Ken Blackburn

Ken Blackburn, MNZM, is a familiar face on New Zealand stage and screen. In a career spanning 50+ years he's appeared in iconic television shows (Gliding On, Shortland Street) and films — including a lead role in 1978 feature Skin Deep. Blackburn was awarded a New Zealand Order of Merit in 2005; in 2017 he received the a Lifetime Achievement award, acknowledging long-serving local actors.

I think the boss actually personified every headmaster I’d ever operated under, who was sitting on a superannuation job and didn’t want anything disturbed. Ken Blackburn on his character in comedy Gliding On, in Blackburn's ScreenTalk interview, March 2012