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Henry Murdoch
Actor
Born September 12, 1920Died April 24, 1987 (66 years)
Henry Murdoch, born as George Henry Murdock, was an Australian aboriginal actor and stockman who appeared in Australian films of the 1940s and 1950s. He was working as stockman in Rockhampton when discovered by Ralph Smart, who was helping make The Overlanders (1946). The film's director, Harry Watt, later claimed Murdoch and fellow aboriginal actor Clyde Combo "proved to be first-class actors and were exceedingly quick witted and intelligent. They certainly disproved the conventional idea that the Australian aboriginal is an animalistic caveman."
Filmography
| 1960 | Whiplash (TV Series) · as Billy Jo |
| 1958 | Dust in the Sun · as Spider |
| 1957 | The Shiralee · as Sam |
| 1953 | Return of the Plainsman · as Dancer |
| 1952 | |
| 1950 | Bitter Springs · as Black Jack |
| 1946 | The Overlanders · as Aborigine Nipper |