George W. Cross (c. 1873 - 12 August 1949) was an Australian actor and casting director. For many years he was a leading actor, producer and director on stage, including a stint in San Francisco. He first came to Australia around the turn of the 20th century and at one time managed stage actress

Nellie Bramley Ellen "Nellie" Odelle Bramley (4 February 1890 – 9 June 1982) was an Australian stage actress who gained prominence during the early 20th century as a leading actress on stage and opened the Palace Theatre, Melbourne around 1914. Bramley was ...

. In the 1930s, he was in charge of casting at

Cinesound Productions Cinesound Productions Pty Ltd was an Australian feature film production company, established in June 1931, Cinesound developed out of a group of companies centred on Greater Union Theatres, that covered all facets of the film process, from produ ...

where his discoveries included Jocelyn Howarth and

Shirley Ann Richards Shirley Ann Richards (13 December 1917 – 25 August 2006) was an Australian actress and author, who achieved notability in a series of 1930s Australian films for Ken G. Hall before moving to the United States, where she continued her caree ...

Selected Credits

Mr George W Cross leading man in The Ever Open Door State Library Victoria Australia H8383

*'' The Squatter's Daughter'' (1907) (play) – actor *'' The Squatter's Daughter'' (1910) – actor *''The Ever Open Door'' (1914) - actor *''

The Mutiny of the Bounty ''The Mutiny of the Bounty'' is a 1916 Australian-New Zealand silent film directed by Raymond Longford about the mutiny aboard . It is the first known cinematic dramatisation of this story and is considered a lost film. Longford claimed it was ...

'' (1916) – actor (as

Captain Bligh Vice-Admiral William Bligh (9 September 1754 – 7 December 1817) was an officer of the Royal Navy and a colonial administrator. The mutiny on the HMS ''Bounty'' occurred in 1789 when the ship was under his command; after being set adrift i ...

)

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Australian theatre credits
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AusStage AusStage: The Australian Live Performance Database is an online database which records information about live performances in Australia, providing records of productions from the first recorded performance in Australia (1789, by convicts) up unt ...

1870s births 1949 deaths 20th-century Australian male actors {{Australia-actor-stub