King of the Coral Sea is a 1954 film starring Chips Rafferty and Charles Tingwell, directed by Lee Robinson and shot on location in Thursday Island.
He played an American who elected to stay on in Australia after World War II, a character Robinson created with the aim of making the film appealing to the international market.
Taylor, Robinson, Rafferty, Charles Tingwell and Lloyd Berrell all knew each other from working in Sydney radio.
[6] Also featured in the cast were Ilma Adey, a model and cabaret entertainer without any previous acting experience,[7] and Frances Chin Soon, a local nurse from Thursday Island.
Rafferty dived in an open British made Heinke helmet as well as using the Lawson Lung towards the end of the film.