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Ken Shorter

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Ken Shorter
Born1946-1947 (age 77-78)
Other namesKenneth Shorter
OccupationActor
Years active1966-2018

Ken Shorter (born c. 1946-1947),[1] also credited as Kenneth Shorter. is an Australian actor best known for playing the title role in the biker film Stone (1974), and You Can't See 'round Corners (1969).[1]

Television appearances include Skippy, Play School, Matlock Police, Homicide, Division 4, G.P., Casualty and The Bill. Films include Ned Kelly and Sunday Too Far Away, and the Disney film Dragonslayer (1981).

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Type
1969 You Can't See 'round Corners Frankie McCoy Feature film
1969 The Torrents TV movie
1970 Ned Kelly Aaron Sheritt Feature film
1972 The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui TV movie
1974 Moving On Alan Feature film
1974 Stone Stone Feature film
1974 The Forward Pack Frank Scully TV movie
1975 Sunday Too Far Away Frankie Davis Feature film
1979 Leave Him to Heaven Eddie TV movie
1980 Maybe This Time Alan Feature film
1981 Dragonslayer Henchman Film
1981 4D Special Agents Eddie
1982 Scrubbers Rex Feature film
1983 The Ploughman's Lunch Squash Coach Feature film
1998 Praise Male Nurse Feature film
2000 Dragonheart: A New Beginning King Direct to video film
2018 Sink Vic

Television

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Year Title Role Type
1967 Adventures of the Seaspray Second Youth TV series
1967 You Can't See 'Round Corners Frankie McCoy TV series
1968 Bellbird Duncan Ross TV series
1969 Riptide Ross TV series
1969 Skippy the Bush Kangaroo Tim TV series
1969 Division 4 Dave Gibbs TV series
1960s Play School Presenter TV series
1968–70 Homicide Rod Smith / Danny Baker TV series
1971 Matlock Police Martin Daly TV series
1973 Boney Vic Vicery TV series
1977 Number 96 Duncan Swann TV series
1979 Ripping Yarns 1st Mutinous Officer TV series
1987 Rockliffe's Babies Lorry Driver TV series
1992 G.P. Paul Ricketson TV series
1995 Screen Two Dairympie's Butler TV series
1985–86 Casualty Musician / John TV series
The Bill Donald Varney / William Mobley / Heckler TV series
2001 Oscar Charlie Biker TV series
2007 Holby City Martin Riley TV series

References

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  1. ^ a b >"Ken Shorter shows how". The Canberra Times. 21 March 1969. p. 3. Retrieved 1 December 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
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