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name: "Edwin Hodgeman"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/edwin-hodgeman"
roles: []
born: "26 June 1935"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-19T12:51:02.119970+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Edwin Hodgeman

Actor. Born 26 June 1935 in Adelaide.

## Details

- **Born:** 26 June 1935, Adelaide
- **Active:** 1985–1996
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 65 (1), 1990s 82 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Hodgeman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5346520, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0388122/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/79376

## Biography

Edwin Hodgeman is an Australian actor born on 26 June 1935 in Alberton, a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. He trained at the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney, graduating in 1960 as part of its first intake of students.

Hodgeman began his career in Adelaide theatre in the 1950s and became a leading member of the South Australian Theatre Company from 1969. He originated the role of Ahmed in the 1968 Sydney production of *Norm and Ahmed*. His film roles include Bain in *The Survivor* (1981), Dr. Dealgood in *Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome* (1985) and the Soviet Society Secretary in *Shine* (1996). He received the Adelaide Critics Circle lifetime achievement award in 2006.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Shine* (1996), Fi1m 82, as Soviet Society Secretary — [page](https://film.one/film/shine.md)
- *Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome* (1985), Fi1m 65, as Dr. Dealgood — [page](https://film.one/film/mad-max-beyond-thunderdome.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Codgers* (2011), as Les
- *Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger* (2008), as Rabbi
- *Rain Shadow* (2007), series, as Steve Willis
- *Twin Rivers* (2007), as Old William (voice)
- *Look Both Ways* (2005), as Jim
- *The Book Keeper* (1999), as The Book Keeper (voice)
- *Shine* (1996), as Soviet Society Secretary — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/shine.md)
- *A Sting in the Tail* (1989), as Monroe
- *The Clean Machine* (1988), as Max Newell
- *Playing Beatie Bow* (1986), as Sir
- *Call Me Mr. Brown* (1985), as Bill Harding
- *Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome* (1985), as Dr. Dealgood — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/mad-max-beyond-thunderdome.md)
- *Robbery Under Arms* (1985), as Jack Benson
- *Eureka Stockade* (1984), series, as Commissioner Rede
- *Sara Dane* (1982), series, as Governor King
- *The Survivor* (1981), as Bain
- *Labyrinth* (1979), Actor
- *Money Movers* (1978), as Nacker

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