Tal Ordell

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Talone Ordell (1880 - 1948), better known as Tal Ordel, was an Australian actor, writer and director. He worked extensively on stage and screen as an actor in the 1910s and 1920s, playing Dad Rudd twice for Raymond Longford and Dad Hayseed - a similar role - three times for Beaumont Smith. He was the original "Ginger Mick" in the stage version of The Sentimental Bloke. He toured Australia with Marie Tempest.^[1]

He turned director with The Kid Stakes (1927), based on the cartoon character Fatty Finn. In the 1930s he worked more in radio as a writer and actor.^[2]

Select Filmography

The Hayseeds' Back-blocks Show (1917)
The Hayseeds Come to Sydney (1917)
The Hayseeds' Melbourne Cup (1918)
On Our Selection (1920)
The Man from Snowy River (1920)
Silks and Saddles (1920) - actor
Cows and Cuddles (1921) (short) - director
The Gentleman Bushranger (1921) - actor
Rudd's New Selection (1921) - actor
While the Billy Boils (1921) - actor
The Kid Stakes (1927) - actor, writer, producer, director
The Sentimental Bloke (1932) - actor
The Hayseeds (1933) - actor
Harvest Gold (1945) - actor

Select Theatre Credits

On Our Selection - actor
The Sentimental Bloke - actor
Kangaroo Flat (1926) - author

References

↑ "MR. TAL ORDELL DEAD.". The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) (NSW: National Library of Australia). 9 June 1948. p. 3. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
↑ "THE PLAYHOUSE.". The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954) (Hobart, Tas.: National Library of Australia). 13 February 1930. p. 11. Retrieved 28 September 2013.

External links

Tal Ordell at the Internet Movie Database
Tal Ordell at Australian Dictionary of Biography
Tal Ordell at Ausstage
Tal Ordell at National Film and Sound Archive

Persondata
Name	Ordell, Tal
Alternative names	Ordell, Talone
Short description	Australian actor
Date of birth	1880
Place of birth
Date of death	1948
Place of death

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