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Talone Ordell (1880–1948), better known as Tal Ordel, was an Australian actor, writer and director. Ordell was probably born in Calcutta, India, seventh child of Victorian-born parents William Odell Raymond Buntine, drover, and his wife Susanna, née Mawley.[1] 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.[2]

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.[3]

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

External links

• Tal Ordell at IMDb
• Tal Ordell at Australian Dictionary of Biography
• Tal Ordell at AusStage
• Tal Ordell at National Film and Sound Archive

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