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Mark Ronald Holden is an Australian singer, actor, TV personality, record producer, songwriter, and barrister. He was a pop star in the 1970s and had four top 20 hit singles, "Never Gonna Fall in Love Again", "I Wanna Make You My Lady" (September), "Last Romance" (November) and "Reach Out for the One Who Loves You". Holden regularly appeared on national pop music show, Countdown. Holden is remembered for his clean-cut image, his white dinner suit and his penchant for handing out carnations to girls on the set of the popular television show Countdown – he was nicknamed "The Carnation Kid". In the 1980s he worked as a songwriter in Los Angeles providing material recorded by Meat Loaf, Joe Cocker, Gladys Knight, Bob Welch and Steve Jones. He was one of three original judges on the TV series Australian Idol (2003–07) and the first season (2005) of The X Factor.
Born
Tuesday, 27 April 1954
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Molly: The Real Thing | Self - Artist / Self | 2016 |
Open Slather | Special Guest | 2015 |
The Checkout | Self | 2013 |
Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell | Self | 2012 |
Sea Patrol | Dr. John Wallace | 2007 |
The Starter Wife | Rick Dunn | 2007 |
David Tench Tonight | Self | 2006 |
20 to 1 | Self - Judge | 2005 |
Spicks and Specks | Self | 2005 |
The X Factor | Self - Judge | 2005 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Molly: The Real Thing | Self - Artist / Self | 2016 |
Open Slather | Special Guest | 2015 |
The Checkout | Self | 2013 |
Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell | Self | 2012 |
Sea Patrol | Dr. John Wallace | 2007 |
The Starter Wife | Rick Dunn | 2007 |
David Tench Tonight | Self | 2006 |
20 to 1 | Self - Judge | 2005 |
Spicks and Specks | Self | 2005 |
The X Factor | Self - Judge | 2005 |
Dancing with the Stars | Self / Himself | 2004 |
Australian Idol | Himself - Judge / Self - Judge / Himself - Judge (credit only) / Himself (archive footage) | 2003 |
MDA | Dr. Adam Gilmore | 2002 |
Kath & Kim | Self | 2002 |
Pizza | Detention Guard | 2000 |
Strange World | Lead Agent | 1999 |
Lovely But Deadly | Javelin Scott | 1981 |
Newsfront | 1978 | |
Blue Fire Lady | Barry | 1977 |
The Young Doctors | Greg Mason | 1976 |