Acclaimed actor Hugh Keays-Byrne died this week at the age of
seventy-three. Enthusiastic tributes to the kindness of a man known for
his on-screen cruelty dutifully poured in. When director Brian
Trenchard-Smith announced his friend’s death last Thursday, he wrote
that Keays-Byrne “cared about social justice and preserving the
environment long before these issues became fashionable. His life was
governed by his sense of the oneness of humanity.”
Keays-Byrne was born in India, but moved to Australia in 1973 after
touring there to perform. A member of the Australian actors’ union since
day one, Keays-Byrne’s whole career was defined by films that explored
the danger of right-wing demagoguery and the promise of solidarity politics.
https://jacobinmag.com/2020/12/hugh-keays-byrne-mad-max-obituary
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