Charles Stevenson
Acting
Biography
No biography available for Charles Stevenson.
Born: October 12, 1887
Place of Birth: Sacramento, California, USA
Known For
Safety Last!
When a store clerk organizes a contest to climb the outside of a tall building, circumstances force him to make the perilous climb himself.
The Freshman
An unathletic college freshman ridiculed by his peers for his mannerisms strives to become popular by making the football team.
Bumping Into Broadway
A young playwright spends his last cent to pay the past-due rent for the pretty dancer who's his boarding house next-door neighbor. Soon after, he winds up at a gambling club, where he wins big - just before a police raid.
Bashful
In order to claim his inheritance, our hero must first produce a wife and family.
Dr. Jack
Country doctor Jack Jackson is called in to treat the Sick-Little-Well-Girl, who has been making Dr. Saulsbourg and his sanitarium very rich after years of unsuccessful treatment.
Never Weaken
A young man schemes to drum up business for his girlfriend's employer but after seeing her being intimate with another man, he attempts to commit suicide.
Hot Water
Lloyd's look at married life and the issues of the in-law. Adventures include a ride on a crowded trolley with a live turkey; A wild spin in a new auto with the in-laws in tow. Finally, a sequence in which Hubby accidentally chloroforms his mother-in-law and becomes convinced that he's killed her!
Hey There
In this early short Harold Lloyd sneaks into a movie studio in order to locate an attractive young lady he's just met at a snack bar. He's retrieved a letter she dropped and wants to return it to her, but it's pretty clear that his interest extends beyond mere politeness. (She's the adorable young Bebe Daniels, so this is easy to understand.) The movie studio setting provides Harold with lots of opportunities to do what comedians do in comedies like this one: flirt with actresses, anger the studio brass, and dash through sets disrupting everything.
Number, Please?
While at an amusement park, trying vainly to forget the girl he has lost, a young man sees the girl with her new boyfriend. When her dog gets loose in the park, both suitors have to help her catch it. Then, the girl's uncle, a balloonist, gives her a pass for two in his balloon, provided that her mother approves. She then offers to take along the first of her admirers who is able to get her mother's consent.
High and Dizzy
A tipsy doctor encounters his patient sleepwalking on a building ledge, high above the street.
Filmography
as Half-breed Archer
as Assistant Coach (uncredited)
as Medical Officer (uncredited)
as Charley Stokes
as Arab
as Jewish tailor
as Cardinal's Ambassador
as Shop Assistant
as Revolutionary with Moustache (uncredited)
as Customer
as Garage owner
as Auctioneer
as Ambulance Attendant (uncredited)
as Luke Hassan (as Charles E. Stevenson)
as Asylum Guard (uncredited)
as Officer (uncredited)
as His Rival / Union General
as Julius Goldsmith - Film producer
as Pedro
as The Police Force
as Conductor (uncredited)
as Cop / Man on Rollercoaster (uncredited)
as (uncredited)
as Police Officer (uncredited)
as Man who won't buy books
as Jewish Bootlegger
as Stolen Wallet Cop (uncredited)
as Servant
as Detective
as (as Charles E. Stevenson)
as Whooping-Cough Charlie, the Sheriff
as Prop Man
as Dinner guest/Policeman
as Indian (uncredited)
as Harold's Rival
as Flophouse Manager
as Sailor