GILBERT EMERY AUSTRALIAN VARIETY THEATRE ARCHIVE: RESEARCH NOTES See last page for citation, copyright and last updated details. aka Gilbert Warren-Emery / Gilbert H. Emery (1882-1934) Stage and film actor, variety entertainer, writer, teacher. [Born Gilbert Charles Warren Emery] Best remembered for his portrayal of Ginger Mick in the films The Sentimental Bloke (1919) and Ginger Mick (1920), Gilbert Emery began his theatrical career as a variety artist in the early 1900s. His first known stage appearance (as a descriptive vocalist) was on the bill of a sacred and rational concert at King's Theatre, Fremantle (Western Australia) in September 1906. Over the next 15 years he worked in both vaudeville and "legitimate" theatre (notably with Meynell-Gunn, and Philip Lytton), and made his feature film debut in 1911. Emery moved to Los Angeles in 1921 and was later employed as a teacher at an acting school. He remained in the USA for the rest of his life. • In early 1935 a number of Australian newspapers erroneously recorded that Emery and actor/comedian Walter Cornock had died on the same day. This has since been replicated in various secondary sources. Cornock's death occurred in Sydney on 28 January 1935, while Emery passed away in Los Angeles on Christmas Eve, 1934. [See below for further details] • Emery appears to have used the middle initial "H." during his time with Meynell and Gunn. • Not to be confused with American-born actor Gilbert Emery (1875 - 1945). Born Gilbert Emery Bensley Pottle, he appeared in more than 80 films between 1921 and his death. Plays and Sketches written by Emery 1908: The Country's in a Dreadful State (one act comedy) • The Path of Love (dramatic sketch) Film Credits 1911: A Tale of the Australian Bush 1919: The Face at the Window • Desert Gold • The Sentimental Bloke 1920: Ginger Mick 1921: Rudd's New Selection • While the Billy Boils • The Lust for Gold 1922: A Rough Passage • A Daughter of Australia L-R: Gilbert Emery (Ginger Mick) with Arthur Tauchert (Bill "the Bloke") Eric Reade. Australian Screen. 1975, 94 Source: Screening the Past NB: The research notes below focus largely on Emery's career in variety. See Trove for further details regarding his dramatic and film careers. 1906 - 1907 1906 West Australian (Perth) 22 Sept. 1906, 7. http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/page/2564714 West Australian (Perth) 22 Sept. 1906, 1. 1907 Age (Melbourne) 1 Apr. 1907, 9. http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/196160218 1908 Kerang New Times (Vic) 3 Jan. 1908, 5. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article221839973 http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/page/3023806 Punch (Melbourne) 24 Sept. 1908, 18. "Touchstone." "Greenroom Gossip." Punch (Melbourne) 3 Dec. 1908, 34. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article176021071 1909 Hobart Daily Telegraph (Launceston) 24 July 1909, 8. Daily Post (Hobart) 22 June 1909, 7. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article187875026 Daily Telegraph (Launceston) 22 Oct. 1909, 8. http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/page/18413438 1910 Northern Star (Lismore, NSW) 26 Aug. 1910, 2. http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/72254002 1920 Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW) 22 July 1920, 6. http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/page/15200179 Forbes Advocate (NSW) 28 Sept. 1920, 2. http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/page/10557546 1921 http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/1244661 1935 Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate (NSW) 31 Jan. 1935, 2. http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/page/14988136 Newcastle Sun (NSW) 29 Jan. 1935, 7. http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/page/16057984 Erroneous Death Notices Argus (Melbourne) 1 Feb. 1935, 12. http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/11011742 Advertiser (Adelaide) 1 Feb. 1935, 14. http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/page/7295929 Australian Variety Theatre Archive: Research Notes Published by Clay Djubal: 11/06 /2016 • Last updated: 8/05/2018 NB: The URL for this PDF will change each time it is updated. If you wish to link to this record please use the following: Australian Variety Theatre Archive • http://ozvta.com/practitioners-e/ The information within these pages should be considered a snapshot only. Its purpose is to serve as a basis for further investigation and as a repository for online references that may eventually disappear. Any works snagged or transcribed from other sources remain the copyright of their respective authors/publishers. The authorship and/or original publication details are provided and these should be cited (not the AVTA).* New information is continuously being made available as more newspapers are digitised by Trove (Australian National Library Digitised Newspapers resource) * Materials published in this entry will be removed if requested by the copyright owner. Please contact the AVTA. .