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Chris King (actor)

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Chris King
Born
Christopher Roger King

(1956-06-02) 2 June 1956 (age 68)
Occupation(s)Television actor, entertainer, talent manager

Christopher Roger King (born 2 June 1956) is an Australian actor, entertainer and talent school director.

King became best known for his six-year stint in Channel Nine's long-running soap opera The Young Doctors between 1976 and 1982, as hospital orderly later nurse as Dennis Jamison

He ran his own talent school with his first wife Susie, whilst raising his 7 children. Natalie Imbruglia is one of his former pupils.[1]

He continued to have guest roles in shows such as A County Practice, Home andAway, Murder Call, All Saints etc

He also was arts and crafts director, supporting many ventures on the Central Coast including the local theatre, Laycock Street Theatre. Although having slowed down after a major stroke, Chris continues to defy all odds, and is still found treading the boards in local theatre productions. He is also a director of the Mingarra Club on the Central Coast.

Filmography

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Title Year Role
Number 96 (TV series) 1974 Wesley Walton
Lindsay's Boy (TV film) 1974
Ben Hall (TV miniseries) 1975 Warrigal Walsh
Polly me Love (TV movie) 1975
The Young Doctors (TV series) 1976-1982 1086 episodes Dennis Jamison
Rafferty's Rules (TV series) 1989 Milkman
A Country Practice (TV series) 1989 Les Dunn
Home and Away (TV series) 1989 Plumber
Big Sky (TV series) (TV series)
, Water Rats 1999 Marty "Rabbit" Downes
Murder Call (TV series) 1998-2000 3 roles
All Saints (TV series) 1998-2000 2 roles
Much ado about Nothing (TV series) 2002 Guy
White Collar Blue (TV series) 2003 Frazer's Accomplice


References

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  1. ^ Holmes, Peter: What comes Natalie, The Age, 8 December 2002.
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