Joe Valli
Encyclopedia
Joe Valli was a Scottish
actor, who worked for many years in Australia
n vaudeville
and film. He had a long-running vaudeville partnership with Pat Hanna
, Chic and Joe.
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
actor, who worked for many years in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n vaudeville
Vaudeville
Vaudeville was a theatrical genre of variety entertainment in the United States and Canada from the early 1880s until the early 1930s. Each performance was made up of a series of separate, unrelated acts grouped together on a common bill...
and film. He had a long-running vaudeville partnership with Pat Hanna
Pat Hanna
Pat Hanna born George Patrick Hanna 18 March 1888 Whitianga New Zealand died 24 October 1973 Ampthill, Bedfordshire England was a New Zealand soldier of the First World War who entertained postwar audiences with Digger travelling stage shows and films....
, Chic and Joe.
Selected filmography
- DiggersDiggers (1931 film)Diggers is a 1931 Australian film directed by F.W. Thring starring popular stage comedian Pat Hanna. Based on Hanna's stage show, it concerns the adventures of Australian soldiers during World War I. The film consists of three separate episodes....
(1931) - Waltzing MatildaWaltzing Matilda (1933 film)- Cast :*Pat Hanna*Coral Browne *Norman French *Joan Lang *Nellie Mortyne *Dorothy Parnham *Joe Valli*George Moon...
(1933) - Diggers in BlightyDiggers in BlightyDiggers in Blighty is a 1933 Australian film starring and directed by Pat Hanna. Hanna decided to direct this film himself after being unhappy with how F.W...
(1933) - HeritageHeritage (film)Heritage is a 1935 Australian historical film directed by Charles Chauvel.-Production:Heritage was originally conceived in 1933, while Charles Chauvel was organising publicity for his previous film, In the Wake of the Bounty. The Australian government, in a bid to encourage the local film industry,...
(1935) - The Flying DoctorThe Flying DoctorThe Flying Doctor is a 1936 Australian-British drama film directed by Miles Mander and starring Charles Farrell, Mary Maguire and James Raglan. The Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia operate in the Australian Outback...
(1936) - Orphan of the WildernessOrphan of the WildernessOrphan of the Wilderness is a 1936 Australian feature film from director Ken G. Hall about the adventures of a boxing kangaroo. The film was banned in England because it depicted cruely to animals. It starred Brian Abbot who disappeared at sea not long after filming completed.-External links:* in...
(1936) - Tall TimbersTall 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) - Let George Do ItLet George Do It (1938 film)Let George Do It is a 1938 comedy starring popular stage comedian George Wallace. It was the first of two films Wallace made for Ken G. Hall at Cinesound Productions, the other one being Gone to the Dogs...
(1938) - Typhoon TreasureTyphoon TreasureTyphoon 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) - Dad Rudd, MPDad Rudd, MPDad Rudd, M.P. is a 1940 comedy that was the last of four films made by Ken G. Hall starring Bert Bailey as Dad Rudd. It was the last feature film directed by Hall prior to the war and the last made by Cinesound Productions, Bert Bailey and Frank Harvey....
(1940) - Forty Thousand HorsemenForty Thousand HorsemenForty Thousand Horsemen is a 1940 Australian war film directed by Charles Chauvel. The film tells the story of the Australian Light Horse cavalry which operated in the desert at the Sinai and Palestine Campaign during World War I. It follows the adventures of three rowdy heroes in fighting and...
(1940) - Racing LuckRacing LuckRacing Luck is a 1941 Australian comedy film directed by Rupert Kathner and starring Joe Valli, George Lloyd and Marshall Crosby. The jockey Darby Munro, who had a cameo as himself, described it as the best Australian film he had ever seen.-Cast:...
(1941) - The Power and the GloryThe Power and the Glory (1941 film)The Power and the Glory is a 1941 Australian war film about a Czech scientist who escapes from the Nazis to live in Australia. It features an early screen performance by Peter Finch....
(1941) - The Rats of TobrukThe Rats of Tobruk (1944 film)The Rats of Tobruk is a 1944 Australian film directed by Charles Chauvel. The film follows three drover friends who enlist in the Australian Army together during World War II. Their story is based on the siege of the Libyan city of Tobruk in North Africa by Rommel's Afrika Korps...
(1944) - Harvest GoldHarvest GoldHarvest Gold is a 1945 Australian film.- Cast :* Joe Valli as McDougal* Harry Abdy as Johnson* Tal Ordell as Mat* Leal Douglas as Mrs. McDougal* Ethel Lang as Mrs. Johnson...
(1945) - Smithy (1946)