[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] 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.
[citation needed] Kent continued to work with the theatre group until a few weeks before his death in 1989 as a result of HIV.