Charles Hammond (Australian cricketer)
![]() | (March 2024) |
Personal information | |
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Full name | Charles Pitt Hammond |
Born | Hobart, Tasmania, Australia | 31 August 1868
Died | 25 September 1955 Hollywood, California, United States | (aged 87)
Domestic team information | |
Years | Team |
1898-1900 | Tasmania |
Source: Cricinfo, 16 January 2016 |
Charles Pitt Hammond (31 August 1868 – 25 September 1955) was an Australian cricketer and actor. He played two first-class matches for Tasmania between 1898 and 1900, before moving to the United States.[1]
While working at the Launceston Stock Exchange in the 1890s, Hammond also played cricket and took part in amateur theatrical productions. In 1901 he moved to the United States, where he made a living as a professional actor, first on the stage in New York, then in Hollywood movies.[2][3] His film parts included prominent roles in Women Men Marry (1922),[4] Received Payment (1922)[5] and Big Brother (1923).[6]
Hammond married Josephine Collins of Launceston in Cheltenham, England, in July 1909.[7] They had one child, a son, who died in childhood.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Charles Hammond". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
- ^ "Charles Pitt Hammond". Launceston Family Album. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
- ^ a b Rick Smith, More to a Life than Cricket, Apple Books, Tasmania, 2023, pp. 101–13.
- ^ "Princess Theatre". Daily Telegraph: 10. 6 September 1924.
- ^ "His Majesty's Theatre". Mercury: 3. 14 December 1922.
- ^ "A Unique Occurrence". Daily Telegraph: 7. 21 June 1924.
- ^ "Marriages". Daily Telegraph: 1. 21 September 1909.
External links
[edit]- Charles Hammond at ESPNcricinfo
- Charles Hammond at IMDb (the credit list is correct, but the biographical details are wrong)