Gary Waddell Filmography

Occupation:
Actor
  • Gettin' Square

    Actors: Sam Worthington, David Wenham, Timothy Spall, Freya Stafford, David Field

    Synopsis: Australian filmmaker Jonathan Teplitzky directs the crime comedy Gettin' Square. Barry Wirth (Sam Worthington) is an ex-con who just wants to stay on the right side of the law. David Wenham plays Johnny "Spit" Spitieri, a zany, lovable drug addict who knew Barry in prison. They both get paroled by Read More

    2003
  • Black and White

    Actors: Robert Carlyle, Charles Dance, Kerry Fox, Colin Friels, Ben Mendelsohn

    Synopsis: Directed by Craig Lahiff, Black and White is a story about bigotry, social injustice, and a real-life murder trial that made Australian headlines in the late '50s. On a December afternoon in 1958, the body of a nine-year-old white girl is discovered in a cave off the coast of Southern Australia. Read More

    2002
  • Dirty Deeds

    Actors: Bryan Brown, Toni Collette, John Goodman, Sam Neill, Sam Worthington

    Synopsis: Directed by David Caesar, Dirty Deeds is an Australian crime picture inspired by real-life Sydney mobsters, and is set in the Sydney crime underworld of 1969. Bryan Brown stars as Barry Ryan, a prominent gangster whose ruthlessness rivals some of the toughest in the trade. He lives with his Read More

    2002
  • Chopper

    Actors: Eric Bana, Vince Colosimo, Simon Lyndon, David Field

    Synopsis: This Australian drama is based on the life and times of Mark "Chopper" Read, a notorious Aussie criminal who went on to become a best-selling author, publishing nine books about his exploits outside the law. In 1978, Chopper (played by Eric Bana) is serving a 16-year sentence for abducting a judge Read More

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  • Sweet Talker

    Actors: Bryan Brown, Karen Allen, Justin Rosniak, Chris Haywood, Bill Kerr

    Synopsis: In Sweet Talker, an amiable, charming ex-convict (Bryan Brown) arrives in a small Australian costal city with the intent of duping the populace into investing money in a phony excavation of a sunken ship, which is allegedly filled with gold. Unexpectedly, he falls in love with a young widow (Karen Allen Read More

    5/10/91
  • Prey of the Chameleon

    Synopsis: In this grim and violent made-for-cable television thriller, a murderous female escapes from a mental hospital and begins a killing spree that baffles the FBI because she is a mistress of disguises and is able to take on the identities of each of her victims. Fortunately, a female cop has the Read More

    1991
  • Grievous Bodily Harm

    Actors: Colin Friels, John Waters, Bruno Lawrence, Joy Bell

    Synopsis: In this stylish and smart 1988 thriller, reporter Tom Stewart accidentally falls on the wrong side (not that he's ever on the right side) of the law during a psychotic killer's spree of murders. Stewart's no angel having already stolen money from a car wreck. At the center of the killings is Read More

    1989
  • Breaking Loose

    Actors: Peter Phelps, Vince Martin, Abigail, John Clayton

    Synopsis: Certain films were clearly made before their time, others, such as this one, delve into a genre obviously well past its heyday. In this story, Ross is a young Australian man who has decided to drop out of his everyday life in order to come to grips with himself in the surfing scene. As he is Read More

    1988
  • The Blue Lightning

    Actors: Robert Culp, Rebecca Gilling

    Synopsis: Blue Lightning stars Sam Elliot as an American private eye operating in the Australian outback. Robert Culp is co-starred as a super-criminal in search of a valuable opal. Culp is forced to fight the ethically suspect Elliot for possession of the gem, while Rebecca Gilling vacillates as the Read More

    1986
  • The Highest Honor

    Actors: John Howard

    Synopsis: The Australian Highest Honor is comparatively little-known outside its country of origin, which is a shame. Set during World War II, the film details the unusual relationship between an Australian army captain and his captor, a Japanese security officer. The war has made these kindred spirits Read More

    1984
  • Monkey Grip

    Actors: Colin Friels, Alice Garner, Harold Hopkins, Candy Raymond

    Synopsis: Monkey Grip is a frank portrayal of a year in the life of a divorced mother (Noni Hazlehurst) living in Melbourne, trying to cope with her daughter and her own relationship with a drug addict while trying to get into the music business. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide Read More

    1982
  • Heatwave

    Actors: Judy Davis, Richard Moir, Chris Haywood, Bill Hunter, John Gregg

    Synopsis: Heatwave is the mildly interesting story of a woman's attempt to stop a redevelopment plot which she thought was the cover-up for fraud and other criminal activity. Kate (Judy Davis), through her own efforts, manages to find some evidence to support her claims and also have a romance. Davis gives Read More

    1982
  • Stir

    Actors: Bryan Brown, Max Phipps, Dennis Miller, Michael Gow, Phil Motherwell

    Synopsis: Yes, Stir is a prison picture, but don't be put off by the seeming flippancy of its slangy title. Ben Jewson based his screenplay on his own experiences while incarcerated. Jewson spares us nothing: the gleeful brutality of the guards, the sexual outrages in the cells, the grim future in store for Read More

    1980
  • In Search of Anna

    Actors: Chris Hayward

    Synopsis: In this Australian drama, a man serves his six-year prison sentence for participating in a robbery and then tries to return home after his release. His former crime partners are waiting for him and angrily beat him up because he doesn't know where the loot from their last robbery is hidden. The Read More

    1978
  • Blue Fire Lady

    Actors: Cathryn Harrison, Mark Holden, Peter Cummins, Marion Edward

    Synopsis: Although it makes her father unhappy, Jenny does not want a certain horse sold to the owners of a farm. She sets out to save her favorite animal. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

    1977
  • The F.J. Holden

    Actors: Carl Steven, Gary Waddell

    Synopsis: In this youthful Australian drama, a working-class teen finally manages to save enough bread to buy a hot-rod. The story centers around the happiness his car brings him. The new car also causes him to somewhat ignore his girlfriend until she demands he pay more attention to her. ~ Sandra Brennan Read More

    1977
  • 20th Century Oz

    Actors: Bruce Spence, Gary Waddell

    Synopsis: In this 1976 Australian retelling of The Wizard of Oz, two teens are dancing at a rural gathering when the girl Dorothy (Joy Dunstan) is knocked unconscious. In her delirium, she imagines she is hitchhiking to attend the final concert of a rock star known as "The Wizard" (Graham Matters). All the Read More

    1976
  • Pure S

    Actors: Gary Waddell, John Laurie, Ann Heatherington, Helen Garner

    Synopsis: The seething, seamy underworld of the Melbourne drug scene provides the backdrop for this fast-paced improvisational drama that chronicles 48 hours in the lives of the drug addicts. As an added touch of realism, the cast is comprised of actual junkies. Included are scenes of real heroin Read More

    1976

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