Garnet H. Carroll

Career Having originally worked as a repairman, Carroll became a performer. He first came to professional prominence in touring with the company of Lionel Walsh in a production of musical comedy No, No, Nanette and upon the opening of the Empire Theatre in Sydney, he featured in the chorus line of the musical Sunny in 1927. The following year he played in another musical Rio Rita, in which he also served as stage manager.

In New Zealand he took up post as a theatre manager for Ben Fuller, and married Australian actress Catherine "Kitty" Stewart Elliott in on 11 April 1930. Some of Carroll's stage productions, including West Side Story and The Diary of Anne Frank, were commercial failures.

Carroll was awarded the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1949.

Personal life and death Carroll was an Anglican. He was a member of the Victorian and the Green Room clubs, and spent his free time swimming and yachting. He also suffered from diabetes for over a decade and died of cardiovascular disease on 23 August 1964 in South Yarra, Melbourne, survived by his wife and their son.