Edwin Hodgeman

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Edwin Hodgeman
Born (1935-06-26) 26 June 1935 (age 90)
OccupationActor

Edwin Hodgeman (born 26 June 1935) [1] is an Australian actor, [2] known for playing Dr Dealgood in Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome in 1985.

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Early life

Edwin 'Teddy' Hodgeman was born in 1935 in Alberton, a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. [3] He studied at Sydney's National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), graduating as one of the first intake of students in 1960. [4] [5]

Career

Hodgeman began his career in the 1950s, being mentored by pioneer Adelaide theatre director Colin Ballantyne. [3] He moved to Canada to work with Stratford Ontario Company, before returning to Adelaide in 1965 to perform as part of the fledgling South Australian Theatre Company. [5]

Under George Ogilvie, the first artistic director of the company, Hodgeman became a leading stage actor from 1969, in everything from Shakespeare to musical theatre and cabaret. [3] He starred alongside the likes of Don Barker, Dennis Olsen, Helmut Bakaitis, Vivienne Garrett, Paul Blackwell. [3] Hodgeman also won acclaim for stage appearances interstate. [3] He is well known for originating the role of Ahmed in Jim Sharman's Sydney production of Norm and Ahmed in 1968. [5]

In 1985, Hodgeman landed the role of Dr Dealgood in post-apocalyptic action film Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome , the third installment of the Mad Max franchise, alongside Mel Gibson and Tina Turner. [3]

Hodgeman's other film credits include The Fourth Wish (1976), Money Movers (1978), The Survivor (1981), Robbery Under Arms (1985), A Sting in the Tale (1989), Shine (1996), Human Touch (2004), Look Both Ways (2005) and Modern Love (2006). He appeared in several miniseries including Eureka Stockade (1984), Sun on the Stubble (1996) and Rain Shadow (2007). [3]

Hodgeman was honoured with an Adelaide Critics Circle lifetime achievement award in 2006. [3]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
1976 The Fourth Wish Simms [6]
DemocracyShort film
1977Novelty ManShort film
1978 Money Movers Nacker
1979LabyrinthShort film
1981 The Survivor Bain [7]
1985 Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome Dr. Dealgood [8]
1986 Playing Beatie Bow Sir [9]
1989 A Sting in the Tale Roger Monroe
1990 Call Me Mr. Brown Bill Harding [10]
1994 Ebbtide Doctor [11]
1996 Shine Soviet Society Secretary
1999 In a Savage Land Publicist
The Book KeeperThe Book Keeper (voice)Short film [12]
2000 Cut Mr. Drivett
2002 Black and White Govt. Prosecutor
2004 Human Touch Mr. Thompson [13]
2005 Look Both Ways Jim [14]
2006 Modern Love Old Man in motel
2007 Lucky Miles Coote
Twin Rivers Old William (voice) [15]
2008 Hey, Hey, It's Esther Blueburger Rabbi [16]
2011CodgersLes Weston
2013 Tracks Mr. Ward
2022Finding SergeantHankShort film

Television

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
1967 Love and War Episode: O'Flaherty, VC
1973 Matlock Police Paddy Hayes / Mr Lane2 episodes
Homicide Tom Pike1 episode
1973–1975 Division 4 Doctor / Geoff Walsh / Jim Russell3 episodes
1978 Cop Shop Ralph Chambers3 episodes
1982 Sara Dane Governor KingMiniseries, 2 episodes [17]
1984 Eureka Stockade Commissioner RedeMiniseries, 2 episodes [18]
1985 Robbery Under Arms Jack BensonTV movie
1988 The Clean Machine Max NewellTV movie
1988 True Believers Radio ActorMiniseries, 2 episodes
1989CassidyLoomisMiniseries, 2 episodes
A Country Practice Francesco Giannini2 episodes
1990 Shadows of the Heart Edward Bennett2 episodes
1991 Golden Fiddles AbenisiMiniseries, 2 episodes
1990–1992 Ultraman: Towards the Future VoiceAnimated series, 3 episodes [19]
1992 Tracks of Glory Journalist 1Miniseries, 2 episodes [20]
1992–1993 The New Adventures of Black Beauty Potch20 episodes
1996 Sun on the Stubble Mr TaylorMiniseries, 1 episode
2007 Rain Shadow Steve WillisMiniseries, 6 episodes [21]
2015 Deadline Gallipoli Stage HandMiniseries, 1 episode [22]
2016 The Kettering Incident Billy 'Pop' Sullivan5 episodes

Theatre

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
1951 As You Like It Lord / ForresterTivoli Theatre, Adelaide [23]
1953ColombeStow Hall, Adelaide with Adelaide Theatre Group [23]
1954 The Rivals [23]
Dark of the Moon JohnStow Hall, Adelaide with Theatres Associated [23]
The Insect PlayStudio Theatre, Adelaide [23]
1955Governor Bligh: A Comedy of MoralsStudio Theatre, Adelaide with Company of Players [23]
The Administrator [23]
Papinian The Emperor Caesar Marcus / Aurelius Antoninus / Augustus Pontifex Maximus [23]
1956 Faust Studio Theatre, Adelaide with Adelaide Theatre Group [23]
A Midsummer Night’s Dream University of Adelaide [23]
1957The Dragon and the Dove [23]
An Italian Straw Hat Willard Hall, Adelaide with Adelaide Theatre Group [23]
1958The Sun in Servitude [23]
Waiting for Godot [23]
The Crucible Assistant Stage Manager [23]
Twisted FacesWillard Hall, Adelaide with Independent Repertory Incorporated [23]
1959 Our Town Professor Willard UNSW, Sydney with NIDA [23]
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial Lieutenant Commissioner Philip Francis Queeg (First Cast) [23]
Julius Caesar Citizens, soldiers, messengers, senators etc Elizabethan Theatre, Sydney with NIDA [23]
1960The Beautiful PeopleWilliam Prim UNSW, Sydney with NIDA [23]
Shadow of PenelopeTelegram Boy [23]
Love's Labour's Lost Lord Berowne [23]
Moon on a Rainbow Shawl University of Adelaide [23]
The Green Pastures Mr. Deshee / Fourth Gambler / Isaac / High PriestThe New Auditorium at NIDA [23]
1962 Volpone, or The Fox MoscaFreemasons Hall, Adelaide for Adelaide Festival of the Arts [23]
The Taming of the Shrew Groom / Gregory / Ensemble Festival Theatre, Stratford, Canada for Stratford Festival [24]
The Tempest Mariner / Lord / Monkey / Attendant [24]
Macbeth Ensemble [24]
1962–1963 Cyrano de Bergerac Cadet [24]
1963 Timon of Athens Ventidius [24]
Troilus and Cressida Servant to Paris [24]
The Comedy of Errors Punchinello [24]
1964 King Lear Ensemble [24]
Richard II Exton's Man [24]
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme Dancer [24]
The Country Wife A Servant [24]
1965The Representative University of Adelaide, Shedley Theatre, Adelaide with SATC [23]
1966Sound and Image 66Narrator Prince Alfred College, Adelaide [23]
Romeo and Juliet Tybalt Marian St Theatre, Sydney [25]
1967 The Imaginary Invalid UNSW Old Tote Theatre, Sydney [23]
The School for Scandal [23]
Hedda Gabler [23]
The Royal Hunt of the Sun Pedro de Candia New Fortune Theatre, Perth with AETT [23]
1967–1968 The Beaux' Stratagem Chaplain Foigard UNSW Old Tote Theatre, Sydney with NIDA [23]
1968 The Dumb Waiter AMP Theatrette, Sydney with Q Theatre [23]
The Inspector GeneralHlestakov Prince Alfred College, Adelaide [26] [23]
Norm and Ahmed Ahmed UNSW Old Tote Theatre, Sydney [27] [28] [23]
The Memorandum Ferdinand Pillar UNSW, Sydney with NIDA [23]
The Old Bachelor Marian St Theatre, Sydney [25]
Cannonade of Bells [25]
1969 Loot University of Adelaide with SATC [23]
Exit the King [23]
The Caretaker [23]
The Audition / The Real Inspector Hound University of Adelaide & SA tour with SATC [23]
Pacific RapeGuide OneSheridan Theatre, Adelaide with Adelaide Theatre Group [23]
1970Let's Get a Divorce University of Adelaide with SATC [23]
Semi-Detached [23]
And the Big Men Fly [23]
The Master Builder [23]
The Queen and the RebelsSA tour with SATC [23]
1971 The Boors Lunardo – A merchantSA / WA / ACT tour with SATC [23]
Hadrian VII University of Adelaide with SATC [23]
Little Murders [23]
Adelaide Happening [23]
The Imaginary Invalid [23]
The Philanthropist Arts Theatre, Adelaide with SATC [23]
Kean [23]
Born Yesterday [23]
The Great BolyavskiThe Voice of Maurice SchwarzSA tour with SATC [23]
1972 A Midsummer Night’s Dream Scotch College, Adelaide with SATC [23]
The Alchemist University of Adelaide with SATC [23]
The Legend of King O'Malley King O’MalleyCivic Theatre, Fiji, Mercury Theatre, Auckland, Star Boating Club, Wellington with UNSW Old Tote Theatre Company [23]
The Old Familiar Juice Russell St Theatre, Melbourne with MTC [23]
Sticks and Bones [23]
A Touch of the Poet [23]
The Tavern [23]
1972–1973 Jugglers Three Russell St Theatre, Melbourne, Playbox Theatre, Melbourne with MTC [23]
1973Batman's Beach-Head Comedy Theatre, Melbourne with J. C. Williamson's & MTC [23]
1973–1974 The Play’s the Thing St Martins Theatre, Melbourne, Playhouse, Canberra with MTC [23]
1974 Pericles, Prince of Tyre Russell St Theatre, Melbourne with MTC [23]
Coralie Lansdowne Says No [23]
The Doctor's Dilemma St Martins Theatre, Melbourne with MTC [23]
1974–1975 Equus Russell St Theatre, Melbourne, Playhouse, Adelaide with MTC [23]
1975When Voyaging Playhouse, Adelaide with SATC [23]
1976 Coriolanus [23]
Major Barbara Adolphus Cusins [23]
Happy Landings [23]
Otherwise Engaged Simon Hench Space Theatre, Adelaide with SATC [23]
The Last of the Knucklemen MethuselahSA tour with SATC [23]
1977 The School for Scandal Playhouse, Adelaide with SATC [23]
The Cherry Orchard [23]
All My Sons Dr Jim Bayliss [23]
Too Early To Say: A Place in the PresentMax Stanton [23]
Annie Get Your Gun Charlie Davenport [23]
Macbeth Macbeth [29] [23]
A Happy and Holy Occasion [23]
The Right ManJim McNabTheatre 62, Adelaide with SATC [23]
1978 Oedipus the King / Oedipus at Colonus Playhouse, Adelaide with SATC [23]
EchoesSA tour with SATC [23]
Cedoona [23]
The Beaux' Stratagem Scrub Melbourne Athenaeum with MTC [23]
The Playboy of the Western World Christopher Mahon [23]
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui Arturo Ui [30] [23]
1979 Hamlet Playhouse, Adelaide with STCSA [23]
American Buffalo Donny Dubrow [23]
The Shaughraun Harvey Duff [23]
Oh What a Lovely War, Mate! [23]
The Matchmaker [23]
Last Day in WoolloomoolooChina O'Brien [23]
1979–1980 Twelfth Night Feste [23]
1980The Ships WhistleFrank Norman Trelawny Nottage – Photographer [23]
King Stag [23]
The Three Sisters Fyodor Kulygin [23]
The FloatDouggie Brand [23]
On the WallabyDes [23]
The Man from Mukinupin Eek Perkins / Zeek Perkins [23]
1981 A Hard God Dan [23]
A Christmas Carol Marley's GhostOpera Theatre, Adelaide [23]
A Man for All Seasons Thomas More Melbourne Athenaeum with MTC [31] [23]
The London Cuckolds Mr Ramble [23]
1982 Minna Von Barnhelm Sergeant Paul Werner [32] [23]
As You Like It Jacques [33] [23]
GodsendFather Danny Quinn [34] [23]
The Changeling Universal Theatre, Melbourne with MTC [23]
Translations Hugh Russell St Theatre, Melbourne with MTC [35] [23]
198384 Charing Cross Road [23]
The Mikado Ko-Ko Monash University, Melbourne, Orange Civic Theatre, Canberra Theatre with Melbourne Music Theatre [23]
The Gondoliers The Duke of Plaza-Toro Monash University, Melbourne with Melbourne Music Theatre [36] [23]
Three Sisters Baron Nikolay Lvovich Tuzenbach Melbourne Athenaeum with MTC [37] [23]
The Winter's Tale [23]
The Maid's Tragedy Lysippus [23]
1984 Middle-Age Spread Reg Playhouse, Adelaide with The Stage Company [23]
The Lady from the Sea Ballested Playhouse, Adelaide with STCSA [23]
Romeo and Juliet [23]
The Time is Not Yet Ripe John K. Hill [23]
1985Down an Alley Filled With CatsSimon Mathews Space Theatre, Adelaide with The Stage Company [23]
Sons of Cain [23]
1986 She Stoops to Conquer Dick Muggins/Diggory York Theatre, Sydney with Nimrod [23]
All's Well That Ends Well Parolles [23]
1987 Tartuffe [23]
The Winter's Tale York Theatre, Sydney, Seymour Centre, Sydney with Nimrod [23]
The Golden Age Seymour Centre, Sydney with Nimrod [23]
Away Townsville Civic Hall with New Moon Theatre Company [23]
1988 A Dream Play Glazier / Schoolteacher Playhouse, Adelaide, Sydney Opera House with STCSA [23]
Absurd Person Singular Playhouse, Adelaide with STCSA [23]
The Seagull Sorin [23]
1989 The Tempest [23]
Ring Round the Moon [23]
1990 Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Festival Theatre, Adelaide with The Gordon Frost Organisation & Essington Entertainment [23]
Amadeus Antonio Salieri Odeon Theatre, Adelaide [23]
The Zoo Story DirectorSheridan Theatre, Adelaide [23]
1990–1991 A Delicate Balance Harry Playhouse, Adelaide with STCSA [38] [23]
1990–1992Shadow and SplendourInspector Shimura Suncorp Theatre, Brisbane with QTC, Playhouse, Adelaide with STCSA, [39] [23]
1991 Julius Caesar Caius Cassius Playhouse, Adelaide with STCSA [23]
Spring Awakening Headmaster Sunstroke / Dr Lemonade [23]
King GolgruthaHunchback [23]
A Flea in Her Ear Tournel [23]
Cabaret Herr Schultz [23]
1992 A Midsummer Night's Dream [23]
'Tis Pity She's a Whore [23]
1993 The School for Scandal Sir Oliver Surface [40] [23]
Under Milk Wood [23]
Sex Diary of an InfidelLion Theatre, Adelaide with STCSA [23]
1993–1995 Me and My Girl Herbert PatchesterAustralia / NZ tour [41] [23]
1994Crow Playhouse, Adelaide, Playhouse, Perth with STCSA [23]
1995The Floating WorldSubiaco Theatre, Perth with Black Swan State Theatre Company, Playhouse, Adelaide with STCSA [23]
1996–1997 The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Caius Cassius Playhouse, Melbourne with MTC, Suncorp Theatre, Brisbane with QTC [42] [23]
The Torrents Playhouse, Adelaide with STCSA [23]
The Fire on the Snow Wilson [23]
The Venetian Twins [23]
1998The Architect's Walk Arts Theatre, Adelaide with Red Shed Company [23]
Henry 4 Earl of Worcester / Justice Shallow / Traveller 1 / Drawer 1Australian tour with Bell Shakespeare [43] [44] [23]
1999 The Wild Duck Old Ekdal Playhouse, Adelaide with STCSA, Glen St Theatre, Sydney with Pork Chop Productions [45] [23]
2000; 2002 The Taming of the Shrew A company of players / Baptista / Haberdasher / Vincentio / Gremio Playhouse, Adelaide with STCSA, Albury Convention and Performing Arts Centre [4] [46] [23]
2000–2001 Much Ado About Nothing Capital Theatre, Bendigo, IMB Theatre, Wollongong with Bell Shakespeare [23]
2001Quartet Marian St Theatre, Sydney [23]
The Tempest Gonzalo Glen St Theatre, Sydney with Bell Shakespeare [47] [23]
2003 The Crucible Giles Corey Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide with STCSA [48] [23]
2004 Death of a Salesman Uncle Ben [49] [23]
2005 Influence Marko BlaskoAustralian tour with STC, MTC & STCSA [50] [23]
2008–2011 Codgers Les Weston Adelaide Festival Centre for Adelaide Festival [51] [23]
2009 The Hypochondriac Space Theatre, Adelaide [23]
2011 Three Sisters Ferapont Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide with STCSA [52] [5] [23] [37] [23]
2012 I Am Not An Animal Adelaide Zoo [23]
2015 Volpone (or The Fox Corbaccio Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide with STCSA [52] [53] [23]
2020BillOnline (due to COVID-19) [23]
Barry [23]

Radio

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
1979Saint's Day ABC Radio Adelaide [23]
1979The Unmannering [23]

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