Before things get too serious here at Rock On Vinyl, I thought it might be fun to post a song / album at the end of each month, that could be categorized as being either Weird, Obscure, Crazy or just plain Korny.
Kennedy started his career in theatre, before going on to appear in early television series, primarily with Crawford Productions.
He made a number of guest appearances in Crawford Productions' Homicide, which led to him gaining a role of enemy spy agent Kragg in Hunter. The series followed the adventures of special agent John Hunter tracking down espionage along the eastern coast of Australia.
His popularity in the series soon upstaged that of the show’s title character, John Hunter played by Tony Ward, and Kragg was soon to change sides in support of Hunter. He appeared in 65 episodes during the programme’s run between 1967 and 1969.
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| Gerard Kennedy (as Kragg) & Tony Ward (as John Hunter) |
He shot to fame, however, starring with Ted Hamilton and Terence Donovan in the police procedural Division 4 as Senior Detective Frank Banner, which won him back-to-back Gold Logies. Kennedy also appeared in the cult series Prisoner and in crime series Underbelly and had numerous feature film roles during a career that spanned 50 years in the industry.
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| Senior Detective Frank Banner (Divison 4) |
Later regular television series roles included the ABC's gold rush mini-series Rush in 1974, Tandarra in 1976, Bellbird in 1977, the miniseries Against the Wind in 1978, Skyways from 1979–1981, Golden Pennies in 1985, and The Flying Doctors between 1986 and 1989 (non-consecutive episodes).
Kennedy's final credit was in the TV series Glitch in 2015.
Kennedy resided in a nursing care facility on the New South Wales, Central Coast, where he died on 21 April 2025, aged 93.
One distinct feature of Kennedy's personna was his deep, gravely, voice which was strangely calming to listen to. And so it was not surprising that someone in the entertainment business talked him into releasing an album of poetry (written by Warwick Randall) accompanied by the jazz music of Sven Libaek (an Australian composer, record producer and musician). The album was released by Festival records in 1972 and titled "Seasons Of Love".
It's not really my cup of tea folks, but I thought I'd bring this to the WOCK table in light of Kennedy's recent passing (Vale Gerard Kennedy), to pay tribute to his stellar and gargantuan acting career —from stage to screen.
It's not really my cup of tea folks, but I thought I'd bring this to the WOCK table in light of Kennedy's recent passing (Vale Gerard Kennedy), to pay tribute to his stellar and gargantuan acting career —from stage to screen.
As this is a WOCK posting, it ticks a few boxes - both Weird & Obscure; but coincidently it also ticks the K box (thanks Mr Kennedy for all the wonderful T.V entertainment you provided me during my teenage years). Ripped from vinyl in MP3 (160kbs) format with limited artwork.
Poems:
A1aHow Can A Memory Hope To Fade![]()
A1bUndiscovered Fields2:46
A2Travel Broadens the Mine 2:42
A3Drunken Butterfly 0:27
A4Autumn2:25
A5When Sunlight Fades1:03
A6The Quiet Time of Reason 4:40
B1I Am an Island1:50
B2Searching1:25
B3Four Letter Words 2:33
B4Children 0:35
B5Spring2:52
B6Your Quiet Smile 0:45
B7Lonely People1:28
B8aWaiting For Love
B8bCome Inside3:24
B9I Think I'll Build a Wall 0:36
Seasons Of Love Link (109Mb)