Tal Ordell was born in 1880 in Calcutta, India as William Ordell Raymond Buntine. He was an actor and director, known for While the Billy Boils (1921), The Hayseeds' Backblocks Show (1917) and The Hayseeds Come to Sydney (1917). He died on June 8, 1948 in Waverley, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.