Gerard Kennedy | |
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Born | Perth, Western Australia, Australia | 8 March 1932
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1965–2015 |
Known for | Hunter , Division 4 |
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Gerard Kennedy (born 8 March 1932) is an Australian double Gold Logie award-winning former actor, best known for his roles in early television series, in particular the espionage series including Hunter and the police procedural Division 4 . [1] Kennedy also appeared in film roles during a career that spanned 50 years in the industry. [2]
Kennedy played six different characters in guest appearances in Crawford Productions television series Homicide and in 1967 he shot to fame as the antagonist in Australian television spy drama Hunter, becoming so popular that his character changed sides, eventually becoming the main character after lead actor Tony Ward left the series. Kennedy won a TV Week Logie Award for "Best New Talent" for his portrayal of the character. [3]
Kennedy followed this with a starring role in police procedural television series, Division 4, [4] [5] winning multiple Logie Awards—including two Gold Logies as most popular personality on Australian TV—for his work in the series. [6] [7] He has consistently acted in Australian television and film productions since that time.
Later regular television series roles included Tandarra in 1976, Bellbird in 1977, [8] the miniseries Against the Wind in 1978, Skyways in 1979–1981, Golden Pennies in 1985, and The Flying Doctors between 1986 and 1989 (non-consecutive episodes). Guest TV roles include appearances in Carson's Law , Prisoner , A Country Practice , Blue Heelers , City Homicide , The Saddle Club , and Neighbours . In 2008, he played Graham "The Munster" Kinniburgh in Underbelly [9] and in Fat Tony & Co. .
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1976 | Eliza Fraser | Martin Cameron | Feature film |
1977 | Raw Deal | Palmer | Feature film |
1977 | The Mango Tree | Preacher Jones | Feature film |
1978 | Newsfront | Frank Maguire | Feature film |
1978 | The Irishman | Chad Ingram | Feature film |
1979 | The Last of the Knucklemen | Tarzan | Feature film |
1980 | Fatty Finn | Tiger Murphy | Feature film |
1982 | The Plains of Heaven | Lenko | Feature film |
1987 | The Lighthorsemen | Ismet Bey | Feature film |
1987 | Running from the Guns | Big Jim | Feature film |
1992 | Garbo | Trevor | Feature film |
1993 | Body Melt | Detective Sam Phillips | Feature film |
1994 | Ebbtide | Fredericks | Direct-to-video film |
1996 | The Inner Sanctuary | Father Kelly | |
2002 | Blood Crime | Kaiwanasha | TV film |
2005 | Plains Empty | Old Fella | Short film |
2007 | Lucky Miles | Kangaroo Shooter | Feature film |
2013 | Wolf Creek 2 | Jack | Feature film |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1966 | Homicide | 6 guest characters | 6 episodes |
1967 | Hunter | Kragg | 65 episodes |
1974 | Rush | Jim Dawson | 1 episode |
1969-75 | Division 4 | Senior Detective / Detective Sgt. Frank Banner | 301 episodes |
1976 | Cash and Company | Ryler | 1 episode |
1976 | King's Men | 1 episode | |
1976 | Tandarra | Ryler | 13 episodes |
1976 | Power Without Glory | Dick Bradley | 4 episodes |
1977 | Bellbird | Edward Grey | 3 episodes |
1977 | Bluey | Doug Stewart | 1 episode |
1978 | Case for the Defence | Jack | 1 episode |
1978 | Against the Wind | Dinny O’Byrne | 7 episodes |
1979-82 | Skyways | Gary Doolan | TV series |
1980 | The Last Outlaw | Harry Power | 4 episodes |
1981 | Bellamy | Blake | 1 episode |
1982 | 1915 | Dent | Miniseries, 1 episode |
1983 | The Coral Island | Bloody Bill | 4 episodes |
1983 | Carson's Law | James Dolman | 8 episodes |
1979-83 | Cop Shop | Franky Brady | 3 episodes |
1984 | Five Mile Creek | Mr O'Bannion | 1 episode |
1984 | Special Squad | Harry Tait | 1 episode |
1985 | Prisoner | Al | 4 episodes |
1985 | Golden Pennies | Uriah Lovejoy | 8 episode |
1986 | Studio 86 | Minas | 1 episode |
1988 | Emma: Queen of the South Seas | Captain Rabardy | 2 episodes |
1988-90 | Mission: Impossible | Karmak / Greg Usher | 2 episodes |
1986-89 | The Flying Doctors | Luke Mitchell / Les Foster | 32 episodes |
1990 | Col'n Carpenter | Dwayne | 1 episode |
1984-90 | A Country Practice | Theo Kourous / Bruce Walters | 4 episodes |
1991 | Acropolis Now | Savas | 1 episode |
1992 | Boys from the Bush | Jokey Jones | 1 episode |
1992 | Bligh | Father O'Brien | 1 episode |
1994 | Frontline | Ian Farmer, Station Manager | 5 episodes |
1999 | Thunderstone | Dr. Pretorius | 26 episodes |
2000 | The Lost World | Old Sigurd | 1 episode |
1994-01 | Blue Heelers | Various | 5 episodes |
2001 | Pizza | Agent Dave | 1 episode |
2002 | Stingers | Franco Corelli | 1 episode |
2002 | Beastmaster | Nessis | 1 episodes |
2002 | Neighbours | Jack Scully | 6 episodes |
2004 | All Saints | Neville West | 1 episode |
2005 | Scooter: Secret Agent | Baxter | 1 episode |
2005 | Dramatically Black | Old Fella | 1 episode |
2008 | Underbelly | Graham "The Munster" Kinniburgh | 7 episodes |
2010 | City Homicide | Guest role | TV series |
2012 | Conspiracy 365 | Bart Ormond | 2 episodes |
2014 | Fat Tony & Co. | Graham "The Munster" Kinniburgh | 3 episodes |
2015 | Glitch | Leon Massola | 2 episodes |
Year | Association | Category | Work | Result |
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1969 | Logie Awards | George Wallace Memorial Logie for Best New Talent | Hunter | Won |
1969 | Penguin Award | Best Actor | Division 4 | Won |
1970 | Penguin Awards | Leading Talent in a Drama Series | Division 4 | Won |
1971 | Logie Awards | Gold Logie | Division 4 | Won |
1971 | Logie Awards | Best Actor | Division 4 | Won |
1972 | Logie Awards | Gold Logie | Division 4 | Won |
1972 | Logie Awards | Best Actor | Division 4 | Won |
1973 | Logie Awards | Best Actor | Division 4 | Won |
1979 | Australian TV and Film Award | Best Actor in a TV series | Against the Wind | Won |
1987 | Penguin Award | Best Performance by an Actor in a Series/Serial | The Flying Doctors | Won |
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