Ted Hamilton

Edward Leslie "Ted" Hamilton (OAM) (born 1937), is an Australian former singer, composer, playwright, entrepreneur, and actor.He is known for playing the Pirate King in The Pirate Movie and police constable Kevin Dwyer in TV series Division 4 (1969–73). More recently, he played Merlin in the TV series Guinevere Jones. He also played in Homicide, The Love Boat, M*A*S*H, The Six Million Dollar Man, Hawaii Five-O, Mission: Impossible, and Rafferty's Rules. Hamilton began performing in nightclubs in 1955, 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".

His most successful single was a 1959 duet with the late Ray Melton on HMV with a cover of US duo Travis and Bob's '59 hit "Tell Him No". Their cover reached #6 in Melbourne, and was a top 20 hit in Sydney, Brisbane and Perth.Hamilton was also the featured singer with The Bob Gibson Band and the Australian All-Stars jazz quintet.

Hamilton guest starred on Australia's first variety show broadcast in 1956 on New Year's Eve on ABC TV. Also in the 1950s, Hamilton featured in variety shows on all networks, 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.