Kit Taylor | |
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Born | Christopher John Taylor [1] 1942 (age 82–83) Sydney, Australia |
Occupation | Actor |
Known for | Long John Silver (1954) The Adventures of Long John Silver (1956–1957) Number 96 (1975–1976) |
Father | Grant Taylor |
Christopher John 'Kit' Taylor (born 1942) is an Australian former actor, who started his career as a child performer.
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]
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]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1954 | Long John Silver | Jim Hawkins | |
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 |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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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" |
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