Augustus Neville
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Augustus Neville was a New Zealand-born actor who appeared in a number of the early films for director Raymond Longford but was best known for his stage career in Australia, particularly in works by William Shakespeare.[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16533531 "MUSIC AND DRAMA." The Sydney Morning Herald 23 Feb 1929: 12] accessed 14 Dec 2011 He worked for many years with Alfred Dampier and Allan Wilkie.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article103847467 |title=Roland McCarty Presents Augustus Neville. |newspaper=The Catholic Press |location=NSW |date=19 February 1931 |accessdate=20 February 2014 |page=26 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}
Selected Credits
- For the Term of His Natural Life (1908)
- Captain Starlight, or Gentleman of the Road (1911)
- The Romantic Story of Margaret Catchpole (1911)
- Sweet Nell of Old Drury (1911){{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article128376848 |title=It All Began With a Feature Movie On The Kelly Gang. |newspaper=The News |location=Adelaide |date=16 November 1946 |accessdate=20 February 2014 |page=2 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}
- The Tide of Death (1912)
- The Midnight Wedding (1912)
- The Murder of Captain Fryatt (1917)
- The Pioneers (1926){{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16297143 |title=NEW FILMS. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=7 June 1926 |accessdate=20 February 2014 |page=5 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0627427}}
- [http://www.ausstage.edu.au/indexdrilldown.jsp?xcid=59&f_contrib_id=231506&f_event_id=27024 Australian stage credits] at AusStage
- [https://archive.today/20121128021111/http://colsearch.nfsa.gov.au/nfsa/search/summary/summary.w3p;adv=;group=;groupequals=;page=0;parentid=;query=Person:%22/Person/key/21191-1%22;querytype=;resCount=10 Augustus Neville] at National Film and Sound Archive
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Category:20th-century Australian male actors
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Category:New Zealand expatriates in Australia
Category:Australian male silent film actors
Category:Australian male stage actors
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