John Cosgrove (1867 – 11 August 1925) was an Australian male actor, writer and director who worked in theatre and films during the silent era. He sometimes collaborated with Bland Holt.Shoesmith, Dennis, 'Holt, Joseph Thomas (Bland) (1851–1942)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, accessed 9 September 2011.Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 106.
Personal life 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.Jenny Rudd O'Neill, 'The Flying Cosgroves' (Jenny Rudd O'Neill, Seaforth, 1996)
Filmography The Luck of Roaring Camp (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 (1919) Barry Butts In (1919) The Man from Snowy River (1920) Silks and Saddles (1921) – also story Possum Paddock (1921) The Betrayer (1921) The Queen of Sheba (1921) The Guyra Ghost Mystery (1921) – also directed While the Billy Boils (1921) The Gentleman Bushranger (1921) Sunshine Sally (1922) – script
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External links
John Cosgrove at National Film and Sound Archive Some John Cosgrove Australian theatre credits at AusStage