Dick Cruikshanks
- Born
- 1874 · South Africa.
- Died
- 1947
- Occupation
- actor · film director
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• Born — 1874
• Birthplace — South Africa
• Died — 1947 3 3
• Occupation — Actor, director
Dick Cruikshanks (1874 – March 3, 1947) was a South African actor and director.
His work includes five short comedies filmed in 1917, three of them with African actors.
Actor
• De Voortrekkers (1916) as Piet Retief
• Swallow (1918) as Jan Botmar
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)
• The Blue Lagoon (1923)
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- 1.Dick Cruikshanks. IMDb.
- 2.Parsons, Neil. Make faces, Zulu! Make faces, Zulu! Silent comedy and ethnic stereotyping in early South African movies, 1916–1921. Journal of African Cinemas. 8. 2. 133–154. 2016. 10.1386/jac.8.2.133_1.
- 3.Dick Cruikshanks. BFI.
- 4.Botha, Martin. South African Cinema 1896-2010. Intellect Books. January 1, 2013. 9781783203307.
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