Paul Hogan (actor)

Paul Hogan (born October 8, 1939 in Lightning Ridge, Australia) is an Australian actor and comedian.

Formerly a rigger working on the Sydney Harbour Bridge, Hogan rose to fame in the early 1970s in the comedy series A Current Affair. Hogan followed this with his own comedy sketch programme, The Paul Hogan Show, which he produced, co-wrote, and in which he played a panoply of comedic characters. The series, which ran for 60 episodes between 1973 and 1984, proved to be popular both in his native country and in the UK, and showcased his trademark lighthearted but laddish "Aussie" humour.

During the 1980s Hogan appeared on British television in a long-running series of advertisements for Foster's Lager, in which he played an earthy Australian abroad in London. The character's most notable line (spoken incredulously at a ballet performance) "strewth, mate, there's a bloke down there with no strides on!" followed Hogan for years, and the popularity of its "fish out of water" humour was repeated with his next endeavour.

Hogan's first film, featuring a similarly down-to-earth hunter travelling from the Australian Outback to New York City, was privately funded by Hogan and a group of private investors including much of its cast, entrepreneur Kerry Packer, and cricketers Greg Chappell, Dennis Lillee, and Rodney Marsh. 1986's Crocodile Dundee proved to be the most successful Australian film ever, and launched Hogan's international film career.

Hogan married his Dundee co-star Linda Kozlowski in 1990 after divorcing his first wife Noeline. He has five children to his first marriage, and one to his second.


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He has five children to his first marriage, and one to his second. He starred in the series from 1988 - 1991. Hogan married his Dundee co-star Linda Kozlowski in 1990 after divorcing his first wife Noeline. On television, Kennedy played Carter McKay in the CBS prime time serial Dallas (1978 - 1991). 1986's Crocodile Dundee proved to be the most successful Australian film ever, and launched Hogan's international film career. He won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in Cool Hand Luke (1967). Hogan's first film, featuring a similarly down-to-earth hunter travelling from the Australian Outback to New York City, was privately funded by Hogan and a group of private investors including much of its cast, entrepreneur Kerry Packer, and cricketers Greg Chappell, Dennis Lillee, and Rodney Marsh. Kennedy began his film career in 1961 in The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come.

The character's most notable line (spoken incredulously at a ballet performance) "strewth, mate, there's a bloke down there with no strides on!" followed Hogan for years, and the popularity of its "fish out of water" humour was repeated with his next endeavour. He became a technical advisor for the television series Sergeant Bilko. During the 1980s Hogan appeared on British television in a long-running series of advertisements for Foster's Lager, in which he played an earthy Australian abroad in London. After retiring from the military (reportedly because of a back injury), Kennedy found his way back to the entertainment industry. The series, which ran for 60 episodes between 1973 and 1984, proved to be popular both in his native country and in the UK, and showcased his trademark lighthearted but laddish "Aussie" humour. He put aside show business during World War II and spent 16 years in the United States Army, seeing combat and working in the Armed Forces radio. Hogan followed this with his own comedy sketch programme, The Paul Hogan Show, which he produced, co-wrote, and in which he played a panoply of comedic characters. Kennedy was born into a show business family and made his stage debut at the age of two; he then became a radio performer.

Formerly a rigger working on the Sydney Harbour Bridge, Hogan rose to fame in the early 1970s in the comedy series A Current Affair. He is widely familiar as Joe Patroni in the Airport series of disaster movies from the 1970s, or more recently as Captain Ed Hocken from the Naked Gun trilogy. Paul Hogan (born October 8, 1939 in Lightning Ridge, Australia) is an Australian actor and comedian. George Kennedy (born February 18, 1925 in New York City) is an American actor who has appeared in over 200 film and television productions. Truce (2004). Bayou Ghost (1997).

Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994). The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear (1991). The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988). Creepshow 2 (1987).

The Delta Force (1986). The Concorde: Airport '79 (1979). Airport '77 (1977). Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974).

Earthquake (1974). Airport 1975 (1974). Marshal (1973). Cahill U.S.

Lost Horizon (1973). Airport (1970). Guns of the Magnificent Seven (1969). Bandolero! (1968).

Cool Hand Luke (1967). The Dirty Dozen (1967). The Sons of Katie Elder (1965). Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964).

Hush.. McHale's Navy (1964). The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come (1961).