John Warwick

For other people named John Warwick, see John Warwick (disambiguation).

John Warwick
Born
John McIntosh Beattie

4 January 1905
Bellingen, New South Wales, Australia
Died10 January 1972
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation(s)Actor, dramatist
Years active1924[1]-1972
SpouseMolly Raynor

John McIntosh Beattie (some sources give Beattle) (4 January 1905 – 10 January 1972), known professionally as John Warwick, was an Australian actor and television dramatist. who was also active in the United Kingdom and New Zealand.[2][1]

Acting career

Warwick had an extensive career over 40 years, he worked in theatre from the late 1920s and beginning his career in Australian cinema in the early 1930s (he is attributed with introducing Errol Flynn, a personal acquaintance in Sydney, to acting by bringing him along to a casting session when In the Wake of the Bounty was being filmed).[3]

After relocating to England he was trained as an actor at Harrogate theatre with the repertory company "The White Rose Players",[4]

Personal life and death

He was married twice, first to Dorothy Georgina Beattie (filed for divorce in 1927 and decree absolute granted in 1929),[5] and secondly to New Zealand-born actress Molly Raynor (1903–1976).

Warwick died on 10 January 1972, aged 67 in Sydney[6]

Partial filmography

Writing credits

References

  1. ^ a b >"JOHN WARWICK HOME". Warwick Daily News. No. 8742. Queensland, Australia. 11 August 1947. p. 2. Retrieved 8 April 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ BFI.org
  3. ^ Moore, John Hammond 'Young Errol Flynn Before Hollywood (2nd Edition, 2011, Pub. Trafford Publishing).
  4. ^ 'John Warwick Makes Good', 'The Sun' (Published Sydney), 14 November 1937, P.5
  5. ^ "In Divorce". Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 – 1954). 12 October 1929. p. 11.
  6. ^ "John McIntosh Beattie (or Warwick) - Date of Death 10/01/1972, Granted on 20/11/1972". Archived from the original on 3 April 2019.
  7. ^ Cobwebs in Concrete at Ausstage
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