Ken Wayne

Ken Wayne was an Australian actor whose first film work came in Sons of Matthew (1949), followed by parts in pictures such as Dust in the Sun (1958). He had a featured role in On the Beach (1959), playing a submarine officer with an American accent, and he also acted on radio. His best known part was Larry Kent, the private eye in I Hate Crime, which he played for all three seasons. In the early 1960s he settled in Britain, spending 13 years in London on shows including The Saint, No Hiding Place, Dixon of Dock Green and Coronation Street. He went back to Australia in 1972 and became a regular guest artist on television, in the miniseries Serpent in the Rainbow (1973) and Power Without Glory (1976), in Homicide, Matlock Police and A Country Practice, acting until the early 1990s. His stage work included The Big Knife (1957) and That Championship Season (1974).