Graham Kennedy
Birthday:
15 February 1934, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Birth Name:
Graham Cyril Kennedy
Height:
171 cm
Born in Melbourne in 1934 Graham Kennedy remains an icon in Australian TV, an accolade earned from his hosting of the long-running In Melbourne Tonight (1957) or IMT on Channel Nine. With his sidekick Bert Newton and aided and abetted by a range of brillant comedians including Joff Allen and a young Patti McGrath, now Bert Newton's wife, Kenne...
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Born in Melbourne in 1934 Graham Kennedy remains an icon in Australian TV, an accolade earned from his hosting of the long-running In Melbourne Tonight (1957) or IMT on Channel Nine. With his sidekick Bert Newton and aided and abetted by a range of brillant comedians including Joff Allen and a young Patti McGrath, now Bert Newton's wife, Kennedy pioneered live sketch comedy in Australia and kept IMT alive into the 1970s with his irreverent and often close to the mark humour and his famous anti-ads, genuine "live-read" commercials that Kennedy would turn into attacks on the sponsors or the product or both.After IMT was cancelled he started making movies and then returned to TV with Blankety Blanks (1977), a truly funny game show where the cast was the star and the contestants mere bystanders.As Kennedy aged he appeared less and less on the screen and his last major appearance was as a late night newsreader on the Nine Network.In recent years his health had been uncertain following a stroke, and he passed away on 25 May 2005, resulting in complications from pneumonia. He was 71. Show less «
Don't get too close, it hurts.
Don't get too close, it hurts.
I emphasise the following: don't, whatever happens, be anyone but yourself. Don't act anyone else-that would be fatal.
I emphasise the following: don't, whatever happens, be anyone but yourself. Don't act anyone else-that would be fatal.
I never, absolutely never, keep people waiting.
I never, absolutely never, keep people waiting.
I terminated the interview when I didn't know what he was talking about and went upstairs to lunch.
I terminated the interview when I didn't know what he was talking about and went upstairs to lunch.
I'd rather you didn't talk, but it's up to you.
I'd rather you didn't talk, but it's up to you.
Many people think I'm a television personality. I never have been! Just someone who acts it.
Many people think I'm a television personality. I never have been! Just someone who acts it.
There are no limits, love, there are no limits.
There are no limits, love, there are no limits.
When my mother died, I had to go on air that night and do jokes.
When my mother died, I had to go on air that night and do jokes.
You didn't want to laugh, did you? It wasn't very funny, was it?
You didn't want to laugh, did you? It wasn't very funny, was it?
You know this old style of American family series? Well, I sit there and cry.
You know this old style of American family series? Well, I sit there and cry.
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