Discover
From Wikipedia
Charles Eldridge was an American stage and screen actor of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In the film industry he appeared in over 100 films, although the majority of those were film shorts. He began on the stage during the 1870s, and appeared in at least one Broadway play, Charles Frohman's 1899 production of Because She Loved Him So. His first appearance in film was in a 1910 short, The Legacy, in which he starred. His first appearance in a feature film was in The Strange Story of Sylvia Gray. In addition to the over 100 shorts he was in, Eldridge appeared in 27 feature films between 1914 and 1922. In his roles in full-length films, he would usually appear in a supporting role, although occasionally be given a lead, as in 1917's Polly of the Circus, 1920's Broken Hearts, and 1922's Ashamed of Parents. Polly of the Circus was notable for being the first film released by Goldwyn Pictures, which was shot in Fort Lee, New Jersey, mostly at rented space at the studios owned by Universal Studios.
His final screen appearance would be in a supporting role in the 1922 film, No Trespassing, which starred Irene Castle of the famous dancing team, Vernon and Irene Castle. No Trespassing was released on June 11, 1922, and Eldridge would die soon after, on October 29, 1922 in New York City.
Birth Name
Charles E. Eldridge
Born
Tuesday, 25 July 1854
Died
Sunday, 29 October 1922
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
---|
Hearts and Spurs | The Sheriff | 1925 |
The Sea Raiders | 1922 | |
Ashamed of Parents | Silas Wadsworth | 1921 |
The Gauntlet | Dave Worthing | 1920 |
The Birth of a Soul | Lem Barlow | 1920 |
The Redhead | Mr. Mellows | 1919 |
The Grain of Dust | Undetermined Role | 1919 |
Sunshine Nan | Mr. Snawdor | 1918 |
The Duchess of Doubt | Walter Gray Sr. | 1917 |
The Wheel of the Law | Frank Willis | 1916 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
---|
Hearts and Spurs | The Sheriff | 1925 |
The Sea Raiders | 1922 | |
Ashamed of Parents | Silas Wadsworth | 1921 |
The Gauntlet | Dave Worthing | 1920 |
The Birth of a Soul | Lem Barlow | 1920 |
The Redhead | Mr. Mellows | 1919 |
The Grain of Dust | Undetermined Role | 1919 |
Sunshine Nan | Mr. Snawdor | 1918 |
The Duchess of Doubt | Walter Gray Sr. | 1917 |
The Wheel of the Law | Frank Willis | 1916 |
The Surprises of an Empty Hotel | Thomas Cadwallader Bennt | 1916 |
Ignorance | The Father | 1916 |
The Man Who Couldn't Beat God | Mr. Henchford | 1915 |
Crooky | Colonel 'Bob' Roberts | 1915 |
The Wheels of Justice | John Reynolds | 1915 |
Hearts and the Highway | Master Dunner | 1915 |
Bunny Backslides | Dr. Sweatem | 1914 |
The Strange Story of Sylvia Gray | Uncle Adam | 1914 |
Hearts and Diamonds | Toper Staggs - The Uncle | 1914 |
Under the Daisies; or, As a Tale That Is Told | The Lawyer | 1913 |
Fortune's Turn | Tom's Father | 1913 |
The Pickpocket | Bob - Patrick's Friend | 1913 |
Bunny's Honeymoon | Valeria's Father | 1913 |
The Locket; or, When She Was Twenty | The Father-in-Law | 1913 |
An Elephant on Their Hands | 1912 | |
As You Like It | Corin - A Shepherd / Corin, a Shepherd | 1912 |
The Picture Idol | Mr. Ward - Beth's Father | 1912 |
Stenographers Wanted | Mr. Jones | 1912 |
A Cure for Pokeritis | 1912 |