Gordon Collingridge Explained

Gordon Collingridge was an Australian actor during the silent film era. He played many matinee idol type roles, most notably for director Beaumont Smith and opposite Louise Lovely in Jewelled Nights (1925).^[1] Lovely called him "the male screen star to the manner born."^[2]

He had spent a number of years working on Queensland stations.^[3]

Selected filmography

• Circumstance (1922)
• Townies and Hayseeds (1923)
• Prehistoric Hayseeds (1923)
• The Dingo (1923)
• The Digger Earl (1924)
• Dope (1924)
• Joe (1924)
• Jewelled Nights (1925)
• Hills of Hate (1926)
• The Romance of Runnibede (1928)
• Trooper O'Brien (1928)

External links

• • Biographical cuttings at National Library of Australia

Notes and References

1. News: "JEWELLED NIGHTS". . . Burnie, Tas. . 5 March 1925 . 29 September 2013 . 2 . National Library of Australia.
2. News: Advertising. . . 12 February 1926 . 29 September 2013 . 2 . National Library of Australia.
3. News: Saddle to Steering Wheel. . . Sydney . 23 March 1924 . 29 September 2013 . 20 . National Library of Australia.