Steve Dodd
Date of birth: 1928-06-01
Place of birth: Dodnadatta, Australia
Known for: Acting
Also known as:
Biography
Stephen Mullawalla Dodd was an Arrente man from Central Australia. As a young man, he worked as a stockhand on cattle stations as a horsebreaker. Steve was also a rodeo rider who appeared at rodeos in many states and was a member of the Rough Riders' Association for many years. He sang and played guitar - mainly country and western as well as folk music. He first appeared in "The Overlanders" (1946. Chips Rafferty noticed him on the set and this opened the door to a small part. Steve appeared in such films as "Bitter Springs" (1950) and "Kangaroo" (1952). Steve put his acting career on hold and volunteering for service in the Korean War and was the first Aboriginal from South Australia to sign up and go to Korea. After completing his service, Steve returned to his acting career. By 1985, he had 55 combined acting credits in both television and on the silver screen. In 2013, The Deadly Awards presented him with a Lifetime Achievement Award and described him as "an actor that created a pathway for others across the entire arts and music sectors to follow, at a time when typecasting stereotypes and discrimination was the 'norm' in Australia's arts industry." - https://servingcountry.com.au/portfolio/steve/
Movie Credits
The Matrix
1999-03-31
Set in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underg
Kadaicha
1988-05-15
Teens of Kangaloola High are visited by a skull-faced Aboriginal apparition in their nightmares, and
The Coca-Cola Kid
1985-07-14
An eccentric marketing guru visits a Coca-Cola subsidiary in Australia to try and increase market pe
Wind
1999-01-01
Australia, 1867. In the bleak high country, a young black tracker and his elderly sergeant follow th
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
1978-06-21
The true story of a part Aboriginal man who finds the pressure of adapting to white culture intolera
The Facts of Life Down Under
1987-02-15
Blair, Tootie, Natalie, Jo, Beverly Ann, and Andy visit the land down under. Blair and Jo are warned
Ground Zero
1987-10-01
A second generation cameraman in Australia finds evidence that his father had filmed a nuclear test
Evil Angels
1988-11-03
Based on the true story of Lindy Chamberlain who, during a family camping trip to Ayers Rock in cent
Quigley Down Under
1990-10-17
American Matt Quigley answers Australian land baron Elliott Marston's ad for a sharpshooter to kill
Gallipoli
1981-08-13
Two Australian sprinters face the brutal realities of war when they are sent to fight in the Gallipo
The Overlanders
1946-09-27
It's the start of WWII in Northern Australia. The Japanese are getting close. People are evacuating
Kangaroo
1952-05-16
In turn-of-the-century Australia, two criminals ingratiate themselves with a rancher in order to swi
Bitter Springs
1950-07-05
A family buy land set around a water hole in a remote location, that is occupied by native Australia
Broken Sun
2010-11-19
In 1944, Australia a World War 1 vet encounters an escaped Japanese P.O.W on his rural farm.
September
2007-11-29
The friendship of two 15-year-old boys – one black, one white – begins to fall apart under the stres
Deadly
1992-08-13
A drama about Aboriginal deaths occurring in police custody.
Chase Through the Night
1983-01-01
A group of hardened criminals on the lam take refuge in the badlands of the Australian outback. When