USA's SKIN DIVER magazine for many years, and received good promotion in the process as camera details were always included in the description of the picture - (aka the caption).