title: John Cosgrove (actor)
text: # John Cosgrove (actor)
  
  John Cosgrove (1867 – 11 August 1925) was an Australian male actor, writer and director who worked in theatre and films during the silent era. He sometimes collaborated with Bland Holt.
  
  ## Personal life
  
  Cosgrove had a turbulent personal life. He would borrow money so often he was nicknamed "The Great Australian Bite". His first daughter died when a few days old. Another daughter, Noel, died of tuberculosis at the age of nineteen. His son Bill died in a plane crash in 1943.
  
  ## Filmography
  
  * The Luck of Roaring Camp (1911)
  * The Right to Love (1915)
  * The Noon Hour (1915)
  * The Turning Point (1915)
  * For Love of Mary Ellen (1915)
  * Queen of the Band (1915)
  * The Ever Living Isles (1915)
  * The Wayward Son (1915)
  * Desert Gold (1919)
  * Barry Butts In (1919)
  * The Man from Snowy River (1920)
  * Silks and Saddles (1921) – also story
  * Possum Paddock (1921)
  * The Betrayer (1921)
  * The Queen of Sheba (1921)
  * The Guyra Ghost Mystery (1921) – also directed
  * While the Billy Boils (1921)
  * The Gentleman Bushranger (1921)
  * Sunshine Sally (1922) – script
  