Graham Kennedy

Graham Kennedy

Born: February 15, 1934
Died: May 25, 2005

Movies for Graham Kennedy...

The Real Graham Kennedy
Title: The Real Graham Kennedy
Character: Himself
Released: February 5, 2009
Type: Movie
TV history will reveal that there were two Graham Kennedys – the funny, somewhat irreverent & controversial one who inhabited our living rooms for so many years – and the other, an intensely private, shy but affable man who talks for the first time in this brand new documentary tribute about his childhood, the early days in radio & TV, and his thoughts on life, marriage and death. His friends, colleagues, fellow performers, housekeeper, driver etc, all talk about the real Graham Kennedy they knew – utilising rare footage not previously seen on Australian television – with wonderful memories from Denise Drysdale, Rosemary Margan, philip Brady, Stephen Curry, Mike McColl-Jones and many more. This is not just another re-hashed TV special – but a new, rare insight into the boy from Balaclava – who became the undisputed “King of Australian Television”. produced by Bob phillips, one of the producers from Kennedy’s break-thru Channel 9 program ‘In Melbourne Tonight’
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The King
Title: The King
Character: Himself (archive footage)
Released: May 20, 2007
Type: Movie
The King is the story of Graham Kennedy, Australia's first and greatest home grown TV superstar. It traces his rise from working class Balaclava kid, through radio, TV, film, and back to TV again. It also tracks Kennedy's personal tragedies - the loneliness, the unrealised ambitions and the terrible pressures of being Australia's first homegrown superstar in the 1950s and 60s.
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Channel 9 Salutes Bert Newton
Title: Channel 9 Salutes Bert Newton
Released: January 1, 2004
Type: Movie
Bert graced our screens for close on 50 years. Bert's career began in 1957 when he was 18 years old, he teamed up with Graham Kennedy on Channel 9 "In Melbourne Tonight". He has 4 Gold Logies to his name. In 1988, he was inducted into the Logies "Hall of Fame". This special presentation delves deep into the archives of Bert Newton's 27 years at Channel 9.
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Travelling North
Title: Travelling North
Character: Freddie
Released: June 19, 1987
Type: Movie
Travelling North tells the story of Frank, a crotchety old man with an unending zest and passion for life and Frances his much younger companion travelling to Queensland to enjoy their retirement and each other. Unfortunately the North cannot calm Frank's complex personality and Frances watches helplessly as Frank struggles to understand his own emotional and physical limitations.
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Les Patterson Saves the World
Title: Les Patterson Saves the World
Character: Brian Lannigan
Released: April 9, 1987
Type: Movie
Fat middle aged 24/7 drunkard Les Patterson represents Australia at the UN where his fart literally incinerates an Arab ambassador. Patterson is reassigned to the Middle East so he can be tortured to death by the country he insulted. Patterson's arrival is the prefect distract of a coup and he is spared. At a bar Patterson meets a bio weapons scientist who's developed a horrific disease for the KGB whom plan to distribute it to the Pentagon via toilet seats. Patterson of course is far too drunk to understand anything happening and teams up with Dane Edna to save the world.
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The Killing Fields
Title: The Killing Fields
Character: Dougal
Released: November 23, 1984
Type: Movie
New York Times reporter Sydney Schanberg is on assignment covering the Cambodian Civil War, with the help of local interpreter Dith Pran and American photojournalist Al Rockoff. When the U.S. Army pulls out amid escalating violence, Schanberg makes exit arrangements for Pran and his family. Pran, however, tells Schanberg he intends to stay in Cambodia to help cover the unfolding story — a decision he may regret as the Khmer Rouge rebels move in.
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Stanley: Every Home Should Have One
Title: Stanley: Every Home Should Have One
Character: Norm Norris
Released: August 23, 1984
Type: Movie
Stanley Dunstan is a young eccentric. The son and heir to a family fortune has eluded all attempts by his father to make him "normal", and escapes from attempts to incarcerate him in the family sanatorium. Stanley retreats to prove he can become "normal" on his own, and does so by tracking down Australia's most "normal" family with whom he moves in and on whom he models his behaviour. Stars Graham Kennedy, Nell Campbell, Peter Bensley and Michael Craig.
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The Return of Captain Invincible
Title: The Return of Captain Invincible
Character: Prime Minister
Released: January 28, 1983
Type: Movie
In WWII, Captain Invincible used his superpowers against the Nazis and was hailed as a hero. But when he was accused of treason, he retired to Australia in disgrace. Cut to the present, when a US super secret super weapon is stolen and he's asked to come back to the States in order to help stop evil and restore his sterling reputation. Unfortunately, Captain Invincible is a drunk now...
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The Club
Title: The Club
Character: Ted Parker
Released: September 18, 1980
Type: Movie
The club buys a talented young player, Geoff, for a record sum of money. The team members do not like their new star and friction develops immediately. Game after game is lost until Geoff begins to realize that there is more at stake than just his own career.
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The Odd Angry Shot
Title: The Odd Angry Shot
Character: Harry
Released: March 1, 1979
Type: Movie
A group of Australian SAS regiment soldiers are deployed to Vietnam around 1967/8 and encounter the realities of war, from the numbing boredom of camp life and long range patrols, raids and ambushes where nothing happens, to the the terror of enduring mortar barrages from an unseen enemy. Men die and are crippled in combat by firefights and booby traps, soldiers kill and capture the enemy, gather intelligence and retake ground only to cede it again whilst battling against the bureaucracy and obstinacy of the conventional military hierarchy. In the end they return to civilization, forever changed by their experiences but glad to return to the life they once knew.
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Title: The Love Boat
Character: Port Vila Jeweller
Released: September 24, 1977
Type: TV
Passengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or mysterious countries, decide to pass their vacation aboard the "Love Boat", where Gopher, Dr. Bricker, Isaac, Julie, and Captain Stubing try their best to please them, and sometimes help them fall in love. Things are not always so easy, but in the end, love wins.
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Don's Party
Title: Don's Party
Character: Mack
Released: November 10, 1976
Type: Movie
On the night of the 1969 federal election, Don Henderson invites a group of friends to celebrate a predicted Labor Party victory, much to the dismay of his wife, Kath. The Hendersons and their nine guests drink, joke, make love, and fight, all while coming to terms with their individual struggles in life.
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The World of the Seekers
Title: The World of the Seekers
Character: Self
Released: April 29, 1968
Type: Movie
While flying to the first stop on their latest tour, the four members of the Australian music group The Seekers recall in flashback the origins of the group and their rise to success.
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Ray Martin Presents Graham Kennedy: The King of Television
Title: Ray Martin Presents Graham Kennedy: The King of Television
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
The name Graham Kennedy has become folk-lore. Graham got his break as a radio sidekick, then fronted a live TV that nobody thought would last more than a few weeks. But nearly half a century later, he is still called 'The King'.