Graeme Blundell (born 8 July 1945) is an Australian actor, director, producer, writer and biographer.

Blundell was born in Melbourne, Australia. He grew up in Clifton Hill, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne, and was educated at University High School and University of Melbourne.

In his early years, Blundell worked at La Mama Theatre, the Pram Factory, Hoopla, the Playbox Theatre Company, and the Melbourne Theatre Company. He directed and acted in the premiere performance of Jack Hibbert's play Dimboola at La Mama. His first television appearance was as an uncredited extra in the debut episode of Homicide (1964).

He has written extensively in The Australian newspaper as well as writing biographies of Graham Kennedy (King) and Brett Whiteley (Brett Whiteley: An Unauthorised Life, with Margot Hilton).

His son Jake Blundell is also an actor. He now lives in the coastal town of Hardys Bay.

Filmography

• 1971 Stork
• 1973 Alvin Purple
• 1974 Alvin Purple Rides Again
• 1974 The Box
• 1976 Alvin Purple (TV series)
• 1979 The Odd Angry Shot
• 1984 Foreplay
• 1984 Melvin, Son of Alvin
• 1986 Australian Dream
• 1987 The Year My Voice Broke
• 1987 Those Dear Departed
• 1994 Gino
• 1996 Idiot Box
• 2000 Looking For Alibrandi
• 2002 Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
• 2005 Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

Writing

• Brett Whiteley: An Unauthorised Life, with Margot Hilton (Macmillan, 1996)
• King: The Life and Comedy of Graham Kennedy (Pan Macmillan, 2003)
• Australian Theatre: Backstage with Graeme Blundell (edited) (Oxford University Press, 1997)

References

External links

• Graeme Blundell at the National Film and Sound Archive