David Argue

David J. Argue (born 1959) is an Australian actor. He is best known for his role as Snowy in Gallipoli as well as the lead role in the 1993 film Hercules Returns and Dicko in the 1983 film Razorback.

David J. Argue
Born	1959 (age 64–65) Australia
Occupation	Actor

Argue left school in grade ten and went to NIDA. He earned a reputation as a talented, charismatic actor whom some found difficult to deal with; he was fired from Phar Lap, Fortunate Life and Great Expectations.

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1981	Gallipoli	Snowy	Feature film
	Instant TV		TV film
1982	Snow: The Movie	Darren	Feature film
1983	Midnite Spares	Rabbit	Feature film
	The Return of Captain Invincible	Italian Salesman	Feature film
	Going Down	Greg / Trixie	Feature film Nominated — AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
	BMX Bandits	Whitey	Feature film Nominated — AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
1984	Melvin, Son of Alvin	Cameraman	Feature film
	Razorback	Dicko Baker	Feature film
	Stanley	Morris Norris	Feature film
1985	Niel Lynne	Reg	Feature film
	The Coca-Cola Kid	Newspaper Vendor	Feature film
1986	Backlash	Trevor Darling	Feature film
	Coming of Age	Stoned Cabbie / Street Monster	Feature film
1987	Pandemonium	Kales Leadingham / Ding the Dingo	Feature film
	Sharky's Party	Sharky	Short film
1988	Raw Silk	William Perry	TV film
1990	Blood Oath (aka Prisoners of the Sun)	Flight Lieutenant Eddy Fenton	Feature film
	The Shrimp on the Barbie	Kevin	Feature film
1991	Breathing Under Water	Bus Conductor	Feature film
	Pirates Island	Snerdle	TV film
1992	Hurricane Smith	Shanks	Feature film
1993	Hercules Returns	Brad McBain	Feature film
	Crimetime		Feature film
1994	No Escape (aka Escape from Absolom)	Cellmate	Feature film
1995	Napoleon	Frill-necked Lizard, Snake, Galah, Desert Mouse, Turtle (voice roles)	Feature film
	Angel Baby	Dave	Feature film
1996	Lilian's Story	Spruiker	Feature film
	The Beast	Bates	TV film
2000	On the Beach	Jimmy Nofly	TV film
2010	Road Train	Psycho	Feature film
2010	The Argues: The Movie	Himself	Feature film
2014	The Mule	Keith Rutherford (voice)	Feature film
2021	Astro Loco	Lucien	Feature film

Television

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1977-79	The Restless Years	Sammy Martin	TV series, 100 episodes
1978-80	Cop Shop	Greg Mann / Russell Nelson / Shane	TV series, 4 episodes
1979	The Sullivans	Freddie	TV series, 1 episode
1982	The Daryl Somers Show	Himself / Peter Allen / Dean Routledge	TV series. 2 episodes
1984	Special Squad	Bazza	TV series, 1 episode
1985	Winners	Bert (Disc Jockey), Communist Agitator	TV series, 2 episodes
1992	Cluedo	Bruno Fame	TV series, 1 episode
1993	Stark	Gordon Gordon	TV miniseries, 1 episode
1994	Newlyweds	Uri	TV series, 2 episodes
1994	Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left	Yorp	TV series, 9 episodes
1995	Correlli	Stephen Haines	TV miniseries. episode: "An Early Release"
1997	Water Rats	Tosee	TV series, episode: "One Dead Rat"

Stage

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1972	Holiday on Ice		Adelaide Festival Centre
1977	The Ruling Class		NIDA Theatre
1978	There were Giants in Those Days	Robin	Nimrod Downstairs
1978	The Job	Jeff	Nimrod Downstairs
1978-80	The Mouth Show	Crunch	Australian tour
1978	Sleeping Beauty on Ice		Princess Theatre, Melbourne
1980	Slipped Disco	Sonny / Byron	The Flying Trapeze Cafe
1980	The First Australian Festival of Cabaret		Garibaldis, Darlinghurst
1985	Bouncers		Seymour Centre
1987	The Country Wife	Sparkish	Sydney Opera House
1991	Hair - The Tribal Love Rock Musical	Woof	Universal Theatre, Melbourne, Athenaeum Theatre, Tweed Heads Seagulls, Newcastle Civic Theatre, University of Sydney, Thebarton Theatre, Townsville Civic Centre, Kuranda, Darwin Performing Arts Centre, Wollongong Civic Centre, Cairns Civic Centre, Princess Theatre, Launceston, Theatre Royal, Hobart, Regal Theatre, Perth, Canberra Theatre
1996	Working: A Musical		Glen Street Theatre with Q Theatre Company

External links

• David Argue at IMDb