Charles K. French
actor, director, writer
- Birth name:
- Charles Edward Krauss
- Born:
- 1860-01-17, Columbus, Ohio, USA
- Died:
- 1952-08-02, Hollywood, California, USA
- Professions:
- actor, director, writer
Biography
Columbus, Ohio greeted Charles K. French on 17 January 1860, and by the time the flickering-image era dawned he had already traded Midwestern streets for studio lots. Between cue-cards and camera cranks he shaped more than 200 screen tales, stepping in front of the lens for The Abysmal Brute and Gentle Julia (both 1923) and ducking behind it for the Civil-War comedy blockbuster Hands Up! (1926). Off-screen, three weddings wrote overlapping chapters of his life: first to actress Isabelle Gurton, then to leading lady Helen French, and finally to screenwriter Doris Herbert. The final curtain fell on 2 August 1952 in Hollywood, California, closing the book on a 92-year journey that spanned horse-drawn infancy to the golden age of talkies.
Filmography
In the vault (32)
A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate
Alias the Night Wind
Blinky
Gentle Julia
Grumpy
Hell's Hole
Man's Size
Mile-a-Minute Romeo
The Abysmal Brute
The Extra Girl
The Lonely Road
The Ramblin' Kid
If You Believe It, It's So
The Bear Cat
The Truthful Liar
The Yosemite Trail
Trouble
West of Chicago
Bare Knuckles
Hands Off!
The Last Trail
The Night Horsemen
The Road Demon
Flames of the Flesh
Prairie Trails
Square Shooter
Stronger Than Death
The Daredevil
The Terror
The Texan
The Untamed
What Would You Do?
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