Kenneth George Hall Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Ken G. Hall was born on February 22, 1901 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia as Kenneth George Hall. He was a director and producer, known for The Farmer Goes to Town (1938), Dad Rudd, M.P. (1940) and The Silence of Dean Maitland (1934). He was married to Irene Addison. He died on February 8, 1994 in Sydney.
Pioneer Australian film maker, a former journalist, stage manager and movie publicist. Hall turned out modestly made, but popular motion pictures as head of Cinesound Studios during the 1930's and 40's (including the successful 'Rudd Family' series). Cinesound was later partly owned by the Rank Organisation. Hall then moved into television, working as general manager of Australia's first TV station, Channel Nine, from 1956 to 1966.
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He was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1972 Queen's New Years Honours List for his services to the Australian Motion Picture Industry.
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Kurnell Story
1957
Short
Overland Adventure: The Story of the 1954 Redex Reliability Trial
1954
South Pacific Playground
1953
Australian Bushland Symphony
1952
Music in Our Schools
1951
Short
Thrill of the Surf
1949
Short
Searchlight on Japan
1948
Short
Pacific Adventure
1946
First Victory Loan: Return Journey
1944
Fourth Liberty Loan: I Had a Son
1943
Short
Give Us This Day
1943
Short
South West Pacific
1943
Short
100,000 Cobbers
1942
Short
Moresby Under the Blitz
1942
Documentary short
Eleventh Hour
1942/II
Short
Anzacs in Overalls: Australia's Part as the Main Allied Base in the South-west Pacific
1941
Short
Australia Marches with Britain: Highlights of the National War Effort
1941
Documentary short
Road to Victory: Milestones in the Struggle for Liberty
1941
Dad Rudd, M.P.
1940
Gone to the Dogs
1939
Mr. Chedworth Steps Out
1939
Let George Do It
1938
The Farmer Goes to Town
1938
Vengeance of the Deep
1938
The Broken Melody
1937
Timberland Terror
1937
It Isn't Done
1937
Thoroughbred
1936
Wild Innocence
1936
Strike Me Lucky
1936
Grandad Rudd
1935
Cinesound Varieties
1934
The Silence of Dean Maitland
1934
The Squatter's Daughter
1933
On Our Selection
1932
Ghosts of Port Arthur
1932
Short as arranged by
That's Cricket
1931
Short
The Exploits of the Emden
1928
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Kurnell Story
1957
Short producer
Overland Adventure: The Story of the 1954 Redex Reliability Trial
1954
producer
South Pacific Playground
1953
producer
Australian Bushland Symphony
1952
producer
Fighting Blood
1951
Short producer
Music in Our Schools
1951
Short producer
Thrill of the Surf
1949
Short producer
Searchlight on Japan
1948
Short producer
First Victory Loan: Return Journey
1944
producer
Fourth Liberty Loan: I Had a Son
1943
Short producer
Give Us This Day
1943
Short producer
South West Pacific
1943
Short producer
100,000 Cobbers
1942
Short producer
Kokoda Front Line!
1942
Documentary short producer
Eleventh Hour
1942/II
Short producer
Anzacs in Overalls: Australia's Part as the Main Allied Base in the South-west Pacific
1941
Short producer
Australia Marches with Britain: Highlights of the National War Effort
1941
Documentary short producer
Road to Victory: Milestones in the Struggle for Liberty
1941
producer
Dad Rudd, M.P.
1940
producer
Gone to the Dogs
1939
producer
Come Up Smiling
1939
producer
The Farmer Goes to Town
1938
producer
Vengeance of the Deep
1938
producer
The Broken Melody
1937
producer
Timberland Terror
1937
producer
Wild Innocence
1936
producer
Strike Me Lucky
1936
producer
Grandad Rudd
1935
producer
The Silence of Dean Maitland
1934
producer
The Squatter's Daughter
1933
producer
Ghosts of Port Arthur
1932
Short producer
The Exploits of the Emden
1928
producer
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Pacific Adventure
1946
The Farmer Goes to Town
1938
story
On Our Selection
1932
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
Kangaroo
1952
advisor - uncredited
Wild Innocence
1936
animal trainer
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Tausend Augen
1984
Mann in der Fähre
Editor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Ghosts of Port Arthur
1932
Short
Music Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Ghosts of Port Arthur
1932
Short music arranger
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Palace of Dreams
1984
Documentary short
Himself (uncredited)
Al Daff
1975
Himself - Interviewer (voice)
Forgotten Cinema: The Golden Age of Australian Motion Pictures
$200,000
