Charles K. French
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.
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
as Unemployed Farmer (uncredited)Longfellow Deeds lives in a small town, leading a small town kind of life. When a relative dies...
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A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate
as Jean's FatherWhen Marie St. Clair believes she has been jilted by her artist fiance Jean, she decides to...
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The Prisoner of Zenda
as Bishop (uncredited)An Englishman who resembles the king of a small European nation gets mixed up in palace intrigue...
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Design for Living
as Theatre Patron (uncredited)An independent woman can't choose between the two men she loves so the trio agree to try living...
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Marked Woman
as Graham's Trial Assistant (uncredited)In the underworld of Manhattan, a woman dares to stand up to one of the city's most powerful...
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The Red Kimona
as Jury Foreman (uncredited)A woman is abandoned by her lover and prostitution is the only way she has to survive.
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Murder by Television
as Donald M. JordanJames Houghland, inventor of a new method by which television signals can be instantaneously...
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The President Vanishes
as LegislatorThe President Vanishes, released in the United Kingdom as Strange Conspiracy, is a 1934 American...
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Moran of the Lady Letty
as Tavern OwnerWealthy young man Ramon Laredo is abducted and put into service aboard a ship commanded by a...
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Chickens Come Home
as JudgeOllie is running for mayor when an old flame tries to blackmail him with a old photo.
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Last of the Warrens
as Bruce Warren (as Chas. French)Ted Warren returns from WWI to find that everyone thinks he was dead. The culprit is Kent who...
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The Last Warning
as DoctorA producer decides to reopen a theater, that had been closed five years previously when one of...
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A Lady of Chance
as Prison wardenA con woman working the Atlantic City hotels targets a visiting businessman from Alabama.
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Men with Steel Faces
as MalRe-edited feature version of serial The Phantom Empire (1935). Singer Gene Autry discovers a...
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The Man from Hell
as Blacksmith SandyA cowboy recently released from prison is determined to go straight, but he winds up in a tough...
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Exit Smiling
as Mr. Tichnor (uncredited)The travails of a third-rate traveling theatre company and its wardrobe lady / maid who dreams...
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Alias French Gertie
as AppelgetzerA safecracker poses as a French maid in order to gain access to wealthy homes. In the midst of a...
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Little Annie Rooney
as Surgeon (uncredited)A feisty little girl, the daughter of a beat cop, faces the challenges of growing up in a tough...
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Dangerous Waters
as Old Skipper (uncredited)While a ship captain is at sea dealing with a mutiny among his crew, his wife is at home having...
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The Phantom Empire
as MalWhen the ancient continent of Mu sank beneath the ocean, some of its inhabitant survived in...
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The Extra Girl
as Studio ManagerSue Graham is a small town girl who wants to be a motion picture star. She wins a contract when...
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The Beautiful Spy
as SalazarA complete version of the film is held by Cineteca Del Friuli.
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The Sheriff's Son
as Hal RutherfordSheriff's son Royal Beaudry is thought a coward, even by the young woman he has his heart set...
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Civilization
as The Prime MinisterCount Ferdinand, a submarine commander and secret pacifist refuses to torpedo a defenseless...
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Stronger Than Death
as Col. BoucicaultSigrid, A French dancer, diagnosed with a weak heart, is ordered by her doctor never to dance...
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The Untamed
as Tex CalderA cowpuncher by the name of Whistling Dan is adopted by a rancher, Joe Cumberland (James O....
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Hands Up!
as Brigham YoungJack, a southern spy during the Civil War, must try to capture a shipment of gold. His task is...
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The Typhoon
as uncreditedTokoramo, a Japanese diplomat on a mission to Paris, begins a love affair with Helene, a chorus...
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The Son of His Father
as James CarbhoyA young man with little ambition is given an opportunity to set himself up in business by means...
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The Shadow
as Joseph RandThe Shadow battles a villain known as The Black Tiger, who has the power to make himself...
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The Terror
as Sheriff Jim CanbyBat "No Limit" Carson, U.S. deputy marshal has to battle all types of varmints, including...
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Wild Bill Hickok Rides
as RancherThe Western hero takes on a ruthless land baron whose henchmen killed his best friend.
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War of the Range
as Duke BradleyJim Warren is starting a range war by getting his boss Duke Bradley to fence off part of the...
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Man, Woman and Sin
as The City EditorA young man takes a succession of odd jobs in order to save enough money to buy himself and his...
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The Red Rider
as Robert Maxwell"Red" Davison(Buck Jones), the sheriff of Sun Dog, sacrifices his job and his good name to save...
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Everything’s Rosie
as uncreditedA little orphan girl walks into the life of a hand-to-mouth carnival huckster. He teaches her...
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The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln
as Isom Enlow, NeighborA biographical film featuring the presidency and assassination of Abraham Lincoln during the...
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The Brand of Hate
as Mr. CampTrouble starts when Bill Larkins and his two sons move in with his brother Joe. They start...
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No Man's Range
as Ed OliverSummoned by Ed Oliver, Jim Hale and sidekick Fuzz arrive at Oliver's ranch to find a range war...
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Rio Grande Ranger
as Banker (uncredited)Sayres and his outlaw gang operate out of a town just across the border and out of the...
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The Bugler of Algiers
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)Gabrielle Picard (Elda Hall) and Pierre Dupont (Rupert Julian) are lovers in a small French...
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The Aryan
as 'Ivory' WellsSteve Denton, rich from years of prospecting, is fleeced by the citizens of Yellow Ridge. In his...
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The Patriot
as Col. BrackenFamily relationships of a New Mexico family are just one part of this silent cowboy western...
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Slightly Honorable
as Pallbearer (Uncredited)A lawyer is framed for the murder of a young party girl and tries to clear his name.
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Custer's Last Fight
as uncreditedCuster's Last Fight chronicles George Armstrong Custer's final battle against the forces of...
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Where Trails Divide
as Reverend EvansTom Allen comes to Rawhide to open a law office. But he becomes the Sheriff instead and goes...
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Washington Merry-Go-Round
as Party GuestButton Gwinett Brown is a freshman congressman on a mission to rid Washington of corruption. He...
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Headin' for the Rio Grande
as Pop Hart (Laura's father)Western - Singing cowboy Tex Saunders (Tex Ritter) finds himself in a heap of trouble when he...
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The Coward
as A Confederate CommanderSet during the American Civil War, Keenan stars as a Virginia colonel and Charles Ray as his...
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Gun Play
as John HoltA cowboy comes to the aid of a lady rancher threatened by Mexican bandits who believe there is a...
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The Marriage Ring
as KoskeAnne Mertons (Enid Bennett) is the unhappy wife of Hugo Mertons (Robert McKim), an unscrupulous...
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Dick Tracy's G-Men
as DoctorA mad doctor named Zanoff uses a drug to bring himself back from the dead after his execution in...
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Trail of Terror
as Sheriff BaxterManning breaks out of prison and joins Blake's gang of outlaws. Later a paroled Muggs arrives to...
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Good Luck, Mr. Yates
as Leading CitizenA 4F military school teacher's lie about being accepted for active duty causes problems on the...
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The Crimson Trail
as Frank CarterA ranch owner mistakenly believes that a neighboring rancher is involved with cattle thieves.
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Beyond
as Samuel Ackroyd (as Charles French)Avis Langley's dying mother begs her to look after Avis's errant brother and continues after...
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Six Feet Four
as Henry PollardA cowboy matches the description of the man who robbed the local hotel--both are 6'4". When a...
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On the Night Stage
as Bartender (uncredited)A stagecoach robber falls in love with a saloon girl. However, she falls for a pastor, who...
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What Would You Do
as Robert BrainerdReleased in January 1920, this silent romantic love triangle crime melodrama, about a man who...
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The Bear Cat
as Sheriff Bill GarfieldThe Bearcat, alias The Singin' Kid, crosses the Rio Grande into Three Pines, singing...
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Caught
as Bradford (uncredited)Calamity Jane is a tough and rowdy woman in the old West who owns a saloon and gambling joint...
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State Street Sadie
as Police ChiefUnassuming clerk Tom Blake is framed for the murder of a policeman in the midst of a violent...
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Cross Fire
as Johnny WheelerTom and five older respected business men run the Sierra mine. When Tom leaves for Europe to...
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What Every Woman Wants
as Attorney for the DefensePoor stenographer Gloria Graham believes that clothes make a woman successful in business and as...
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Big Boy Rides Again
as John DuncanA man comes to town to claim the estate of his father, who was shot by a masked killer. He sets...
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Good as Gold
as Sheriff John GrayBuck Brady is the son of a prospector whose valuable claim was stolen when Buck was a child....
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The Disciple
as Sheriff 'Birdshot' BivensJim Houston, the "Shootin' Iron" Parson, comes to Barren Gulch to reform the morals of the...
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The Rainmaker
as Hospital DoctorThe story of a racetrack tout whose prayers could bring a dry or muddy racetrack, and how he...
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The Iron Strain
as Ezra WhitneyThe story is set in Alaska, where spoiled and pampered heiress Octavia Van Ness has come for her...
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Tracy Rides
as John HamptonSheriff Tom Tracy is summoned to the sheep camp where he finds Old Man Jenkins fatally wounded...
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The Texas Trail
as Ring 'Em FosterRangy Pete Grainger is a cowboy who saves a rancher and his daughter from being kicked off their...
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Abysmal Brute
as Pat Glendon, SrA young man is raised in the mountains by his prizefighter father. Although he possesses great...
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Overland Bound
as UnderwoodTrying to trick Ma (Lydia Knott) and Mary Winters (Allene Ray) into selling their rundown ranch,...
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Under Western Skies
as Sam ParkhurstBob Erskine, the son of a wealthy New York banker, falls in love with Ella Parkhurst, the...
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The Cord of Life
as uncreditedAntonine, a worthless, good-for-nothing scoundrel, demands money of his cousin Galora, an...
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The Flaming Frontier
as U.S. Senator HargessBob Langdon, a young Pony Express rider, is given an appointment to West Point, but is forced to...
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Vagabond Lady
as Spear Department Head (uncredited)Josephine Spiggins is thinking of marrying John Spear, the stuffed-shirt son of a department...
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Green Eyes
as Rev. Dr. Gibson (as Charles French)Southerner Pearson Hunter (Jack Holt) marries Shirley, a Northerner (Dorothy Dalton), and brings...
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Wings of Adventure
as Army MajorDave Kent, a commercial aviator, and his mechanic, Skeets Smith, are forced to make an emergency...
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The Heart of an Indian
as SettlerWhen Indians attack a white settlement, a brave kidnaps a white baby to give to his wife as a...
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Diamond Jim
as uncreditedA loose biopic based on the life of Gilded Age tycoon "Diamond" Jim Brady.
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Fast and Furious
as HodgeWhen Tom Brown, a wealthy young bachelor with a reckless penchant for speed, wrecks his car in...
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West of Chicago
as Judson Malone (as Charles French)West of Chicago is a 1922 American silent western film directed by Scott R. Dunlap and starring...
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Gentle Julia
as John AtwaterGentle Julia is a 1923 American silent romantic drama film based on the popular novel Gentle...
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Jubilo
as Jim HandyJubilo, a hobo, witnesses a robbery, finds work on Judge Hardy’s farm, and foils the vengeful...
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Saturday's Millions
as Old GradJim Fowler is Western University's football hero and is constantly besieged by reporters. Jim's...
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The Unfoldment
as James OsbourneKatherine Nevin and her brother Jack are given positions on the newspaper of James Osborne...
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Western Courage
as Henry HanleyWealthy Henry Hanley takes his family to a dude ranch. But his daughter Gloria's boyfriend Eric...
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The Runaway Express
as Jim ReedJoe Foley, charged to deliver a trainload of cattle to his employer, is forced to commandeer the...
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Fast Work
as J. Addison MarloweCharley Chase is obsessed with a woman, however his attempt to meet her father is complicated by...
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Blinky
as Maj. KileenBlinky, the bespectacled son of Col. "Raw Meat" Islip, is scorned by his fellow cavalrymen...
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The Big Hop
as Buck Bronson's FatherJones plays Buck Bronson, a ranch hand taking to the air as a barnstorming pilot.
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An Even Break
as David HardingClaire Curtis, Jimmie Strong and Mary have spent their childhood together in the country. Upon...
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The Hater of Men
as Phillips HartleyConvinced that her impending marriage to fellow reporter Billy Williams will result in a loss of...
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The Devil Bear
as Judge Douglas WilmotA ship's captain keeps a tame gorilla as a pet. During a mutiny the captain is injured by a blow...
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War Paint
as Maj. HopkinsAn Indian chief of the Arapahoe escapes the reservation where he has been living and takes along...
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The Lonely Road
as Hiram WadeBetty Austin gives up her dream of going to the city and marries Warren Wade, but she sadly...
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Riding for Fame
as Dad BartonA champion bronc buster is hired to break horses, but winds up accused of stealing money from...
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Shell 43
as German CommanderWilliam Berner is an English spy who is doing his job behind German lines. While working for the...
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The Texan
as Wolf River MayorTex Benton, riding across the country, sees a turtle, catches a jack rabbit and tests out the...
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The Despoiler
as Col. DamienMovie mogul Thomas H. Ince may well have been the director of The Despoiler as indicated by the...
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Let 'er Buck
as Col. Jeff McCallA young cowboy falls in love with the daughter of a rich rancher, and they plan to marry....
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The Bargain
as BartenderAfter the bandit Jim Stokes robs the stage he is wounded fleeing. Recuperating at a ranch, he...
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The Meddlin' Stranger
as Mr. CrawfordPopular B-Western hero Wally Wales (later known as Hal Taliaferro) went up against none other...
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Hell's Hole
as The SheriffCowboy Tod Musgrave and his pal Del Hawkins steal a ride on a train after being kicked out of a...
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Mile-a-Minute Romeo
as SheriffThree men, Lucky Bill ( Tom Mix ), Landry ( J. Gordon Russell ), and Morgan ( Jim Mason ) are in...
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The Throwback
as Ted SmalleyWhen Buck is young his cattle stealing father is killed. Now grown Buck returns home still...
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The Clodhopper
as Isaac Nelson, Everett's FatherEverett Nelson is a naive young farmboy. Following unjust treatment on the farm, he runs away to...
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The Vamp
as James WalshamNancy, a naive young girl who works backstage at a musical-comedy theatre, learns from the...
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The Deserter
as uncreditedParker, an Army lieutenant at a Western outpost, falls in love with Barbara Taylor, daughter of...
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Rustlers of Red Dog
as Tom Lee [Chs. 1, 7-12]A movie serial in 12 chapters: After gold is discovered in the town of Nugget, the titular band...
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The Last Trail
as Sheriff NelsonThe successful operations of a lone bandit known as "The Night Hawk" terrorize a frontier town,...
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King of the Rodeo
as Chip Sr.A Montana cowboy battles lowlifes while preparing for a competition in Chicago.
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Being Respectable
as Mr. BeasleyWealthy young Charles Carpenter is pressured by his family to marry Suzanne, even though he is...
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The Ramblin' Kid
as Joshua HeckThe Ramblin' Kid, a cowboy, falls in love with Carolyn June, a beautiful easterner, and wins her...
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The Honor of the Press
as Dodson, Editorial WriterCub reporter Daniel Greely gets a job on a big city newspaper. A string of robberies occur and...
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The Live Wire
as Captain KingA sailor (Richard Talmadge) journeys to a remote island in search of a rare urn. The film also...
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Strange Glory
as uncreditedDuring the American Civil War, General Ulysses Grant carries out the 'Tennessee Plan,' which...
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Love or Justice
as Judge GearyPromising young lawyer Jack Dunn,, becomes a victim of drugs and loses his standing in the legal...
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The Flyin' Buckaroo
as Banker BrownBill Mathews mistakenly comes to believe that his sweetheart, Sally Brown, prefers the company...
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The Speed Maniac
as John B. PrescottBilly Porter sells his ranch and travels to San Francisco to try his hand in the business world....
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The Sawdust Trail
as Square Deal McKenzieClarence, an eastern college youth masquerading as a mild, inoffensive dandy, joins a Wild West...
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The Tiger Man
as Sheriff Sandy MartinOutlaw Hawk Parsons, notoriously successful in his pursuits, has been caught by the local sherif...
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Desert Love
as Jack RemingtonMurderous bandits shoot up a town and kill the sheriff. But before he dies, the lawman leaves...
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The Kaiser's Shadow
as William KremlinFrench scientists are developing a secret weapon, a gun that uses the mysterious powers of X-ray...
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The Night Horsemen
as MarshalWhistling Dan (Tom Mix) is raised by the kindly rancher Old Joe Cumberland (Harry Lonsdale)...
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Hands Off!
as Clint WadleyTex Robert rescues beautiful Ramona Wadley from the gang-leader of cattle rustlers. Later, he...
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The Perfect Crime
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)A police inspector "solves" a crime that, in fact, may not have occurred at all.
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Her Own Money
as Thomas HazeltonAfter five years of marriage, Mildred comes to the realization that her husband, Lew, is going...
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The Road Demon
as uncreditedTom Mix trades horses for cars. Tom Higgins meets Patricia O'Malley whose father is a car...
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Square Shooter
as Zeke HamptonChick Crandall, half owner of the Flying A Ranch, returns home after a five-year absence and,...
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The Daredevil
as Ralph SpencerWhen Timothy Atkinson arrives in a rough Western town to become the telegraph operator, the...
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Mixed Faces
as Mr. SayreJudge Granger, a candidate for mayor, attempts to persuade Mary Allen Sayre to marry him. She...
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The Saddle Hawk
as Jim NewhallBen Johnson, a sheepherder who hates sheep, is instructed by his employer, Vasquez, to escort...
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The Girl of Gold
as Lucius MerrimoreLucius Merrimore is the wealthy owner of a mine called "the Gold Girl," and as a result his...
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Oh, You Tony!
as BlakelyThis silent Western features Tom Mix as a rancher who goes to Washington to affect better...
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Hearts and Swords
as General SalzaDonna Gonzales has a daughter, Rosa, and a son, Maxim. Maxim is fighting in the Rebel cause, his...
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Whom the Gods Would Destroy
as Herr KlawAfter a young inventor discovers a powerful new explosive, agents from a German chemical firm...
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The Weaker Sex
as John HardingJack Harding, a wealthy ne'er-do-well, becomes involved with a Broadway vamp. When she is...
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Prairie Trails
as Stephen McWhorterTex Benton (cowboy star Tom Mix) wants to marry Janet McWhorter (Kathleen O'Connor), but her...
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