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    The criminal double life of a stage actor
Jack Charles is a venerated Aboriginal Australian actor, but at one point addiction led him to a life of crime. For years, after curtain fell, he'd slip away to burgle houses.
Warning for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners: this podcast contains the voice of someone who has died.
Jack Charles is a venerated Aboriginal Australian actor, but at one point addiction led him to a life of crime. For years, after curtain fell, he'd slip away to burgle houses. He spoke to Outlook's Datshiane Navanayagam.
Photo:   Jack Charles
Credit:   Getty Images/Don Arnold
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