Paul Hogan

Paul Hogan was born in Lightning Ridge, New South Wales, Australia. He moved to Granville in Western Sydney at a young age and worked as a rigger on the Sydney Harbour Bridge.\n', '

Hogan\'s first public appearance was on Australian television, the Nine Network\'s amateur talent program New Faces in 1971. Hogan had observed to his Harbour Bridge workmates that the program\'s entertainment value relied significantly on the judges ridiculing and belittling the performers, and suggested the judges deserved similar treatment. Hogan inveigled his way onto the program by claiming to be a "tap-dancing knife-thrower". Hogan appeared on stage in his work boots, holding elaborate prop \'knives\' and proceeded to make a series of jokes at the judges\' expense; he finished by performing a rudimentary shuffle and throwing the knives onto the floor. Strong positive response from the viewing public…