Graeme Blundell

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Graeme Blundell
Born Graeme Blundell
July 8, 1945 (1945-07-08) (age 62)
Melbourne, Australia
Years active 1964 - present

Graeme Blundell (born July 8, 1945 in Melbourne, Australia) is an actor, director, producer, writer and biographer. He grew up in Clifton Hill, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne, and was educated at University High School and Melbourne University.

In his early years, Blundell worked at La Mama Theatre, the Pram Factory, Hoopla, the Playbox Theatre Company, and the Melbourne Theatre Company. He directed and acted in the premiere performance of Jack Hibbert's play Dimboola at La Mama. His first television appearance was as an uncredited extra in the debut episode of Homicide (1964).

He has written extensively in the 'Australian' newspaper as well as writing a biography of Graham Kennedy titled King. His son Jake Blundell is also an actor.

He now lives in the coastal town of Hardys Bay.

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[edit] Writing

  • Whiteley : an unauthorised life, with Margot Hilton (Macmillan, 1996)
  • King : the life and comedy of Graham Kennedy (Pan Macmillan, 2003)
  • Australian theatre : backstage with Graeme Blundell (edited) (Oxford University Press, 1997)

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