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Kenneth George Shadie OAM (8 December 1935 – 29 June 2020) was an Australian screenwriter, who co-wrote the Academy Award-nominated screenplay for the film Crocodile Dundee with Paul Hogan and John Cornell.
Ken Shadie was a writer and producer, known for Crocodile Dundee (1986), Snake Gully with Dad and Dave (1972) and Number 96 (1972). He was married to Pamela (Pam) Jameson. He died on 29 June 2020 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Screenwriter Ken Shadie cut his teeth working during the pioneer television years in Australia on sketches for Channel Seven's variety show Revue 61 but it was writing comedy scripts for Paul Hogan and his characters like Leo Wanker that was to set him on the path to success.
Dec 29, 2016 · Crocodile Dundee 's structure is disjointed and sketch-like, which is appropriate given Paul Hogan, director Peter Fairman, and writers Ken Shadie and John Cornell were all alumni of the...
Jul 3, 2020 · Ken Shadie who co-wrote the internationally acclaimed movie Crocodile Dundee with Paul Hogan and John Cornell has died at the age of 84.
Mar 18, 2022 · According to the history books, renowned writer Ken Shadie wrote the famed “bomb” episode of Number 96. A 1975 cliffhanger storyline, in which key characters perished in an apartment block bomb (years before Melrose Place visited the same storyline), shocked viewers nearly as much as the nudity and bed-hopping it was famous for.
"Ken Shadie was a comedy producer’s dream. A brief to Ken was ‘I need two sketches next week’, and in nine years he never failed to deliver funny, topical gems." So said Paul Hogan, his co-nominee for an Academy Award for best screenplay ( Crocodile Dundee ) upon Ken’s recent death at the age of 84.
