Ron Steward (2 January 1928 – 19 January 2019) was a filming TV critic and film reviewer, who started his career in the industry in the 1940s, and he packed films on trains going out to

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, he retired from this role in 1991. Steward was first discovered by

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at the 2004 ARIA Awards, where he made his modeling debut. Steward was later a regular of McManus' radio program, ''

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''. McManus signed him to

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in February 2005. In 2005 and 2006, he presented a segment on ''

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'' called ''Ron's Review'', regularly appearing with

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who also reviewed each film.

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* * 1928 births 2019 deaths Australian film critics Australian television presenters Place of birth missing Place of death missing {{australia-tv-bio-stub