Gerard Kennedy (actor)

Gerard Kennedy
Born	(1932-03-08) 8 March 1932 Perth, Western Australia
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1966 - present
Awards	Two Gold Logies

Gerard Kennedy (born 8 March 1932) is an Australian actor and two-time Gold Logie winner.^[1] After playing six different characters in guest appearances in Crawford Productions series Homicide in 1966 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.^[2] Kennedy followed this with a starring role in police procedural television series, Division 4,^[3]^[4] winning multiple Logie Awards—including two Gold Logies as most popular personality on Australian TV—for his work in the series.^[5]^[6] He has consistently acted in Australian television and film productions since that time.

Television

Later regular television series roles included Bellbird in 1977,^[7] the miniseries Against the Wind in 1978, Skyways in 1979–1981, Golden Pennies in 1985, and The Flying Doctors between 1986-1989 (non-consecutive episodes). Guest TV roles include appearances in Carson's Law, Prisoner, A Country Practice, Blue Heelers, City Homicide, and Neighbours. In 2008 he played Graham "The Munster" Kinniburgh in Underbelly^[8] and in Fat Tony & Co..

Films

Eliza Fraser (1976)
Raw Deal (1977)
The Mango Tree (1977)
Newsfront (1978)
The Irishman (1978)
The Last of the Knucklemen (1979)
Fatty Finn (1980)
The Plains of Heaven (1982)
The Lighthorsemen (1987)
Running from the Guns (1987)
Garbo (1992)
Body Melt (1993)
Ebbtide (1994)
The Inner Sanctuary (1996)
Plains Empty (2005)
Lucky Miles (2007)

Awards

1967 - TV Week Logie Award (Best New Talent) - Hunter
1969 - Penguin Award
1970 - Penguin Award (Leading Talent in Drama Series) - Division 4
1971 - TV Week Gold Logie (Australia's Top Male Personality)
1972 - TV Week Logie Award (Best Actor) - Division 4
1972 - TV Week Gold Logie (Australia's Top Male Personality)
1973 - TV Week Logie Award (Best Actor) - Division 4
1979 - Australian TV and Film Award (Best Actor in a TV Series) - Against the Wind
1987 - Penguin Award (Best Performance by an Actor in a Series/Serial) - The Flying Doctors

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1976	Eliza Fraser	Martin Cameron
1977	Raw Deal	Palmer
1977	The Mango Tree	Preacher Jones
1978	Newsfront	Frank Maguire
1978	The Irishman	Chad Ingram
1979	The Last of the Knucklemen	Tarzan
1980	The Last Outlaw (miniseries)	Harry Power
1980	Fatty Finn	Tiger Murphy
1982	The Plains of Heaven	Lenko
1987	The Lighthorsemen	Ismet Bey
1987	Running from the Guns	Big Jim
1992	Garbo	Trevor
1993	Body Melt	Detective Sam Phillips
1994	Ebbtide	Fredericks
1996	The Inner Sanctuary	Father Kelly
2005	Plains Empty	Old Fella	Short film
2007	Lucky Miles	Kangaroo Shooter
2013	Wolf Creek 2	Jack

References

↑ Kimball, Duncan. "Logies". MilesAgo Television. MILESAGO: Australasian Music and Popular Culture 1964-1975. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
↑ 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. 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. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
↑ Ziffer, Daniel (14 February 2008). "Underbelly wins Ratings War". The Age. Retrieved 14 March 2013.

External links

Gerard Kennedy at the Internet Movie Database

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 78993671 LCCN: no2009027964 ISNI: 0000 0001 1677 5722

Gold Logie Award for Best Personality on Australian Television

1960s	Graham Kennedy (1960) Bob Dyer (1961) Lorrae Desmond and Tommy Hanlon, Jr. (1962) Michael Charlton (1963) Bobby Limb (1964) Jimmy Hannan (1965) Gordon Chater (1966) Graham Kennedy and Hazel Phillips (1967) Brian Henderson (1968) Graham Kennedy (1969)

1970s	Barry Crocker and Maggie Tabberer (1970) Gerard Kennedy and Maggie Tabberer (1971) Gerard Kennedy (1972) Tony Barber (1973) Graham Kennedy and Pat McDonald (1974) Ernie Sigley and Denise Drysdale (1975) Norman Gunston and Denise Drysdale (1976) Don Lane and Jeanne Little (1977) Graham Kennedy (1978) Bert Newton (1979)

1980s	Mike Walsh (1980) Bert Newton (1981) Bert Newton (1982) Daryl Somers (1983) Bert Newton (1984) Rowena Wallace (1985) Daryl Somers (1986) Ray Martin (1987) Kylie Minogue (1988) Daryl Somers (1989)

1990s	Craig McLachlan (1990) Steve Vizard (1991) Jana Wendt (1992) Ray Martin (1993) Ray Martin (1994) Ray Martin (1995) Ray Martin (1996) Lisa McCune (1997) Lisa McCune (1998) Lisa McCune (1999)

2000s	Lisa McCune (2000) Georgie Parker (2001) Georgie Parker (2002) Rove McManus (2003) Rove McManus (2004) Rove McManus (2005) John Wood (2006) Kate Ritchie (2007) Kate Ritchie (2008) Rebecca Gibney (2009)

2010s	Ray Meagher (2010) Karl Stefanovic (2011) Hamish Blake (2012) Asher Keddie (2013) Scott Cam (2014) Carrie Bickmore (2015)

Logie Awards

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