Kit Taylor

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Kit Taylor
Born
Christopher John Taylor [1]

1942 (age 8182)
Sydney, Australia
OccupationActor
Father Grant Taylor

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

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Biography

Taylor is the son of English Australian actor Grant Taylor

He made his acting debut as Jim Hawkins in the film Long John Silver (1954) and the associated TV series The Adventures of Long John Silver . [2] He went on to have an acting career as an adult, working in film, television (primarily guest roles) and theatre.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1954 Long John Silver Jim Hawkins
1976 Don's Party Evan
1978 Weekend of Shadows Ryan
1982 Early Frost Paul Sloane
1984 Innocent Prey Joe
1987 Cassandra Harrison
1995 Rough Diamonds Les Finnigan

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1956–57 The Adventures of Long John Silver Jim HawkinsMain role
1964–1966 Homicide James Curtin / George Tatnell / Tony Clarke / Cliff FergusonEpisodes: "The Knot", "Colour of Hate", "Where There's a Will", "Man at Bay"
1966 The Interpretaris David CarmichaelTV miniseries
1967 Wandjina! Con. Jack HankeyEpisode: "1.7"
1967 Adventures of the Seaspray NathanEpisode: "Forgotten Island"
1969Who-Dun-ItAlex JarvisEpisode: "A High Class Death"
1969–70 The Troubleshooters Ted Raven / Jimmy TylerEpisodes: "And One Wise Man Came Out from the East", "Operation Black Gold"
1971 Paul Temple Alan MacAfeeEpisode: "Death for Divers' Reasons"
1971 The Persuaders! CroupierEpisode: "Anyone Can Play"
1974 The Box Trooper DavisGuest role
1975 Division 4 WoodsEpisode: "Dead Fall"
1975 Quality of Mercy TomEpisode: "Sally Go Round the Moon"
1975 Number 96 Warwick ThompsonGuest role
1976–77 Bluey Charles Parker / Jack StevensEpisodes: "A Few Quiet Questions", "Lonely Ordeal"
1977Born to RunPaul SanfordTV film
1978–79 Cop Shop Larousse / Philip KendalEpisodes: "1.23", "1.24", "1.133"
1979 Skyways Tim BarclayGuest role
1981 Intimate Strangers GregTV miniseries
1982 Wilde's Domain Dan WildeTV film
1981–82 The Young Doctors Steve NewmanEpisodes: "1.1077", "1.1078"
1983–1985 A Country Practice Ronnie Thompson / Farmer Gunn / Tom GunnEpisodes: "September Song", "An Axe to Grind", "Follow the Leader"
1985PossessionAlan KennedyTV film
1989 A Country Practice Brian CoxEpisodes: "Fool's Gold: Parts 1 & 2"
1993 Mercy Mission: The Rescue of Flight 771 Capt. Warren BanksTV film
2000 The Lost World Tom Layton / LargoEpisode: "Prodigal Father"

Theatre

Taylor has worked in theatre roles including Summer of the Seventeenth Doll , Alice in Wonderland , Breaker Morant , Richard III , The Club and Crown Matrimonial [3]

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References

  1. "PERSONAL". Benalla Ensign . Victoria, Australia. 3 April 1942. p. 2. Retrieved 25 June 2020 via Trove.
  2. "Actor's son is in film". The Argus . Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 8 April 1954. p. 3. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  3. "KIT TAYLOR - theatre credits". AusStage.