Graham Kennedy
Actor · Died May 25, 2005, aged 71 · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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.
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Biography from IMDb.
- February 15, 1934
- May 25, 2005 (aged 71)
- Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Actor
- 6 on MovieCove · 13 credits in all
What are Graham Kennedy's films like?
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Survival.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 0 · Earnest 3
Light 1 · Serious 2 · Dark 1
Grounded 3 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0
Gentle 0 · Charged 3 · Intense 1
Steady 0 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 3
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 2
Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0
Casual 2 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 1 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 1
Resolved 4 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
- Heraldas Mack in Don's Party (1976)
- Mentoras Harry in The Odd Angry Shot (1979)
Moods and endings
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Graham Kennedy's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 3 of their 6 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (2).
Subscription and free streaming for Graham Kennedy's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
13 credits, 6 with a MovieCove page; 3 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Channel 9 Salutes Bert Newton (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
Graham Kennedy's News Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)
Travelling North (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
The Killing Fields(1984)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Stanley: Every Home Should Have One (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
The Club (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)
The Odd Angry Shot(1979)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
The Love Boat(1977)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all shows
Don's Party(1976)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
The Box (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)
Ray Martin Presents Graham Kennedy: The King of Television (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 81st percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 13 titles, 12 of them dated from 1975 to 2004; peak year 1984.
Film career
Peak 1984 · steadily prominent in film for years. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 1976Screen debut· Don's Party
- 1979First top-billed film· The Odd Angry Shot
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Graham Kennedy's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 67th percentile, the median of all 5; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 63rd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up1
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th1
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
3 of their 6 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved1
- Crowd Pleaser2
- Mixed3
Reviewers score the acting 79/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles; fans 85, detractors 53. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Graham Kennedy work with?
People who share at least 2 of Graham Kennedy's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Graeme Blundell shares the most, 2.
Actors
- Graeme BlundellShared titles: The Odd Angry Shot (1979), Don's Party (1976)See all 2 shared titles with Graeme Blundell
- John HargreavesShared titles: The Odd Angry Shot (1979), Don's Party (1976)See all 2 shared titles with John Hargreaves
Cinematographers
- Donald McAlpineShared titles: The Odd Angry Shot (1979), Don's Party (1976)See all 2 shared titles with Donald McAlpine
Producers
- Sue MillikenShared titles: Les Patterson Saves the World (1987), The Odd Angry Shot (1979)See all 2 shared titles with Sue Milliken