Harry Southwell (born 1882, date of death unknown) was an Australian
actor, writer and film director best known for making films about Ned
Kelly. He was born in Cardiff, Wales and spent a couple of years in
America, where he adapted some short stories by O Henry into two reel
films. He worked for Vitagraph in the United States for five years,
then moved to Australia in 1919, where he used his experience as a
screenwriter to impress investors to back him making features. He set
up his own production company in Australia but few of his movies were
commercially successful.He returned to Europe in the 1920's, where he
made a British-Belgian film called The Bells (1925), with himself in
the lead role of Mathias the innkeeper. The film took five months to
shoot. He later returned to Australia in 1931, where he worked for
Australian Players. He made at least three Australian films about the
famous outlaw Ned Kelly, and near the end of his career remade The
Bells in 1935 as The Burgomeister.
actor, writer and film director best known for making films about Ned
Kelly. He was born in Cardiff, Wales and spent a couple of years in
America, where he adapted some short stories by O Henry into two reel
films. He worked for Vitagraph in the United States for five years,
then moved to Australia in 1919, where he used his experience as a
screenwriter to impress investors to back him making features. He set
up his own production company in Australia but few of his movies were
commercially successful.He returned to Europe in the 1920's, where he
made a British-Belgian film called The Bells (1925), with himself in
the lead role of Mathias the innkeeper. The film took five months to
shoot. He later returned to Australia in 1931, where he worked for
Australian Players. He made at least three Australian films about the
famous outlaw Ned Kelly, and near the end of his career remade The
Bells in 1935 as The Burgomeister.
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