John Cosgrove (1867 – 11 August 1925) was an Australian actor, writer and director who worked in theatre and films during the silent era. He sometimes collaborated with
Bland Holt
Bland Holt (born Joseph Thomas Holt, (24 March 1851 – 28 June 1942)Dennis Shoesmith,, Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 4, MUP, 1972, pp 413-414. Accessed 1 August 2009 was a comedian and theatrical producer, active in Australia.
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[Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, ''Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production'', Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 106.]
Personal life
Cosgrove had a turbulent personal life. He would borrow money so often he was nicknamed "The Great Australian Bite". His first daughter died when a few days old. Another daughter, Noel, died of tuberculosis at the age of nineteen. His son Bill died in a plane crash in 1943.
Jenny Rudd O'Neill, 'The Flying Cosgroves' (Jenny Rudd O'Neill, Seaforth, 1996)
Filmography
*''The Luck of Roaring Camp
"The Luck of Roaring Camp" is a short story by American author Bret Harte. It was first published in the August 1868 issue of the ''Overland Monthly'' and helped push Harte to international prominence.
The story is about the birth of a baby boy i ...
'' (1911)
*'' The Right to Love'' (1915)
*'' The Noon Hour'' (1915)
*'' The Turning Point'' (1915)
*'' For Love of Mary Ellen'' (1915)
*'' Queen of the Band'' (1915)
*'' The Ever Living Isles'' (1915)
*'' The Wayward Son'' (1915)
*''Desert Gold Desert Gold may refer to:
* ''Geraea canescens'', a wildflower also known as Desert Sunflower
* Desert Gold (horse), a New Zealand Thoroughbred racehorse
**Desert Gold (1919 film), ''Desert Gold'' (1919 film), an Australian film about the racehorse ...
'' (1919)
*'' Barry Butts In'' (1919)
*''The Man from Snowy River The Man from Snowy River may refer to:
* "The Man from Snowy River" (poem), an 1890 Australian poem by Banjo Paterson.
* '' The Man from Snowy River and Other Verses'' an 1895 poetry collection by Banjo Paterson (including the above)
* ''The Man ...
'' (1920)
*'' Silks and Saddles'' (1921) – also story
*'' Possum Paddock'' (1921)
*'' The Betrayer'' (1921)
*''The Queen of Sheba
The Queen of Sheba ( he, מַלְכַּת שְׁבָא, Malkaṯ Šəḇāʾ; ar, ملكة سبأ, Malikat Sabaʾ; gez, ንግሥተ ሳባ, Nəgśətä Saba) is a figure first mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. In the original story, she bring ...
'' (1921)
*'' The Guyra Ghost Mystery'' (1921) – also directed
*''While the Billy Boils
''While the Billy Boils'' is a 1921 Australian film from director Beaumont Smith which adapts several stories from Henry Lawson. It is considered a lost film.
Plot
Bob Brothers ( Tal Ordell) is a bushman who quarrelled with his father ten year ...
'' (1921)
*'' The Gentleman Bushranger'' (1921)
*'' Sunshine Sally'' (1922) – script
References
External links
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John Cosgrove
at National Film and Sound Archive
Some John Cosgrove Australian theatre credits
at 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 ...
1867 births
1925 deaths
Australian film directors
20th-century Australian male actors
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