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The King

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.

Top Cast

  • Stephen Curry

    Stephen Curry

    Graham Kennedy

  • Shaun Micallef

    Shaun Micallef

    Colin Bednall

  • Garry McDonald

    Garry McDonald

    Nicky Whitta

  • Steve Bisley

    Steve Bisley

    Harry M. Miller

  • Stephen Hall

    Stephen Hall

    Bert Newton

  • Todd MacDonald

    Todd MacDonald

    Richard Croft

  • Bernard Curry

    Bernard Curry

    John Wesley

  • Nick Farnell

    Nick Farnell

    Norm Spencer

  • Donal Forde

    Donal Forde

    Geoff "Corkie" Corke

Overview

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.

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