Graham Kennedy

Graham Cyril Kennedy (15 February 1934-25 May 2005) was an Australian radio, television and film performer. Known in his heyday in the 1960s as "The King," he was the greatest star of the first 20 years of Australian television. He later rejected fame and publicity and spent his remaining years in seclusion.

Radio work

Nicholls put the young boy to air with him on 3UZ as his sidekick in 1950. He died in September 1956, and Kennedy was then briefly partnered by "Happy Hammond".

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By May 1957, Kennedy was appearing on television (see below), but also presented a 3AK morning radio program with Bert Newton in 1961-1962, which later originated from a studio built at Kennedy's home in Oliver's Hill, Frankston.

Related Topics:
Television - 3AK - Bert Newton - Oliver's Hill - Frankston

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In 1970 he appeared on 3XY and in June to December 1975 he appeared on a 3LO drivetime program with Richard Coombe. He went to 3DB in September to November 1976 with Denis Scanlan.

Related Topics:
3LO - Richard Coombe - Denis Scanlan

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Kennedy also recorded a series of eight thirty-minute radio comedies for the ABC under the title "Graham Kennedy's RS Playhouse", written by Gary Reilly and Tony Sattler and broadcast between 11 August and 23 September 1979. The "RS" in the title is from the surnames of Reilly and Sattler, but also has another connotation in Australian English.

Related Topics:
Graham Kennedy's RS Playhouse - Gary Reilly - Tony Sattler - 11 August - 23 September - 1979 - Australian English

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These programmes included:

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• The Birthday Boy
• Because He's My Brother
• You Only Live Once
• Sunday Morning Fever
• The Chocolate Milkman
• The Pawnbroker
• Mad Jack's Dentist
• The Good Morning Show

Reilly and Sattler, who wrote the successful television programs Kingswood Country and The Naked Vicar Show, have been compared to the English writing duo Galton and Simpson, best known for Hancock's Half Hour and Steptoe and Son.

Related Topics:
Kingswood Country - The Naked Vicar Show - Galton and Simpson - Hancock's Half Hour - Steptoe and Son

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Sattler and his wife, actress Noeline Brown, became close friends with Kennedy.

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