Raymond Longford

Raymond Longford (23 September 1878 – 2 April 1959) was a prolific Australian film director, writer, producer and actor during the silent era. Longford was a major director of the silent film era of the Australian cinema. He formed a production team with Lottie Lyell. His contributions to Australian cinema with his ongoing collaborations with Lyell include The Sentimental Bloke (1919) and The Blue Mountains Mystery (1921) earned an AFI award named in his honour, inducted in 1968.

Personal facts

Alias (AKA)Raymond Hollis Longford
Birth dateSeptember 23, 1878
Birth nameJohn Walter Longford
Birth place
Melbourne , Hawthorn Victoria
Date of deathApril 02, 1959
Place of death
North Sydney New South Wales

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  1. http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/longford-raymond-john-walter-hollis-7226
  2. http://colsearch.nfsa.gov.au/nfsa/search/summary/summary.w3p;adv=;group=;groupequals=;page=0;parentid=;query=Person%3A%22%2FPerson%2Fkey%2F7264-2%22;querytype=;resCount=10
  3. http://teaching.austlit.edu.au/?q=node/110766
  4. http://www.abc.net.au/news/video/2010/09/03/3002442.htm?site=canberra
  5. http://www.gildasattic.com/longford.html