John Cosgrove (actor)

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.^[1]^[2]

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.^[3]

Filmography[]

The Luck of Roaring Camp (1911)
(1915)
(1915)
(1915)
(1915)
(1915)
(1915)
The Wayward Son (1915)
Desert Gold (1919)
Barry Butts In (1919)
The Man from Snowy River (1920)
Silks and Saddles (1921) – also story
Possum Paddock (1921)
(1921)
The Queen of Sheba (1921)
The Guyra Ghost Mystery (1921) – also directed
While the Billy Boils (1921)
The Gentleman Bushranger (1921)
Sunshine Sally (1922) – script

References[]

^ Shoesmith, Dennis, 'Holt, Joseph Thomas (Bland) (1851–1942)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, accessed 9 September 2011.
^ Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 106.
^ Jenny Rudd O'Neill, 'The Flying Cosgroves' (Jenny Rudd O'Neill, Seaforth, 1996) Archived 2011-08-21 at the Wayback Machine

External links[]

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[1] Shoesmith, Dennis, 'Holt, Joseph Thomas (Bland) (1851–1942)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, accessed 9 September 2011.

[pike-2] Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 106.

[3] Jenny Rudd O'Neill, 'The Flying Cosgroves' (Jenny Rudd O'Neill, Seaforth, 1996) Archived 2011-08-21 at the Wayback Machine

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