Dick Cruikshanks
British film actor and director (1874–1947)
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Dick Cruikshanks (1874 – March 3, 1947) was a South African actor and director.[1]
Dick Cruikshanks | |
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Cruikshanks in De Voortrekkers as Piet Retief, 1916 | |
| Born | 1874 |
| Died | March 3, 1947 (aged 72–73) |
| Occupations | Actor, director |
His work includes five short comedies filmed in 1917, three of them with African actors.[2]
Partial filmography
Actor
- De Voortrekkers (1916) as Piet Retief
- Swallow (1918) as Jan Botmar[3]
Director
- The Major's Dilemma (1917)
- The Mealie Kids (1917)
- The Piccanini's Christmas (1917)
- Zulu-Town-Comedies (1917)
- Bond and Word (1918)
- The Bridge (1918)
- Fallen Leaves (1919)
- Prester John (1920)
- The Vulture's Prey (1921) [4]
- The Blue Lagoon (1923)
