Marty Morton is a performer who has acted in many TV, theatre and commercials in Australia and in other countries including England.

Morton was born in the north of England and emigrated to Australia 40 plus years ago.

Television

In Britain, Morton has appeared on Crackerjack and Seaside Special

Seaside Special

Seaside Special was a BBC light entertainment show broadcast from the mid-late 1970s. It was an outside broadcast and was always filmed in a big top in a British seaside resort. Originally the big top belonged to various circuses , but in later seasons, the BBC purchased their own big top to act...

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In Australia he has acted in TV shows including Spyforce

Spyforce

Spyforce was an Australian TV series produced from 1971 to 1973, based upon the adventures of Australian Military Intelligence operatives in the South West Pacific during World War II...

, Division 4

Division 4

Division 4 was an Australian television police drama series made by Crawford Productions for the Nine Network between 1969 and 1975 for 300 episodes....

, The Young Doctors

The Young Doctors

The Young Doctors is an Australian early evening soap opera. The series was set in the fictional Albert Memorial hospital and primarily concerned with romances between younger members of the hospital staff, screened on the Nine Network from Monday, 8 November 1976 until Wednesday, 30 March...

, All Saints

All Saints (TV series)

All Saints is an Australian medical drama which first screened on the Seven Network. The series debuted on 24 February 1998 and concluded its run on 27 October 2009...

, and The Restless Years

The Restless Years

The Restless Years is an Australian soap opera which followed the lives of several Sydney school-leavers and young adults. It was produced by the Reg Grundy Organisation for Network Ten. It debuted December 1977 and ran until late 1981. It was not renewed by the network due to declining ratings...

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When Rod Hull

Rod Hull

Rodney Stephen Hull , better known as Rod Hull, was a popular entertainer on British television in the 1970s and 1980s. He rarely appeared without Emu, a mute, highly aggressive arm-length puppet of the flightless emu bird...

 left The Super Flying Fun Show and Australia, a duplicate of Emu was made so the character could continue on the show, much to Hull's annoyance, Comedian Marty Morton took over Hull's co-hosting position with Marilyn Mayo in Australia.

In 2003 he was a guest on Channel 4 documentary on Rod Hull, Rod Hull: A Bird in the Hand .

Stage

His Pantomime credits include Cinderella, Dick Whittington, Mother Goose and Our Own-Bush Homebush.

He has entertained with his 'sidekicks' Emu, Camel, Jake the Peg

Jake the Peg

"Jake the Peg" was a fictional three-legged man, the subject of a song performed by Rolf Harris, released as a single in 1965.The song was adapted in 1965 from a version performed by Frank Roosen...

 and Talkin' Horse.

Morton has appeared with Dorothy Lamour

Dorothy Lamour

Dorothy Lamour was an American film actress. She is best remembered for appearing in the Road to... movies, a series of successful comedies starring Bing Crosby and Bob Hope .-Early life:Lamour was born Mary Leta Dorothy Slaton in New Orleans, Louisiana, the daughter of Carmen Louise Dorothy...

, Diana Trask

Diana Trask

Diana Trask is an Australian and American country and pop singer born in Melbourne, Australia. She was a popular country singer during the 1970s in the United States and also was a popular star in her native Australia...

, Florence Henderson

Florence Henderson

Florence Agnes Henderson is an American actress and singer. She is perhaps best known for her role of Carol Brady on the ABC sitcom The Brady Bunch from 1969 to 1974...

, Al Martino

Al Martino

Al Martino was an American singer and actor. He had his greatest success as a singer between the early 1950s and mid 1970s, being described as "one of the great Italian American pop crooners", and also became well known as an actor, particularly for his role as singer Johnny Fontane in The...

 and Human Nature

Human Nature (band)

Human Nature are an Australian pop vocal group. The group was originally formed as a doo-wop band in 1989 while the current members were at school together in Sydney. So far, the band has had 17 Top 40 hits and five Top 10 hits in Australia since 1996 when their first album Telling Everybody was...

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Among his talents is the production of sets and props.

External links

• http://martypromotions.com.au/index.html Marty Morton's website