Kit Taylor

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

Kit Taylor
Born	Christopher John Taylor[1] 1942 (age 81–82) Sydney, Australia
Occupation	Actor
Father	Grant Taylor

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

Year	Title	Role	Notes
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

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1956–57	The Adventures of Long John Silver	Jim Hawkins	Main role
1964–1966	Homicide	James Curtin / George Tatnell / Tony Clarke / Cliff Ferguson	Episodes: "The Knot", "Colour of Hate", "Where There's a Will", "Man at Bay"
1966	The Interpretaris	David Carmichael	TV miniseries
1967	Wandjina!	Con. Jack Hankey	Episode: "1.7"
1967	Adventures of the Seaspray	Nathan	Episode: "Forgotten Island"
1969	Who-Dun-It	Alex Jarvis	Episode: "A High Class Death"
1969–70	The Troubleshooters	Ted Raven / Jimmy Tyler	Episodes: "And One Wise Man Came Out from the East", "Operation Black Gold"
1971	Paul Temple	Alan MacAfee	Episode: "Death for Divers' Reasons"
1971	The Persuaders!	Croupier	Episode: "Anyone Can Play"
1974	The Box	Trooper Davis	Guest role
1975	Division 4	Woods	Episode: "Dead Fall"
1975	Quality of Mercy	Tom	Episode: "Sally Go Round the Moon"
1975	Number 96	Warwick Thompson	Guest role
1976–77	Bluey	Charles Parker / Jack Stevens	Episodes: "A Few Quiet Questions", "Lonely Ordeal"
1977	Born to Run	Paul Sanford	TV film
1978–79	Cop Shop	Larousse / Philip Kendal	Episodes: "1.23", "1.24", "1.133"
1979	Skyways	Tim Barclay	Guest role
1981	Intimate Strangers	Greg	TV miniseries
1982	Wilde's Domain	Dan Wilde	TV film
1981–82	The Young Doctors	Steve Newman	Episodes: "1.1077", "1.1078"
1983–1985	A Country Practice	Ronnie Thompson / Farmer Gunn / Tom Gunn	Episodes: "September Song", "An Axe to Grind", "Follow the Leader"
1985	Possession	Alan Kennedy	TV film
1989	A Country Practice	Brian Cox	Episodes: "Fool's Gold: Parts 1 & 2"
1993	Mercy Mission: The Rescue of Flight 771	Capt. Warren Banks	TV film
2000	The Lost World	Tom Layton / Largo	Episode: "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]

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.

External links

• Kit Taylor at IMDb