AustLit

Actor, stage and film director/producer, theatre manager, entrepreneur.

George Willoughy came to Australia in 1900 with Charles Arnold and subsequently carved out a high profile career in the Australasian theatre, film and radio industries. His entrepreneurial activities began in 1902 when he and Edwin Geach took over Arnold's company and during the next two decades he managed theatres and touring companies with various partners, including Hugh J. Ward, while also overseeing numerous productions, including musical comedies and pantomimes. One of his biggest theatrical success was the 1913 Christmas pantomime Aladdin, which toured Australia and New Zealand through until late July the following year. Willoughby also made two films, both in 1916, and in the 1920s returned to acting - a career that continued well into the 1940s, largely in radio and on the stage). His one known film appearance was in Tall Timber (1926).

[Source: Australian Variety Theatre Archive]