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Today Ted is a Company
Chairman providing great advice and Leadership- below is a list of Ted's
achievements
(1936- and still going
strong)
Australian Composer,
Playwright, Actor and Entertainer
You may remember him as
the charismatic police constable or a cheeky pirate, the first captain
of the "love boat" cruise ship or more recently a medieval
magician Merlin. However Ted Hamilton has another side to him
demonstrates his broad talent- he came back to Australia in 2002 after
spending the last couple of decades in America.
In July 2002 I sat
in the artists forum at Chapel on Chapel that intimate theatre with 300 other people. A cabaret act was about to begin. I looked around the
room I there were all the faces that I grew up watching on TV. Our
family were avid Division 4 fans and Constable Kevin Dwyer was
definitely easy to watch. I have known Ted for over 20 years and I had
only seen him sing on one occasion in Los Angeles, impromptu yet a
wonder to watch. Ted excitedly wanted to entertain his friends and fans
that he had not seen for many a year. I had to see this and so did
they!
Ted Hamilton sang
everything from Danny Boy to Mack the Knife and the crowd applauded and
we asked for an encore. Which was granted. I have seen shows around the
world but they all paled to Ted's performance that night.
Those of us who know Ted
remember after Division 4 Ted had his own music show on the ABC here but
in the early 70’s music in Australia? Well let's just say cabaret and
jazz were not the forefront of the Australian charts. In the United
States Ted was successful as a singing artist but was better remembered
for his film and TV roles.
As Captain Thomas Ford in
the 1976 series of the Love Boat and the Pirate King in the Pirate movie
loosely related Gilbert and Sullivan Pirates of Penzance. You will have
seen him also pop up in Mission Impossible and the Six Million Dollar
Man. Last year he played Merlin in the TV series Guinevere Jones .
Ted's
Biography
In
1955
Hailed as a teen-age
singing sensation, Ted began performing in nightclubs, and live, on
National radio, guest starring on: The Ford Show; Calling the stars;
Gladys Moncrieff; enjoying hit records with “Primrose Lane” and “The
things we did last summer” Ted, was also the featured singer, with The
Bob Gibson band; Australia’s, premier Swing-band; and the Australian
All-stars, jazz quintet.
1956
Ted, guest starred on
Australia’s, first variety show, broadcast on New Years Eve, on ABC TV.
Then followed starring roles, in all of the variety shows, on all
channels. The hit parade [ABC] Make mine music [ABC] Bandstand [9]
Sydney tonight [7]
1960’s
Ted made his debut as
singer/songwriter and starred with many of the top musicians and groups
of the day, including:
·
Don
Burrows; Terry Wilkinson; Errol Buddle
·
Bob
Gibson’s swing- band
·
The
Australian Jazz Quintet and The Australian all stars. , Voted Best
singer, Jazz and pop by: Bandstand and Downbeat.
1961-62
Ted was the featured singing star, on the
legendary and seminal, Revue ‘61 and Revue ’62 TV shows, for the 7
Network; Best singer and national variety show award. [Logie and
Penguin]
1961
Ted compared IMT (In
Melbourne Tonight) on Monday nights on Channel 9.
He provided the
Voice/image for some of Australia’s most popular and successful
commercials.
IC-POTA - Beautiful
Rheingold - Marshall Batteries - Philip Morris - Coca-cola - Kodak -
Mortein “Louie the fly”
1960’s
Ted was in the
undefeated World Champion Squash team. He competed for: Victoria, NSW
and Australia, 1962-1970.
Ted starred in the
famous Australian TV Series, “Division 4” [Crawford productions], as
Senior Constable, Kevin Dwyer, winning best actor and best drama awards.
[Logie] He
also performed in a number of national theatre productions;
A complete
cast photo. From left: Frank Taylor, Patricia Smith, Gerard Kennedy,
Chuck Faulkner, Ted Hamilton and Terence Donovan.
1964 – 1970
THE
BOYS FROM SYRACUSE-
THE MUSIC
MAN-
BYE, BYE,
BIRDIE-
HAMLET-
MACBETH
1969
Ted founded and
chaired, “TV-Make it Australian Committee” (a tough lobby group
that pushed to save Australian drama from extinction). The group lobbied
The Prime Minister, and the opposition, for delineation of categories
for Australian TV (e.g.; drama, comedy, current affairs, sport etc.) and a
requirement, for all the channels, to provide a quota of Australian
drama. The group was the most successful lobby group, in the history of
Australian Show business. Ted and the committee, were acknowledged by
Hector Crawford:‘ As the man, and the committee that saved Australian
drama from extinction’
1970
– 1972
Ted was the co-
founder of the Australia Party (co-convenor)
Ted
was also involved in the-“It's Time Campaign-” organising the show-
business contribution for the most original and successful election
victory, in Australia’s History. Ted devised and appeared in a series of
TV commercials for: Philip Morris- Kingsford "Oh! What a beauty!" [ Logie award for best original commercial.]
1973 – 1974
Ted resigned from
“Division 4” to host his own National Variety Shows on the ABC. “Ted
Hamilton’s, New Wave” & “Ted Hamilton’s, musical world” [ Logie and
Penguin awards]
TED HAMILTON’S MUSICAL WORLD:
ABC Television. 1973. Producer: Michael Shrimpton.
With Brian May & the A.B.C. Melbourne Show Band. The Ron Rosenberg
Singers. Sound Engineers: Andy Cameron & Allan Ireson. Produced by
Harold Aspinall. Arrangers: Brian May, David Langdon, Kevin Hocking,
Graeme Lyall, Peter de Visser, Jack Westmore. Recorded in the Melbourne
studios of the Australian Broadcasting Commission.
1975
Ted moved to the
United States and appeared in:
THE
LOVE BOAT- SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN- M*A*S*H- HAWAII
FIVE-O- MISSION IMPOSSIBLE.
1975
- 1980
Ted wrote a number of
songs that were recorded and performed by:
·
Dean
Martin (Get on
with your Livin’)
·
Glenn
Campbell (On this Road and I believe in Christmas)
·
Tom Jones (Agony
and Ecstasy)
1980
Ted returned to
Australia, to host the “Ted Hamilton Show” for Rupert Murdoch’s, Channel
10.
1981
Ted produced and
starred in, “The Pirate Movie,” which was the first Australian movie, to
receive a general release, in the United States (it ran on 2,500
screens).
1981- 2001
Ted returned the
United States, to finance a movie production for Disney Studios; “The
Flight of the Navigator”
Becoming
Chairman, of two US Companies, which
were involved in the placement of private capital for films and
corporations. Ted, also served as a senior consultant to several national
companies in the U.S. Conducted seminars on:
·
“Your
passion versus income”- How do you unite them and should you?
·
“Drug and
alcohol abuse in the work place and- How it affects us all-… “To
legalise or penalise”? The user or society
·
The
difference between being an active senior and the aged…
·
“Perception
versus the facts”
·
Australian
Culture…? “Do we have one and what is it’?
·
How do
others perceive us? What do we project to the world through our Arts -
Imitative or original?
2001
Ted has returned to
Australia, performing in, Music and Acting. He has performed concerts
in Victoria and NSW.
2002
Ted
performed in the international television series titled “Guinevere
Jones” for the Ten
Network. Ted playing
the pivotal character of “Merlin”. Ted performed concerts
throughout Australia during the year.
2003
Concert
work and acting engagements.
Today
LINKS ABOUT TED CAN BE
FOUND BELOW
Ted Hamilton
http://www.australiaday.vic.gov.au/events_ambassadors_details.asp?view=400
http://www.saxton.com.au/default.asp?sd8=1891
http://www.tv.com/ted-hamilton/person/45315/summary.html
Attending to "unfinished business" here and
abroad.
Ted recently celebrated his three score and ten and I
must say I am amazed at his zest and love of life's pleasures. He is a still as smart as a whip and as fit as a fiddler. With age we see many
with the signs of life taking its tole, not so in Ted's case. He
regiment is one of a good well balanced diet along with daily exercise-
a lesson to us all to follow..
Click
HERE to read about Ted Hamilton’s film
and TV appearances
Click
HERE to find out
more about Ted in “Guinevere Jones”
Click
HERE to find out
more about Division 4
More about Ted can be found here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Division_4
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pirate_Movie
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinevere_Jones
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0358186/
http://www.saxton.com.au/default.asp?sd8=1891
http://www.answers.com/topic/division-4-1
http://www.classicaustraliantv.com/div4.htm
If you would like to contact Ted please send an email
to me and I will see that he receives the message.
Please allow 7-10 days for a reply - Thanks
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