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Haurongo: Holmes, Cecil William

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Cecil Holmes

NZ On Screen's profile of Cecil Holmes includes his DNZB biography, a list of his work and a number of his films.

Cecil Holmes portrait

Information about Holmes, particularly his career in Australia, on the Australian Screen website.

Rārangi pukapuka

Ansley, B. ‘Red in the face’. New Zealand Listener. 9 Nov. 1966: 37

Campbell, R. ‘Plain hard hazardous work: Cecil Holmes at the NFU’. Illusions No 7 (1988): 9–13

Holmes, C. One man’s way. Ringwood, 1986

Obit. Evening Post. 8 Sept. 1994: 5

Parker, D. ‘Scoundrel times at the film unit’. Illusions No 7 (1988): 4–8

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Russell Campbell. 'Holmes, Cecil William', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 2000. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/127130/sources (accessed 4 June 2026).