Gerard Kennedy (actor)
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Gerard Kennedy (8 March 1932 – 21 April 2025) was an Australian double Gold Logie award-winning actor. Kennedy started his career in theatre, before going on to appear in early television series, primarily with Crawford Productions, with several supporting roles in the police series Homicide and costarring in the espionage series Hunter as the breakout fan favorite baddie, Kragg. He shot to national fame, however, starring with Ted Hamilton and Terence Donovan in the police procedural Division 4 as Detective Frank Banner, which won him back-to-back Gold Logies. Kennedy also appeared in the cult series Prisoner, The Flying Doctors and in crime series Underbelly and had numerous feature film roles during a career that spanned 50 years in the industry.
Infobox
Born
(1932-03-08)8 March 1932Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Died
21 April 2025(2025-04-21) (aged 93)Gosford, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
Actor
Years active
1965–2015
Known for
Hunter, Division 4
Notable work
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Awards
Gold Logies × 2Silver Logies × 3Penguin Awards × 3Australian Television and Film Award
Tables
· Filmography › Film
1977
1978
1987
2005
Plains Empty
Role(s)
Old Fella
Notes
Short 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 | 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 |
· Filmography › Television
1974
1969–75
Role(s)
Division 4
Notes
Senior Detective / Detective Sgt. Frank Banner
1976
Notes
1 episode
1978
1979–82
Role(s)
Skyways
Notes
Gary Doolan
1983
1979–83
Role(s)
Cop Shop
Notes
Franky Brady
1984
1988
1988–90
Role(s)
Mission: Impossible
Notes
Karmak / Greg Usher
1986–89
Role(s)
The Flying Doctors
Notes
Luke Mitchell / Les Foster
1990
1984–90
Role(s)
A Country Practice
Notes
Theo Kourous / Bruce Walters
1992
2002
2005
Dramatically Black
Role(s)
Old Fella
Notes
1 episode
| 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 episodes |
| 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 |
| 1994–2001 | Blue Heelers | Various | 5 episodes |
| 2001 | Pizza | Agent Dave | 1 episode |
| 2002 | Stingers | Franco Corelli | 1 episode |
| 2002 | Beastmaster | Nessis | 1 episode |
| 2002 | Neighbours | Pat Scully | 14 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
1969
1970
Penguin Awards
Role(s)
Leading Talent in a Drama Series
Notes
Division 4
1971
Logie Awards
Role(s)
Gold Logie
Notes
Division 4
Logie Awards
Role(s)
Best Actor
Notes
Division 4
1972
Logie Awards
Role(s)
Gold Logie
Notes
Division 4
Logie Awards
Role(s)
Best Actor
Notes
Division 4
1973
Logie Awards
Role(s)
Best Actor
Notes
Division 4
1979
Australian TV and Film Award
Role(s)
Best Actor in a TV series
Notes
Against the Wind
1987
Penguin Award
Role(s)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Series/Serial
Notes
The Flying Doctors
| 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
- MilesAgo Televisionhttp://www.milesago.com/tv/logies.htm
- "Gerard Kennedy"https://ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/250623
- TV Blackboxhttps://tvblackbox.com.au/page/2025/04/24/australian-actor-gerard-kennedy-passes-away-aged-93/
- "Hunter"http://www.classicaustraliantv.com/Hunter.htm
- "Division 4"http://www.classicaustraliantv.com/div4.htm
- "Division 4"https://archive.today/20121128230841/http://colsearch.nfsa.afc.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=yes;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=0;parentid=;query=338402;querytype=;rec=0;resCount=10
- "Division 4"http://www.crawfords.com.au/libary/drama/division4.shtml
- "Gold Logie Winners"http://www.perthnow.com.au/gallery-e6frg3mc-1226044905660?page=12
- "Bellbird"https://web.archive.org/web/20180714182609/http://members.ozemail.com.au/~fangora/bellbird.html
- "Underbelly wins Ratings War"https://web.archive.org/web/20080624054803/http://www.theage.com.au/news/tv--radio/controversial-underbelly-tops-ratings/2008/02/14/1202760445201.html