Arthur Dignam was an Australian actor, atheatre artist born on 9 September 1939 in Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia. He graduated from Newington College as a boarder, and then he joined the University of Sydney from 1955 to 1956. After completing his studies, he found his first role In Lend Me Your Stable in 1962. Arthur Dignam married to Bobbie Gledhill, and they have a son Nicholas Gledhill who is also an actorin Australia. Before becoming an actor, he joined the Shakespeare company in 1980, he worked with actors like Ruth Cracknell and Ron Haddrick for six months and then worked in the Seymour Center.
Arthur also acted in the theatre plays as well as films and Television series. His theatre plays included The Women of Troy, Julius Caesar, The Governor's Family, Sixteen Words for water, Hedda Gabler, Big Toys, Waitung Fir Godot, Scapin, Berenice, Kabul, Hamlet, The Good man of Setzuan, Trelawny Of the Wells, Doctor Faustus, The Recruiting Officer. He mostly acted in Parade Theatre, Paris Theatre, NSW, Merlyn Theatre, Nimrod Street Theatre, Octagon Theatre. His films and Television series included The Schippan Mystery, The Wild Duck, Duet for Four, Strange Behaviour, Peterson, Between Wars, The Devil's Playground, Summer of Secrets, The Duellists, The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith, Australia, The Tress, The Great Gatsby Click to look into! >> Read More... , The Shadow Of The Cobra, Edens Lost.
He was active in the industry from 1962 to 2013. His most memorable roles include We of the Never-Never, The Devil's Playground Moulin Rouge, The Dismissal, Australia. The Devil's Playground, was an Australian drama film, which released on 11 August 1976. The movie was directed, written, and produced by Fred Scgepisi. Arthur Dignam, Nick Tate, and Simon Burke played the lead role. The cost of the movie was $306,000 and it grossed $334,000 at the box-office. Arthur played the role of brother Francine. The screenplay was also based on Fred's own experience; he was taken five years to write the scripts. The funds for making the movie arranged in three years, and also The Australian Film Commission helped of $100,000.
The movie was filmed in Werribee Park near Melbourne in 1975. The movie won the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Film, Best Direction and Best Lead Actor Both Simon Burke, and Arthur Dignam.The DVD included all the special features like Theatrical Trailer, Cast Interview, and Fred Schepisi's audio commentary. It was rated by seven out of ten and ninety percent of Google users watched the movie. In 1982, Arthur than played an important character in the film, We of The Never Never, which was directed by Igor Auzins and produced by Fred Tepper. The movie was an Super hit at the box office and earned $ 3,112,000. Arthur played the role of Aeneas Gunn.
The Devil's Playground DVD was released in November 2008 by Umbrella Entertainment.Arthur Dignam died on May 9, 2020, with a sudden heart attack. He was eighty years old. According to his son Gledhill that his father was absolutly fine and weaving with his friend and suddenly fell to the ground. He wrote an emotional post on Facebook. Arthur’s last film was The Great Gatsby for a credited role. He appeared as a guest role in the film. The Great Gatsby is an Australian Romantic Drama film directed and co-written by Baz Luhrmann Mark Anthony Luhrmann, aka Baz Luhrmann, is an Aus >> Read More... in 2013. The movie was hit on the box-office.
The movie grossed $144.8 Million in North America and $208.8 Million in other countries; worldwide.It found $353.6 million. The producers were Baz Luhrmann, Lucy Fisher, Catherine Martin, Douglas Wick, Catherine Knapman. Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan Amitabh Bachchan was born on October 11, 1942 in A >> Read More... also joined the cast of Hollywood movie. It stars Leonardo, Tobey Maguire Tobey Maguire is an American film producer and act >> Read More... , Isla Fisher Isla Fisher is a very popular Australian actress. >> Read More... , Joel Edgerton The striking Joel Edgerton was born on 23 June 197 >> Read More... , Carey Mulligan Carey Mulligan is a young English actress. She is >> Read More... , Elizabeth Debicki Debicki is an Australian actress and theatre perso >> Read More... , Jason Clarke Jason Clarke is an Australian actor and producer. >> Read More... . The movie won Academy Award, AACTA Award, British Academy Film Award, Critics’ Choice Movie Award, Grammy Award, and many more. His son Nicolas Gledhill married to Amelia, and has two children, Tigerlily Gledhill and Wolfgang Gledhill.
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