Ted Hamilton

Ted Hamilton OAM
Born	1937 (age 79–80) Australia
Occupation	Actor, film producer, singer

Edward Leslie "Ted" Hamilton (OAM) (born 1937) is an Australian singer, composer, playwright, entrepreneur and actor. He is possibly best known for playing the Pirate King in The Pirate Movie and police constable Kevin Dwyer in Division 4 (1969–73). More recently, he played Merlin in the TV series Guinevere Jones.

Among his many other acting credits are Homicide, The Love Boat,M*A*S*H,The Six Million Dollar Man, Hawaii Five-O, Mission: Impossible, and Rafferty's Rules.

In 1955, hailed as a teenage singing sensation, Hamilton began performing in nightclubs, and live on national radio. He guest starred on The Ford Show, Calling The Stars and The Gladys Moncrieff Show. He also had hit records with "Primrose Lane" and "The Things We Did Last Summer".

Hamilton was also the featured singer with The Bob Gibson Band, Australia's premier swing-band, and the Australian All-Stars jazz quintet.

In 1956 Hamilton guest starred on Australia's first variety show broadcast on New Year’s Eve on ABC TV. Also in the 1950s, Hamilton featured in variety shows on all channels, including The Hit Parade (ABC), Make Mine Music (ABC), Bandstand (Channel 9), Sydney Tonight (Channel 7), and in the 1960s the seminal variety show Revue 61/62.

Hamilton made his debut as singer/songwriter and starred with many of the top musicians and groups of the day, including Don Burrows, Terry Wilkinson and Errol Buddle - Bob Gibson's swing band - The Australian Jazz Quintet and The Australian All Stars. He was voted best singer in jazz and pop by Bandstand and Downbeat.

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