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Jeff Kevin

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Jeff Kevin
Born1944 (age 79–80)
Other namesJeffrey Kevin
Occupation(s)Actor (retired), drama lecturer
Years active1969-2003
Known forNumber 96
SpouseSuzanne Church (actress)

Jeff Kevin, (born 1944) is a retired Australian actor best known for the comedic role of 19 year-old unlucky in love Arnold Feather and also his twin brother Charles "Chook" Feather in a duel role in the television soap opera Number 96, although Kevin was 27 at the time,[1] the role was created by series screenwriter Johnny Whyte, and he played him from mid 1972 until the series ended in August 1977. Active in the industry from the late 1960s prior to Number 96 Kevin had made several television guest appearances, including roles in the Crawford Productions police dramas Homicide and Division 4, and in police dramas The Long Arm and The Link Men.

In the late 1970s he acted in serial The Sullivans, made an appearance in Skyways, and in 1988 he briefly acted in the soap opera Home and Away as catholic priest Father Rawlings

Personal life

Kevin married Australian actress Suzanne Church in August 1977, Church also featured in Number 96 as Jane Chester. After leaving the acting profession Jeff Kevin, became a drama lecturer at Wollongong University before retiring in 2003.

References

  1. ^ NIGEL GILES. "Number 96 :ISBN 978-1-925556-00-1". Melbourne Books.