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Charles K. French
Columbus, Ohio, USA · b. Jan 16, 1860
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From Wikipedia Charles K. French (born Charles Ekrauss French; January 17, 1860 – August 2, 1952) was an American film actor, screenwriter and director who appeared in more than 240 movies between 1909 and 1945.
KNOWN FOR
Arizona Nights
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936
Smudge
1922
The Prisoner of Zenda
1937
A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate
1923
Marked Woman
1937
Dick Tracy's G-Men
1939
Radio Ranch
1940
Headin' for the Rio Grande
1936
Desert Love
1920
Good Luck, Mr. Yates
1943
Fast Work
1930
FILMOGRAPHY
All
Movies
TV
Acting
192
1945
Make Mine Memories
as Cowboy
1943
Good Luck, Mr. Yates
as Leading Citizen
1942
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
as Rancher
1940
Radio Ranch
as Mal
1940
The Shadow
as Joseph Rand
1940
Wolf of New York
as Juror
1939
Dick Tracy's G-Men
as Doctor
1939
Slightly Honorable
as Pallbearer (Uncredited)
1938
Strange Glory
1937
Where Trails Divide
as Reverend Evans
1937
The Prisoner of Zenda
as Bishop (uncredited)
1937
Marked Woman
as Graham's Trial Assistant (uncredited)
1936
Last of the Warrens
as Bruce Warren (as Chas. French)
1936
Rio Grande Ranger
as Banker (uncredited)
1936
Headin' for the Rio Grande
as Pop Hart (Laura's father)
1936
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
as Unemployed Farmer (uncredited)
1936
Dangerous Waters
as Old Skipper (uncredited)
1935
The Throwback
as Ted Smalley
1935
The Live Wire
as Captain King
1935
Big Boy Rides Again
as John Duncan
1935
No Man's Range
as Ed Oliver
1935
Gun Play
as John Holt
1935
Western Courage
as Henry Hanley
1935
Murder by Television
as Donald M. Jordan
1935
Tracy Rides
as John Hampton
1935
The Crimson Trail
as Frank Carter
1935
Diamond Jim
1935
Rustlers of Red Dog
as Tom Lee [Chs. 1, 7-12]
1935
The Phantom Empire
as Mal
1935
Trail of Terror
as Sheriff Baxter
1935
Vagabond Lady
as Spear Department Head (uncredited)
1934
The Brand of Hate
as Mr. Camp
1934
The President Vanishes
as Legislator
1934
The Man from Hell
as Blacksmith Sandy
1934
The Red Rider
as Robert Maxwell
1934
Pals of the Prairie
as The Sheriff
1933
War of the Range
as Duke Bradley
1933
Via Pony Express
as Father Estaban
1933
The Big Squeal
as Charlie
1933
Design for Living
as Theatre Patron (uncredited)
1933
Saturday's Millions
as Old Grad
1933
Cross Fire
as Johnny Wheeler
1933
Roman Scandals
as Nobleman (uncredited)
1932
Washington Merry-Go-Round
as Party Guest
1932
The Honor of the Press
as Dodson, Editorial Writer
1932
Boy Oh Boy!
1931
Everything’s Rosie
1931
Chickens Come Home
as Judge (uncredited)
1931
Caught
as Bradford (uncredited)
1930
Alias French Gertie
as Appelgetzer
1930
Wings of Adventure
as Army Major
1930
Fast Work
as J. Addison Marlowe
1930
The Medicine Man
as Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
1929
Riding for Fame
as Dad Barton
1929
Overland Bound
as Underwood
1929
King of the Rodeo
as Chip Sr.
1929
The Devil Bear
as Judge Douglas Wilmot
1928
The Perfect Crime
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
1928
A Lady of Chance
as Prison warden
1928
The Beautiful Spy
as Salazar
1928
State Street Sadie
as Police Chief
1928
The Last Warning
as Doctor
1928
The Big Hop
as Buck Bronson's Father
1928
The Flyin' Buckaroo
as Banker Brown
1927
The Meddlin' Stranger
as Mr. Crawford
1927
The Adventurous Soul
as John Martin
1927
Good as Gold
as Sheriff John Gray
1927
Man, Woman and Sin
as The City Editor
1927
The Down Grade
as Mr. Lanning
1927
One Chance in a Million
as Richard Torrence
1927
The Cruise of the Hellion
as John Harlan
1927
Fast and Furious
as Hodge
1926
Hands Up!
as Brigham Young
1926
The Rainmaker
as Hospital Doctor
1926
The Flaming Frontier
as U.S. Senator Hargess
1926
Under Western Skies
as Sam Parkhurst
1926
A Woman of the Sea
as The Father
1926
War Paint
as Maj. Hopkins
1926
Exit Smiling
as Mr. Tichnor (uncredited)
1926
Frenzied Flames
as Chief Grogan
1926
The Runaway Express
as Jim Reed
1926
The Winning Wallop
as Peter Wayne
1925
Let 'er Buck
as Col. Jeff McCall
1925
The Girl of Gold
as Lucius Merrimore
1925
The Texas Trail
as Ring 'Em Foster
1925
The Saddle Hawk
as Jim Newhall
1925
Little Annie Rooney
as Surgeon (uncredited)
1925
The Red Kimona
as Jury Foreman (uncredited)
1925
Too Much Youth
as Mark Kenton
1925
Speed Mad
as Charles Hampton
1925
The Way of a Girl
as Police Judge
1924
Oh, You Tony!
as Blakely
1924
Being Respectable
as Mr. Beasley
1924
The Sawdust Trail
as Square Deal McKenzie
1924
The Torrent
as Captain
1924
The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln
as Isom Enlow, Neighbor
1923
Mile-a-Minute Romeo
as Sheriff
1923
A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate
as Jean's Father
1923
Hell's Hole
as The Sheriff
1923
Blinky
as Maj. Kileen
1923
The Ramblin' Kid
as Joshua Heck
1923
The Extra Girl
as Studio Manager
1923
Abysmal Brute
as Pat Glendon, Sr
1923
Gentle Julia
as John Atwater
1923
Grumpy
as Wolfe
1923
Alias the Night Wind
as Amos Chester
1922
West of Chicago
as Judson Malone (as Charles French)
1922
Her Own Money
as Thomas Hazelton
1922
The Bear Cat
as Sheriff Bill Garfield
1922
Mixed Faces
as Mr. Sayre
1922
Moran of the Lady Letty
as Tavern Owner
1922
The Unfoldment
as James Osbourne
1922
The Woman He Loved
as John Comstock
1922
The Truthful Liar
as Police Commissioner Rogers
1922
If You Believe It, It's So
as Frank Tine
1922
White Shoulders
as Col. Jim Singleton
1922
Smudge
as John Stanton
1921
Beyond
as Samuel Ackroyd (as Charles French)
1921
The Road Demon
1921
The Night Horsemen
as Marshal
1921
The Last Trail
as Sheriff Nelson
1921
Hands Off!
as Clint Wadley
1920
The Daredevil
as Ralph Spencer
1920
The Terror
as Sheriff Jim Canby
1920
Desert Love
as Jack Remington
1920
The Untamed
as Tex Calder
1920
Square Shooter
as Zeke Hampton
1920
The Texan
as Wolf River Mayor
1920
Prairie Trails
as Stephen McWhorter
1920
Stronger Than Death
as Col. Boucicault
1920
What Would You Do
as Robert Brainerd
1920
Flames of the Flesh
as Simon Eastcoat
1919
The Speed Maniac
as John B. Prescott
1919
The Sheriff's Son
as Hal Rutherford
1919
What Every Woman Wants
as Attorney for the Defense
1919
Jubilo
as Jim Handy
1919
Six Feet Four
as Henry Pollard
1919
Whom the Gods Would Destroy
as Herr Klaw
1919
Happy Though Married
as Diana's Uncle
1919
Come Again Smith
as Joe Smith Sr.
1919
This Hero Stuff
as Samuel Barnes
1919
The Mints of Hell
as Old Man Chaudiare
1919
Haunting Shadows
as John Glenarm Sr.
1918
The Midnight Patrol
as Jim Murdock
1918
The Marriage Ring
as Koske
1918
Green Eyes
as Rev. Dr. Gibson (as Charles French)
1918
The Vamp
as James Walsham
1918
The Kaiser's Shadow
as William Kremlin
1918
His Own Home Town
as T. Elihu Banks
1918
The Hired Man
as Caleb Endicott
1918
The Tiger Man
as Sheriff Sandy Martin
1918
The Law of the North
as Michel de Montcalm
1918
Three X Gordon
as Jim Gordon
1918
Fuss and Feathers
as Martin Ledyard
1918
A Burglar for a Night
as James Herrick
1917
Love or Justice
as Judge Geary
1917
The Weaker Sex
as John Harding
1917
The Son of His Father
as James Carbhoy
1917
Paws of the Bear
as Gen. von Mittendorf
1917
The Hater of Men
as Phillips Hartley
1917
The Clodhopper
as Isaac Nelson, Everett's Father
1917
Wee Lady Betty
as Fergus McClusky
1917
An Even Break
as David Harding
1916
Shell 43
as German Commander
1916
Civilization
as The Prime Minister
1916
The Vagabond Prince
as 'Spud' Murphy
1916
The Aryan
as 'Ivory' Wells
1916
The Bugler of Algiers
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
1916
A Gamble in Souls
1916
The Patriot
as Col. Bracken
1916
The Deserter
1916
The Honorable Algy
as James Dryker
1916
The Criminal
as Pietro
1916
A Corner in Colleens
as English Commander
1915
The Secret of Lost River
as Fra Bartolomeo
1915
Hearts and Swords
as General Salza
1915
The Iron Strain
as Ezra Whitney
1915
The Coward
as A Confederate Commander
1915
On the Night Stage
as Bartender (uncredited)
1915
The Disciple
as Sheriff 'Birdshot' Bivens
1915
The Despoiler
as Col. Damien
1914
The Typhoon
1914
The Bargain
as Bartender
1914
The Spark Eternal
as Dr. Deering
1914
For Her Brother's Sake
as Sheriff Frye - the Father
1912
Custer's Last Fight
1912
The Heart of an Indian
as Settler
1912
When Lee Surrenders
1909
The Cord of Life
The Lonely Road
as Hiram Wade
The Yosemite Trail
as The Sheriff
Arizona Nights
as Border Patrol Captain Smalley