Arthur Tauchert
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Arthur Michael Tauchert was an Australian actor best known for playing the title role in The Sentimental Bloke
(1919), which made him one of the most popular Australian screen stars of the 1920s. He also worked extensively on stage, particularly in vaudeville.
The Sentimental Bloke
The Sentimental Bloke is an Australian silent film based on the 1915 poem The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke by C.J. Dennis.The film, from the Southern Cross Feature Film Company of Adelaide, was made by Raymond Longford and Lottie Lyell, at that time the best known partnership in Australian cinema...
(1919), which made him one of the most popular Australian screen stars of the 1920s. He also worked extensively on stage, particularly in vaudeville.
Selected filmography
- Charlie at the Sydney Show (1916) - short
- The Sentimental BlokeThe Sentimental BlokeThe Sentimental Bloke is an Australian silent film based on the 1915 poem The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke by C.J. Dennis.The film, from the Southern Cross Feature Film Company of Adelaide, was made by Raymond Longford and Lottie Lyell, at that time the best known partnership in Australian cinema...
(1919) - Ginger MickGinger MickGinger Mick is a 1920 Australian silent film directed by Raymond Longford based on The Moods of Ginger Mick by C.J. Dennis. It is a sequel to The Sentimental Bloke and is considered a lost film.-External links:...
(1920) - The Dinkum BlokeThe Dinkum BlokeThe Dinkum Bloke is a 1923 Australian silent film directed by Raymond Longford. Despite the title and the presence of Arthur Tauchert and Lottie Lyell in the cast, the film is not a direct sequel to The Sentimental Bloke .-External links:...
(1923) - The Digger EarlThe Digger EarlThe Digger Earl is a 1924 Australian film comedy from director Beaumont Smith. The plot is about a typical Australian who takes the place of an earl. Only part of the film survives today.-External links:* in the Internet Movie Database...
(1923) - JoeJoe (1924 film)Joe is a 1924 Australian film comedy from director Beaumont Smith based on the stories of Henry Lawson. It was the film debut of Marie Lorraine, one of the famous McDonagh sisters....
(1924) - Odds On (1929)
- FellersFellers (1930 film)Fellers is a 1930 Australian comedy about three friends in the Australian Light Horse during the Palestine Campaign of World War I starring Arthur Tauchert, who was the lead in The Sentimental Bloke . The film is partly silent with some sound sequences. It is considered a Lost film.-External...
(1930) - Showgirl's LuckShowgirl's LuckShowgirl's Luck is a 1931 Australian musical directed by Norman Dawn. It was the first Australian full talking film.-External links:* in the Internet Movie Database* at National Film and Sound Archive...
(1931).
External links
- Arthur Tauchert at Australian Dictionary of BiographyAustralian Dictionary of BiographyThe Australian Dictionary of Biography is a national, co-operative enterprise, founded and maintained by the Australian National University to produce authoritative biographical articles on eminent people in Australia's history....
- Arthur Tauchert at National Film and Sound ArchiveNational Film and Sound ArchiveThe National Film and Sound Archive is Australia’s audiovisual archive, responsible for developing, preserving, maintaining, promoting and providing access to a national collection of audiovisual materials and related items...
- Arthur Tauchert at Australian Variety Archive
- Tribute to Arthur Tauchert by CJ Dennis