{"id":37064,"date":"2025-08-01T01:25:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T01:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/37064\/"},"modified":"2025-08-01T01:25:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T01:25:10","slug":"david-argue-dead-at-65-australia-mourns-veteran-actor-and-bmx-bandits-star-who-worked-with-nicole-kidman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/37064\/","title":{"rendered":"David Argue dead at 65: Australia mourns veteran actor and BMX Bandits star who worked with Nicole Kidman"},"content":{"rendered":"

Legendary actor David Argue, who is best known for his roles in\u00a0Gallipoli, BMX Bandits and\u00a0Razorback, has died. He was 65.<\/p>\n

The Melbourne-born star passed away following a battle with cancer<\/a>.<\/p>\n

One of Australia’s most recognisable character actors, David played the hapless criminal Whitey in the 1983 film BMX Bandits alongside Nicole Kidman<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Along with Moustache and The Boss, Whitey launches a plot to nab $1.5million in a payroll heist, kicking off the action in the Aussie blockbuster.<\/p>\n

Following his studies at NIDA, Argue made his on-screen debut in 1977 as Sunny Martin in the Australian soap opera, The Restless Years.<\/p>\n

He also had a career-defining role in the classic Australian WWI<\/a> film Gallipoli, playing the laconic Snowy alongside stars Mel Gibson<\/a> and Mark Lee.<\/p>\n

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Legendary actor David Argue, who is best known for his roles in Gallipoli, BMX Bandits and Razorback, has died. He was 65<\/p>\n

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One of Australia’s most recognisable character actors, David played the hapless criminal Whitey in the 1983 film BMX Bandits alongside Nicole Kidman<\/p>\n

Following his stint playing Nicole’s antagonist, David took on many big screen roles including in 1985’s The Coca Cola Kid and the 1993 spoof Hercules Returns.\u00a0<\/p>\n

His other acting credits include Cop Shop, The Sullivans, Special Squad, Winners, Cluedo, Stark, Newlyweds, Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left, Correlli, and Water Rats.<\/p>\n

Last year, Argue announced through a GoFundMe campaign that due to his health issues, including cancer, walking had become increasingly difficult for him.<\/p>\n

He requested assistance to purchase a mobility scooter, describing himself as an, ‘Icon, Legend Enemy to himself and Burden to his friends!’<\/p>\n

The Victorian Actors Benevolent Trust was among those to pay tribute to Argue.<\/p>\n

‘David was a remarkably talented and much-loved actor,’ their statement read.<\/p>\n

‘He had the rare gift of making any character he played utterly unique and totally believable.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘In recent years, as David\u2019s health declined, the VABT was able to provide much needed assistance and emotional support.<\/p>\n

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Pictured: David Argue in Escape from Absolom (1994)<\/p>\n

‘In return, David had no hesitation in championing our work, most recently with a deeply personal and humorous reflection at our Trivia Fundraiser.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘We have lost a formidable talent and a dear friend. Vale David RIP.<\/p>\n

Several friends and fans also took to social media to pay tribute and share their fond memories of the star.<\/p>\n

‘David Argue was without a doubt one of the most unique, engaging, and skilled actors Australia ever produced,’ author Max Davine wrote.<\/p>\n

‘A highlight of my writing career was having him say my words for a pilot we never filmed but rehearsed. Well… Improvise around my words anyway. Most of the time what he said off the cuff was an improvement. It was an honour. Farewell.’<\/p>\n

‘I am deeply saddened at the passing of my friend David Argue, a brilliant comic and actor and a significant part of the Australian Cinema,’ another fan wrote.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Legendary actor David Argue, who is best known for his roles in\u00a0Gallipoli, BMX Bandits and\u00a0Razorback, has died. He…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37065,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[428,6491,97,96,805,478,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-37064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-australia","tag-celebrities","tag-dailymail","tag-entertainment","tag-nicole-kidman","tag-tvshowbiz","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37064"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37064\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}