Vic Gordon

For the Australian rules footballer, see Vic Gordon (footballer).
Vic Gordon
Born(1909-03-04)4 March 1909
London, England, United Kingdom[1]
Died2 December 2003(2003-12-02) (aged 94)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
NationalityBritish Australian
Other namesFunnyFace
Occupations
  • Actor
  • vaudevillian
  • comedian
  • singer
Known for
[1]
Children3
FamilyJacqui Gordon (step-daughter)

Vic Gordon[1] (4 March 1909 – 2 December 2003)[2] was a British Australian character actor of vaudeville, television and film, best known for his achievements in the fields of drama, light entertainment, music and comedy.

Biography

Vic Gordon was born in March 1909 in the London, England, United Kingdom, he was a staple on early Australian television.[3] Born in the United Kingdom, Vic moved to Australia in 1959. His early performances were comedy and vaudeville with celebrities such as Maurie Fields, Val Jellay and Peter Colville. He was known as Vic "Funnyface" Gordon on the HSV-7 Melbourne and ATN-7 Sydney television afternoon children's programme: The Happy Show (1960–1965), with Harry "Happy" Hammond.

Gordon, like many early Australian TV actors became best known as a staple of Crawford Productions, and as a character actor he appeared in 16 different roles in Homicide and 9 different roles in Division 4, before becoming a regular best known as the no-nonsense desk Sergeant Bert Kennedy, in the production Matlock Police which ran from 1971–1976 on the various 0-10 Network stations in Australia, (now known as the Ten Network), and as (Jack Lambert) on Young Ramsay. Later roles included The Flying Doctors, Blue Heelers and Neighbours.[4]

Three years after the death of his wife Josie in 1971, he remarried Jean Lochhead. Gordon died in Melbourne, Victoria aged 94 on 2 December 2003.[1][5]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1954 Panto Parade TV movie
1956 Pantomime Tea Dance Himself TV movie
1982 Next of Kin Montclare Resident Feature film
1982 Lonely Hearts Patricia's father
1990 Quigley Down Under Elderly Man Feature film
1992 Garbo Old Time Card Sharp Feature film

TV series

Year Title Role Notes
1960–1965 The Happy Show Vic "Funnyface" Gordon TV series
1966–1976 Homicide George Roberts / Wally Blake / James Ellingham / Bob Morrison / Darkie Gates / Drunk / Ralph Anderson / Bill Flynn / Les Riley / Cemetery Gatekeeper / Luther Smith / Carpenter / Stan Ferris / Claude Finch / Tony Molloy / Nick Perry TV series, 17 episodes
1967 Hunter Wilson TV series,
Episode: "The Benedict File: Part 2"
1969–1970 Division 4 Pat Doolan / Roberts / Pete Rowe / Len Jones / Stan Foster / Friendly / Harry Lester / Eddie Copeland / George de C TV series, 10 episodes
1971–1976 Matlock Police Sgt. Bert Kennedy TV series, 228 episodes
1976 Tandarra Walter Drummund TV series,
Episode: "The Legacy of Walter Dummett"
1976 The Bluestone Boys Governor Beams TV series
1977 Bluey Jake Hobbs TV series,
Episode: "A Touch of Stardust "
1977–1978 Young Ramsay Jack Lambert TV series, 12 episodes
1978–1979 Cop Shop Mr. Bates / Cartwright / Albert Hartley / Godfrey TV series, 6 episodes
1981 I Can Jump Puddles Drunk Miniseries,
Episode: "Getting Your Breath"
1981 Holiday Island Pat Donegan TV series,
Episode: "Rendezvous"
1983 All the Rivers Run Examaning Skipper TV series, 2 episodes
1984 Special Squad Dr. John Perry TV series,
Episode: "Country Girl"
1980–1986 Prisoner Judge Cawthorne / Doctor Kelley / Doctor Buscomb / Uncle Perc TV series, 9 episodes
1989 Round the Twist Old Man Chompers TV series,
Episode: "A Good Tip for Ghosts"
1989 Pugwall Old Gus 3 episodes
1992 The Flying Doctors Mr. Freeman TV series,
Episode: "The Accomplice"
1992 Good Vibrations Old Joe Miniseries
1995–2000 Blue Heelers Mr Blyth / Harry Jinks / -Harry Quinn TV series, 4 episodes
1999–2000 Neighbours Funeral Celebrant / Jimmy LeVan TV series, 2 episodes, (final appearance)

References

  1. ^ a b c d Herald Sun, 5 December 2003, print edition, page 9, (first edition)
  2. ^ "Vic Gordon".
  3. ^ Who is Vic Gordon?
  4. ^ National Film and Sound Archive
  5. ^ Trask, Kevin (2 November 2016). "Whatever happened to... Vic Gordon". Melbourne Observer. Vol. 48, no. 1656. p. 14.


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