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Kit Taylor
Australian actor From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Christopher John 'Kit' Taylor (born 1942) is an Australian former actor, who started his career as a child performer.
Early life
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]
Career
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]
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