Obituaries Australia

22 February, 1901
Paddington, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

8 February, 1994 (aged 92)
Mosman, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

unknown

• Anglican

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• Rene, Roy (work colleague)
• Holmes, Cecil William (acquaintance)

• North Sydney Boys High School (student, 1912-1915)

• journalist (1916-1931) New South Wales, Australia
• company manager (1932-1956) New South Wales, Australia
• film director (1932-1946) New South Wales, Australia
• television station executive (1957-1966) New South Wales, Australia

• Academy Award for Best Documentary (recipient, 1942)
• Officer of the Order of the British Empire (recipient, 1972)
• Raymond Longford award (Australian Film Institute) (recipient, 1976)

• Ken G. Hall Film Preservation Award (National Film & Sound Archive) (eponym)

• Evening News (Sydney) (journalist, 1916-1916)
• Australasian Films Ltd (employee, 1917-1920)
• Greater Union Theatres Ltd (employee, 1917-1924)
• First National Pictures Inc (employee, 1924-1928)
• Greater Union Theatres Ltd (employee, 1928-1957)
• Cinesound Productions Ltd (director, 1931-1941)
• Cinesound Productions Ltd (producer, 1931-1941)
• Cinesound Review (producer, 1931-1957)
• Cinesound Review (director, 1931-1957)
• Channel 9 TV station (chief executive officer, 1957-1966)