Trivia

Danced with Vivien Leigh at a Christmas party in London.

Stood in for Mick Jagger in the filming of The Argument, filmed in Monument Valley.

Has been married twice and divorced amicably each time.

During a slump in theatrical work in America he delivered pizza in L.A.

Recently played the Archbishop in the stage version of his novel "A Child's Guide to Heresy" (2011).

Kendrew has a white faced sorrel running quarter horse called Chaka.

Owned a 1935 Figoni Bentley while playing in Wait a Minim in the West End.

Elia Kazan monitored a special reading of one of his plays at the Actor's Studio in the 1980's.

Performed his poem "The Box" on ABC and the switchboard was inundated with calls for more information - ABC later revealed that the audited contacts were in excess of 4 million people for that one performance.

His famous poem "The Box" was recorded by John Denver, Peter Lawford and Jack Lemmon as well as himself.

He is also an artist, working in mainly acrylics and often choosing animal subjects including horses and African wildlife.

Is part of a group of exceptional South African ex-pats working in LA including Rod Dyer, Norman Seef and Sue Kiel.

At various stages of his life he performed stand-up comedy, professionally - in both South Africa and the U.K..

Worked with Michael Butler writing the musical Reggae for Broadway.

There is a Youtube video of Kendrew reciting the poem The Box.