Acting

Godfrey Cass

Born — Died

1866-11-06 — 1951-05-14

Place of birth

Beechworth, Victoria, Australia

Known for

Acting

Credits

12 titles

Known for

The Dingo poster
9.0

"The Dingo" is a nickname for Harry Selby, a drunken thief from the city who loves animals and little children. He marries a country girl, Molly, despite knowing that she loves someone else, Dr John Stirling. Selby becomes passionately jealous of Stirling's attentions to Molly and is encouraged in this by Oily Allen.

The Dingo

1923

The Mystery of a Hansom Cab poster
8.0

The Mystery of a Hansom Cab is an Australian silent film directed by and starring Arthur Shirley based on the extremely popular novel.

The Mystery of a Hansom Cab

1925

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7.0

Young squire Jasper Hugh Lovel is wrongfully accused of a crime and sent away to the penal colony at Norfolk Island. Back in England, a woman who deeply loves him refuses to give up hope. She successfully works to secure his official pardon. Once cleared, the two are joyfully reunited. The historical melodrama is notable for featuring a dramatic, high-stakes duel sequence.

One Hundred Years Ago

1911

No artwork available
9.0

The story of the bushranger Ben Hall, including his duel with Melville, last stand and death.

Ben Hall, the Notorious Bushranger

1911

No artwork available
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John Hare loses his job after attending a horse race without permission. Despite being married with a child, he invests his last shilling into a Tattersall's sweepstake ticket and ends up drawing the favorite. He then meets with Dick Fallows, the owner of the horse, and places two-thirds of the sweep money with him. The horse wins, but after Hare secures the prize money, he returns to Fallows' camp where he deals with the subsequent fallout and comedic twists surrounding the winnings.

A Ticket in Tatts

1911

Jewelled Nights poster
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After her father's death, socialite Elaine Fleetwood promises to marry a man she does not love. However, she leaves him at the altar during a wedding ceremony, cuts her hair and decides to disguise herself as a boy and go prospecting in northwest Tasmania. She meets a handsome miner who figures out she is a woman, saves her from a villain and marries her.

Jewelled Nights

1925

Film credits

1920s · 6 titles

1910s · 5 titles

No artwork available
7.0

Young squire Jasper Hugh Lovel is wrongfully accused of a crime and sent away to the penal colony at Norfolk Island. Back in England, a woman who deeply loves him refuses to give up hope. She successfully works to secure his official pardon. Once cleared, the two are joyfully reunited. The historical melodrama is notable for featuring a dramatic, high-stakes duel sequence.

One Hundred Years Ago

1911

No artwork available
9.0

The story of the bushranger Ben Hall, including his duel with Melville, last stand and death.

Ben Hall, the Notorious Bushranger

1911

No artwork available
10.0

John Hare loses his job after attending a horse race without permission. Despite being married with a child, he invests his last shilling into a Tattersall's sweepstake ticket and ends up drawing the favorite. He then meets with Dick Fallows, the owner of the horse, and places two-thirds of the sweep money with him. The horse wins, but after Hare secures the prize money, he returns to Fallows' camp where he deals with the subsequent fallout and comedic twists surrounding the winnings.

A Ticket in Tatts

1911

Moondyne poster
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In 1848, convict Joe is assigned as a labourer to settled Isaac Bowman in Western Australia. Joe escapes and takes refuge with a tribe of aborigines led by Te Mana Roa, who tell him about a mountain of gold.

Moondyne

1913

No artwork available
8.0

An early Australian silent film , by the makers of "The Reprieve"' which appeared in the same year. A version of Adam Lindsay Gordon's poem, which appeared stanza by stanza before the illustrative sequences. The dying stockrider recalls his past life : mustering, ploughing, horsebreaking and pursuing bushrangers; and remembers his old friends and what became of them.

The Sick Stockrider

1913