Campbell Copelin was an English-born actor, who moved to Australia in the 1920s and worked extensively in film, theatre, radio and television. He had a notable association with J.C. Williamson Ltd and frequently collaborated with F.W. Thring and Frank Harvey

Frank Harvey (Australian screenwriter)

Frank Harvey was an English-born actor, producer and writer best known for his work in Australia.-Biography:...

. He often played villains.

Criminal History

On the night of March 18, 1931 Copelin took a ₤1,000 plane out for a joyride in Melbourne and crashed it into Sandridge golf links, causing him to spend several months in hospital. He was charged with stealing the plane but these charges were later withdrawn on the basis that he had suffered enough through his injuries.

In 1933 Copelin was arrested and fined for stealing a police bicycle.

Selected filmography

• Two Minutes Silence
  Two Minutes Silence (1933 film)
  Two Minutes Silence is a 1933 Australian melodrama set during World War I. It was the fourth and last feature film from the McDonagh sisters. It is considered a lost film.-External links:* in the Internet Movie Database...
  
  (1933)
• Clara Gibbings
  Clara Gibbings
  Clara Gibbings is a 1934 Australian film directed by F.W. Thring about the owner of a London pub who discovers she is the daughter of an earl. It was a vehicle for stage star Dorothy Brunton.-Synopsis:...
  
  (1934)
• Sheepmates
  Sheepmates
  Sheepmates was a proposed Australian film from director F.W. Thring based on a 1931 novel by William Hatfield. Filming began in 1933. After shooting some studio scenes, the crew departed to the Queensland and South Australian border for six weeks of filming around various cattle stations...
  
  (1934) - abandoned
• A Ticket in Tatts
  A Ticket in Tatts (1934 film)
  A Ticket in Tatts is a 1934 musical comedy starring popular stage comedian George Wallace as an accident-prone stablehand. It was the last of three films Wallace made for F. W. Thring.-Cast:*George Wallace*Frank Harvey-External links:...
  
  (1934)
• The Streets of London
  The Streets of London (1934 film)
  The Streets of London is a 1934 Australian film directed by F.W. Thring. It was a filmed version of a play by Dion Boucicault which Thring had produced on stage the previous year.-Cast:*Frank Harvey as Badger*Ethel Newman as Mrs Fairweather...
  
  (1934)
• It Isn't Done
  It Isn't Done
  It Isn't Done is a 1937 comedy about an Australian grazier who inherits a baronacy.-Production:The film was based on an original story by Kellaway which he had written in between acts while performing in White Horse Inn on stage. Hall liked the basic idea but said Kellaway was unable to put it...
  
  (1937)
• Tall Timbers
  Tall Timbers (1937 film)
  -Production:It was based on an original story by Frank Hurley which was rewritten by Frank Harvey. Hall claims it had no connection with the 1926 film Tall Timber, which he had never seen. He also said the resulting movie was "weak as hell"....
  
  (1937)
• Typhoon Treasure
  Typhoon Treasure
  Typhoon Treasure is a 1938 Australian adventure film directed by Noel Monkman set in New Guinea although shot on the Great Barrier Reef and the Queensland coast...
  
  (1938)
• Lovers and Luggers
  Lovers and Luggers
  Lovers and Luggers is a 1937 adventure melodrama about a pianist who goes to Thursday Island to retrieve a valuable pearl.-Production:The script was based on a novel by Gurney Slade which was set in Broome and adapted by Frank Harvey...
  
  (1938)

External links

• Campbell Copelin Australian theatre credits at Ausstage
• Campbell Copelin items at National Film and Sound Archive
  National Film and Sound Archive
  The 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...