“Oswald McCardell,” Roy McCardell’s pet parrot, appeared in the 1914-1915 Thanhouser serial, Zudora.
Oswald McCardell
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From Volume III: Biographies of Q. David Bowers’ Thanhouser Films: An Encyclopedia and History, reproduced with permission and unchanged. 76 words.
A news item concerning the feathered actor appeared in The New Rochelle Pioneer, October 3, 1914: “Oswald McCardell was cast this week in Zudora, Daniel Carson Goodman’s creation of mystery. Roy L. McCardell and Miss McCardell were at the studio to see Oswald act. He made a hit. Oswald, you know, is a parrot, and some parrot, if you take it from us.”
Bowers’ own filmography list is left out here: the filmography above lists the same films. Cite as: Bowers, Q. David. Thanhouser Films: An Encyclopedia and History, ““MC CARDELL, Oswald”.” thanhouser.org/research/people/oswald-mccardell/