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|birth_place= [[Lord Howe Island]], [[New South Wales]], Australia
|death_date= {{death date and age|2020|05|09|1939|9|9|df=yes}}
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|education= [[Newington College]]<br>[[University of Sydney]]
|occupation= Actor
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He was best known for one of his early roles, that of Brother Francine in [[Fred Schepisi]]'s ''[[The Devil's Playground (1976 film)|The Devil's Playground]]'' (1976).<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/10/30/movies/the-devil-s-playground.html|title='The Devil's Playground'|last=Canby|first=Vincent|date=1981-10-30|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-12-28|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> While he worked mainly in film and television, he also worked in theatre, including musical theatre. He played [[Pontius Pilate]] in the Australian production of ''[[Jesus Christ Superstar]]'' in 1972–73, and appears on the [[Jesus Christ Superstar (Original Australian Cast Recording)|original Australian cast recording]].<ref name="Original Program">Original Program</ref>
During 1980, Dignam was part of ''A Shakespeare Company'',<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KCpEhrdarIMC&dq=Arthur+Dignam+Shakespeare+Company&pg=PA157|title=Theatre Australia (un)limited: Australian Theatre Since the 1950s|last=Milne|first=Geoffrey|date=2004|publisher=Rodopi|isbn=9789042009301|language=en}}</ref> funded by a one-off grant from the [[Australia Council]], and worked with actors [[Ruth Cracknell]], [[Ron Haddrick]] and others on two texts for six months and then presented them at the [[Seymour Centre]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1301&dat=19801111&id=Sv9jAAAAIBAJ&sjid=N-cDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3975,4511798|title=The Sydney Morning Herald
==Personal life==
His son
==Death==
Dignam died of a heart attack on 9 May 2020, in Sydney at the age of 80.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Vale: Arthur Dignam {{!}} TV Tonight|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2020/05/vale-arthur-dignam.html/|last=Knox|first=David|date=2020-05-12|website=TV Tonight|language=en-AU|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-05-11}}</ref>
==Theatre==
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| 1961 || ''[['Tis Pity She's a Whore]]'' || || [[University of Sydney]]
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| 1962 || ''[[The Dumb Waiter]]'' and ''[[A Slight Ache]]'' || Gus / Edward || [[The Hole in the Wall Theatre|Old Dolphin Theatre, Perth]] & [[University of Sydney]]
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| 1962 || ''[[Coriolanus]]'' || || [[University of Sydney]]
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| 1963 || ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' || [[Romeo]] || [[University of Sydney]]
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| 1975 || ''[[Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat]]'' || [[Potiphar]] / [[Simeon (Gospel of Luke)|Simeon]] || [[Seymour Centre]]
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| 1976 || ''T.Zee'' || The Beast || [[Royal Court Theatre|Royal Court Theatre, London]]
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| 1977 || ''[[Big Toys]]'' || Ritchie Bousanquet || [[University of NSW|UNSW]], [[Comedy Theatre, Melbourne]] & [[Canberra Theatre Centre|Canberra Theatre]] with [[Old Tote Theatre Company|Old Tote Theatre]]
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| 1978 || ''[[Pandora's Cross]]'' || The Goose || [[Paris Theatre, Sydney]]
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| 1993 || ''Mesmerized'' || || [[Griffin Theatre Company|Stables Theatre]]
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| 1994 || ''[[The Crucible]]'' || Judge Hathorn || [[His Majesty's Theatre, Perth]], [[Riverside Theatres Parramatta]], [[Monash University]]
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| 1997 || ''The Governor's Family'' || || [[Belvoir St Theatre]]
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| 2005 || ''[[Julius Caesar (play)|Julius Caesar]]'' || [[Julius Caesar]] || [[Wharf Theatre|Wharf Theatre, Sydney]] with [[Sydney Theatre Company]]
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| 2008 || ''[[The Trojan Women|The Women of Troy]]'' || [[Menelaus]] || [[Wharf Theatre|Wharf Theatre, Sydney]] with [[Sydney Theatre Company]] & [[Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne|Merlyn Theatre]]
|}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/225405|title=AusStage|website=www.ausstage.edu.au|access-date=2018-12-28}}</ref>
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===Film===
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! Year
! Title
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| ''[[The Everlasting Secret Family]]''
| The Senator
| Feature film<ref name=idol>Michael Ferguson and Michael S. Ferguson {{google books|
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| 1988
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| Uncredited
| Feature film
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| ''Gödel Incomplete''▼
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| 2017
| ''7 from Etheria''
| Old Kurt Gödel
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===Television===
{|class="wikitable"
|-▼
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Type
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| 1976
| ''[[The New Avengers (TV series)|The New Avengers]]''
| Dr Graham
| TV series, 1 episode
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| 1979
| ''[[Water Under the Bridge (miniseries)|Water Under the Bridge]]''
| Maynard Dickens
| TV miniseries, 2 episodes
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| 1981
| ''[[Tickled Pink]]''
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| TV series
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| 1983
| ''[[The Dismissal (miniseries)|The Dismissal]]''
| [[Eric Robinson (Australian politician)|Eric Robinson]]
| TV miniseries, 2 episodes
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| 1984
| ''[[Five Mile Creek]]''
| Arthur Archer
| TV series
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| 1984
| ''[[Special Squad (Australian TV series)|Special Squad]]''
| Grayson
| TV series, 1 episode
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| 1984
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| ''[[Shadow of the Cobra]]''
| Gupta
| TV miniseries, 2 episodes
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| 1989
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| TV series, 1 episode
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| 1994–95
| ''[[Escape from Jupiter]]''
| Professor Ingosol
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| 1996
| ''[[Pacific Drive (TV series)|Pacific Drive]]''
| Marcus (theatrical agent)
| TV series
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