Kelly Dingwall
Kelly Dingwall is an Australian actor.
Early life
Dingwall is the son of scriptwriters John Dingwall and Margaret Kelly, and one of five children.His family travelled around Australia for work, which meant Dingwall changed schools often. At the age of 11, he attended a writing workshop and wrote a children's play. The play was subsequently picked up by Australian television and he starred it.
Career
After appearing in miniseries Top Mates in 1979, Dingwall took on the regular role of Spider McGlurk in children's adventure series Secret Valley from 1980 to 1983. He appeared in several miniseries including The Challenge and Vietnam, starring Nicole Kidman in an early role. He also had guest roles in soap operas E Street and A Country Practice as well as police procedural series Police Rescue.Dingwall's film roles during this time included playing Barry in 1987 coming-of-age drama The Year My Voice Broke, alongside Ben Mendelsohn and Noah Taylor, and Eddie in 1988 comedy Around the World in 80 Ways. He also featured in a 1987 stage production of I'm Not Rappaport at Sydney Opera House.
In 1989, Dingwall landed the regular role of antagonist Brian 'Dodge' Forbes in long-running soap opera Home and Away and in 1990, he played David in the film Raw Nerve. That same year, he left Home and Away, adopted the stage name 'Kelly Dale' and relocated to the UK to further his acting career.
In 1993, Dingwall played the role of Tony Reynolds in mystery thriller The Custodian, written and directed by his father John Dingwall and starring Hugo Weaving, Anthony La Paglia, Barry Otto and Essie Davis, with Naomi Watts in an early role. In 1995, he resumed the role of Dodge in Home and Away, until the character was killed off. He next had a recurring role as police diver Senior-Constable Sam Bailey in Water Rats in 1997. and a starring guest role in an episode of drama series Big Sky.