Claude Flemming was an Australian actor, writer, producer and director of theatre and film. He acted in productions of Shakespeare for George Rignold

George Rignold

George Richard Rignold, born George Richard Rignall, was an English-born actor, active in Australia.-Early life:...

's company in Sydney in 1903, and became a music comedy specialist.

He worked in Australia, Britain and America, including a stint as a voice coach in Hollywood during the early years of sound films and as a company director for Efftee Studios

Efftee Studios

Efftee Studios was established by F.W. Thring in 1930.In 1931 the first commercially viable Australian made sound feature film, Diggers, was produced by Efftee Films in Melbourne using optical sound equipment imported from the USA.Efftee was also the first licensee of Melbourne radio station 3XY...

. He directed The Magic Shoes

The Magic Shoes

The Magic Shoes is a 1935 Australian short film based on the fairy tale Cinderella. It features the first screen performance by Peter Finch and Helen Hughes, daughter of former Prime Minister William Hughes and was the first dramatised movie to be shot at the National Studios, built to make The...

(1935), the first screen performance of Peter Finch

Peter Finch

Peter Finch was a British-born Australian actor. He is best remembered for his role as "crazed" television anchorman Howard Beale in the film Network, which earned him a posthumous Academy Award for Best Actor, his fifth Best Actor award from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, and a...

.

His last stage work in Australia was as an actor during the three-year run of Annie Get Your Gun

Annie Get Your Gun

Annie Get Your Gun may refer to:*Annie Get Your Gun , a 1946 musical play*Annie Get Your Gun , a 1950 film version of the 1946 musical*Annie Get Your Gun , 1946, with Ethel Merman and Ray Middleton...

from 1947-50.

Filmography

• Trilby
  Trilby
  A trilby hat is a type of fedora. The trilby is viewed as the rich man's favored hat; it is commonly called the "brown trilby" in England and is much seen at the horse races. It is described as a "crumpled" fedora...
  
  (1917) - actor
• The Lure of the Bush
  The Lure of the Bush
  The Lure of the Bush is a 1918 Australian silent film starring renowned Australian sportsman Snowy Baker.-External links:* at the National Film and Sound Archive...
  
  (1918) - director, actor
• ₤500 Reward
  ₤500 Reward
  -External links:* at National Film and Sound Archive...
  
  (1918) - director, actor
• 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) (uncompleted film) - actor
• Dear Old London
  Dear Old London
  Dear Old London is a 1933 Australian short film directed by Claude Flemming for Efftee Studios. It is a travelogue of London.-External links:* at National Film and Sound Archive...
  
  (1933) (short) - director
• The Magic Shoes
  The Magic Shoes
  The Magic Shoes is a 1935 Australian short film based on the fairy tale Cinderella. It features the first screen performance by Peter Finch and Helen Hughes, daughter of former Prime Minister William Hughes and was the first dramatised movie to be shot at the National Studios, built to make The...
  
  (1935) (short) - director

External Links

• Claude Flemming at IMDB
• Claude Flemming 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...
  
  
• Claude Flemming's Australian theatre credits at Ausstage
  Ausstage
  AusStage is an online database which records information about live performances in Australia. It provides records of productions from the beginnings of theatre in Australia up to today...