Vale: Ken Shorter
Australian actor best known for the films Stone and You Can't See 'round Corners has died.
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Australian actor Ken Shorter, best known for the films Stone and You Can’t See ’round Corners has died.
He played the lead in 1969’s You Can’t See ’round Corners and the title role in 1974 bikie film Stone, made at the start of the revival of the Australian film industry. The day after the film launched it was slammed by the newspaper critics but picked up by Greater Union to screen in cinemas to huge audiences. Documentary Stone Forever was released in 1999 to mark 25 years since its impact.
Other films included Ned Kelly, Sunday Too Far Away, and both Dragonslayer as one of the henchmen guards then nearly 20 years later in Dragonheart: A New Beginning as a king.
Television credits included Skippy, Boney, Riptide, Bellbird, The Adventures of Seaspray, Play School, Number 96, Matlock Police, Homicide, Division 4, Ripping Yarns, GP.
He also featured in UK dramas Persuasion, Casualty, The Bill and Holby City.
Vale Ken Shorter, Australian actor who worked across stage + screen since the 1960s. Known for roles in iconic film + TV productions including You Can’t See ‘Round Corners (1967/69) and Stone (1974) plus guest roles in everything from Play School to Number 96. Lovely bloke pic.twitter.com/RaM8dDaa40
— Nigel Giles (@Number96Bk) November 11, 2024
Source: IMDb, NFSA
2 Responses
In “You can’t see around corners”, for a kissing scene, the director told him to put his hand slightly up Rowena Wallace’s dress. She did not know this was going to happen so her reaction was real.
She told me this when I was driving her to an event a few years ago. After telling me this story she laughed and said “cheeky bugger”.
Respect.