- 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.
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