John Cosgrove was an Australian actor, writer and director who worked in theatre and films during the silent era. He sometimes collaborated with Bland Holt

Bland Holt

Bland Holt, born Joseph Thomas Holt, was a comedian and theatrical producer, active in Australia.Holt was the son of Joseph Frederick Holt and his first wife Marie, née Brown...

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Cosgrove had a turbulent personal life. He would borrow money so often he was nicknamed "The Great Australian Bite". His first daughter died when a few days old. Another daughter, Noel, died of tuberculosis at the age of nineteen. His son Bill died in a plane crash in 1943.

Filmography

• The Luck of Roaring Camp
  The Luck of Roaring Camp
  "The Luck of Roaring Camp" is a short story by American author Bret Harte. It was first published in the August 1868 issue of the Overland Monthly and helped push Harte to international prominence....
  
  (1911)
• The Right to Love (1915)
• The Noon Hour (1915)
• The Turning Point (1915)
• For Love of Mary Ellen (1915)
• Queen of the Band (1915)
• The Ever Living Isles (1915)
• The Wayward Son (1915)
• Desert Gold
  Desert Gold (1919 film)
  Desert Gold is a 1919 Australian horse racing melodrama from director Beaumont Smith. -External links:* in the Internet Movie Database...
  
  (1919)
• Barry Butts In
  Barry Butts In
  Barry Butts In is a 1919 Australian film comedy from director Beaumont Smith about a boy from the country who succeeds in romancing the girl of his dreams. The film was a vehicle for vaudeville star Barry Lupino, uncle of Ida Lupino, who was then touring Australia.-External links:* in the Internet...
  
  (1919)
• The Man from Snowy River
  The Man from Snowy River (1920 film)
  The Man from Snowy River is a 1920 film made in Australia. The film was silent and filmed in black and white, and was based on the Banjo Paterson poem of the same name....
  
  (1920)
• Silks and Saddles
  Silks and Saddles
  Silks and Saddles is a 1921 Australian / American film set in the world of horse racing directed by John K. Wells.The film is also known as Queen o' Turf or Queen of the Turf in the USA.- Plot summary :...
  
  (1921) - also story
• Possum Paddock
  Possum Paddock
  Possum Paddock is a 1921 Australian film based on a popular play by Kate Howarde. The story concerns a bushman who has to sell off a paddock to pay for his bank loan and his daughter, who is torn between two men.-External links:* at IMDB...
  
  (1921)
• The Betrayer (1921)
• The Queen of Sheba (1921)
• The Guyra Ghost Mystery
  The Guyra Ghost Mystery
  The Guyra Ghost Mystery is a 1921 Australian film written and directed by John Cosgrove. It was based on the real-life 1921 mystery of the Guyra Ghost.-External links:* at IMDB* at National Film and Sound Archive...
  
  (1921) - also directed
• While the Billy Boils
  While the Billy Boils
  While the Billy Boils is a 1921 Australian film from director Beaumont Smith which adapts several stories from Henry Lawson. Lawson himself appears in a brief prologue.-External links:* in the Internet Movie Database...
  
  (1921)
• The Gentleman Bushranger
  The Gentleman Bushranger
  The Gentleman Bushranger is a 1921 Australian film melodrama from director Beaumont Smith. Bushranging films were banned at the time but Smith got around this by making the plot about a man falsely accused of being a bushranger.-Cast:*Dot McConville...
  
  (1921)
• Sunshine Sally
  Sunshine Sally
  Sunshine Sally is a 1922 Australian silent film directed by Lawson Harris set in the Sydney suburb of Woolloomooloo.-External links:* at National Film and Sound Archive...
  
  (1922)

External Links

• John Cosgrove at IMDB
• John Cosgrove 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...
  
  
• Some John Cosgrove 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...