Chris King (actor) explained

Chris King
Birth Name:Christopher Roger King
Birth Date:1956 6, df=yes
Birth Place:Hobart, Tasmania
Occupation: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

TitleYearRole
Number 96 (TV series)1974 Wesley Walton
Lindsay's Boy (TV film)1974
Ben Hall (TV miniseries)1975Warrigal Walsh
Polly me Love (TV movie)1975
The Young Doctors (TV series)1976-1982 1086 episodesDennis Jamison
Rafferty's Rules (TV series) 1989Milkman
A Country Practice (TV series)1989Les Dunn
Home and Away (TV series)1989Plumber
Big Sky (TV series) (TV series)
, Water Rats1999Marty "Rabbit" Downes
Murder Call (TV series)1998-20003 roles
All Saints (TV series)1998-20002 roles
Much ado about Nothing (TV series)2002Guy
White Collar Blue (TV series)2003Frazer's Accomplice

Notes and References

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