Deadly
Earnest
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Last revised: July 07, 2009.
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Way, way,
back in the 1960's, way before Elvira, a favourite amongst
Australian students was Deadly
Earnest ,
the TV schlock horror host. Late on Friday nights, the atrocious
old sci-fi and horror films became compulsory viewing, solely
because of the gothic master of ceremonies.
Of course, I should really be using the plural, for in those days,
Australian TV networking was so loose that the role of Deadly
Earnest was played by different actors in different cities !
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MELBOURNE
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RALPH
BAKER played the role of Deadly
Earnest in Gothic style on ATV-0.
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SYDNEY
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IAN BANNERMAN played the the role of
Deadly Earnest on TEN-10, as the "Dead-Pan Ghoulie".
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ADELAIDE
- PERTH
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HEDLEY CULLEN was in the ironic position of playing the
undead Deadly in the City of
Churches.
Hedley had the broadest reach of all, because he was also
seen on TVW-7 in Perth. Not bad for a former internee.
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BRISBANE
Closest
I could get to a pic of
Shane looking dark and sinister...
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SHANE PORTEUS brought Deadly Earnest to the tropics.
Yes, this is the same gentleman who starred in the long
running soapie "A Country
Practice", as Doctor Elliot.
And you thought he was such a nice doctor,
but just like Dr Jekyll, he could turn into a Mr Hyde !
In more recent times, Shane kept the Deadly tradition
alive, by killing off characters behind the scenes in
Neighbours...(Art imitating Art... You can
tell I don't do this for a living , huh ?
...Apologies to R.L.Stevenson.)
I
don't have ANY material on Shane's Deadly,
but Paul E. advises that there is a WaxWork of him at the
Gold Coast Wax Museum (WOW - they
have 2 different Deadlies !)
If YOU are in the region of the
Gold Coast Wax Museum,
please, please please, send me a pic of Deadly.
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The
Next Generation :
_FOSDYKE
| Dragging
the ghoulish tradition in the 21st Century... 
- FosDyke -
Getting made up
for an appearance on GMA
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The Death
Of Comedy
Good
MOURNING Australia
Related
Sites :-
Sadly
actress Maila Nurmi,
who played VAMPIRA,
one of the original TV horror hosts
of the 1950s
has passed away, age 86.
R.I.P
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"If he be Mr Hyde...I shall be Mr
Seek" (R.L.Stevenson.)
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| my email-id is :- rj4oz-web at yahoo.com.au
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