Albert Edward Bailey (11 June 1868 â€" 30 March 1953), better known as
Bert Bailey, was a New Zealand-born Australian writer, theatrical
manager and actor best known for playing Dad Rudd on stage and
screen.Bailey was born in Auckland, New Zealand, the second son of
farmer Christopher Bailey and Harriette Adelaide. His parents divorced
and Bailey's mother moved with him to Sydney when he was six months
old. She remarried in 1879 and went on to become a noted retailer,
establishing the firm McCathie's.Bailey was educated at Crown Street
School and Cleveland Street Public School. He decided not to go into
the family business and worked as a telegram boy and at a floor
manager at Crystal Palace skating rink. At age fifteen he went into
vaudeville as a tambourine player and vocalist at Canterbury Music
Hall in George Street, Sydney.In 1889 he joined the touring theatrical
company of Edmund Duggan, playing a wide variety of roles throughout
Australia. In 1900 he and Duggan joined the company of noted theatre
producer William Anderson, who was Duggan's brother-in-law.
Bert Bailey, was a New Zealand-born Australian writer, theatrical
manager and actor best known for playing Dad Rudd on stage and
screen.Bailey was born in Auckland, New Zealand, the second son of
farmer Christopher Bailey and Harriette Adelaide. His parents divorced
and Bailey's mother moved with him to Sydney when he was six months
old. She remarried in 1879 and went on to become a noted retailer,
establishing the firm McCathie's.Bailey was educated at Crown Street
School and Cleveland Street Public School. He decided not to go into
the family business and worked as a telegram boy and at a floor
manager at Crystal Palace skating rink. At age fifteen he went into
vaudeville as a tambourine player and vocalist at Canterbury Music
Hall in George Street, Sydney.In 1889 he joined the touring theatrical
company of Edmund Duggan, playing a wide variety of roles throughout
Australia. In 1900 he and Duggan joined the company of noted theatre
producer William Anderson, who was Duggan's brother-in-law.
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