# Behind the Legend

Behind the Legend is 1972 anthology series based on the lives of various Australians hosted by Manning Clark.
It was originally called The History Makers.

## Cast
### Host

* Manning Clark

### Recurring

* Barry Lovett as George Coppin / Dobie (S1–3, 3 episodes)
* Ben Gabriel as John Monash (S1&3, 2 episodes)
* James Condon as Wentworth (S1–3, 3 episodes)
* Joe James as Walter Burley Griffin (S2&3, 2 episodes)
* John Hargreaves as Tom Roberts (S1&3, 2 episodes)
* Joseph Furst as Ferdinand von Mueller (S2&3, 2 episodes)
* Ken Fraser as Charles Fitzroy (S1&2, 2 episodes)
* Michael Long as Heir (S1&3, 2 episodes)
* Paul Bertram as Percy Grainger (S1&3, 2 episodes)
* Reg Evans as C. J. Dennis / John Shaw Neilson at 40 (S1&3, 2 episodes)
* Robyn Nevin (S2&3, 2 episodes)
* Terry Bader as Sidney Kidman (S1&3, 2 episodes)

### Season One

* Anna Volska as Helena Rubinstein
* Anne Haddy as Caroline Chisholm
* Anne-Louise Lambert
* Barbara Frawley
* Bud Tingwell as Arthur Phillip
* Jack Thompson as Charles Kingsford-Smith
* John Frawley as Thomas Blamey
* John Orcsik
* Kate Fitzpatrick as Nellie Melba
* Keith Lee as Charles O'Connor
* Kevin J. Wilson as Les Darcy
* Mark Kelly as Douglas Mawson
* Max Phipps
* Neil Fitzpatrick as Charles Ulm
* as JF Archibald
* Penne Hackforth-Jones as Helena Rubinstein
* Tim Eliott as Henry Lawson
* Tony Barry

### Season Two

* Aileen Britton as Lady Mitchell
* Alister Smart as Frank Gardiner
* Brian James as Governor William Bligh
* Cornelia Frances
* Dennis Grosvenor as Kevin Todd
* Don Crosby as Protector of Aborigines
* Drew Forsythe as Ted Baxter
* Elizabeth Alexander as Elizabeth Kenny
* Frank Lloyd as Eddie Gilbert
* Graeme Blundell as Ray Parer
* Gordon Chater as Sir Thomas Mitchell
* Jack Charles as Eddie Gilbert
* John Ewart as Francis Greenway
* Lola Brooks as Mary Reibey
* Nick Tate as Captain Sanderson
* Nigel Lovell as John Flynn
* Peter Gwynne
* Richard Meikle
* Tony Allyn as Robert O'Hara Burke

### Season Three

* Andrew McFarlane
* Anna Hruby as Younger Sister
* Carole Skinner
* John Gaden as S. T. Gill
* Judi Farr as Harriet
* Judy McBurney as Waitress
* Kevin Miles as G.V. Brooke
* Kit Taylor
* Lisa Peers as Annette Kellerman
* Liz Burch as Mary
* Liz Chance as Henry Handel Richardson (Ethel Florence Lindesay Richardson)
* Lynette Curran as Belle
* Margo Lee as Miss Brennan
* Mark Lee as Maurice Kellerman
* Melissa Jaffer
* Natalie Bate as Ann Rumsby
* Pamela Stephenson as Fanny Cathcart
* Paul Mason as Matthew Flinders
* Ralph Cotterill as Hal Gye
* Robin Ramsay as Marcus Clarke
* Wendy Hughes
* Wyn Roberts as Christopher Brennan

## Select episodes
### Season One

(Dates are Sydney air dates)
* Nellie Melba (18 Sept 1972) - by James Workman
* Henry Lawson (25 Sept 1972) - by Cliff Green
* Les Darcy (2 Oct 1972)
* Charles Ulm (9 Oct 1972) - by James Workman
* Douglas Mawson (16 Oct 1972) - by Thomas Kenealley, directed by John Croystn
* John Monash (23 October 1972) - by Tony Morphett
* Charles O'Connor (30 Oct 1972) - by James Workman, directed by Frank Arnold
* Caroline Chisolm (6 Nov 1972) - by John Pooley, directed by Frank Arnold
* John Shaw Neilson (13 Nov 1972) - by Margaret Kelly
* JF Archibald (20 Nov 1972)
* Thomas Blamey (27 Nov 1972) - by Lance Peters, directed by Frank Arnold
* Helena Rubenstein (4 Dec 1972) by Cole Thompson, directed by Alan Burke
* Arthur Phillip (11 Dec 1972) (final)

### Season Two

(Dates are Sydney air dates)
* Francis Greenaway (5 March 1974)
* Elizabeth Kenny (12 March 1974)
* Ray Parer (19 March 1974) - by Laurence Johns and James Workman, directed by Rob Stewart
* William Bligh (26 March 1974) - by Thomas Keneally
* Frank Gardiner (2 April 1974)
* Sir Thomas Mitchell (9 April 1974)
* JF Archibald (16 April 1974) - by Brian Wright, directed by Bill Munro (possibly repeat previous year)
* Ferdinand von Mueller (23 April 1974)
* Eddie Gilbert (30 April 1974) - by Philip Grenville Mann. ** (was scheduled but postponed)
* Robert O'Hara Burke (7 May 1974)
* Charles Fitzroy (14 May 1974) - by Mary Wright
* Mary Reibey (21 May 1974) - by Barbara Vernon, directed by Bruce Best. GS Lola Brooks.
* John Flynn (28 May 1974)
* Percy Grainger (4 June 1974) (final) ** (was scheduled but postponed)

### Season Three

(Dates are Melbourne air dates_
* Marcus Clarke (7 January 1975 - Melbourne) - by Kerry Wanka directed by John Croyston
* Percy Grainger (14 Jan 1975) - by Cole Thompson, directed by Alan Burke. NB was to have shown previous year but withdrawn for Nixon's resignation
* Sidney Kidman (21 Jan 1975)
* Walter Burley Griffin (28 Jan 1975)
* George Coppin (4 Feb 1975) - by Joe James directed by John Croyston
* Eddie Gilbert (11 Feb 1975) - was to have shown previous year but withdrawn to show a political program
* Henry Handel Richardson (18 Feb 1975)
* S.T. Gill (25 February 1975) - by John Croyston, directed by Alan Burke
* Matthew Flinders (4 March 1975)
* Annette Kellerman (11 March 1975) by Cole Thompson, directed by Bruce Best
* Christopher Brennan (18 March 1975)
* Tom Roberts (20 March 1975) - written by Joe James directed by John Matthews
* Ann Rumsby (27 March 1975)
* C.J. Dennis (8 Apr 1975) - written by Alan Burke, directed by Julian Pringle (final)