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Born7 August 1945 (age 70) (1945-08-07) Melbourne, Australia EducationUniversity High School, Melbourne BooksKing, The Naked Truth: A Life in Parts TV showsAlvin Purple, Medivac, The Hollowmen, The Box, Ocean Star, Vietnam MoviesAlvin Purple, The Odd Angry Shot, Alvin Rides Again, Pacific Banana, Stork Similar PeopleTim Burstall, Graham Kennedy, Lynette Curran, John Hargreaves, Margaret Pomeranz
Graeme blundell talks about his biography of bert newton
Graeme Blundell (born 7 August 1945) is an Australian actor, director, producer, writer and biographer.
Blundell was born in Melbourne; he grew up in Clifton Hill, a suburb of Melbourne. He was educated at University High School; Merrilands College, where he served as School Captain; and the University of Melbourne, where he studied Theatre and resided at Ormond College. He has a younger brother, Dennis, and two younger sisters, Margaret and Kathryn.
Career
In his early years, Blundell worked at La Mama Theatre, The Pram Factory, Hoopla, the Playbox Theatre Company, and the Melbourne Theatre Company. He directed and acted in the premiere performance of Jack Hibberd's play Dimboola at La Mama. His first television appearance was as an uncredited extra in the debut episode of Homicide (1964). He is best known as playing the title character in the 1973 sex-comedy film Alvin Purple and its 1974 sequel, Alvin Purple Rides Again.
He has written extensively in The Australian newspaper as well as writing biographies of Brett Whiteley (Brett Whiteley: An Unauthorised Life, 1996, with his then wife Margot Hilton), and Graham Kennedy (King, 2003).
In 2005, Blundell made a brief appearance in Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith playing Ruwee Naberrie, the father of Padmé Amidala. He was also filmed in scenes for Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones, but they were cut and appear only on the DVD release of the film.
Since March 2011, Blundell has hosted Sunday Night at the Movies with Graeme Blundell on Foxtel's Fox Classics channel.
Personal life
Blundell was married to author Margot Hilton. He later married journalist Susan Kurosawa.
Filmography
1971 Stork
1973 Alvin Purple
1974 Alvin Purple Rides Again
1974 The Box
1976 Don's Party
1976 Alvin Purple (TV series)
1978 Weekend of Shadows
1979 The Odd Angry Shot
1981 Pacific Banana
1981 Doctors and Nurses
1982 The Best of Friends
1983 Midnite Spares
1984 Foreplay
1984 Melvin, Son of Alvin
1986 Australian Dream
1987 The Year My Voice Broke
1987 Those Dear Departed
1994 Gino
1996 Idiot Box
1999 Looking for Alibrandi
2002 Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones
2005 Richard, Formally known as Dick
2005 Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
2008 The Hollowmen
2009 In Her Skin
Writing
Brett Whiteley: An Unauthorised Life, with Margot Hilton (Macmillan, 1996)
King: The Life and Comedy of Graham Kennedy (Pan Macmillan, 2003)
Australian Theatre: Backstage with Graeme Blundell (edited) (Oxford University Press, 1997)
The Naked Truth: A Life in Parts (Hachette Australia, 2008)