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Kit Taylor

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Kit Taylor
Born
Christopher John Taylor[1]

1942 (age 82–83)
Sydney, Australia
OccupationActor
Known forLong John Silver (1954)
The Adventures of Long John Silver (1956–1957)
Number 96 (1975–1976)
FatherGrant Taylor

Christopher John 'Kit' Taylor (born 1942) is an Australian former actor, who started his career as a child performer.

Early life

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Kit Taylor (born Christoper John Taylor) was born in April 1942 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, and is the son of English-Australian actor Grant Taylor and Margaret Hazlett.[2] He grew up in Potts Point, Sydney.[3]

Career

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Taylor made his acting debut at the age of twelve,[4] portraying Jim Hawkins in both the film Long John Silver (1954) and the associated TV series The Adventures of Long John Silver (1956–1957).[5] He went on to play the recurring roles of David Carmichael in sci-fi miniseries The Interpretaris (1966), Trooper Davis in soap opera The Box (1974), Warwick Thompson in Number 96 (1975–1976), and both Tim Barclay and Peter O'Neill in Crawford Productions series Skyways (1979).

He also appeared in numerous television guest roles, in series such as Consider Your Verdict, Homicide, Division 4, Bluey, Chopper Squad, The Young Doctors, Cop Shop, Carson's Law, A Country Practice and Flipper.

His film credits include Don's Party (1976), Weekend of Shadows and Newsfront (both 1978), Early Frost (1982) and Cassandra (1987).

He also acted in theatre productions such as Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, Alice in Wonderland, Breaker Morant, Richard III, The Club and Crown Matrimonial.[6]

Taylor briefly moved abroad to play the part of the Doctor in 1971 British film Assault, but returned to Australia in 1974.[7]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1954 Long John Silver Jim Hawkins
1959 Turn of the Road Short
1971 Assault Doctor
1976 Don’s Party Evan
1978 Weekend of Shadows Ryan
1978 Newsfront Fay's Brother
1982 Early Frost Paul Sloane
1984 Innocent Prey Joe
1987 Cassandra Harrison
1995 Rough Diamonds Les Finnigan

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1956–57 The Adventures of Long John Silver Jim Hawkins Main role, 22 episodes
1957 The Three Drovers TV movie
1964 Bertrand Jacki TV movie
1964 Consider Your Verdict Episode 160: "Queen Versus Wilson"
1964–1965 The Stranger RMSF Smith Miniseries, 2 episodes
1964–1975 Homicide Laurie Fielding / James Curtin / George Tatnell / Tony Clarke / Cliff Ferguson 5 episodes
1965 The Magic Boomerang 2 episodes
1966 Australian Playhouse Brian Episode 18: "Haywire"
1966 The Interpretaris David Carmichael TV miniseries, 6 episodes
1967 My Name's McGooley, What's Yours? Episode 8: "The Homecoming"
1967 Wandjina! Constable Jack Hankey Episode 7
1967 Love and War Matt Miniseries, episode 5: "Intersection"
1967 Adventures of the Seaspray Nathan Episode 32: "Forgotten Island"
1969 The Wednesday Play Barman Episode 5: "The Sad Decline of Arthur Maybury"
1969 Who-Dun-It Alex Jarvis Episode 13: "A High Class Death"
1969; 1970 The Troubleshooters Ted Raven / Jimmy Tyler 2 episodes: "And One Wise Man Came Out from the East", "Operation Black Gold"
1971 Paul Temple Alan MacAfee Episode 5: "Death for Divers' Reasons"
1971 The Persuaders! Croupier Episode 8: "Anyone Can Play"
1974 The Box Trooper Davis 8 episodes
1975 Behind the Legend Season 3, episode 12: "Tom Roberts"
1975 Division 4 Ray Woods Season 7, episode 35: "Dead Fall"
1975 Quality of Mercy Tom Anthology series, episode 1: "Sally Go Round the Moon"
1975–1976 Number 96 Warwick Thompson 49 episodes
1976–1977 Bluey Charles Parker / Jack Stevens 2 episodes: "A Few Quiet Questions", "Lonely Ordeal"
1977 Born to Run (aka Ride a Wild Pony or Harness Fever) Paul Sanford TV film
1977 The Restless Years
1978 Chopper Squad Barge Supervisor Season 2, episode 5: "8:52 A.M."
1979 Skyways Tim Barclay / Peter O'Neil 24 episodes
1980 People Like Us Jim Brookes TV movie
1981 Intimate Strangers Greg TV movie
1981 The Young Doctors Steve Newman 3 episodes
1982 Wilde's Domain Dan Wilde TV movie
1978–1982 Cop Shop Arthur Scott / Brian Lambert / Philip Kendal / Larousse / Trevor Burke 9 episodes
1984 Carson's Law Dunworth Findlay Episode 103: "Verdict: Not Innocent"
1985 Possession Alan Kennedy Miniseries, 3 episodes
1983–1989 A Country Practice Brian Cox / Farmer Gunn / Tom Gunn / Ronnie Thompson 8 episodes
1991 Heroes II: The Return Roma's Father Miniseries, 2 episodes
1991 Sex Dad TV special
1993 Mercy Mission: The Rescue of Flight 771 Captain Warren Banks TV film
2000 The Lost World Largo / Tom Layton Episode: "Prodigal Father"

Theatre

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Year Title Role Notes
1966 Summer of the Seventeenth Doll AMP Theatrette, Sydney with Q Theatre Company
1966 Alice in Wonderland Tivoli Theatre, Sydney, Phillip Street Theatre, Sydney
1975 The Zoo Story AMP Theatrette, Sydney with Q Theatre Company
1976 Da Theatre Royal, Hobart, Civic Theatre, Burnie, Princess Theatre, Launceston with Tasmanian Theatre Company
1977 All My Sons Chris Playhouse, Adelaide with STCSA
1977 Too Early to Say: A Place in the Present Warwick Lock Playhouse, Adelaide
1978 Mothers and Fathers Terry Boon Twelfth Night Theatre, Brisbane
1978 Catch Me If You Can Daniel Corban Twelfth Night Theatre, Brisbane
1979 You Never Can Tell Finch M'Comas SGIO Theatre, Brisbane with QTC
1979 Breaker Morant Lt Peter Handcock SGIO Theatre, Brisbane with QTC
1979 The Man Who Came to Dinner Bert Jefferson SGIO Theatre, Brisbane with QTC
1980 Richard III Lord Hastings SGIO Theatre, Brisbane with QTC
1981 The Shifting Heart Clarry Fowler Marian Street Theatre, Sydney
1985 The Club Phillip Street Theatre, Sydney
1985–1986 Crown Matrimonial Sydney Opera House, Twelfth Night Theatre, Brisbane, Cairns Civic Theatre, Townsville Civic Theatre, Pilbeam Theatre, Rockhampton, Melbourne Athenaeum, Canberra Theatre
1988 Night and Day Dick Wagner Suncorp Theatre, Brisbane with QTC
1988 The Archbishop’s Ceiling Ensemble Theatre, Sydney

References

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  1. ^ "PERSONAL". Benalla Ensign. Victoria, Australia. 3 April 1942. p. 2. Retrieved 25 June 2020 – via Trove.
  2. ^ "PERSONAL". Benalla Ensign. Victoria, Australia. 3 April 1942. p. 2. Retrieved 25 June 2020 – via Trove.
  3. ^ "PERSONAL". Benalla Ensign. Victoria, Australia. 3 April 1942. p. 2. Retrieved 25 June 2020 – via Trove.
  4. ^ "PERSONAL". Benalla Ensign. Victoria, Australia. 3 April 1942. p. 2. Retrieved 25 June 2020 – via Trove.
  5. ^ "Actor's son is in film". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 8 April 1954. p. 3. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  6. ^ "KIT TAYLOR - theatre credits". AusStage.
  7. ^ "Kit Taylor" (PDF). greek-love.com.
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