Gerard Kennedy (actor)

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Gerard Kennedy (actor) - Wikipedia

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Gerard Kennedy
Born	(1932-03-08) 8 March 1932 (age 92) Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1965–2015
Known for	Hunter, Division 4
Notable work	Homicide Against the Wind The Flying Doctors
Awards	Gold Logies x 2 Silver Logies x 3 Penguin Awards x 3 Australian Television and Film Award

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]

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

Year	Title	Role	Notes
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

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
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

Awards

Year	Association	Category	Work	Result
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

References

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

External links

Gerard Kennedy at IMDb

Gold Logie Award for Most Popular Personality on Australian Television

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