Acting
John Charles
Born January 1, 1885
Died November 7, 1921 · aged 36
No biography available.
Known For
With Neatness and Dispatch · 1918With Neatness and Dispatch
1918
MovieComedyCrime
Mary Ames is caught while planning to elope, and locked in a room by Aunt Letitia. Her sister, Geraldine, plans to help her, and goes to her friend the police commissioner to borrow a criminal. Paul, the commissioner's nephew, sees her, and loses his heart. He decides to pose as the criminal to be near her.
The Victim · 1916The Victim
1916
MovieCrimeRomance
Ruth Merrill and her father both are serving prison terms but her's is lighter and she is released. She becomes the wife of the wealthy Dr. Richard Boulton, who knows nothing of her past. Ruth's father escapes from prison and the unscrupulous detective, the same one who sent both to prison while knowing Ruth was innocent, is sent on Merrill's trail. A lost film.
Cecilia of the Pink Roses · 1918Cecilia of the Pink Roses
1918
MovieDrama
Cecilia is a spunky Irish girl from a struggling family, faced with the imminent death of her mother.
The Hidden Truth · 1919The Hidden Truth
★ 10.01919
MovieDrama
Helen Merrill sings and dances in the rough Western mining town of Nugget City, where she befriends Myrtle Cadby, whose husband Jake cruelly abuses her. After a particularly vicious beating, Myrtle, seriously injured, shoots Jake. As she lies dying, she gives Helen a letter of introduction to a man she was to have married in the East, urging her to leave Nugget City. Before she leaves, Helen overhears Bill Sheridan and "Snipe" Roach scheming to sell Charles Taylor, a wealthy New Yorker, a salted mine, with the assistance of George Reed, Taylor's mining agent. Helen goes East and learns that Taylor is the man whom Myrtle was to have married, but because she immediately falls in love with him, she conceals her own identity and masquerades as Myrtle.
The Millionaire Baby · 1915The Millionaire Baby
1915
MovieAdventureDrama
Who stole "The Millionaire Baby?" Did the plotting Doctor Pool finally accomplish his bold determination? Did Valerie Carew, former Burlesque Queen conquered by Mother-Love seize an advantageous opportunity and steal away her loved one? Did Marion Ocumpaugh have knowledge of Gwendolyn's disappearance? Did Justin Carew, finally recognizing his wife and desiring a reconciliation, see the light and kidnap his own child? This film is presumably lost.
Temperance Town · 1916Temperance Town
★ 10.01916
MovieComedy
Mink Jones of Jonesville, is the lord high executioner and everything else.
Buried Treasure · 1921Buried Treasure
★ 4.81921
MovieRomanceAdventure
Strung around the idea of reincarnation, this film goes back in time to the days of the Spanish galleons and pirates burying their treasure; treasure to be found centuries later.
The Law of Compensation · 1917The Law of Compensation
★ 3.71917
MovieDrama
A young wife, tempted to leave her husband for a song plugger who promises he'll make her a Broadway star, is told her father's life story and of the choices her mother made before her tragic death.
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