Phillip Kenny Walsh (died 11 May 1935), invariably referred to as Phil
Walsh or Phil K. Walsh, was an Australian stage actor and producer who
made several feature films which still exist, unusually for those made
during the "silent era".Walsh was born in country New South Wales,
perhaps the son of a gold miner. He grew up in Gundagai, Tumblong and
Bathurst.Between 1892 and 1895 he was with Edmund Duggan's "Her
Majesty's Dramatic Company", touring La Tosca, F. R. C. Hopkins' All
for Gold, Greta. His Natural Life and Robbery Under Arms. consistently
receiving good notices. In 1893 he was with Irve Hayman's Criterion
Dramatic Company, with Gorge Leitch in 1895 and the Macmahons' Lyceum
company 1897â€"1898. He visited Dubbo in 1894 as an RAOB member and to
oversee the Aloysian Dramatic Club's production of The Silver King,
and later developed amateur theatre companies in Dubbo and Mudgee. He
produced The Silver King for the dramatic society at Bourke in 1897.In
September 1902 Walsh and his wife "Miss Nellie Ogden" toured New
Zealand for (Marian? Ford?) Willis. Later that year they left for
America, having received offers to stage his plays The Bailiff and The
Swanee River, and was well received. He joined Andrew Mack's company
for the musical comedy Tom Moore, which played in San Francisco in
1905, though he was not in the cast when it toured Australia earlier
in the year.
Walsh or Phil K. Walsh, was an Australian stage actor and producer who
made several feature films which still exist, unusually for those made
during the "silent era".Walsh was born in country New South Wales,
perhaps the son of a gold miner. He grew up in Gundagai, Tumblong and
Bathurst.Between 1892 and 1895 he was with Edmund Duggan's "Her
Majesty's Dramatic Company", touring La Tosca, F. R. C. Hopkins' All
for Gold, Greta. His Natural Life and Robbery Under Arms. consistently
receiving good notices. In 1893 he was with Irve Hayman's Criterion
Dramatic Company, with Gorge Leitch in 1895 and the Macmahons' Lyceum
company 1897â€"1898. He visited Dubbo in 1894 as an RAOB member and to
oversee the Aloysian Dramatic Club's production of The Silver King,
and later developed amateur theatre companies in Dubbo and Mudgee. He
produced The Silver King for the dramatic society at Bourke in 1897.In
September 1902 Walsh and his wife "Miss Nellie Ogden" toured New
Zealand for (Marian? Ford?) Willis. Later that year they left for
America, having received offers to stage his plays The Bailiff and The
Swanee River, and was well received. He joined Andrew Mack's company
for the musical comedy Tom Moore, which played in San Francisco in
1905, though he was not in the cast when it toured Australia earlier
in the year.
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