Gerard Kennedy (actor)

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Gerard Kennedy
Born (1932-03-08) 8 March 1932 (age 92)
Perth, Western Australia, Australia
OccupationActor
Years active1965–2015
Known for Hunter , Division 4
Notable work
Awards

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]

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Career

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. .

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1976 Eliza Fraser Martin CameronFeature film
1977 Raw Deal PalmerFeature film
1977 The Mango Tree Preacher JonesFeature film
1978 Newsfront Frank MaguireFeature film
1978 The Irishman Chad IngramFeature film
1979 The Last of the Knucklemen TarzanFeature film
1980 Fatty Finn Tiger MurphyFeature film
1982 The Plains of Heaven LenkoFeature film
1987 The Lighthorsemen Ismet BeyFeature film
1987 Running from the Guns Big JimFeature film
1992 Garbo TrevorFeature film
1993 Body Melt Detective Sam PhillipsFeature film
1994 Ebbtide FredericksDirect-to-video film
1996 Inner Sanctuary Father Kelly
2002 Blood Crime KaiwanashaTV film
2005Plains EmptyOld FellaShort film
2007 Lucky Miles Kangaroo ShooterFeature film
2013 Wolf Creek 2 JackFeature film

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1966 Homicide 6 guest characters6 episodes
1967 Hunter Kragg65 episodes
1974 Rush Jim Dawson1 episode
1969-75 Division 4 Senior Detective / Detective Sgt. Frank Banner301 episodes
1976 Cash and Company Ryler1 episode
1976 King's Men 1 episode
1976 Tandarra Ryler13 episodes
1976 Power Without Glory Dick Bradley4 episodes
1977 Bellbird Edward Grey3 episodes
1977 Bluey Doug Stewart1 episode
1978 Case for the Defence Jack1 episode
1978 Against the Wind Dinny O’Byrne7 episodes
1979-82 Skyways Gary DoolanTV series
1980 The Last Outlaw Harry Power 4 episodes
1981 Bellamy Blake1 episode
1982 1915 DentMiniseries, 1 episode
1983 The Coral Island Bloody Bill4 episodes
1983 Carson's Law James Dolman8 episodes
1979-83 Cop Shop Franky Brady3 episodes
1984 Five Mile Creek Mr O'Bannion1 episode
1984 Special Squad Harry Tait1 episode
1985 Prisoner Al4 episodes
1985 Golden Pennies Uriah Lovejoy8 episode
1986 Studio 86 Minas1 episode
1988 Emma: Queen of the South Seas Captain Rabardy2 episodes
1988-90 Mission: Impossible Karmak / Greg Usher2 episodes
1986-89 The Flying Doctors Luke Mitchell / Les Foster32 episodes
1990 Col'n Carpenter Dwayne1 episode
1984-90 A Country Practice Theo Kourous / Bruce Walters4 episodes
1991 Acropolis Now Savas1 episode
1992 Boys from the Bush Jokey Jones1 episode
1992 Bligh Father O'Brien1 episode
1994 Frontline Ian Farmer, Station Manager5 episodes
1999 Thunderstone Dr. Pretorius26 episodes
2000 The Lost World Old Sigurd1 episode
1994-01 Blue Heelers Various5 episodes
2001 Pizza Agent Dave1 episode
2002 Stingers Franco Corelli1 episode
2002 Beastmaster Nessis1 episodes
2002 Neighbours Jack Scully6 episodes
2004 All Saints Neville West1 episode
2005 Scooter: Secret Agent Baxter1 episode
2005Dramatically BlackOld Fella1 episode
2008 Underbelly Graham "The Munster" Kinniburgh 7 episodes
2010 City Homicide Guest roleTV series
2012 Conspiracy 365 Bart Ormond2 episodes
2014 Fat Tony & Co. Graham "The Munster" Kinniburgh 3 episodes
2015 Glitch Leon Massola2 episodes

Awards

YearAssociationCategoryWorkResult
1969 Logie Awards George Wallace Memorial Logie for Best New Talent Hunter Won
1969 Penguin Award Best ActorDivision 4Won
1970Penguin AwardsLeading Talent in a Drama Series Division 4 Won
1971Logie Awards Gold Logie Division 4Won
1971Logie AwardsBest ActorDivision 4Won
1972Logie AwardsGold LogieDivision 4Won
1972Logie AwardsBest ActorDivision 4Won
1973Logie AwardsBest ActorDivision 4Won
1979Australian TV and Film AwardBest Actor in a TV series Against the Wind Won
1987Penguin AwardBest Performance by an Actor in a Series/Serial The Flying Doctors Won

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References

  1. ↑ Kimball, Duncan. "Logies". MilesAgo Television. MILESAGO: Australasian Music and Popular Culture 1964-1975. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
  2. ↑ "Gerard Kennedy".
  3. ↑ Storey, Don. "Hunter". Classic Australian Television. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
  4. ↑ Storey, Don. "Division 4". Classic Australian Television. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
  5. ↑ "Division 4". National Film & Sound Archive. Archived from the original on 28 November 2012. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
  6. ↑ "Division 4". Crawford Productions. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
  7. ↑ "Gold Logie Winners". PerthNow. 1971. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
  8. ↑ Myall, Robert. "Bellbird". Aussie Soap Archive. Archived from the original on 14 July 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
  9. ↑ Ziffer, Daniel (14 February 2008). "Underbelly wins Ratings War". The Age. Archived from the original on 24 June 2008. Retrieved 14 March 2013.


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