Charles West
From Wikipedia Charles West (November 30, 1885 – October 10, 1943) was an American film actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 300 films between 1908 and 1937. He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and died in Los Angeles, California.
The Grapes of Wrath
as Migrant (uncredited)Tom Joad returns to his home after a jail sentence to find his family kicked out of their farm...
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Duck Soup
as Minister (uncredited)Rufus T. Firefly is named president/dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on...
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The Massacre
as Stephen's Ward's HusbandThe story of the massacre of an Indian village, and the ensuing retaliation.
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Ramona
as Man in ChapelRamona, residing on her wealthy Spanish adoptive mother's rancho in California, falls in love...
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The Unchanging Sea
as The Daughter's SweetheartIn this story set at a seaside fishing village and inspired by a Charles Kingsley poem, a young...
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Manslaughter
as Member of the Jury (uncredited)Society-girl thrillseeker Lydia's fun comes to an end when she accidentally causes the death of...
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The House with Closed Shutters
as Agnes's First SuitorDuring the Civil War a young soldier loses his nerve in battle and runs away to his home to...
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A Flash of Light
as John RogersAn experiment goes wrong and blinds a newly married chemist. The chemist's wife does not want to...
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The Long Road
as NedEdith enters a convent after losing her fiancé to someone else. Years later, Edith finds him...
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Go and Get It
as Slim HoganWrestling legend Bull Montana plays a murderous gorilla with a human brain transplant who is...
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Love Among the Roses
as FootmanIn the Kingdom of Never-Never Land there live a great Lord and Lady, each presiding over their...
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Swords and Hearts
as The suitorA poor girl is secretly in love with a wealthy young planter.
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The Source
as Paul HolmquistA young man of social standing chooses instead to live as a hobo. He gets work in a lumber camp,...
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Lena and the Geese
as uncreditedA first-born baby girl is sent away and placed in the care of Gretchen, a trusted peasant woman,...
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A Beast at Bay
as uncreditedMary Pickford as "The Young Woman", is quite taken with Edwin August; in fact, he is her...
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His Trust
as Man at FarewellA Confederate officer is called off to war. He leaves his wife and daughter in the care of...
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The Son's Return
as WillA son leaves to seek his fortune in the city. Many years later he returns and checks into his...
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The Switchtower
as Second Counterfeiter"He was a regular boy and his father a switchman. The boy determined to be like his dad and...
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Fate's Turning
as John Lawson Jr.A young girl working as a waitress at a resort for the wealthy is swept off her feet by a rich...
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Shackled
as Walter CosgroveA destitute young woman named Lola Dexter falls in love with Walter Cosgrove, who establishes...
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Sunshine Sue
as Harry - the Summer BoarderA country girl follows a city suitor, but is left alone and must fend for herself.
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The Man Trailer
as GormanWhen an ex-outlaw becomes Marshall he must face up to his old gang.
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Bob Hampton of Placer
as Maj. BrantFormer U.S. Army Capt. Bob Hampton joins a party of settlers and saves the life of a girl known...
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In the Border States
as Young fatherDuring the Civil War, a father living in a border state leaves to join the Union Army. After he...
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The Talker
as DetectiveKate Lennox is bored with suburban life and her husband, Harry. Their next-door neighbors, the...
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The Golden Supper
as Lionel - Julian's RivalJulian loves his cousin and foster sister Camilla, who is wooed and won by Lionel, his friend...
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The Lesser Evil
as The Go-BetweenA young woman's peaceful existence is shattered when she is abducted by the crew of a boat of...
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The Speed Demon
as Racing Spectator (as Charles H. West)An ambitious race driver who is not allowed to compete decides to outwit his competitors.
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A Child of the Ghetto
as The Proprietor's SonAfter her mother's death, Ruth struggles to support herself as a seamstress. While Ruth delivers...
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The Goddess of Sagebrush Gulch
as Blue Grass PeteThe Goddess, the prettiest and best-natured girl that ever graced that little mining town, meets...
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Along Came Youth
as Chauffeur (uncredited)An American sportsman stranded in London poses as a cook to remain near the aristocratic lady he...
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The Two Brothers
as A Suitor / A MexicanIn Camarillo, principality of the Spanish dominion, there lived two brothers, Jose and Manuel....
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Winning Back His Love
as uncreditedA Husband thinks the grass is greener on the other side of the fence. His wife shows him its not.
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The Last Drop of Water
as JimA wagon train heading west across the great desert runs out of water, and is attacked by...
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The Battle
as The BoyUnion soldiers march off to battle amid cheering crowds. After the battle turns against the...
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A Temporary Truce
as Undetermined Role (uncredited)A Mexican is thrown out of a bar by a young prospector and swears to get even. Later, he kidnaps...
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The Old Actor
as uncreditedAn elderly actor who lives with his wife and daughter is dismissed from his acting job because...
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Under Burning Skies
as BartenderJoe, "The Bad Man of San Fernand," is one tough customer. He sets his sights on a lovely young...
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The Baby and the Stork
as PoliceBobby is jealous of the new baby, so he takes it to the zoo and tries to return it to the stork.
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Law of the West
as Dad TracyFor revenge the outlaw Morgan steals the Carruthers young son. Seventeen years later Carruthers...
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The Road to Yesterday
as Watt EarnshawMalena's apparent frigidity toward her husband Kenneth is a result of injustice done in an...
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A Lodging for the Night
as Dick LoganDick Logan, a young writer, stops at a little border town and takes lodging at the Mexican Inn....
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For His Son
as The SonA father, anxious for his son's financial well being, develops a special soda pop called...
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A Sailor’s Heart
as On StreetA short film directed by Wilfred Lucas for the Biograph Company.
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When a Man Loves
as John WatsonMr. Bach, a wealthy man, visits the scenes of his boyhood days in his auto and meets farmer...
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The House Without a Key
as BowkerA Pathe serial in ten chapters of two-reels each: Dan Winterslip, a wealthy man in Honolulu, has...
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The Ghost Flower
as uncreditedGiulia, a Neapolitan girl, much against her will, becomes the mistress of a wealthy gangster....
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Police Car 17
as HarryMotor patrolman Tim Conlon and his partner Bumps O'Neill vie for the attentions of Helen Regan,...
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The Manicure Lady
as WaiterThe manicure lady spurns the barber and dates a rich cad instead.
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The Lesson
as In First BarShort drama about the commandment "honour your father and your mother".
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Waiter No. 5
as The Chief of Police's Son (as an adult)After conducting a raid on a Rebel camp, a Czarist officer discovers that his wife has joined...
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For the Defense
as JoeWilliam Foster is a slick attorney who stays within the law, but specializes in representing...
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The Mender of Nets
as Tom - The Little Mender's SweetheartA young woman who works mending fishermen's nets is engaged to be married. But her fiancé has an...
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Her Terrible Ordeal
as uncreditedA young secretary is locked in an airtight vault by a robber. Only her boss knows the...
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The Skyrocket
as Edward Kimm (prologue)In the prologue Sharon Kimm and Mickey Reid are childhood friends in a tenement neighborhood but...
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The Redman's View
as ConquerorAn Indian village is forced to leave its land by white settlers, and must make a long and weary...
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The Newlyweds
as HarryA young man and a young woman, each unlucky in love, determine never to marry. But Cupid has...
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Love Finds a Way
as uncreditedMack Sennett appears as a footman in this film produced by the Biograph Company.
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The Engagement Ring
as The WaiterAlice has two persistent suitors, one rich, one poor. Each buys her an engagement ring; the rich...
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Red Lights
as The ConductorA mysterious figure attempts to keep a daughter from reuniting with her father.
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The Last Deal
as Bank TellerOwen Moore is addicted to gambling and about to lose his family and job because of it. James...
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Acquitted
as McManusA doctor is wrongly convicted of murder and sent to prison.
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What the Daisy Said
as A Farmer (uncredited)Two sisters want to know whether there is romance in their future. One sister pulls the petals...
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The Female of the Species
as The Miner (as Charles H. West)A man and three women leave an abandoned mining town and travel across the desert. After the...
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The Chief's Blanket
as The OutlawWhen the Great Chief's body is placed before the funeral pile by his mourning braves, his sacred...
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One Is Business, the Other Crime
as Poor HusbandGriffith intercuts between the lives of two couples married on the same day. One couple is rich,...
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Through Darkening Vales
as DaveHard-working Dave loves Grace, but she rejects him for a flashier suitor. Grace is blinded in an...
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The River's End
as Peter KirkstoneIn the gold fields of the Canadian Northwest, a man is falsely accused of a crime and determines...
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The Dream Girl
as 'English' HalThe father of San Francisco waif Meg runs an illegal liquor club and supports "English" Hal in...
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The Peachbasket Hat
as uncreditedMrs. Jones leaves her baby with the maid and goes shopping for a new hat. Meanwhile, the maid...
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The Italian Barber
as uncreditedTony, the barber, on his way to the shop meets little Alice, the newsgirl, who runs a stand on a...
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What Shall We Do with Our Old?
as Supporting CharacterAn elderly carpenter is told by a doctor that his wife is seriously ill. Soon afterwards, an...
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The Flash of Fate
as Philadelphia JohnsonWhen his father commits suicide after being ruined by dishonest stockbroker Abner Hinman,...
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Not Guilty
as Herbert WelchA drama of a fugitive from justice and a fugitive from love.
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The Phantom Melody
as uncreditedCount Camello lives on his fine estate in Italy, near the home occupied by Sir James Drake and...
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The Man from Hell's Edges
as InformantA man escapes from prison, then joins up with a gang of stage robbers while at the same time...
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The Heart of Nora Flynn
as Jack MurrayNora is nursemaid to a wealthy family and in love with their chauffeur Nolan. When she hides her...
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Polly of the Storm Country
as Oscar BennettPolly Hopkins belongs to a family of squatters living in Silent City. The poor squatters are...
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A Terrible Discovery
as A ThugA criminal designs a plan to get revenge on the district attorney who convicted his brother.
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The Rose of Kentucky
as The partnerA farmer takes in a young orphan after her mother's death and sends her off to school. After...
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Held to Answer
as 'Spider' WelchJohn Hampstead gives up his career as an actor and his actress sweetheart, Marian Dounay, to...
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Martha's Vindication
as William BurtonA 1916 film directed by Chester M. Franklin.
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The Man from Headquarters
as No. 1A brilliant detective is trying to break up a notorious crime ring, using part of an intercepted...
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A Child's Impulse
as Raymond HartleyMrs. Thurston, a socially ambitious widow, is holding one of her famous Bohemian parties. To...
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Society's Driftwood
as uncreditedWhen Judge Grant sentences Paul Rogers to jail on circumstantial evidence, Paul's sister Lena...
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The Woman Michael Married
as Harvey KirklandMira Sacky (Bessie Barriscale) will inherit a fortune if she is able to come up with ten...
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A Fair Rebel
as Steve MontiethSteve Monteith and Ezra Mason, upper class men, and Bill Bronson, a plebe, are chums and...
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Wife or Country
as Jack HolidaySylia Hamilton rehabilitates an alcoholic attorney and marries him. When World War I breaks out,...
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Beverly of Graustark
as Lieutenant QuinnoxBeverly Calhoun is invited by her friend, Princess Yestive of Graustark, to pay her a visit. On...
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The Little Pirate
as George DrakeIn dire financial straits, businessman John Baird considers liquidating the bonds that are held...
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The Heart of a Bandit
as The Half-BreedWith a price upon his head. Texas Pete takes to the open country.
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