Gordon Collingridge was an Australian actor during the

silent film A silent film is a film without 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, w ...

era. He played many matinee idol type roles, most notably for director

Beaumont Smith Frank Beaumont "Beau" Smith (15 August 1885 – 2 January 1950), was an Australian film director, producer and exhibitor, best known for making low-budget comedies. Smith made his first film, ''Our Friends, the Hayseeds,'' in 1917. He went on ...

and opposite

Louise Lovely Louise Lovely (born Nellie Louise Carbasse; 28 February 1895 – 18 March 1980) was an Australian film actress of Swiss-Italian descent. She is credited by film historians as being the first Australian actress to have a successful career in ...

in '' Jewelled Nights'' (1925). Lovely called him "the male screen star to the manner born." He had spent a number of years working on Queensland stations.

Selected filmography

*'' Circumstance'' (1922) *'' Townies and Hayseeds'' (1923) *''

Prehistoric Hayseeds ''Prehistoric Hayseeds'' is a 1923 Australian film comedy that was written, produced, and directed by Beaumont Smith. It is the sixth in his series about the rural family the Hayseeds and concerns their discovery of a lost tribe. It is considere ...

'' (1923) *'' The Dingo'' (1923) *''

The Digger Earl ''The Digger Earl'' is a 1924 Australian film comedy from director Beaumont Smith. The plot is about a typical Australian ( Arthur Tauchert) who takes the place of an earl. Only eight minutes of the film survives today.Andrew Pike and Ross Coop ...

'' (1924) *''

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'' (1924) *'' Joe'' (1924) *'' Jewelled Nights'' (1925) *'' Hills of Hate'' (1926) *'' The Romance of Runnibede'' (1928) *''

Trooper O'Brien ''Trooper O'Brien'' is a 1928 Australian silent film from the team of John and Agnes Gavin. It was a melodrama set during the "Ned Kelly era" about an orphaned girl raised by a policeman in the bush. It is one of the rare early Australian films ...

'' (1928)

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