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.
Cast
Stephen Curry
Graham Kennedy
Shaun Micallef
Colin Bednall
Garry McDonald
Nicky Whitta
Steve Bisley
Harry M. Miller
Stephen Hall
Bert Newton
Todd MacDonald
Richard Croft
Bernard Curry
John Wesley
Nick Farnell
Norm Spencer
Donal Forde
Geoff "Corkie" Corke
Leo Taylor
Sir Frank Packer
Johnny Brady
Tim
Monica Maughan
Nana Scott
Roz Hammond
Kathleen Whitta
Jane Allsop
Noeline Brown
Beth Buchanan
Val Wesley
Storyline
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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