Biography

Godfrey Cass was born on November 6, 1866 in Beechworth, Victoria, Australia. He was an actor and producer, known for The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906), When the Kellys Were Out (1923) and The Kelly Gang (1920). He died on May 14, 1951 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Godfrey Cass, whose full name was Castieau, actually met Ned Kelly as his father John Buckley Castieau was the Governor of the Melbourne Gaol (now referred to at the Old Melbourne Gaol) where Ned was hanged. The Governor had a soft spot for Kelly and took his young son Godfrey in to meet him before his sentence was carried out. He ended up playing Ned in three separate films.