George Ridgwell was a British screenwriter

Screenwriter

Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...

 and film director

Film director

A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...

 of the silent film

Silent film

A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...

 era. His name was sometimes spelt as George Ridgewell. He was born in Woolwich

Woolwich

Woolwich is a district in south London, England, located in the London Borough of Greenwich. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London.Woolwich formed part of Kent until 1889 when the County of London was created...

 in 1867. He directed around 70 films including a series of adaptations of Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective created by Scottish author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The fantastic London-based "consulting detective", Holmes is famous for his astute logical reasoning, his ability to take almost any disguise, and his use of forensic science skills to solve...

 stories featuring Eille Norwood

Eille Norwood

Eille Norwood was a British actor who spent most of his screen career playing Sherlock Holmes. He was born Anthony Edward Brett in York, England. He apparently took his stage name from his lady friend Eileen and the town of Norwood...

 as Holmes. His last film was Lily of Killarney in 1929. He died in Hampstead

Hampstead

Hampstead is an area of London, England, north-west of Charing Cross. Part of the London Borough of Camden in Inner London, it is known for its intellectual, liberal, artistic, musical and literary associations and for Hampstead Heath, a large, hilly expanse of parkland...

 in 1935. He was the father of the actress Audrey Ridgewell.

Selected filmography

Director

• Greatheart
  Greatheart (film)
  Greatheart is a 1921 British silent drama film directed by George Ridgwell and starring Cecil Humphreys, Madge Stuart and Ernest Benham. It was based on the 1912 novel Greatheart by Ethel M...
  
  (1921)
• The Four Just Men
  The Four Just Men (1921 film)
  The Four Just Men is a 1921 British silent crime film directed by George Ridgwell and starring Cecil Humphreys, Teddy Arundell and Charles Croker-King. It was based on the 1904 novel The Four Just Men by Edgar Wallace...
  
  (1921)
• The Amazing Partnership (1921)
• His Last Bow (1923)
• The Notorious Mrs. Carrick
  The Notorious Mrs. Carrick
  The Notorious Mrs. Carrick is a 1924 British silent crime film directed by George Ridgwell and starring Cameron Carr, A.B. Imeson and Gordon Hopkirk. It was an adaptation of the novel Pools of the Past by Charles Proctor.-Cast:...
  
  (1924)
• Lily of Killarney (1929)

Actor

• The Crime at Blossoms
  The Crime at Blossoms
  The Crime at Blossoms is a 1933 British crime film directed by Maclean Rogers and starring Hugh Wakefield, Joyce Bland and Eileen Munro. After moving into a pictaresque country cottage, a woman becomes increasingly concerned about the fate of the previous owner who she believes was murdered. It was...
  
  (1933)