Alfred Rolfe (director)

Alfred Rolfe, real name Alfred Rokker (1862– 9 September 1943), was an Australian film director and actor. He started as an actor, appearing in the company of Alfred Dampier when he married Dampier's daughter Lily. After Dampier's death, he and Lily toured with Philip Lytton's company.

In 1910 Rolfe received an offer to direct three films for Charles Cozens Spencer, all adaptations of productions performed by his father-in-law's company. After this, he went to work for Stanley Crick at the Australian Photo-Play Company, for whom he made an estimated 25 features.

From 1915 to 1916 he worked for Australasian Films, directing shorts, industrial films and features. He eventually retired from show business and became involved in amateur athletics.

Select Filmography

• Captain Midnight, the Bush King (1911)
• Captain Starlight, or Gentleman of the Road (1911)
• The Life of Rufus Dawes (1911)
• Moora Neya, or The Message of the Spear (1911)
• The Lady Outlaw (1911)
• Mates of the Murrumbidgee (1911)
• In the Nick of Time (1911)
• Way Outback (1911)
• What Women Suffer (1911)
• The Cup Winner (1911)
• Caloola, or The Adventures of a Jackeroo (1911)
• The Miner's Curse (1911)
• King of the Coiners (1912)
• Do Men Love Women? (1912)
• The Sin of a Woman (1912)
• The Crime and the Criminal (1912)
• Cooee and the Echo (1912)
• The Love Tyrant (1912)
• The Cheat (1912)
• Won on the Post (1912)
• Whose Was the Hand? (1912)
• The Moira, or Mystery of the Bush (1912)
• The Day (1914)
• The Hero of the Dardanelles (1915)
• The Sunny South or The Whirlwind of Fate (1915)
• The Loyal Rebel (1915)
• How We Fought the Emden (1915)
• Cupid Camouflaged (1918)

External links

• Alfred Rolfe at IMDb
• Alfred Rolfe at the National Film and Sound Archive
• Alfred Rolfe's Australian theatre credits at Ausstage