John Cosgrove (1867 – 11 August 1925) was an Australian male actor, writer and director who worked in theatre and films during the silent era. He sometimes collaborated with
Bland Holt.
[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 ...
'' (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 Australian film), ''Desert Gold'' (1919 Australian film), an Australian fil ...
'' (1919)
*'' Barry Butts In'' (1919)
*'' The Man from Snowy River'' (1920)
*'' Silks and Saddles'' (1921) – also story
*'' Possum Paddock'' (1921)
*'' The Betrayer'' (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
External links
*
John Cosgrove
at 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 c ...
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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