Charles Murray

Born: 1872-06-21

Charles Murray was an American vaudevillian and screen actor, as well as the director of five silent comedy shorts.


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The Wizard of Oz

as Wizard of Oz
Released: 1925-02-12

A farm girl learns she is a princess and is swept away by a tornado to the land of Oz.

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Mabel's Married Life

as Man in Bar
Released: 1914-06-20

Mabel goes home after being humiliated by a masher whom her husband won't fight. The husband...

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Tillie's Punctured Romance

as Detective in 'A Thief's Fate' (uncredited)
Released: 1914-12-21

A womanizing city man meets Tillie in the country. When he sees that her father has a very large...

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His New Profession

as Drinker (uncredited)
Released: 1914-08-31

Charlie takes care of a man in a wheelchair.

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The Masquerader

as Film director
Released: 1914-08-27

Charlie plays an actor who bungles several scenes and is kicked out. He returns convincingly...

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The Stolen Jools

as Kelly
Released: 1931-04-04

Famous actress Norma Shearer's jewels are stolen… (Star-packed promotional short film intended...

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Yankee Doodle in Berlin

as An Irish-American Soldier
Released: 1919-03-02

Behind enemy lines, Captain Bob White disguises himself as a woman in order to fool members of...

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Irene

as Pa O'Dare
Released: 1926-01-24

Irene, a feisty Irish girl in Philadelphia, clashes with her family and walks out, heading to...

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Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1942-01-01

The edition of Screen Snapshots celebrates 25 years of production. It looks at the content of...

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Clancy in Wall Street

as Michael Clancy
Released: 1930-03-14

Clancy and MacIntosh are a pair of stock comedy Irish and Scottish plumbers who have been...

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Empty Hearts

as Joe Delane
Released: 1924-09-15

Milt Kimberlin is a down-on-his luck horse owner, but Rosalie, a cabaret performer (the lively...

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The Mothering Heart

as Male Apache Dancer
Released: 1913-06-21

A young couple struggle to get ahead, the wife always assuaging the troubles of her melancholy...

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The Devil's Circus

as Circus Member
Released: 1926-02-14

In 1913, Carl is released from prison, where he served a sentence for stealing. Spurned by his...

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Breaking the Ice

as Janitor
Released: 1938-09-22

The story begins while Tommy Martin and his mother, Martha Martin say goodbye to Henry and...

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Dangerous Waters

as Chief Engineer McDuffy
Released: 1936-02-10

While a ship captain is at sea dealing with a mutiny among his crew, his wife is at home having...

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Lilies of the Field

as Charles Lee
Released: 1924-02-29

A young mother, Mildred, doesn't know that her husband Walter is cheating on her. One night she...

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The Boob

as Cactus Jim
Released: 1926-05-17

To impress the girl he loves, a naive country boy tries to capture a group of local bootleggers.

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Her Friend the Bandit

as Count De Beans
Released: 1914-06-04

A comedy made by Keystone Studios starring Charlie Chaplin and Mabel Normand, both of whom...

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The Gorilla

as Garrity
Released: 1927-11-13

An ape is suspected of committing a series of murders.

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Subway Sadie

as Taxicab Driver
Released: 1926-09-12

A New York fur saleswoman falls for a man she meets on the subway and must decide if she wants...

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Paint and Powder

as Cabman
Released: 1925-09-16

Elaine Hammerstein stars in this independently produced drama. She plays Mary Dolan, a dancer at...

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The Cohens and Kellys

as Patrick Kelly
Released: 1926-02-28

Jacob Cohen, who owns a dry goods store, and Patrick Kelly, an Irish cop, are constantly at...

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Painted People

as Tom Byrne
Released: 1924-01-28

A 1924 film directed by Clarence G. Badger.

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Don't Weaken!

as Frank Reilly
Released: 1920-09-05

A dancing instructor gets involved with a newly rich family.

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The Girl in the Limousine

as The Butler
Released: 1924-07-20

Tony and Freddie, who have been rivals all their lives, vie for the hand in marriage of their...

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My Son

as Captain Joe Barnby
Released: 1925-04-19

A mother and her son's lives are upended by the arrival of a wealthy flapper to their small New...

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Cursed by His Beauty

as The Iceman
Released: 1914-10-31

Married ice man Charles Murray is "Cursed by His Beauty" (1914) when he becomes a model for a...

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Maggie's First False Step

as The Floorwalker
Released: 1917-02-25

Maggie's First False Step

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Their Social Splash

as Hogan - the Unruly Guest
Released: 1915-04-26

Pretty Dixie Chene is abut to be married to Slim Summerville besides a swimming pool stocked...

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The Hollywood Kid

as Patrick Pico
Released: 1924-04-19

A short packed with more stars and gags than most features of its day, this film delivered a...

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The Noise of Bombs

as Constable Murray
Released: 1914-11-19

Four miscreants get revenge on the police chief by planting bombs in his house.

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The Mine with the Iron Door

as Bob Hill
Released: 1924-10-02

This epic Western-melodrama was based on the popular novel by Harold Bell Wright. Two old...

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The Plumber

as Hogan
Released: 1914-12-09

This Keystone from the end of 1914, involving the usual suspects running around some plumbing...

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Around the Corner

as O'Grady
Released: 1930-04-25

18-year-old Rosie Kaplan O'Grady was found as an abandoned baby by O'Grady, an Irish policeman,...

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The Fire Patrol

as Fireman
Released: 1924-08-14

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McFadden's Flats

as Dan McFadden
Released: 1927-02-06

Irish contractor McFadden and Scottish barber McTavish become fast friends, and McTavish's son...

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That Night

as A Cafe Entertainer
Released: 1917-12-16

There is harmony in The Café until it is accidentally discovered that lovely Mary has had a...

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A Small Town Idol

as Sheriff Wilbur Sparks
Released: 1921-02-13

Sam, a young man in a small town, is accused of being a thief. Unable to prove his...

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Her Painted Hero

as A Property Man
Released: 1915-11-20

A stage-struck young woman becomes an heiress, and hopes to use her new-found wealth to fulfill...

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The Silent Lover

as O'Reilly (as Charlie Murray)
Released: 1926-11-21

Based on the 1922 play Der Legionër by Lajos Biró.

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Fools Highway

as Mamie's Father
Released: 1924-03-01

Mike Kildare, a swaggering youth from New York City's Bowery at the turn of the century, comes...

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Bright Lights of Broadway

as El Jumbo
Released: 1923-08-06

An innocent country girl who happens to have a lovely singing voice falls under the influence of...

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The Cohens and Kellys in Trouble

as Captain Patrick Kelly
Released: 1933-04-15

Kelly's daughter falls for a revenue agent, and his divorced wife is after alimony.

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The Reckless Lady

as Gendarme
Released: 1926-01-24

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Hard Knocks and Love Taps

as Plato Mulligan
Released: 1921-07-24

When a well off man from the city arrives in a hick town to woo a wealthy widow, he encounters...

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Happy Times and Jolly Moments

as (archive footage)
Released: 1943-01-01

This short film takes a nostalgic look at the Mack Sennett comedies of the silent cinema era.

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Fatty and the Broadway Stars

as Sam Bernard's Director
Released: 1915-12-15

Fatty and the Broadway Stars is a 1915 American short comedy film directed by and starring Fatty...

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White Fang

as Judson Black
Released: 1925-05-24

Silent version of the classic Jack London tale.

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Here We Go Again

as Plato Mulligan
Released: 1952-11-15

When a well off man from the city arrives in a hick town to woo a wealthy widow, he encounters...

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The Cohens and the Kellys in Africa

as Kelly
Released: 1930-12-21

Cohen and Kelly families go to Africa to buy elephant tusks.

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The Masked Woman

as André O'Donohue (as Charlie Murray)
Released: 1927-01-16

Baron Tolento lusts for Diane Delatour, his physician's wife, and donates money to their...

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Hypnotized

as Charlie O'Brien
Released: 1932-12-25

A Gypsy violinist searches for her missing fiance, a circus worker who recently won a...

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Circus Girl

as Slippery
Released: 1937-03-01

A jealous trapeze star decides he must eliminate his romantic rival.

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The Crossroads of New York

as Judge
Released: 1922-06-22

A young man from the country travels to the city to find his fortune. Although he has a letter...

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Trying to Get Along

as The Newly Married Cafe Owner
Released: 1919-07-05

Café de Luxe's owner comes back to his restaurant after a vacation.

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Why Women Love

as Josiah Scott
Released: 1925-10-18

A lost film.

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The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood

as Michael Kelly
Released: 1932-03-27

The Cohens and the Kellys invade a Hollywood studio after Kitty becomes the darling of the studio.

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Mismates

as Black
Released: 1926-07-26

"Mismates" is the story of a wealthy youth who, against his mother's wishes, marries a poor girl...

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The Life of Riley

as Timothy Riley - Fire Chief
Released: 1927-09-03

Silent comedy film directed by William Beaudine..

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Luck

as The Plumber
Released: 1923-03-01

A young man is bet $100,000 that his famous luck can hold out and he can make that sum in one...

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Sundown

as Pat Meech
Released: 1924-11-30

Cattlemen attempt to keep their lands and herds from being overrun by nesters.

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The Head Man

as Watts (as Charlie Murray)
Released: 1928-07-08

Because he refuses to be a tool for a political mob, Watts, an ex-senator, is relegated to the...

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The Pill Pounder

as uncredited
Released: 1923-04-23

Charlie is a small town druggist trying to wait on trade and play a social game of poker in the...

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A Barber Cure

as The Count
Released: 1913-10-30

A comedy in which a barber shaves off only half of a customer’s beard and moustache, because...

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Percy

as Holy Joe
Released: 1925-04-05

Western melodrama about a sheltered youth who makes his way out West by playing the fiddle.

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Hogan Out West

as Hogan
Released: 1915-02-27

After arriving in a hostile Western town, Hogan meets the Wild West head-on. A shack loaded with...

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Hollywood on Parade No. A-8

as uncredited
Released: 1933-03-10

In the Hollywood Hall of Fame - a wax museum - the figure of Eddie Borden comes to life and...

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Sweet Daddies

as Patrick O'Brien
Released: 1926-06-12

Stage comedian Patrick O'Brien is fired from his job because of his drinking celebration of his...

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Paradise

as Lord Lumley
Released: 1926-09-26

After a daredevil demonstration of aviator stunts, Anthony Fortescue-Stirling, more familiarly...

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Flickering Youth

as The Judge
Released: 1924-04-27

Flickering Youth is a 1924 silent Comedy.

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A Bedroom Blunder

as Julius O'Brien - an Average Husband
Released: 1917-10-07

A henpecked husband and his wife vacation at a seaside resort. While he's enjoying the view of...

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Riley's Decoys

as uncredited
Released: 1913-12-15

A short comedy about two competing pensions. One is doing well because are two cute girls are...

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Vamping Venus

as Michael Cassidy / King Cassidy of Ireland
Released: 1928-05-13

A present-day stereotypically-Irish American politician is vaulted into ancient Greece after...

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Hogan's Romance Upset

as Hogan
Released: 1915-02-13

Charles Murray out romancing in the park.

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Who Cares

as Greaves
Released: 1925-02-01

Who Cares is a 1925 silent film produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures and starring...

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