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Vic Gordon


Vic Gordon (4 March 1911 – 2 December 2003) was a British Australian veteran character actor known for his achievements in the fields of drama, light entertainment, music and comedy.

Vic Gordon was an staple on early Australian television. 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 is best known as the no-nonsense desk Sergeant Albert "Bert" Kennedy, in the Crawford Productions Australian television series 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.

Gordon died in Melbourne, Victoria at the age of 92 years, on 2 December 2003. He was married to Jean Lochhead.



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