Arthur Shirley

Arthur Shirley was born on the 12^th August 1886; he died on the 24^th November 1967. He was an Australian actor, writer, producer and a director of film and theatre. He was one of the members of the country to enjoy success as an actor in the Hollywood.

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Arthur Shirley was born Henry Raymond Shirley in Hobart to civil servant Henry Shirley and Sarah Ann, née Morton. When he was 6 years of age, he joined the semi-professional troupe of entertainers that travelled to Tasmania in a two horse caravan.

He moved to the city of Melbourne in the year 1904. His first role in the theatre of the country was a three-line part in Sweet Nell of Old Drury in the year 1905. He spent the next 2 years moving from Victoria and NSW with the company called John Cosgrove Company. He announced he was going to appeared in a play written specially for him.

He got married to a New Zealand singer called Ellen Newcomb Hall at St Mary's Cathedral in Sydney on the 22^nd December 1913; they separated in the year 1920 and divorced in the year 1940.

In June of the year 1914, Arthur Shirley together with the wife moved to the United States and it was there that he was signed by Kalem Company and Universal Studios. He played major roles in American movies like One Man's Evil in the year 1915), Bawb O' Blue Ridge in the year 1916, The Fall of a Nation in the year 1916 and Branding Broadway in 1918.

He moved back to Sydney in April 1920 to found his own movie company and he finally set up as Rose Bay having the Slogan Moving Pictures Made in Australia for the World. He started with the movie called The Throwback, but could not complete it.

He moved to London in the year 1927 and there he tried exhibiting his directorial skills to United Kingdom audiences, but he was not given the chance until he completed the payment of the requisite duty. He did not have the money so this never happened.

Arthur Shirley got married to Frances Clayton in the year 1934 after he believed his first wife to be dead. He moved back to Sydney alone in August of that same year.

He adopted a son in the year 1940 and contested the 1943 federal election as an independent candidate for East Sydney but he never won. Arthur Shirley dedicated hi retirement to archeology and ancient Egypt.

Arthur Shirley died at Rose Bay in the year 1967 and was buried at Waverley Cemetery.

Credits

Theatre

Ø  Sweet Nell of Old Drury (1905) - with Nellie Stewart

Ø  The Monk and the Woman (1912)

Ø  The Cowboy and the Squaw (1913)

Ø  The Night Side of London (1913)

Ø  The Road to Ruin (1913)

Ø  The Monk and the Woman (1913, revival)

Ø  A Girl's Temptation (1913)

Ø  The Sentimental Bloke (1922–23) - with Bert Bailey

Ø  Sweet Nell of Old Drury (1926, revival)

Films

As an Actor

Ø  1934 Pursued as Officer (uncredited)

Ø  1934 Murder in Trinidad as Customs Doctor (uncredited)

Ø  1931 The Champion (Short)

Ø  1926 The Sealed Room as Paul Craig

Ø  1925 The Mystery of a Hansom Cab

Ø  1920 The Triflers as Mr. Holbrook

Ø  1919 Roped as Ferdie Van Duzen

Ø  1918 Branding Broadway as Larry Harrington

Ø  1918 Modern Love as George Addison

Ø  1917 Bab the Fixer as Richard Sterling

Ø  1917 Betty Be Good as Jimmy Madison

Ø  1917 A Bit of Kindling as James Morgan

Ø  1917 Bawbs o' the Blue Ridge as Ralph Gunther

Ø  1917 The Wildcat as Morftimer Hunt

Ø  1916 The Valiants of Virginia as John Valiant

Ø  1916 The Fall of a Nation as John Vassar

Ø  1915 Stronger Than Death (Short) as John Henshaw

Ø  1915 The Terrible Truth (Short) as Tom Sanford

Ø  1915 Under a Shadow (Short) as Mr. Irving

Ø  1915 The Millionaire Paupers (Short) as Allen Winthrop

Ø  1915 Lon of Lone Mountain (Short) as The New Schoolmaster

Ø  1915 A Mother's Atonement (Short) as James Hilton

Ø  1915 Alas and Alack (Short) as The Man of Wealth and the Prince

Ø  1915 The Fascination of the Fleur de Lis (Short) as Antone Gerome

Ø  1915 The Pine's Revenge (Short) as Dick Rance

Ø  1915/I Quits (Short) as John Sloan - the Sheriff

Ø  1915 Mountain Justice (Short) as Angus McDonald

Ø  1915 Betty's Bondage (Short) as Martin Dane

Ø  1915 Bound on the Wheel as Hans

Ø  1915 Vanity (Short) as James Gordon

Ø  1915 One Man's Evil (Short) as The Sheriff

Ø  1914 The Shepherd of the Southern Cross as Devon Collins

Ø  1914 The Silence of Dean Maitland as Doctor Henry Everard

As a Director

Ø   1926 The Sealed Room

Ø   1925 The Mystery of a Hansom Cab