Jeff Kevin

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Jeff Kevin
Born1945 (age 79–80)
Other namesJeffrey Kevin
Occupations
  • Actor
  • theatre director
  • choreographer
  • writer
  • drama lecturer
Years active1966-2010, 2021-present
Known for Number 96
Spouse(s)Suzanne Church (actress) (married; 1977)

Jeff Kevin (born 1945) [1] also known as Jeffrey Kevin, is an Australian actor, theatre director, choreographer, writer and former drama lecturer [2] best known for his role in the television soap opera Number 96 , from 1972 to 1977 as Arnold Feather for 338 episodes.

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His character was involved in some of the more-remarkable story lines in the program, including his marriage to Patti Olsen and her subsequent death at the hands of the "Pantyhose Strangler". He also fell in love with Robyn Ross, who he did not realise was transgender. That broke new ground for a TV serial, in that Ross was played by cabaret artist Carlotta , who was the first transgender actress to portray a transgender character anywhere in the world. [1] [2]

Career

Kevin was born in 1945 and started his performance career in theatre in the late 1960s and by the early 1970s, started appearing in several television guest appearances, including roles in the Crawford Productions police dramas Homicide and Division 4 , and in police dramas The Long Arm and The Link Men .

In 1972, Kevin was cast in the comedic role of 19-year-old, unlucky-in-love Arnold Feather in the soap opera Number 96, although Kevin was 27 at the time. [1] The role was created by series screenwriter Johnny Whyte. Feather continued in the role from mid-1972 until the series ended in August 1977. He also appeared in the series' 1974 spin-off film, Number 96 . During 1977, Arnold's character was briefly phased out and replaced by his twin brother, Charles "Chook" Feather, also played by Kevin.

In the late 1970s, he acted in the serial The Sullivans and made an appearance in Skyways . In 1988, he briefly acted in the soap opera Home and Away as Catholic priest Father Rawlings.

In 2003, Kevin became a drama lecturer at Wollongong University he since retired, but as of 2021 and 2025 still works as an actor and director in occasionally local theatre. [2]

Personal life

Kevin married English-born Australian actress and model, Suzanne Church (born (9 October 1951 (age 73)), [1] in August 1977. She had also appeared in Number 96, as Jane Chester.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleType
1969 Division 4 Gary VickersTV series
1969 Voyage Out PeterTV movie
1970 The Link Men Benito CostelloTV series
1970 The Long Arm TonyTV series
1970 Eden House BernieTV movie
1969–71 Homicide Various rolesTV series
1972–77 Number 96 Arnold Feather / Chook FeatherTV series
1974 Number 96 Arnold FeatherTV movie
The Sullivans TV series
1979–81 Skyways Geoff GoodwinTV series
1988 Home and Away Father Rawlings TV series
1991 The Miraculous Mellops Mr. O'NeilTV series
1993 Tonight Live with Steve Vizard GuestTV series

Theatre

source: AusStage database

ProductionWriter/CompanyYearShowsProduction StatusTypeReference
Two Programs of Short PlaysWriter-Michael Thomas/ NIDA production company1966 (September)1non-world premiere/Australian Englishspoken word/one actEI = 153773
Point of Departure Jean Anouilh / NIDA19671non-world premierespoken word//historicalEI
Three Men on a Horse George Abbott/John Cecil Holm 19671non-world premiere (US English) (Broadway original)spoken word/comedy farce
The Winter's Tale Shakespeare 1967 (July)1non-world premiere (British English)spoken word/romantic/tragi-comedy3661
The Rise and Fall of Boronia Aveunue Tony Morphett 19691Australian premiere productionspoken word/Australian National Identity
RootedAlexander Buzo/NIDA production19691Australian premiere productionspoken word/Australian National Identity
The Legend of King O'Malley Michael Boddy 19711non-world premiere/tour production Musical theatre (Historical/Musical/Musical Biography)
Edward John Eyre/The Soldiers Tale1971 featuring New Sydney Woodwind Quintet and Sinfonia of Sydney)1World premiere Operetta/Musical TheatreEI= 154327
King Edward (note; Kevin serves here as stage director)William Leonard Marshall19711Australian premiere productionspoken word /one man show Gordon Chater 248205
TruthDavid Young19711Australian premiere productionspoken word/historical
Childhead's DollWilly Young19711Australian premiere productionMusical
Small Craft Warnings Tennessee Williams/Independent Theatre19741non-world premierespoken word/drama
Star Turns19781Musical production
Bedroom Farce Alan Ayckbourne 19809 shows (tour)National tour (English Australia)spoken word
Same Time, Next Year (play) Bernard Slade 19861non-world premierespoken word
Trumpets and Raspberries Dario Fo 19871non-world premiere (original text Italian)Comedy/Satire
Juno and the Paycock Sean O'Casey 19881Professional, (non world premiere) IrishComedy/TragedyEI 74287
Mother Courage Bertolt Brecht 19891non-world premiere (German)Theatre (spoken word)ET 1829
Hating Alison Ashley (novel) Richard Tullock 19891non-world premierespoken word/Youth theatre
The Christian Brothers Ron Blair'19912non-world premieretheatre - spoken word
The Cherry Orchard Anton Chekhov 1991spoken wordEI 15845
The Tragedy of Richard III Shakespeare19923 showsTheatre (spoken word)
Twelfth Night Shakespeare1993Theatre (spoken word (English Australian))145252
A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens 19932 shows (return season)Theatre (spoken word (English Australian)
The Time is Not Yet Ripe Louis Esson 1996non-world premiereTheatre (spoken word)
Hamlet Shakespeare20024 showsTheatre/drama (spoken. word)EI 19224
KangarooAdaptation of D.H.Lawrence novel20031World premiereTheatre (spoken word)
The Stranger Agatha Christie 20211World premieretheatre (spoken word)
The Last Resort20231Theatre (spoken word/Comedy/drama
The Glass Menagerie Tennessee Williams 20231Theatre (spokon word)

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Giles, Nigel (March 2001). Number 96. Melbourne, Victoria: Melbourne Books. ISBN   9781925556001.
  2. 1 2 3 "Jeff Kevin". AusStage. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
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