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Occupation
  
Television actor


Name
  
Trevor Kent

Born
  
24 April 1940 (
1940-04-24
)
Queensland, Australia

Died
  
4 November 1989(1989-11-04) (aged 49) Melbourne, Australia

Trevor Kent (24 April 1940 – 4 November 1989) was an Australian theatre and television actor who achieved a level of public recognition in the 1980s.

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Biography

Kent initially worked as a primary-school teacher, teaching for three years in Nambour and Buderim in Queensland while acting in amateur theatre groups. Kent moved to Sydney to train as an actor with the Independent Drama School in the early 1960s, supporting himself during this time with teaching.

In Sydney, he understudied the role of Rolfe in the Tivoli Theatre's production of The Sound of Music, and acted in Becket and Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad with the Independent. After two years in Sydney he emigrated to the UK and spent ten years there. In the UK Kent worked with Director Bil Keating and later with the Royal Shakespeare Company. On returning to Sydney in 1974, Kent played Frank'N'Furter in a stage production of The Rocky Horror Show.

Several appearances on Australian television followed, including roles in Rush, The Sullivans, Cop Shop and Carson's Law. He moved to Melbourne in 1984 and in 1984–1985 appeared in television soap opera Prisoner as the villainous Frank Burke for several months.

Kent, who was gay, learned he was HIV positive in the mid 1980s and at that time volunteered as a care-taker for people living with HIV and AIDS. He was public about his HIV status and directed two theatre productions for Out Theatre Company that addressed HIV and AIDS. One of these, Unnatural Acts, toured pubs, theatres and colleges in Melbourne and Sydney.

Death

Kent continued to work with the theatre group until a few weeks before his death in 1989. His final acting appearance was a scene with Meryl Streep in the film A Cry in the Dark (1988).

Filmography

Actor
1988
A Cry in the Dark as
Bomb Scare Policeman
1984
Prisoner (TV Series) as
Frank Burke
1985
Colour in the Creek (TV Mini Series) as
Brother Paul
- Gold Fever (1985) - Brother Paul
1983
Carson's Law (TV Series) as
George Royston / Simpkins
- The Break (1984) - Simpkins
- End of the Road (1984) - Simpkins
- The Royston Trial (1983) - George Royston
- Case Deferred (1983) - George Royston
- The Witness (1983) - George Royston
- The Clan, Part 2 (1983) - George Royston
- The Clan, Part 1 (1983) - George Royston
1984
Special Squad (TV Series) as
Doggy Barker
- Easy Street (1984) - Doggy Barker
1981
Cop Shop (TV Series) as
Frank Gilmore
- Episode #1.500 (1983)
- Episode #1.282 (1981) - Frank Gilmore
- Episode #1.281 (1981) - Frank Gilmore
1982
Der schwarze Bumerang (TV Mini Series) as
Richard Duffy
- Episode #1.4 (1982) - Richard Duffy
- Episode #1.3 (1982) - Richard Duffy
- Episode #1.2 (1982) - Richard Duffy
- Episode #1.1 (1982) - Richard Duffy
1981
Sporting Chance (TV Series) as
Eddie
- Eating Dirt (1981) - Eddie
1980
The Timeless Land (TV Mini Series) as
Major Ross
- Unsuitable Company (1980) - Major Ross
- A Ship with White Wings (1980) - Major Ross
1978
Case for the Defence (TV Series) as
The Rabbi
- The Man Who Died Twice (1978) - The Rabbi
1977
Straight Enough (TV Movie)
1976
The Sullivans (TV Series) as
Allister McConnell
1976
Rush (TV Series) as
Vinnie
- McKellar R.I.P. (1976) - Vinnie
1971
Scene (TV Series) as
Shop assistant
- Mates (1971) - Shop assistant
1971
BBC Play of the Month (TV Series) as
Yakov, servant
- Platonov (1971) - Yakov, servant
1969
Theatre Date (TV Series) as
Giles Cadwallader
- The Man Most Likely to - (1969) - Giles Cadwallader

References

Trevor Kent Wikipedia