Trevor Kent

Trevor Kent was born on 24 April 1940.^[1]

Kent initially worked as a primary-school teacher, teaching for three years in Nambour and Buderim in Queensland while acting in amateur theatre groups.

He moved to Sydney to train as an actor with the Independent Drama School in the early 1960s, supporting himself during this time with teaching. ^{[citation needed]}

After training, he worked as an actor, director, playwright, and singer.^[1]

In Sydney, he understudied the role of Rolfe in the Tivoli Theatre's production of The Sound of Music, and acted in Becket and Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad with the Independent.^[2]

After two years in Sydney, he emigrated to the UK and spent ten years there.^[2] In the UK, Kent worked with director Bil Keating and later with the Royal Shakespeare Company.

On returning to Sydney in 1974, Kent played Frank'N'Furter in a stage production of The Rocky Horror Show.^{[citation needed]}

Several appearances on Australian television followed, including roles in Rush, The Sullivans, Cop Shop and Carson's Law. He moved to Melbourne in 1984, and in 1984–1985, appeared in television soap opera Prisoner as the villainous Frank Burke for several months.

Kent, who was gay, learned he was HIV positive in the mid-1980s and at that time volunteered as a carer for people living with HIV and AIDS. He was public about his HIV status and directed two theatre productions for Out Theatre Company that addressed HIV and AIDS. One of these, Unnatural Acts, toured pubs, theatres, and colleges in Melbourne and Sydney.^{[citation needed]}

Kent continued to work with the theatre group until a few weeks before his death in 1989 as a result of HIV. His final acting appearance was a scene with Meryl Streep in the film A Cry in the Dark (1988).^{[citation needed]}

He died on 4 November 1989.^[1]