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Revision as of 08:35, 25 February 2009 by Hamiltonstone (talk | contribs) (add text)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Steve Dodd is an Indigenous Australian actor, notable for playing Indigenous characters, particularly trackers, in a large number of Australian films.
Dodd is a pioneering actor, who has played significant roles in Australian theatre and film. In 1966 he performed a prominent supporting role in J.C. Williamson's Desire of the Moth. However, for many years, Dodd and his fellow Aboriginal actors found themselves included in only minor and typecast roles in television productions. Dodd joked that "he was sick of roles where his total dialogue was, 'he went that way, Boss!'"
Filmography
| Film | Year | Character | Source |
| The Overlanders | 1946 | minor role | |
| Bitter Springs | 1950 | minor role | |
| Kangaroo | pre-1966 | minor role | |
| Little Boy Lost | 1978 | Bindi (tracker) | IMDb, Little Boy Lost cast list |
| Gallipoli | 1981 | Billy Snakeskin | IMDb, Gallipoli cast list |
| Chase Through the Night | 1983 | not known | Complete Index to World Film, Chase Through the Night cast list |
| The Coca-Cola Kid | 1985 | Mr Joe | Yahoo!7 Movies, The Coca-Cola Kid cast list |
| Short Changed | 1986 | old drunk | Complete Index to World Film, Short Changed cast list |
| Ground Zero | 1987 | Freddy Tjapalijarri | IMDb, Ground Zero cast list |
| Kadaicha | 1988 | Billinudgel | IMDb, Kadaicha cast list |
| Quigley Down Under | 1990 | Kunkurra | Yahoo!7 Movies, Quigley Down Under cast list |
| The Crossing | 1990 | Old Spider | IMDb, The Crossing cast list |
| Spirit of the Blue Mountains (documentary) | 1990 | Presenter | Screen Australia Spirit of the Blue Mountains entry |
| Deadly | 1991 | Kummengu | IMDb, Deadly cast list |
| Wind | 1999 | Aboriginal tracker | |
| The Matrix | 1999 | Blind man | Yahoo!7 Movies, The Matrix cast list |
| Broken Sun | 2008 | Aboriginal man | IMDb, Broken Sun cast list |
References
- ^ Anonymous, 'Steve Dodd, actor', Dawn, June 1966.
- Gary Foley, http://www.kooriweb.org/foley/essays/essay_17.html Koori Engagement with Television].
- National Film and Sound Archive, Collection holdings, The Overlanders