Actor
Rob Steele
Died May 14, 202225 films
Rob Steele (born 1940/1941 - May 14, 2022) was an Australian film and television character actor who appeared in Australian films spanning four decades and he racked up more than 80 credits in TV and film during that time.
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Steele began acting in the early 1970s and had guest roles in TV shows such as Homicide, Matlock Police, The Young Doctors, Cop Shop, Prisoner, Carson's Law, Sons and Daughters, E-Street, A Country Practice, All Saints, Police Rescue, The Flying Doctors and Blue Heelers. He also appeared in Muriel's Wedding (1994). His final on-screen appearances were in 2007.
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First watchBreaker Morant19807.1as Cpt. RobertsonDuring the Boer War, three Australian lieutenants are on trial for shooting Boer prisoners. Though they acted under orders, they are being used as scapegoats by the General Staff, who…View filmEssential films
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Filmography
25 films as actor- 2007Joanne Lees: Murder in the OutbackJudge MacGregor
- 2005Hell Has Harbour ViewsBrian
- 2003The Postcard BanditGina's Grandad
- 2000The Day Neil Armstrong Walked on the MoonJack
- 1995Cody: Fall from GraceJock McKinney
- 1995Round UpBob Hutton
- 1994Muriel's WeddingLeo Higgins
- 1993Joh's JuryGeorge Dunstan
- 1992GreenkeepingManager
- 1992The Time GameCaptain Piggott
- 1988The Riddle of the StinsonKeefe
- 1988BarracudaPatrick
- 1988Around the World in Eighty WaysAlex Moffatt
- 1987Going SaneSergeant
- 1987Travelling NorthSyd
- 1986I Own the RacecourseEvangelist
- 1984StrikeboundCharlie Nelson
- 1983BuddiesPoliceman
- 1982DeadlineASIO Agent
- 1980Breaker MorantCpt. Robertson
- 1978NewsfrontAndy
- 1978The Chant of Jimmie BlacksmithClaude Lewis
- 1977Born to RunStranger #2
- 1977The Singer and the DancerJim Bilson
- 1976BarneyTrooper Perrin