William George Carter (1902–1952) was an Australian actor whose early acting career was in

silent films A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, whe ...

Birth and education

Carter was born in

Albury, New South Wales Albury () is a major regional city in New South Wales, Australia. It is located on the Hume Highway and the northern side of the Murray River. Albury is the seat of local government for the council area which also bears the city's name – the C ...

, the only child of Alice May (née Gardiner) and William Thomas Carter. He attended

Newington College , motto_translation = To Faith Add Knowledge , location = Inner West and Lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales , country = Australia , coordinates = , pushpin_map = A ...

commencing aged 12 in 1913 and under the headship of the Rev Dr Charles Prescott.

''Those Who Love''

He worked in collaboration with sisters

Paulette McDonagh Paulette de Vere McDonagh (11 June 1901 – 30 August 1978), was an Australian film director, who often worked in collaboration with her sisters Phyllis and Isabella. In 1933 it was claimed she was one of only five female film directors in the ...

, Phyllis McDonagh and

Marie Lorraine Isabella Mercia McDonagh (3 January 1899 – 5 March 1982), also known as Marie Lorraine, was an Australian actress who often worked in collaboration with her sisters Paulette and Phyllis. Isabella, alongside her two sisters made history by ow ...

on ''Those Who Love'', a 1926 silent film. The movie is about the son of a knight, Barry Manton played by Carter, who falls in love with a dancer. The father disapproves and bribes the dancer to disappear. Hurt, Barry leaves home and becomes a labourer on the docks. He meets poor but honest Lola Quayle, played by

in a cabaret and offers her a place to live after she resists the advances of a pub owner. They stay in separate rooms but fall in love during a storm and he later marries her. Barry's father wants him to return home and sends a solicitor over to approach him. Not wanting to get between Barry and his family, Lola runs away. Years later, Barry lives in an attic, having rejected wealth and position and taken to drink, while Lola works as a nurse, looking after their son. Barry is injured and Lola recognises him at hospital. She visits Sir James Maitland and asks for money for a specialist and the family is united. Only part of the film survives today and it is held by the

National Film and Sound Archive The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA), known as ScreenSound Australia from 1999 to 2004, is Australia's audiovisual archive, responsible for developing, preserving, maintaining, promoting and providing access to a national co ...

Later life

On 14 March 1928, Carter married Kathlyn Winifred Sands in

Rockdale, New South Wales Rockdale is a suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Rockdale is located 13 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district and is part of the St George area. Rockdale is one of the administrative centre ...

. Carter petitioned for a divorce from Kathlyn on the grounds of desertion in the December of that year. The marriage produced a son, William Graham Carter, in the same year. Carter became a company director, working in

Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ...

, and lived at Westbank House, a substantial estate and orchard on the

Nepean River Nepean River (Darug: Yandhai), is a major perennial river, located in the south-west and west of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The Nepean River and its associated mouth, the Hawkesbury River, almost encircles the metropolitan region of ...

Emu Plains, New South Wales Emu Plains is a suburb of Sydney in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is 58 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Penrith and is part of the Greater Western Sydney regio ...

. He died at

Royal Prince Alfred Hospital The Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (abbreviated RPAH or RPA) is a major public teaching hospital in Sydney, Australia, located on Missenden Road in Camperdown. It is a teaching hospital of the Central Clinical School of the Sydney Medical School ...

in May 1952.

Select filmography

*'' Those Who Love'' (1926) *''Here's the gang'' (1935) *''Alpine Rendezvous'' (1936)G. Shirley and B. Adams, ''Australian Cinema'' (Sydney, 1983)

References

External links

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William Carter National Film and Sound Archive
{{DEFAULTSORT:Carter, William 1902 births 1952 deaths People educated at Newington College Australian male silent film actors 20th-century Australian male actors People from Albury, New South Wales Male actors from New South Wales