Stan Tolhurst

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Stan 'Stanley' Tolhurst (* 20th century) is an Australian actor , film producer and filmmaker.

Life

Tolhurst worked as a dancer on stage before providing humorous contributions to newsreels for Cinesound Productions. He also worked as a producer and ran a film studio with George Hughes.

In the 1933 film drama The Hayseeds , Tolhurst made his film debut in the role of Sam. He worked on two popular Australian films of the 1940s: The Great Drifting of 1946 and The Children of Mara-Mara from 1947. He not only played a role in the adventure film Phantom Gold from 1937, but also worked alongside Rupert Kathner as a producer on. In 1951, Tolhurst played a blacksmith in what was one of the worst films of all time in Australia about the bush ranger Ned Kelly entitled The Glenrowan Affair . In 1952 he played in a film for the last time; He had a small role as a police officer in Lewis Milestone's adventure drama Law of the Whip . Maureen O'Hara and Peter Lawford played the leading roles .

Filmography

  • 1933: The Hayseeds
  • 1935: The Burgomeister
  • 1937: Phantom Gold (also producer)
  • 1938: Let George Do It
  • 1938: This Place Australia (short film, producer)
  • 1938: Below the Surface (also producer)
  • 1946: The big buzz ( The Overlanders )
  • 1947: The Children of Mara-Mara ( Bush Christmas )
  • 1951: The Glenrowan Affair
  • 1952: Law of the Whip ( Kangaroo )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Stanley Tolhurst In: National Fil & Sound Archive, accessed December 30, 2015.
  2. ↑ MA Beckingsale: Ambitioous film project at Australians In: The Australian Women's Weekly (1933–1982), September 27, 1947, accessed December 30, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Tolhurst, Stan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tolhurst, Stanley (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian film actor, film producer and filmmaker
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century