Steve Dodd

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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/

Most Popular Steve Dodd Trailers

Total trailers found: 17

The Matrix Trailer (1999)

31 March 1999

Set in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful computers who now rule the earth.

The Facts of Life Down Under Trailer (1987)

15 February 1987

Blair, Tootie, Natalie, Jo, Beverly Ann, and Andy visit the land down under. Blair and Jo are warned of a planned jewel heist; Beverly Ann visits a beau from many years ago; Natalie is stranded in the outback; and Tootie meets a Yale student who pretends to be a young Aborigine.

Ground Zero Trailer (1987)

01 October 1987

A second generation cameraman in Australia finds evidence that his father had filmed a nuclear test that allowed aboriginal people to be exposed to and killed by radiation.

Broken Sun Trailer (2010)

19 November 2010

In 1944, Australia a World War 1 vet encounters an escaped Japanese P.O.W on his rural farm.

Wind Trailer (1999)

01 January 1999

Australia, 1867. In the bleak high country, a young black tracker and his elderly sergeant follow the trail of a killer, a traditional Indigenous man.

Quigley Down Under Trailer (1990)

17 October 1990

American Matt Quigley answers Australian land baron Elliott Marston's ad for a sharpshooter to kill the dingoes on his property.

Gallipoli Trailer (1981)

13 August 1981

Two Australian sprinters face the brutal realities of war when they are sent to fight in the Gallipoli campaign in the Ottoman Empire during World War I.

September Trailer (2007)

29 November 2007

The friendship of two 15-year-old boys – one black, one white – begins to fall apart under the stress of a changing world.

Evil Angels Trailer (1988)

03 November 1988

Based on the true story of Lindy Chamberlain who, during a family camping trip to Ayers Rock in central Australia, claimed she witnessed a dingo take her baby daughter, Azaria, from their tent.

Kadaicha Trailer (1988)

15 May 1988

Teens of Kangaloola High are visited by a skull-faced Aboriginal apparition in their nightmares, and one by one they meet a violent end.

Kangaroo Trailer (1952)

16 May 1952

In turn-of-the-century Australia, two criminals ingratiate themselves with a rancher in order to swindle him.

The Coca-Cola Kid Trailer (1985)

14 July 1985

An eccentric marketing guru visits a Coca-Cola subsidiary in Australia to try and increase market penetration.

The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith Trailer (1978)

21 June 1978

The true story of a part Aboriginal man who finds the pressure of adapting to white culture intolerable, and as a result snaps in a violent and horrific manner.

The Overlanders Trailer (1946)

27 September 1946

It's the start of WWII in Northern Australia. The Japanese are getting close. People are evacuating and burning everything in a "scorched earth" policy.

Bitter Springs Trailer (1950)

05 July 1950

A family buy land set around a water hole in a remote location, that is occupied by native Australians.

Chase Through the Night Trailer (1983)

01 January 1983

A group of hardened criminals on the lam take refuge in the badlands of the Australian outback. When they come across a small settlement, they take hostages in case the law shows up, but are outwitted by a supernatural force, a powerful shaman.

Deadly Trailer (1992)

13 August 1992

A drama about Aboriginal deaths occurring in police custody.