{{short description|Australian actor}} {{for|former Australian bowler or drag queen|John Dobbie (bowls)|Crystal Quartz}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} '''John Dobbie''' (1903–1952) was a popular Australian actor of theatre and film in the first half of the 20th century.
Tall and heavyset, he frequently appeared alongside the diminutive comedian George Wallace, first in vaudeville and then following Wallace into early local talkies.<ref name="dogs">{{cite magazine|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|magazine=Filimink|date=19 July 2025|access-date=19 July 2025|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/forgotten-australian-films-gone-to-the-dogs/|title=Forgotten Australian Films: Gone to the Dogs}}</ref>
Dobbie reportedly also worked for a time in America with Mae West. He became a sports broadcaster and settled in Surfers Paradise, Queensland.<ref name="pike">Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, ''Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production'', Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 159.</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article23211450 |title=John Dobbie dies, aged 49. |newspaper=The Argus |location=Melbourne |date=16 December 1952 |accessdate=8 August 2012 |page=7 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
==Select credits== *''Jewelled Nights'' (1925) *''His Royal Highness'' (1932) <ref name="his">{{cite magazine|magazine=Filmink|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/forgotten-australian-films-his-royal-highness/|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|title=Forgotten Australian Films: His Royal Highness|date=10 November 2025|access-date=10 November 2025}}</ref> *''Harmony Row'' (1933)<ref name="harmony">{{cite magazine|date=21 October 2025|access-date=21 October 2025|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|magazine=Filmink|title=Forgotten Australian Films: Harmony Row|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/forgotten-australian-films-harmony-row/}}</ref> *''A Ticket in Tatts'' (1934)<ref name="tatts">{{cite magazine|magazine=Filmink|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/forgotten-australian-films-a-ticket-in-tatts/|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|date=24 August 2025|access-date=24 August 2025|title=Forgotten Australian Films: A Ticket in Tatts}}</ref> *''Gone to the Dogs'' (1939)
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