19 Facts About Rory O'Donoghue

Rory O'Donoghue was an Australian actor, composer and musician, best known for playing the character "Thin Arthur" in the 1970s ABC Television sketch comedy series The Aunty Jack Show, and for playing the guitar solo on Kevin Johnson's biggest hit "Rock 'N' Roll ".

Rory O'Donoghue moved to Australia and began playing guitar when he was seven years old, and was proficient enough to appear on the Coca-Cola Bottler's Club Radio Show playing skiffle music.

Rory O'Donoghue met his lifelong creative partner Grahame Bond at age 17.

In 1967, when Rory O'Donoghue was an architecture student, the two collaborated on the University of Sydney student theatre revue The Great Wall of Porridge, for which the 17-year-old Rory O'Donoghue acted as musical director.

Bond's friendship with Weir led to him and Rory O'Donoghue co-writing the music for Weir's segment of the three-part AFI Award-winning 1970 film Three To Go.

Grahame and Rory O'Donoghue soon formed a close partnership and collaborated on numerous theatre, radio and TV projects.

In Season One, Grahame and Rory O'Donoghue co-starred with actors Sandra MacGregor and John Derum.

Bond and Rory O'Donoghue co-starred and collaborated extensively on performance, sketch writing and music for The Aunty Jack Show and its various spin-offs.

Bond and Rory O'Donoghue wrote the music for a pantomime Hamlet on Ice, which premiered at the Nimrod Theatre.

Rory O'Donoghue composed the music for the TV movie Cass, and the documentary short The Aluminium Age.

In 1980 he and Bond collaborated on the score for the Australian movie Fatty Finn, directed by their former ABC colleague Maurice Murphy, and for which Rory O'Donoghue won the AFI Award for best music.

On 18 November 2012 Rory O'Donoghue performed a one-man show at Parramatta's Riverside Theatre.

Later in life, Rory O'Donoghue participated in long-distance endurance events, particularly triathlon, including:.

Rory O'Donoghue proudly represented Australia in the World Duathlon Championships in Adelaide.

Rory O'Donoghue was an enthusiastic participant in Abbotsleigh's senior school cross country races where teachers are encouraged to take part.

Rory O'Donoghue was a member of the Warringah Triathlon Club from 2013 to 2017.

Rory O'Donoghue was renowned for performing at the annual awards night.

Rory O'Donoghue seldom rode with the WTC training group, preferring to ride his Cervelo on his bike trainer set up outside his house in Davidson and later in Manly.

Bond and Rory O'Donoghue won an Australian Film Institute award in 1981 for best movie score for the music of the film Fatty Finn.