Gary Waddell dies aged 74: the brilliant Australian actor who turned small roles into great ones

Waddell appeared in countless films and TV shows, often as rough-as-guts characters, though he was rarely given the screen time he deserved The great Australian actor Gary Waddell – known for his gooseflesh-raising ability to portray rough-as-guts characters so real you swear…

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T he great Australian actor Gary Waddell – known for his gooseflesh-raising ability to portray rough-as-guts characters so real you swear you’ve met them before – has died aged 74. Waddell was a fixture of the Australian film and TV industry for decades, bursting on to the scene, bleary-eyed and angsty in Bert Deling’s cult classic drug drama Pure Shit , a production so notorious that its first public screening, in 1976, was raided by the vice squad.

This legitimately great film – the best ever made about heroin addiction and subculture in Australia – was famously described as “the most evil…

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