John Cazabon
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John F Cazabon was an Australia
n actor born in Hertford
, England
.
His parents were Albert Cazabon (1883–1970), a noted violinist and from 1927–36 musical director of Prince Edward Theatre orchestra and Mrs Albert Cazabon (née Norah Delaney), a professional actor born in Australia, who became active again with Pickwick Theatre Group
around 1934 with his older sister Norah (often spelled Nora) He also had a younger brother Robert Brendan (b. 1919?), who was killed in action in 1941.
John and his sister Norah were members of Doris Fitton
's Independent Theatre
in 1935 before joining Beryl Bryant
's group.
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 actor born in Hertford
Hertford
Hertford is the county town of Hertfordshire, England, and is also a civil parish in the East Hertfordshire district of the county. Forming a civil parish, the 2001 census put the population of Hertford at about 24,180. Recent estimates are that it is now around 28,000...
, England
England
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His parents were Albert Cazabon (1883–1970), a noted violinist and from 1927–36 musical director of Prince Edward Theatre orchestra and Mrs Albert Cazabon (née Norah Delaney), a professional actor born in Australia, who became active again with Pickwick Theatre Group
Independent Theatre
The Independent Theatre was a dramatic society founded in 1930 by Doris Fitton , and was also the name given to the building it occupied from 1938. It was named for London's Independent Theatre Society founded by J. T...
around 1934 with his older sister Norah (often spelled Nora) He also had a younger brother Robert Brendan (b. 1919?), who was killed in action in 1941.
John and his sister Norah were members of Doris Fitton
Doris Fitton
Doris Alice Fitton Mason, DBE was an Australian actress and theatrical director who founded and for 35 years headed Sydney's Independent Theatre, staging a diverse range of local and international dramas, many for the first time in Australia, including Sumner Locke-Elliott's wartime comedy, Rusty...
's Independent Theatre
Independent Theatre
The Independent Theatre was a dramatic society founded in 1930 by Doris Fitton , and was also the name given to the building it occupied from 1938. It was named for London's Independent Theatre Society founded by J. T...
in 1935 before joining Beryl Bryant
Beryl Bryant
Beryl Annear Bryant was an Australian stage actress and theatrical producer born in America who was active in the 1930s and 1940s. She was responsible for first bringing the plays of Patrick White to the stage...
's group.
Writer
- Good Catch (musical) with George S. English
- Stranger Walk In (comedy in three acts) at Bryant's Playhouse
Radio
- The First Gentleman 1949 with Robert MorleyRobert MorleyRobert Adolph Wilton Morley, CBE was an English actor who, often in supporting roles, was usually cast as a pompous English gentleman representing the Establishment...
and Queenie AshtonQueenie AshtonEdith "Queenie" Ashton AM was an English-born Australian soprano and character actress who had a long career primarily on radio, although she was also a renowned theatre actress, who also added television and film performances to her impressive repertoire... - Mary Livingstone MD. (drama serial) as Russ Livingstone
- Journey Into SpaceJourney Into SpaceJourney Into Space is a BBC Radio science fiction programme, written by BBC producer Charles Chilton. It was the last radio programme in the UK to attract a bigger evening audience than television...
for BBC RadioBBC RadioBBC Radio is a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation which has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a Royal Charter since 1927. For a history of BBC radio prior to 1927 see British Broadcasting Company...
Screen career
- Eureka StockadeEureka Stockade (film)Eureka Stockade is a 1949 British film of the story surrounding Peter Lalor and the gold miners' rebellion of 1854 at the Eureka Stockade in Ballarat, Victoria...
(1949) - Curtain UpCurtain UpCurtain Up is a 1952 British film directed by Ralph Smart, written by Jack Davies and Philip King. It is based on the play Sunday for Seven Days by Philip King.-Plot:...
(1952) - MandyMandy (film)Mandy was a 1952 Ealing Studios film, based on the book The Day Is Ours by Hilda Lewis, with screenplay by Nigel Balchin and Jack Whittingham, and direction by Alexander Mackendrick and Fred Sears. Another title for the film was Crash of Silence...
(1952) - The Queen in Australia (1954) (commentary)
- The Shiralee (1957)
- The Snake WomanThe Snake WomanThe Snake Woman is a 1961 British horror film directed by Sidney J. Furie and starring Susan Travers, John McCarthy.-Cast:* Susan Travers as Atheris* John McCarthy as Charles Prentice* Geoffrey Denton as Colonel Clyde Wynborn...
(1961) - Mary Had a Little...Mary Had a Little...Mary Had a Little... is a 1961 British comedy film directed by Edward Buzzell and starring Agnès Laurent, Hazel Court and Jack Watling. It takes its title from the nursery rhyme Mary Had a Little Lamb, and is sometimes credited as Britain's first sex comedy....
(1961)
Recognotion
- Macquarie Award 1948 for part in radio play Sleeping Clergyman
- Macquarie Award 1950 for part in comedy