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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. In 1910 he played Prince Olaf in '' The Prince and the Beggar Maid'' in a tour of Australia. In the 1930s, he was in charge of casting at
Australian theatre credits
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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. In 1910 he played Prince Olaf in '' The Prince and the Beggar Maid'' in a tour of Australia. 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, Greater Union Theatres that covered all facets of the film proc ...
where his discoveries included Jocelyn Howarth
Constance Worth (born Enid Joyce Howarth; 19 August 1911 – 18 October 1963) was an Australian actress who became a Hollywood star in the late 1930s. She was also known as Jocelyn Howarth.
Early life and career
She was born in Sydney, Austral ...
and Shirley Ann Richards.
In 1943 he was theatre manager at the Strand in Hobart.Selected credits
*'' 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.
Plot
The story deals wit ...
'' (1916) – actor (as Captain Bligh)
References
External links
*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
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