Alfred J. Goulding
| Alfred John Goulding | |
|---|---|
Goulding circa 1905
|
|
| Born |
January 26, 1885 Melbourne, Australia |
| Died | April 25, 1972 (aged 87) Hollywood, California, USA |
| Occupation | Film director Screenwriter |
| Years active | 1917-1959 |
| Spouse(s) |
Gladys Watson (m. 1911; her death 1920) Hazel Marcella O'Brien (m. 1920; div. 1925) Audrey F. Faught (m. 1925; div. 1933) Dorothea Lillian Siglow (m. 1934; div. 1941) Suzanne Raphael (m. 1941; div. 1952) Betty Saunders (m. 1952; his death 1972) |
| Children |
|
| Parent(s) | Francis Thomas Goulding Margaret Davies Walsh |
Alfred John "Alf" Goulding (January 26, 1885 – April 25, 1972) was an Australian-born vaudevillian, who became an American film director and screenwriter. He directed 182 films between 1917 and 1959 and is credited with having Harold Lloyd wear his trademark glasses.
He was born on January 26, 1885 in Melbourne, Australia to Francis Thomas Goulding (1860-1940) and Margaret Davies Walsh. He was the youngest brother of the opera singer Elsa Goulding.
As children, he and his brother and sister performed with Pollard’s Lilliputian Opera Company, a popular Australian juvenile opera company that travelled Australasia, the Orient and North America extensively. By 1900 he was regularly singled out in reviews as one of the Company’s most entertaining performers: "Master Alf. Goulding came in for a lion's share of applause, and he certainly won it fairly in his comic pieces." By 1907, Goulding was stage managing for the company. He arrived with the Pollard troupe in the US in 1908. According to Brent Walker, Goulding then travelled to Britain where he worked on stage with Stan Laurel, for several years, after which he returned to the US. By 1911 he was performing on stage in North America and directing his own stage shows, sometimes in collaboration with former Pollard performers Daphne Pollard and Harry "Snub" Pollard.
In 1912, he broke into movies, acting and then after 1916, directing two reel comedies for Fox. He then joined Hal Roach, directing many Harold Lloyd shorts.Throughout the 1920s and early 1930s his work output was significant, and he directed the likes of Harry Langdon, Norma Shearer and Fatty Arbuckle, in addition to films starring former Pollard players Daphne Pollard and Snub Pollard Between 1935 and 1938 he worked in Britain again. In 1939 he re-entered the United States illegally and was jailed as an alien.
...
Wikipedia