Dick Cruikshanks
Appearance
Dick Cruikshanks was an actor and director in South Africa born in 1874 and died on March 3, 1947.[1]
His work includes five short comedies filmed in 1917, three of them with African actors.[2]
Partial filmography
Actor
- De Voortrekkers (1916) as Piet Retief
- Swallow (1918 film) as Jan Botmar[3]
Director
- The Major's Dilemma (1917)
- The Mealie Kids (1917)
- The Piccanini's Christmas (1917)
- Zulu-Town-Comedies (1917)
- Bond and Word (1918)
- The Bridge (1918)
- Fallen Leaves (1919)
- Prester John (1920)
- The Vulture's Prey (1921)[4]
- The Blue Lagoon (1923 film)
References
- ^ "Dick Cruikshanks". IMDb.
- ^ Parsons, Neil (2016). "Make faces, Zulu! Make faces, Zulu! Silent comedy and ethnic stereotyping in early South African movies, 1916–1921". Journal of African Cinemas. 8 (2): 133–154. doi:10.1386/jac.8.2.133_1 – via ResearchGate.
- ^ "Dick Cruikshanks". BFI.
- ^ Botha, Martin (1 January 2013). South African Cinema 1896-2010. Intellect Books. ISBN 9781783203307 – via Google Books.