Steve Dodd (Octaman)
Background
Steve "Stevie" Dodd is an animal wrangler and stunt man.
During the events of Octaman (1971) played by Robert Warner
Dr. Rick Torres goes to a ranch to see Steve Dodd about capturing The Octaman. Rick tells Steve that Susan Lowry recommended him and Steve tells Rick, Susan told him all about him. Steve tells Rick that Johnny Caruso will be interested in helping to catch Octaman as long as there is a circus attraction involved. They go to see Johnny who tells them he recently saw the movie King Kong. He then introduces him to his dogs Jesse and Frank named after the James brothers. Johnny then agrees to help them. They take an RV to the camp site and find it almost deserted. The next day, they take the RV on a path along the lake. Davido tells Rick and Mort Stein he has found another baby Octaman and they follow him out of camp. Susan runs off and Steve follows her. The rest of the group return and find Johnny injured. The Octaman attacks the camp and Rick, Mort and Steve chase after the Octaman and take their boat out onto the lake. The Octaman attacks the boat and then drags Mort into the water. Rick and Steve rescue him from the water. The Octaman carries Susan away. Rick and Steve surround the Octaman and shine their flashlights in its face. Rick makes a circle with gasoline around the Octaman and grabs Susan and runs away. The Octaman eventually collapses from the lack of oxygen. Rick and Steve put a net around the Octaman and the next day Johnny wants to go back, but Rick insists on staying and doing studies on its natural habitat. After the Octaman escapes, Johnny again suggests they leave and Davido tells them of a place it might hide. They break camp and as they are trying to remove a fallen tree across the road, Davido goes searching for the Octaman. He calls to the others when he sees it go inside of a cave. They encounter the Octaman in the cave and as they are chasing it, they are trapped in a rockslide caused by the Octaman. Davido finds a small shaft and he follows it outside. He then crawls back to the others and tells them the shaft leads outside and the others crawl out of the shaft. They make it outside and see they are right at the RV. As Mort opens the door, he is attacked by the Octaman. Steve, Johnny and Davido are also knocked to the ground. Susan calls to the Octaman and it walks to her and picks her up. Steve checks on Johnny and sees that he is dead. As it is taking her towards the water, she pulls out a gun and shoots it in the chest and it drops her. The others then shoot at the Octaman and it walks mortally wounded into the water.
