Biography
George Ridgwell (sometimes spelt Ridgewell; 1867–1935) was a British screenwriter and film director of the silent film era. George Ridgwell was born in Woolwich in 1867. He directed around 70 films including a series of adaptations of Sherlock Holmes stories featuring Eille Norwood as Holmes. His last film was Lily of Killarney in 1929. He was the father of the actress Audrey Ridgewell.
His early career was as an army musician (sergeant, band of the Coldstream Guards) and on the stage (he created the role of Abdallah in Sullivan's Rose of Persia and was a member of the D'Oyly Carte Touring Opera Company for a season, playing lead baritone roles). He also composed light music numbers and lyrics. He was educated at the Royal Military Asylum, later the Duke of York's Royal Military School.
He died from a heart attack in Hampstead on 2 April 1935.
Filmography
all 41
Movies 41
Director 38
Writer 2
Lily of Killarney (1930)
Becket (1924)
The Three Students (1923)
The Blue Carbuncle (1923)
The Engineer's Thumb (1923)
The Cardboard Box (1923)
The Gloria Scott (1923)
The Stone of Mazarin (1923)
The Final Problem (1923)
Silver Blaze (1923)
The Speckled Band (1923)
The Crooked Man (1923)
His Last Bow (1923)
The Eleventh Hour (1922)
The Crimson Circle (1922)
The Abbey Grange (1922)
The Stockbroker's Clerk (1922)
The Six Napoleons (1922)
Black Peter (1922)
The Red Circle (1922)
The Musgrave Ritual (1922)
The Naval Treaty (1922)
The Golden Pince-Nez (1922)
The Second Stain (1922)
The Norwood Builder (1922)
Belonging (1922)
The Reigate Squires (1922)
The Four Just Men (1921)
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1867-01-01
Deathday1935-04-02 (68 years old)
Birth PlaceWoolwich, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom
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