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- Alfred Dampier was born on 28 February 1843 in Horsham, West Sussex, England, UK. Alfred was a writer, known for Captain Starlight, or Gentleman of the Road (1911). Alfred was married to Katherine Alice Russell (aka Catharine Russell, actress). Alfred died on 23 May 1908 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
- Walter Bentley was born on 7 October 1849 in Edinburgh, Scotland. He was an actor, known for The Sealed Room (1926). He died on 19 September 1927 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
- George Musgrove was born on 21 January 1854 in Surbiton, Surrey, England, UK. He was a producer, known for Nell Gwynne (1911). He was married to Emily Knight Fisk. He died on 21 January 1916 in Sydney, Australia.
- Charles Beetham was born on 16 December 1855 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Man from Snowy River (1920), A Daughter of Australia (1922) and Tall Timber (1926). He died on 28 July 1937 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
- S.A. Fitzgerald was born on 6 October 1858 in Maitland, New South Wales, Australia. He was a director and actor, known for The Life and Adventures of John Vane, the Australian Bushranger (1910) and Robbery Under Arms (1920). He died on 31 December 1939 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
- Nellie Stewart was born on 20 November 1858 in Woolloomooloo, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. She was an actress, known for Nell Gwynne (1911). She was married to Richard Goldsbrough Row. She died on 21 June 1931 in Mosman, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
- E. Gilbert Howell was born on 10 June 1860 in Burra, South Australia, Australia. He was an actor, known for Uncivilized (1937). He died on 7 October 1940 in Bondi, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
- Soundtrack
Nellie Melba was born on 19 May 1861 in Richmond, Victoria, Australia. She was married to Charles Frederick Nisbett Armstrong. She died on 23 February 1931 in Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.- Nellie Mortyne was born on 22 June 1861 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. She was an actress, known for His Royal Highness (1932), Waltzing Matilda (1933) and Diggers in Blighty (1933). She died on 6 August 1947 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
- Billy Hughes was born on 25 September 1862 in Pimlico, London, England, UK. He was married to Mary Ethel Campbell and Elizabeth Cutts. He died on 28 October 1952 in Lindfield, Sydney, Australia.
- Director
- Writer
- Cinematographer
Joseph Perry was born on 5 August 1863 in Birmingham, England, UK. He was a director and writer, known for Heroes of the Cross (1909), The Scottish Covenanters (1909) and Passion Films (1899). He died on 29 April 1943 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.- Writer
- Soundtrack
A.B. 'Banjo' Paterson was born on 17 February 1864 in near Orange, New South Wales, Australia. He was a writer, known for Australia (2008), The Light Between Oceans (2016) and The Man from Snowy River (1920). He was married to Alice Walker. He died on 5 February 1941 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.- Charles Keegan was born on 4 April 1864 in Majorca, Victoria, Australia. He was an actor, known for Fisher's Ghost (1924), The Sentimental Bloke (1919) and The Silence of Dean Maitland (1914). He died on 16 August 1944 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
- Actor
- Writer
- Director
John Cosgrove was born on 10 May 1867 in Shellharbour, New South Wales, Australia. He was an actor and writer, known for The Guyra Ghost Mystery (1921), For Love of Mary Ellen (1915) and The Wayward Son (1915). He was married to Mildred Isabel Nunnerley and Florence Emily Belcher. He died on 10 August 1925 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.- Peggy Pryde was born on 19 July 1867 in Lambeth, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Showgirl's Luck (1931), Two Minutes Silence (1933) and Fellers (1931). She was married to George Isaac Pearson, George Sinclair Hamilton and Joseph Michael Schah. She died on 17 May 1943 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
- Actor
- Writer
- Producer
Bert Bailey was born on 11 June 1868 in Auckland, New Zealand. He was an actor and writer, known for On Our Selection (1932), Grandad Rudd (1935) and Dad Rudd, M.P. (1940). He was married to Ivy Gorrick. He died on 30 March 1953 in Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.- E.J. Carroll was born on 28 June 1868 in Gatton, Queensland, Australia. E.J. was a producer, known for The Shadow of Lightning Ridge (1921), The Blue Mountains Mystery (1921) and The Jackeroo of Coolabong (1920). E.J. died on 28 July 1931 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
- Actor
- Writer
Sydney Stirling was born on 15 September 1869 in Hull, Humberside, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for A Silent Witness (1912), The Strangler's Grip (1912) and The Mystery of the Black Pearl (1912). He was married to Wilga Eileen Leese. He died on 20 July 1930 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.- Christopher Brennan was born on 1 January 1870 in Sydney, Australia. He was a writer, known for We Were F(r)iends (2011). He was married to Anna Elisabeth Werth. He died on 5 October 1932 in Sydney, Australia.
- Composer
- Actor
- Music Department
Alfred Hill spent most of his early life in New Zealand. As a child he learned cornet and violin. With his brother John, he traveled to Leipzig in Germany, where both brothers studied at the Royal Conservatorium of Music between 1887 and 1891. Alfred Hill studied under Gustav Schreck, Hans Sitt and Oscar Paul during this time, and was the winner of the Helbig Prize. Hill returned to New Zealand, and worked as a violin teacher, recitalist, chamber musician, and conductor. From 1902-11 Hill traveled between Australia and New Zealand regularly, writing and conducting operas. From 1937 he devoted himself solely to composition. He was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1953 and was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in 1960. His wife, Mirrie Solomon Hill (1892-1986) was also a composer who scored Australian documentaries.- Bertie Wright was born on 6 February 1871 in Blackburn, Lancashire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for A Little Bit of Fluff (1919), General John Regan (1921) and Young Lochinvar (1923). He died on 7 March 1960 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
- Cinematographer
- Director
- Producer
Ernest Higgins was born on 9 October 1871 in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. He was a cinematographer and director, known for A Long, Long Way to Tipperary (1914), The Convict Hero (1911) and Nell Gwynne (1911). He died on 28 November 1945 in Darling Point, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.- Writer
- Actress
Agnes Gavin was born on 30 November 1871 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. She was a writer and actress, known for Assigned to His Wife (1911), His Convict Bride (1918) and Keane of Kalgoorlie (1911). She was married to Jack Gavin and Barnet Kurts. She died on 9 January 1947 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.- Victor Loydall was born on 28 December 1871 in Liverpool, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Midnight Wedding (1912). He died in August 1918 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
- Andrew Beresford was born on 18 January 1872 in Islington, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Flying Doctor (1936). He died in 1945 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
- Ethel Turner was born on 24 January 1872 in Doncaster, Yorkshire, England, UK. She was a writer, known for One-Way Ticket (1935), Seven Little Australians (1939) and Seven Little Australians (1953). She died on 8 April 1958 in Mosman, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
- Clifton Penny was born on 14 March 1872 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. He was an actor, known for Harvest Gold (1945) and A Son Is Born (1946). He died on 29 July 1948 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
- Director
- Writer
- Actor
Milton J. Fahrney was born on 24 June 1872 in Dayton, Ohio, USA. He was a director and writer, known for Chasing Trouble (1926), Jerry and the Bandits (1916) and Jerry's Celebration (1916). He was married to Alexandra Phillips-Fahrney. He died on 26 March 1941 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.- Wilton Power was born on 15 January 1873 in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. He was an actor, known for The Mutiny of the Bounty (1916), Robbery Under Arms (1920) and The Bondage of the Bush (1913). He died on 23 July 1954 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
- Roy Redgrave was born on 26 April 1873 in England, UK. He was an actor, known for Our Friends the Hayseeds (1917), Robbery Under Arms (1920) and The Christian (1911). He was married to Margaret Scudamore, Ellen Maud Pratt (aka Judith Kyrle) and Esther Mary Cooke (aka Ettie Carlyle). He died on 25 May 1922 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
- Victor Gouriet was born on 8 January 1874 in Holborn, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for In the Wake of the Bounty (1933), Two Minutes Silence (1933) and Heritage (1935). He was married to Jessica May Stokes and Margaret Eastwood Crossland. He died on 10 August 1942 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
- Albert C. Winn was born on 18 October 1874 in City of London, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for 40,000 Horsemen (1940). He died on 30 July 1945 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
- Fred Bluett was born on 20 January 1876 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Showgirl's Luck (1931) and An Interrupted Divorce (1916). He was married to Catherine McKechnie. He died on 3 December 1942 in Double Bay, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
- Nan Taylor was born on 25 March 1876 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. She was an actress, known for The Man from Snowy River (1920), Our Friends the Hayseeds (1917) and Pacific Adventure (1946). She died on 23 June 1950 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
- One of Australia's most popular early actors, Arthur William Tauchert was of German-Irish extraction. He initially gained recognition on the vaudeville circuits of Sydney and Melbourne, first as a 'parody' singer, later as a member of various different vaudeville troupes. By 1913 he had gained a high profile from touring around the country. He was engaged by producer Raymond Longford to play 'The Bloke' in an adaptation of C.J. Dennis' humorous poem 'The Sentimental Bloke'. This film, now regarded an Australian classic, was an enormous critical and popular success, and established Tauchert's widespread fame. He often made personal appearances before screenings, reciting passages from the original poem. Although he made a triumphant move into the talking era with movies such as 'Showgirl's Luck' (1931), the Australian industry itself was in a slump. He focused his energies on radio, until failing health led him to be hospitalised. He died in 1933. He was, both in real life and onstage, an accessible 'everyman' hero, with a rough exterior but a heart of gold - an image enhanced by the charitable work he participated in for many worthy causes.
- Director
- Writer
- Producer
Alexander MacDonald was born on 3 October 1877 in Stirling, Scotland, UK. He was a director and writer, known for The Kingdom of Twilight (1929) and The Unsleeping Eye (1928). He died on 22 March 1939 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.- Vera Linden was born on 26 July 1878 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. She was an actress, known for The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906). She was married to E.J. Cole and Frank Stephen Frazer. She died on 8 November 1948 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
- Actor
E.J. Tait was born on 21 August 1878 in Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia. He was an actor. He died on 12 July 1947 in Point Piper, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.- Director
- Writer
- Actor
Raymond Longford was born on 23 September 1878 in Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia. He was a director and writer, known for The Mutiny of the Bounty (1916), The Sentimental Bloke (1919) and The Dinkum Bloke (1923). He was married to Emilie Elizabeth Anschutz and Melena Louisa Keen. He died on 2 April 1959 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.- Writer
- Art Department
Australian illustrator and novelist Norman Lindsay was born in Creswick, Victoria, in 1879. His father was a physician, but Norman and his brothers had a streak of artistic and literary talent in them (which Norman passed on to his son, the writer Jack Lindsay). At 16 years of age Norman got a job as an illustrator on a Melbourne newspaper, and in 1901 he became the chief cartoonist on the "Sydney Bulletin". Lindsay has worked in virtually all mediums of art--watercolors, lithographs, pen-and-ink drawings, etchings, engravings, even sculpturing in cement. He became Australia's best-known illustrator, and it wasn't long before he branched out into writing, in which he also met with great success. Many of his novels were on the "rowdy" side--a reaction to the somewhat oppressive and puritanical aspects of Australian life at the time--full of men drinking, "wenching" and getting in all sorts of trouble, and readers really took to them. His work was not only popular in Australia (where much of it was censored) but also in America (where none of it was censored).
He died in Sydney in 1969, age 90.- George Merriman was born on 28 March 1879 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He was an actor, known for Robbery Under Arms (1907). He died in May 1934 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
- James Haggar was born on 3 May 1879 in Dartford, Kent, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Sign of the Cross (1904), Weary Willie and Tired Tim: The Gunpowder Plot (1903) and Weary Willie and Tired Tim Turned Barbers (1903). He was married to Kate Haggar. He died on 1 December 1925 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
- Joseph Lyons was born on 15 September 1879 in Stanley, Tasmania, Australia. He was married to Enid Burnell. He died on 7 April 1939 in Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
- Augustus Neville was born on 17 October 1879 in Christchurch, New Zealand. He was an actor, known for Nell Gwynne (1911), The Pioneers (1926) and The Midnight Wedding (1912). He died in 1963 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
- Charles Bean was born on 18 November 1879 in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. He was married to Ethel Clara "Effie" Young. He died on 30 August 1968 in Concord, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Tal Ordell was born on 8 June 1880 in Calcutta, India. He was an actor and director, known for The Kid Stakes (1927), The Hayseeds' Melbourne Cup (1918) and The Hayseeds Come to Sydney (1917). He died on 8 June 1948 in Waverley, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.- Director
- Writer
- Producer
A graduate of the Boston Polytechnic Institute, Clarence Badger had a varied early career as an artist, stage actor, editor and journalist with several newspapers and magazines (including "The Youth's Companion"), before entering the film business with Mack Sennett in 1915. At Sennett's Triangle-Keystone, his qualifications ensured rapid promotion to writer/director of numerous two-reel situation comedies. Badger's style was gentler, more subtle and based on character development, rather than on the prevalent visual slapstick. Several of his early shorts featured a young Gloria Swanson in the first stages of her climb to stardom.
Badger was lured away from Sennett by Samuel Goldwyn in 1917, to direct a series of comedies with Will Rogers, including the small town farce Jubilo (1919), Doubling for Romeo (1921) and Honest Hutch (1920). During the 1920's, he worked for Paramount and Metro, where his best films were the Civil War romp Hands Up! (1926), Potash and Perlmutter (1923), and the romantic comedy that made Clara Bow into a major star, It (1927). During the remainder of the decade, Badger directed some of the biggest names in the business, from Colleen Moore and Betty Compson, to Jack Buchanan and Bebe Daniels. Pick of the bunch among his last few directorial efforts (under contract to Warner Brothers/First National) was the high-spirited first-time screen adaptation of the Broadway hit musical No, No, Nanette (1930). There were also two back-to-back box office flops, the Herbert Fields musical The Hot Heiress (1931) and the woefully under-acted melodrama Woman Hungry (1931). These failures may have persuaded Badger to leave the industry.
In 1935, he moved out of his Spanish colonial-style mansion in the Hollywood Hills and emigrated to Australia a year later. Except for a couple of independently produced melodramas filmed in New South Wales, Clarence Badger spent the remainder of his life in happy retirement.- Harold Colonna was born on 14 June 1880 in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. He was an actor, known for White Death (1936). He died on 22 June 1937 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
- Ethel Buckley was born on 16 October 1880 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. She was an actress, known for Driving a Girl to Destruction (1911) and The Luck of Roaring Camp (1911). She was married to George Marlow. She died on 8 September 1958 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
- Director
- Actor
- Writer
V. Upton Brown was born on 1 November 1880 in Sandhurst, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He was a director and actor, known for How McDougall Topped the Score (1924) and The Kelly Gang (1920). He died on 23 May 1964 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.