Which film star was born on 20 June 1909 in Hobart, Tasmania?
"Hollywood film actor Errol Flynn was born in Battery Point at the Queen Alexandra Hospital in 1909. Battery Point, Tasmania Battery Point is a suburb of the city of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. It is immediately south of the central business district. It is in the local government area of City of Hobart. Battery Point is named after the battery of guns which were established on the point in 1818 as part of the Hobart coastal defences. The battery was situated on the site of today's Princes Park. The guns were used to fire salutes on ceremonial occasions but were never"
"Fordham, who perished as a prisoner of war in Malaya during the Second World War. Miriam Kathleen died in 1944, leaving Brian Ronald and Joan Fordham. David Dunbar (actor) David Dunbar (14 September 1886 – 7 November 1953) was an Australian film actor. Dunbar was a prominent actor in American and British silent films, particularly in westerns, but switched to playing more minor roles after the arrival of sound. In later years he appeared mostly in British-themed Hollywood films. He was one of the first film actors beginning his screen career with Pathe Freres, Paris in 1910. Previously he was"
"Cox, died in September 1925. Lottie Lyell died from tuberculosis on 21 December the same year and was buried at Macquarie Park Cemetery and Crematorium. Raymond Longford died on 2 April 1959 and was buried beside her. Lottie Lyell Lottie Lyell (born Charlotte Edith Cox) (23 February 1890 – 21 December 1925) was an Australian actress, screenwriter, editor and filmmaker. She is regarded as Australia's first film star, and also contributed to the local industry during the with her collaborations with Raymond Longford. She was born in Balmain, a suburb in Sydney, New South Wales in 1890. By 1912, Lyell"
"popularise the work. A 1950 biography of Eileen Joyce's early life became a best-seller and was translated into various languages; a feature film ""Wherever She Goes"" (1951) was based on the book, but was much less successful. Despite her fame, her name slipped from public sight after her retirement in the early 1960s. Her recordings have resurfaced on CD. Eileen Joyce was born in Zeehan, a mining town in Tasmania. She was born in Zeehan District Hospital and not, as many reference works claim, in a tent. She frequently claimed her birthday was 21 November in either 1910 or 1912,"
"David Dunbar (actor) David Dunbar (14 September 1886 – 7 November 1953) was an Australian film actor. Dunbar was a prominent actor in American and British silent films, particularly in westerns, but switched to playing more minor roles after the arrival of sound. In later years he appeared mostly in British-themed Hollywood films. He was one of the first film actors beginning his screen career with Pathe Freres, Paris in 1910. Previously he was an actor on the legitimate stage both in Australia, his homeland and in Britain. On 7 March 1926 his wife Blanche was killed in a car"
"on 1 January 2007. Charles Hyatt Charles Eglerton Hyatt (14 February 1931 – 29 June 2008) was a Jamaican actor, playwright, director, author and broadcaster. Hyatt was best known as a character actor and comedian who appeared in numerous films and television shows, beginning in the 1960s. Hyatt was born in Kingston, Jamaica, to Herbert Hyatt, a taxi-driver, and Ruth Burke, a homemaker. He attended St Aloysious Boys’ School and St Simon’s College. After making his movie debut in the 1965 film ""A High Wind in Jamaica"", Hyatt had notable performances in the films ""The Bushbaby"" (1969), ""Crossplot"" (1969), ""Freelance"""
"wife was then suffering kidney disease. When she died in 2000, he returned alone to Hong Kong. In August 2006, he was hospitalised for a month after falling down stairs at his home. He returned to England in November of that same year, and died of haemorrhage of stomach two months later in a hospital. He is survived by a son in England, and a daughter in the United States. One of his goddaughters is Connie Chan. Cho Tat-wah Cho Tat-wah (or Tso Tat-wah) (15 September 1915 – 10 January 2007) was a film actor of Hong Kong, most famous"
"Charles Hyatt Charles Eglerton Hyatt (14 February 1931 – 29 June 2008) was a Jamaican actor, playwright, director, author and broadcaster. Hyatt was best known as a character actor and comedian who appeared in numerous films and television shows, beginning in the 1960s. Hyatt was born in Kingston, Jamaica, to Herbert Hyatt, a taxi-driver, and Ruth Burke, a homemaker. He attended St Aloysious Boys’ School and St Simon’s College. After making his movie debut in the 1965 film ""A High Wind in Jamaica"", Hyatt had notable performances in the films ""The Bushbaby"" (1969), ""Crossplot"" (1969), ""Freelance"" (1971), ""Love Thy Neighbour"""
"Edward Howell (actor) Edward Welsford Rowsell Howell (15 June 1902 – 20 August 1986), also known as Teddy Howell, was a British Australian, character actor, radio and theatre producer,director and scriptwriter and drama teacher. He was notable for his career in Australia in all genres of the entertainment industry in a career spanning radio, stage, television and film. In 1927 he appeared in the early Australian film ""For the Term of His Natural Life"", at the time the highest-grossing film in Australian cinema. After which he did not appear again on-screen until the late 1950s mainly in made for TV"
"Arthur Tauchert Arthur Michael Tauchert (pronounced ""Torcher"") (21 August 1877 – 27 November 1933) was an Australian acrobatic comedian, dancer, singer, film actor, and star of the Australian silent movie, ""The Sentimental Bloke"" (1919). Born in the inner Sydney suburb of Waterloo on 21 August 1877, Tauchert's career as an entertainer began in the early 1900s as a vaudeville comedian and over the next two decades he was associated with most of the leading managements firms of that era, including John Fuller, James Brennan, Ted Holland, Harry Clay, Bert Howard, J. C. Bain and Lennon, Hyman and Lennon. Although he"
"the film on 27 August 2007 . Graham Kennedy Graham Cyril Kennedy AO (15 February 1934 – 25 May 2005) was an Australian entertainer, comedian and variety performer, as well as a personality and star of radio, theatre, television and film. He was often called ""Gra Gra"" (pronounced ""gray-gray""). Honoured as an Officer of the Order of Australia, he was a six-time recipient of the Gold Logie, including the Logie Hall of Fame award, and won the Star of the Year Award in 1959. He is the most awarded star of Australian television. He was often referred to as ""The"
"Lottie Lyell Lottie Lyell (born Charlotte Edith Cox) (23 February 1890 – 21 December 1925) was an Australian actress, screenwriter, editor and filmmaker. She is regarded as Australia's first film star, and also contributed to the local industry during the with her collaborations with Raymond Longford. She was born in Balmain, a suburb in Sydney, New South Wales in 1890. By 1912, Lyell had become romantically involved with Longford. The couple lived together in Brisbane and formed the most influential and pioneering partnerships in Australian cinema history. Although Longford was separated, his Catholic wife would not divorce him and he"
"and daughter of Sir William McMillan, Minister for Railways in New South Wales, Australia. A son (1912–1981) by his first marriage, also called Frank Harvey, was a British playwright and novelist who wrote the play ""Saloon Bar"" and screenplays for British movies including ""Seven Days to Noon"" (1950) and ""I'm Alright Jack"" (1960). He had a daughter, Helen, by his second wife. Frank Harvey (Australian screenwriter) Frank Harvey (22 December 1885 – 10 October 1965) was a British-born actor, producer and writer best known for his work in Australia. Frank Harvey was born Harvey Ainsworth Hilton, in 1883 in Earls"
"Faversham for adults with learning disabilities. Since the death of his mother in 2001, Grant has worked as a fundraiser and ambassador for Marie Curie Cancer Care, promoting the charity's annual Great Daffodil Appeal on several occasions. He is also a patron of Pancreatic Cancer Action. Hugh Grant Hugh John Mungo Grant (born 9 September 1960) is an English actor and film producer. Grant has received a Golden Globe, a BAFTA, and an Honorary César for his work. , his films have grossed a total of nearly US$3 billion worldwide from 29 theatrical releases. He first received attention after earning"
"a record at the time. By 1927, Albert was in Hobart, Tasmania, making a silent film entitled, ‘Tasmania at Work and Play’, starring his daughter Mollie as the central character. The short silent travelogue features scenes with Mollie as a tourist playing ‘Mollie from the Mainland’. The film has survived and is retained by Tasmanian State archives. The film was credited as the first such movie shot in Tasmania. The cinematographer was Bert Cross from Sydney who worked at Cinesound with Albert's son, Ernest. In 1929, Albert made another short silent film entitled, ‘Nursery Rhymes’, shot by his son Ernest"
"Rupert Julian Rupert Julian (25 January 1879 – 27 December 1943) was a New Zealand cinema actor, director, writer and producer. Born Thomas Percival Hayes in Whangaroa, New Zealand, Son of John Daly Hayes (Jr) and Eliza Harriet Hayes, Rupert Julian performed on stage in his native country and Australia before emigrating to the United States in 1911, where he started his career as an actor at the Daly Theatre in New York and touring with Tyrone Power, Sr., before working in silent movies. He turned to directing in 1915, often directing his wife Elsie Jane Wilson (a director herself),"
"Zealand Order of Merit for services to film and television. Ramai Hayward Patricia Rongomaitara ""Ramai"" Hayward (née Te Miha, 11 November 1916 – 3 July 2014) was a Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Kahungunu Maori - New Zealander who made films in five countries. Her film career began in 1940 when she co-starred in historical movie ""Rewi's Last Stand"", after meeting her future husband, legendary New Zealand director Rudall Hayward. The first Māori cinematographer, she spent three years making films in England with Rudall. Later the couple were the first to make English language films in China after the communist revolution. Hayward"
"Rudall Hayward Rudall Charles Victor Hayward (4 July 1900 – 29 May 1974) was a pioneer New Zealand filmmaker from the 1920s to the 1970s, who directed seven feature films and numerous others. Hayward was born in Wolverhampton, England, and died in Dunedin while promoting his last film. He was the son of Rudall and Adelina Hayward, who came to New Zealand in 1905. With Henry John Hayward (1866–1945) Rudall senior’s brother, his parents were involved with entertainment and silent cinema in New Zealand, in West’s Pictures and The Brescians. Rudall (junior) was educated at Wanganui Collegiate School from 1916"
"Elizabeth Taylor Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor (February 27, 1932 – March 23, 2011) was a British-American actress, businesswoman, and humanitarian. She began her career as a child actress in the early 1940s, and was one of the most popular stars of classical Hollywood cinema in the 1950s. She continued her career successfully into the 1960s, and remained a well-known public figure for the rest of her life. In 1999, the American Film Institute named her the seventh-greatest female screen legend. Born in London to wealthy, socially prominent American parents, Taylor moved with her family to Los Angeles in 1939, and"
"Hobart to produce plays there. Frank Clewlow Frank Dawson Clewlow (October–December 1885 – 13 June 1957 Hobart, Tasmania) was an English-born actor, director, producer and theatre manager, he worked in his native England, as well as Scotland, Australia and New Zealand, in 1936 he became Federal Controller of Productions for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. He was born in Stone, Staffordshire, England, to Joseph Clewlow (born 1858 Stafford, Staffordshire) and his wife Mary Jane Dawson (born 1857 in Luton, Bedfordshire) whom he married on 29 December 1884 at St Mary, Luton. Frank had two younger siblings Hilda Dorothy Clewlow (born 1891"
"John Stuart (actor) John Stuart (born John Alfred Louden Croall; 18 July 1898 – 17 October 1979), was a Scottish actor, and a very popular leading man in British silent films in the 1920s. He appeared in two films directed by Alfred Hitchcock. He was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. His first talkie ""Kitty"" (1929) was a successful production. His last role was in the film ""Superman"" (1978), as a Kryptonian elder. He is buried in Brompton Cemetery, London. His son Jonathan Croall is writing a book about the screen idols of the 1920s, including John Stuart. In a Guardian article"
"lasted for the rest of her life. The couple moved to Hobart, Tasmania in 1946, where Cowan became the manager of the Prince of Wales Theatre. Lovely managed the theatre's sweet shop, where she worked until her death in 1980. Louise Lovely Louise Lovely (born Nellie Louise Carbasse; 28 February 1895 – 18 March 1980) was an Australian film actress. She is credited by film historians for being the first Australian actress to have a successful career in Hollywood, signing a contract with Universal Pictures in the United States in 1914. Lovely would appear in a total of fifty American"
"final film appearance was in the 1924 film ""America"", directed by D.W. Griffith, after which he retired to New York, where he died, aged 71. Unusually for an actor and cricketer of his significance, neither ""Variety"" or ""Wisden"" ran his obituary. Sydney Deane Sydney Leslie Deane (1 March 1863 – 20 March 1934) was a first-class cricketer and entertainer, and the first Australian to appear in a Hollywood movie. Born in Balmain, Sydney, to Edward and Sophia, Deane was a promising junior Rugby Union player and represented New South Wales against Queensland. Along with his cousins, Australian Test captain Billy"
"Movies. Howell was born on 15 July 1902 (some sources give 1901) in Bromley, Kent, England, the youngest son of bank clerk and actor Edwin Gilburt Howell and his wife Madeleine Ann (née Rowsell). As an eight year old in 1912, he was brought to Australia with his brother, Lewis, and father to appear in J. C. Williamson's stage production of the Maurice Maeterlinck play, ""The Blue Bird"". After the family decided to stay in Australia permanently, he completed his education at Sydney Grammar. With his father moving to settle in Suva, young Ted soon followed, studying law while working"
"on 27 March 1992 in Sydney. Gerry Duggan Gerald Joseph Duggan (10 July 191027 March 1992), known as Gerry Duggan, was an Irish-born Australian character actor who appeared in many well-known films. He was also a stage and television actor. He never achieved stardom, but was a familiar face in small roles in film and television. His trademarks were his Irish brogue, pronounced lisp and prominent jaw. Gerry Duggan was born in Dublin in 1910. When he was 16 he moved to New York, where he had his early exposure to theatre acting. In the 1930s he moved to Australia,"
"The Glebe contains some examples of Victorian and Federation Style wooden terraced houses, some of which are up to 4 storeys high and tower over the Brooker Avenue impressively. Glebe was the birthplace and early home of brothers Ernest, Tasman and Arthur Higgins, all of whom became pioneering cinematographers of Australian cinema during the silent era. Glebe, Tasmania Glebe is a suburb of Hobart, capital city of Tasmania, Australia. The suburb is a very small area adjacent to the city on the same part of land as the Queens Domain, the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens and the Hobart Aquatic Centre."
"century of film in New Zealand"" by Geoffrey Churchman etc. (1997, IPL Books, Wellington) Rudall Hayward Rudall Charles Victor Hayward (4 July 1900 – 29 May 1974) was a pioneer New Zealand filmmaker from the 1920s to the 1970s, who directed seven feature films and numerous others. Hayward was born in Wolverhampton, England, and died in Dunedin while promoting his last film. He was the son of Rudall and Adelina Hayward, who came to New Zealand in 1905. With Henry John Hayward (1866–1945) Rudall senior’s brother, his parents were involved with entertainment and silent cinema in New Zealand, in West’s"
"not performed (""Everyone's"" 12 Oct. 1921, p. 20). Tauchert died of cancer on 27 November 1933, he was survived by his wife of 24 years Elizabeth and his 3 children. He was buried in Waverley Cemetery. Arthur Tauchert Arthur Michael Tauchert (pronounced ""Torcher"") (21 August 1877 – 27 November 1933) was an Australian acrobatic comedian, dancer, singer, film actor, and star of the Australian silent movie, ""The Sentimental Bloke"" (1919). Born in the inner Sydney suburb of Waterloo on 21 August 1877, Tauchert's career as an entertainer began in the early 1900s as a vaudeville comedian and over the next"
"career, he would appear in over 130 films, mostly in supporting or smaller roles. He is best known for his work on the Sherlock Holmes franchise of the late 1930s and 1940s, beginning with 1939's ""The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes"". He would die of a heart attack on 16 March 1949, shortly after completing the filming of ""That Forsyte Woman"", which would be released later that year. Leyland Hodgson Leyland Hodgson (5 October 1892 – 16 March 1949), also known as Leland Hodgson, was an English-born American character actor of the 1930s and 1940s. Born in London on 5 October"
"Waverley Cemetery. Arthur Shirley Arthur Shirley (31 August 1886 – 24 November 1967) was an Australian actor, writer, producer and director of theatre and film. He was one of the first Australians to enjoy success as a film actor in Hollywood. Born Henry Raymond Shirley in Hobart to civil servant Henry Shirley and Sarah Ann, ""née"" Morton, he was baptised Arthur and attended Catholic schools. He then worked for Tattersall's Lottery and as a junior solicitor's clerk, when at age sixteen he decided to join a semi-professional troupe of entertainers which toured Tasmania in a two horse caravan. In 1904"
"she was again in the news following a dispute over money after a divorce from aspiring politician Edmund R. Bohan. She died in her apartment in the Royalton Hotel, New York City on June 7 1943, as a result of a heart attack. Sylvia Breamer Sylvia Breamer (9 June 1897 – 7 June 1943) was an Australian-born actress who performed in American silent motion pictures beginning in 1917. She was born Sylvia Poppy Bremer in the Sydney suburb of Double Bay, to Frederick Glasse Bremer and Jessie née Platt. From a young age she trained for the stage with Walter"
"Henry Vibart Henry Vibart (25 December 1863 – August 30, 1943) was a Scottish stage and film actor, active from the 1880s until the early 1930s. He appeared in many theatrical roles in the UK and overseas, and featured in over 70 films of the silent era. Vibart's prolific stage career began in 1886. Over the decades worked alongside some of the biggest names of British theatre, and toured extensively in the United States, Australia and New Zealand. Vibart gained a reputation as an exceptionally reliable actor, and it was noted on the occasion of his 10,000th stage appearance in"
"William Desmond Taylor William Desmond Taylor (born William Cunningham Deane-Tanner, 26 April 1872 – 1 February 1922) was an Anglo-Irish-American director and actor. A popular figure in the growing Hollywood motion picture colony of the 1910s and early 1920s, he directed 59 silent films between 1914 and 1922 and acted in 27 between 1913 and 1915. Taylor's murder on 1 February 1922, along with other Hollywood scandals, such as the Roscoe Arbuckle trial, led to a frenzy of sensationalist and often fabricated newspaper reports. The murder remains an official cold case. William Cunningham Deane-Tanner was born into the Anglo-Irish gentry"