Steve Dodd
Biography
Steve Dodd was an Aboriginal Australian actor who played Aboriginal characters in Australian films over a career that lasted more than sixty years. Born in Alice Springs in 1928, he worked as a stockman and rodeo rider before the actor Chips Rafferty arranged his first film role. He appeared in Kangaroo (1952), The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978), in which he played Tabidgi, Gallipoli (1981), The Coca-Cola Kid (1985), and Quigley Down Under (1990). Dodd also had minor parts in international productions including The Matrix, and in early television series such as Homicide and Rush, later appearing in The Flying Doctors. In 2013 he received the Jimmy Little Lifetime Achievement Award at the Deadly Awards. He died in 2014.
86years old at death
- Born Alice Springs
- Died Basin View
- Star sign: GeminiThe sign runs May 21 to June 20
Movie Career
- Films
- 5
- Career span
- 38 years1952 to 1990
Every film, newest first
- 1990Quigley Down UnderIMDb rating 6.9
- 1985The Coca-Cola KidIMDb rating 5.9
- 1981GallipoliIMDb rating 7.4
- 1978The Chant of Jimmie BlacksmithIMDb rating 7.3
- 1952KangarooIMDb rating 5.7
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First role
Dodd got his first film role in 1946 when Chips Rafferty spotted him on the set of The Overlanders and arranged a minor part for him.
Beyond film
In 1966, Dodd took the part of Darky Morris in J. C. Williamson's stage version of Desire of the Moth. The season ran close to three months, playing in Melbourne and Sydney.
Behind the award
Dodd was honored with the Jimmy Little Lifetime Achievement Award in 2013, at the 19th Deadly Awards held at the Sydney Opera House. Organisers broke with tradition by giving it to someone not mainly a musician.
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