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Film / 2007
The King
Directed by
Matthew Saville
The King is the story of Graham Kennedy, Australia's first and greatest home grown TV superstar. It traces his rise from working class Balaclava kid, through radio, TV, film, and back to TV again. It also tracks Kennedy's personal tragedies - the loneliness, the unrealised ambitions and the terrible pressures of being Australia's first homegrown superstar in the 1950s and 60s.
The story
The King is the story of Graham Kennedy, Australia's first and greatest home grown TV superstar. It traces his rise from working class Balaclava kid, through radio, TV, film, and back to TV again. It also tracks Kennedy's personal tragedies - the loneliness, the unrealised ambitions and the terrible pressures of being Australia's first homegrown superstar in the 1950s and 60s.
Cast
Stephen CurryGraham Kennedy
Shaun MicallefColin Bednall
Garry McDonaldNicky Whitta
Steve BisleyHarry M. Miller
Stephen HallBert Newton
Todd MacDonaldRichard Croft
Bernard CurryJohn Wesley
Nick FarnellNorm Spencer
Donal FordeGeoff "Corkie" Corke
Leo TaylorSir Frank Packer
Johnny BradyTim
Monica MaughanNana Scott
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Roz HammondKathleen Whitta
Jane AllsopNoeline Brown
Beth BuchananVal Wesley
Leverne McDonnellMary Kennedy
Virginia BowersClara
Cathy GodboldRosemary Margan
Louis CorbettYoung Graham Kennedy
Kodi Smit-McPheeYoung John Wesley
Elwood MilesLen
Kate DohertyPrincess Panda
Thomas M. WrightAlfie
Angus SampsonUgly Dave Gray
Mick AlfordDriver
Steve McDowellStage Hand #1
John OsborneStage Hand #2
Nigel JohnstonHandsome Man
Chad HamiltonMichael Whitta
Riley HamiltonGary Whitta
Carole PatulloReception Nurse
Glen HancoxFloor Manager / AD
Dion MillsBatman
Rod FlannaganExecutive #1
Raymond HatfieldExecutive #2
Ian SwanExecutive #3
Dave KenyonExecutive #4
Dan PurdeyExecutive #5
Morgan BakerDavid
Mike ShephardBlankety Blanks Member
Richard AskinStage Manager
Chris SaxtonStudio Crew #1
Marcelle KnappStudio Crew #2
William WoodRadio Executive #1
Eric McPhanRadio Executive #2
Brett DonohueWriter #1
Nigel LeslieWriter #2
Graham KennedyHimself (archive footage)
Tony BarberHimself (archive footage)
Bert NewtonHimself (archive footage)
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