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He was successful at his first audition and was offered a scholarship to train. Soon after he started the course the producers found a buyer for the Skippy series and Ken was offered the role. Three and a half year later the star Ed Deveraux (Matt Hammond) Tony Bonner (Jerry King) Gary Pankhurst (Sonny Hammond) and Lisa Goddard as (Clancy Merick) had appeared in 92 episodes and a feature film. Many Australian actors made guest appearances and Skippy went on to be one of the most popular Australians TV shows ever made. |
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TV Credits:
Good Morning Australia | 10 Network |
Blue Heelers | 7 Network |
D Generation – Late Show | ABC-TV |
City High | Pilot |
Bingles | Media Arts |
Time Trax | Lorimar |
Pugwall | 7 Network |
That’s Dancing | ABC-TV |
Inside Running | ABC-TV |
Say G’Day | 9 Network |
Winner Take All | ABC-TV |
Bellamy | 10 Network |
Prisoner | 10 Network |
Sons and Daughters | 7 Network |
Skyways | 7 Network |
Ernie Sigley Show | 9 Network |
Catspaw | ABC-TV |
The Box | 10 Network |
Split Second | Grundy’s |
Glenview High | 7 Network |
The Group | 7 Network |
Barrier Reef | 10 Network |
Skippy | 9 Network |
The Adventures | 7 Network |
Ladies Night | Jally Productions |
Film roles:
The Last I Heard | Documentary |
The Gift | Telemovie |
The Box | Lead |
Skippy | Lead |
They're a weird mob | boy |
Musicals:
Anything Goes | New Zealand |
Rocky Horror Show | Australian Tour |
Jack & the Beanstalk | Sydney |
Theatre:
Pushin’ up Daisies | Napier Street Theatre |
I’m not Rappaport | M.T.C. |
The Add Man | Ensemble Theatre – Sydney |
The Add Man | Playbox Theatre -Melbourne |
Run for your Wife | Harvest Theatre Co. |
Luv | Stage Door Theatre Restaurant |
Not on your Telly | The Mansion Theatre Restaurant |
The Naked Vicar Show | R.S. Productions |
Help | Revue with Reg Livermore |
The Love Game | J.C. Williamson’s |
Radio:
Voice Overs – Characters/ Straight | Melbourne / Sydney/ Adelaide |
Various ABC Serials | |
Talking Point Compere | Sydney |
The Young World of People and Places | ABC |