Jeff Kevin

Jeff Kevin (born 1944) is a retired Australian actor best known for portraying Arnold Feather in the 1972-1977 television soap opera Number 96.

Jeff Kevin
Born1944 (age 76–77)
Other namesJeffrey Kevin
OccupationActor (retired), drama lecturer
Years active1969-2003
Known forNumber 96
Spouse(s)Suzanne Church (actress)

Career

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Kevin 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 1972 Kevin was cast in the comedic role of 19-year-old unlucky-in-love Arnold Feather in the soap opera Number 96, although Kevin was already 27 at the time.[1] The role was created by series screenwriter Johnny Whyte. Feather continued in the role from mid-1972 until the series ended in August 1977. He also appeared in the series' 1974 spinoff film, Number 96. During 1977 Arnold was briefly phased out and replaced by his twin brother Charles "Chook" Feather, also played by Kevin.

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

After leaving the acting profession Kevin became a drama lecturer at Wollongong University before retiring in 2003.

Personal life

Kevin married Australian actress Suzanne Church in August 1977; Church had also appeared in Number 96, as Jane Chester.

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