Charles Ogle
Acting
Biography
Charles Ogle was an American stage and silent screen actor. In 1910 he appeared as the Frankenstein monster in the first-ever film adaptation of Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein.
Born: June 5, 1865
Place of Birth: Steubenville, Ohio, USA
Known For
Crazy to Marry
A doctor who believes he can cure criminals takes on a big challenge.
Hollywood
Angela comes to Hollywood with only two things: Her dream to become a movie star, and Grandpa. She leaves an Aunt, a brother, Grandma, and her longtime boyfriend back in Centerville. Despite seeing major movie stars around every corner, and knocking on every casting office door in town, at the end of her first day she is still unemployed. To her horror, when she arrives back at their hotel, she finds that Grandpa has been cast in a movie by William DeMille and quickly becomes a star during the ensuing weeks. Her family, worried that Angela and Grandpa are getting into trouble, come to Hollywood to drag them back home. In short order Aunt, Grandma, brother, boyfriend and even the parrot become superstars, but Angela is still unemployed...
The Ten Commandments
The first part tells the story of Moses leading the Jews from Egypt to the Promised Land, his receipt of the tablets and the worship of the golden calf. The second part shows the efficacy of the commandments in modern life through a story set in San Francisco. Two brothers, rivals for the love of Mary, also come into conflict when John discovers Dan used shoddy materials to construct a cathedral.
The Young Rajah
A young man raised in the American South discovers he is an Indian prince whose throne was taken by usurpers.
Old Wives for New
Charles Murdock neglects his fat and lazy wife for another woman; When his other love interest becomes involved in a murder, he leaves for Paris.
A Christmas Carol
Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.
A Romance of the Redwoods
A young girl travels west to live with her uncle during the California Gold Rush only to find that he has been killed by Indians and his identity assumed by an outlaw.
Hawthorne of the U.S.A.
American law clerks Anthony Hamilton Hawthorne and Rodney Blake are nearly broke in Monte Carlo when Hawthorne breaks the bank. While driving through the impoverished kingdom of Bovinia, Hawthorne falls in love with a woman he meets when he retrieves his blown-off cap. Deciding to stay, Hawthorne is persuaded to finance a revolution until he learns that the woman he loves is Princess Irma and that she is in danger of being assassinated.
The Covered Wagon
Two wagon caravans converge at what is now Kansas City, and combine for the westward push to Oregon. On their quest the pilgrims will experience desert heat, mountain snow, hunger, and Indian attack. To complicate matters further, a love triangle develops, as pretty Molly must chose between Sam, a brute, and Will, the dashing captain of the other caravan. Can Will overcome the skeleton in his closet and win Molly's heart?
Frankenstein
Frankenstein, a young medical student, trying to create the perfect human being, instead creates a misshapen monster. Made ill by what he has done, Frankenstein is comforted by his fiancée; but on his wedding night he is visited by the monster.
Filmography
as Donald McTavish
as John Wade
as Henry Thurman
as Clark Hudnall
as Sheriff Churchill
as Mr. Montague
as Henry Poulson
as Harvey Roberts
as Lawyer
as Butler
as Superintendant Beasley
as James Martin
as Dr. McGovern
as The Doctor
as Jeff Tuttle
as Charles Ogle
as James Smith
as Mr. Wingate
as Ruddock
as John Stephens
as Judge Hooker
as Joshua Judd
as Doctor
as Colonel Williams
as The Judge
as Schriemann
as Colonel Haddington
as Pop Skinner
as Donald Craig
as Father Berkeley
as Station Agent
as Pop O'Malley
as Dr. Bowles
as Cement man
as Nate Newberry
as Judge Carcasson
as Alick Wylie
as Colonel Drew
as Caretaker
as Lim Jucklin
as Dobson
as Patrick MacMurran
as Runion
as Mr. Parker Jennings
as Buxton Scott
as Long John Silver
as Col. Radulski
as Davy MacDougall
as Cardigan
as Os Whipple
as William Booth, Found of the Salvation Army
as Doc
as Dr. Malcolm Lloyd
as Professor Frank Blight
as Tucker
as Peter Young
as George Markham
as Otto B. Shott
as Bull Cowan
as Garage Keeper
as Director Graham
as 'Sim-Sam' Samuels
as Overton
as Kedzie's Father
as Von Blenheim (aka Jenkins)
as Wrenn Wrgley
as (uncredited)
as Yuba Bill
as Adolph Weimer
as Hassayamp Hicks
as Tom Farnsworth
as Sassoon
as Dr. Ebell Smith
as Judd Aiken
as Mr. Cobb
as Jim Lyn
as McCabe
as Colonel Dackens
as Frederick Manson
as McKenzie, Mead's Mine Manager
as Bill Ferguson
as Major Crofton
as James Trexel - Alexia's Father
as Dr. Strong
as Foreign conspirator
as Squire Jenkins, a hardhearted landlord
as Manager of the Loan Office
as Richard Craig - Mary's Uncle
as Cud McGiven - the Waiter
as Bob Cratchit
as The Monster (uncredited)