Charles Sellon
Acting
Biography
Charles Sellon was born on August 24, 1870 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for Bright Eyes (1934), It's a Gift (1934) and The Painted Desert (1931). He was married to Florence E. Willis. He died on June 26, 1937 in La Crescenta, California, USA.
Born: August 23, 1870
Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Known For
Men Are Like That
A loud-mouthed lout alienates everyone except his patient wife.
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
A World War I veteran’s dreams of becoming a master architect evaporate in the cold light of economic realities. Things get even worse when he’s falsely convicted of a crime and sent to work on a chain gang.
Let's Go Native
The company of a musical comedy gets shipwrecked on a tropical island inhabited by a "king" from Brooklyn and his coterie of wild native girls.
The Dark Horse
The Progressive Party convention is deadlocked for governor, so both sides nominate the dark horse Zachary Hicks. Kay Russell suggests they hire Hal Blake as campaign manager; but first they have to get him out of jail for not paying alimony. Blake organizes the office and coaches Hicks to answer every question by pausing and then saying, "Well yes, but then again no." Blake will sell Hicks as dumb but honest. Russell refuses to marry Blake, while Joe keeps people away from Blake's office. Blake teaches Hicks a speech by Lincoln. At the debate when the conservative candidate Underwood recites the same speech, Blake exposes him as a plagiarist. Hicks is presented for photo opportunities and gives his yes-and-no answer to any question, including whether he expects to win.
Baby Face
A young woman uses her body and her sexuality to help her climb the social ladder, but soon begins to wonder if her new status will ever bring her happiness.
Midnight Mary
While on trial for her life, a young woman recalls her tough upbringing and her involvement with the men who brought her to this current state of affairs.
Bright Eyes
An orphaned girl is taken in by a snobbish family at the insistence of their rich, crotchety uncle, even as her devoted aviator godfather fights for custody.
The Casino Murder Case
After socialite Lynn Llewellyn receives an anonymous threat, he is poisoned at his uncle's casino, and although he recovers, his wife is murdered by the same killer.
Bulldog Drummond
Bulldog Drummond is a British WWI veteran who longs for some excitement after he returns to the humdrum existence of civilian life. He gets what he's looking for when a girl requests his help in freeing her uncle from a nursing home. She believes the home is just a front and that her uncle is really being held captive while the culprits try to extort his fortune from him.
The Washington Masquerade
An honest, talented and well respected attorney defeats a corrupt incumbent U.S. Senator. After a very good start he has to face the subtle temptations and innocent looking traps of Washington.
Filmography
as Ezra Martingale
as Mr. McCaffrey (uncredited)
as John Touchey
as Andrew Anstruther
as Letter Writer (uncredited)
as Cyclone
as Tom Cotton
as Dr. Doremus
as 'Bugle' Editor
as Uncle Ned Smith
as Simpson
as Mr. Muckle
as Caleb Hooker
as The Colonel, Billy's Father
as Fire Chief at Statue Unveiling
as Jason Bowers
as Undertaker (uncredited)
as John Duncan
as Vanderlure - Bank Director (uncredited)
as Night Watchman (uncredited)
as Minister at Reformatory (uncredited)
as Hewes (uncredited)
as Arnold Higgins
as Match Company Executive (uncredited)
as Luke, the Lion Keeper (uncredited)
as Hot Dog Stand Owner (uncredited)
as Judge Bartlett (uncredited)
as Jim Stuart
as Senator at Train Station
as Mr. Gashwiler
as Mr. Green
as Lane
as Whitey
as Mr. Pearson
as Pop Jackson
as Mr. Bitts
as Spruce Meadows
as Biddle
as John Ritter
as Tonopah
as Minister
as Judge
as Adm. O'Brien
as Bradley
as Mr. Walker
as Uncle Henry
as Wallace Wendell Sr.
as Pop Whipple
as Jim Perkins
as José Romero
as Randolph Weeks
as Pa Fisher
as James R. Morgan
as Chief of Police George C. Tuttle
as The Mayor
as Dr. Oglethorpe
as Lem Woodruff
as J.W. Addison
as Joan's Guardian
as Tooker
as Dan Jackson - Prosecutor
as Wiggam
as Travers
as Editor Maadison
as Mr. Randall
as Jim Bailey
as Perkins
as Betty's Father
as Her Sanitarium's Caretaker
as Pennington
as Mr. Thule
as Mr. Blenning
as Pop Wingate
as Cliff Harkness
as Tracy Bennett
as Jed Morgan
as Grandpa Perryam
as Regan
as Sheriff
as Silent Hardy
as Russ Mason
as Ranchman
as Sam Melden
as Pete Gashwiler
as Tom Parker
as Uncle Joe Gloomer (as Charles A. Sellon)
as Uncle Henry