Acting
Charles K. French
Born 1860-01-16
Columbus, Ohio, USA
Department: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia Charles K. French (born Charles Ekrauss French; January 17, 1860 – August 2, 1952) was an American film actor, screenwriter and director who appeared in more than 240 movies between 1909 and 1945.
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Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936
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Design for Living
1933
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A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate
1923
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Marked Woman
1937
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The Prisoner of Zenda
1937
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Chickens Come Home
1931
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Roman Scandals
1933
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The Last Warning
1928
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Murder by Television
1935
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Radio Ranch
1940
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (191 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Make Mine Memories | Cowboy | Movie | 1945 | |
 | Good Luck, Mr. Yates | Leading Citizen | Movie | 1943 |
 | Wild Bill Hickok Rides | Rancher | Movie | 1942 |
 | Radio Ranch | Mal | Movie | 1940 |
| Wolf of New York | Juror | Movie | 1940 | |
 | The Shadow | Joseph Rand | Movie | 1940 |
 | Slightly Honorable | Pallbearer (Uncredited) | Movie | 1939 |
 | Dick Tracy's G-Men | Doctor | Movie | 1939 |
 | Strange Glory | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1938 |
 | Where Trails Divide | Reverend Evans | Movie | 1937 |
 | The Prisoner of Zenda | Bishop (uncredited) | Movie | 1937 |
 | Marked Woman | Graham's Trial Assistant (uncredited) | Movie | 1937 |
 | Headin' for the Rio Grande | Pop Hart (Laura's father) | Movie | 1936 |
 | Rio Grande Ranger | Banker (uncredited) | Movie | 1936 |
 | Last of the Warrens | Bruce Warren (as Chas. French) | Movie | 1936 |
 | Mr. Deeds Goes to Town | Unemployed Farmer (uncredited) | Movie | 1936 |
 | Dangerous Waters | Old Skipper (uncredited) | Movie | 1936 |
 | Trail of Terror | Sheriff Baxter | Movie | 1935 |
 | Gun Play | John Holt | Movie | 1935 |
 | The Live Wire | Captain King | Movie | 1935 |
 | Western Courage | Henry Hanley | Movie | 1935 |
 | The Throwback | Ted Smalley | Movie | 1935 |
 | Murder by Television | Donald M. Jordan | Movie | 1935 |
 | No Man's Range | Ed Oliver | Movie | 1935 |
 | Diamond Jim | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1935 |
 | Vagabond Lady | Spear Department Head (uncredited) | Movie | 1935 |
 | The Crimson Trail | Frank Carter | Movie | 1935 |
 | Tracy Rides | John Hampton | Movie | 1935 |
 | The Phantom Empire | Mal | Movie | 1935 |
 | Big Boy Rides Again | John Duncan | Movie | 1935 |
 | Rustlers of Red Dog | Tom Lee [Chs. 1, 7-12] | Movie | 1935 |
 | The President Vanishes | Legislator | Movie | 1934 |
 | The Brand of Hate | Mr. Camp | Movie | 1934 |
 | The Man from Hell | Blacksmith Sandy | Movie | 1934 |
 | The Red Rider | Robert Maxwell | Movie | 1934 |
| Pals of the Prairie | The Sheriff | Movie | 1934 | |
 | Design for Living | Theatre Patron (uncredited) | Movie | 1933 |
 | Roman Scandals | Nobleman (uncredited) | Movie | 1933 |
 | Saturday's Millions | Old Grad | Movie | 1933 |
 | War of the Range | Duke Bradley | Movie | 1933 |
| The Big Squeal | Charlie | Movie | 1933 | |
 | Cross Fire | Johnny Wheeler | Movie | 1933 |
 | Via Pony Express | Father Estaban | Movie | 1933 |
| Boy Oh Boy! | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1932 | |
 | Washington Merry-Go-Round | Party Guest | Movie | 1932 |
 | The Honor of the Press | Dodson, Editorial Writer | Movie | 1932 |
 | Caught | Bradford (uncredited) | Movie | 1931 |
 | Everything’s Rosie | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1931 |
 | Chickens Come Home | Judge (uncredited) | Movie | 1931 |
 | Wings of Adventure | Army Major | Movie | 1930 |
 | Fast Work | J. Addison Marlowe | Movie | 1930 |
 | The Medicine Man | Justice of the Peace (uncredited) | Movie | 1930 |
 | Alias French Gertie | Appelgetzer | Movie | 1930 |
 | Overland Bound | Underwood | Movie | 1929 |
 | Riding for Fame | Dad Barton | Movie | 1929 |
 | The Devil Bear | Judge Douglas Wilmot | Movie | 1929 |
 | King of the Rodeo | Chip Sr. | Movie | 1929 |
 | The Last Warning | Doctor | Movie | 1928 |
 | A Lady of Chance | Prison warden | Movie | 1928 |
 | The Flyin' Buckaroo | Banker Brown | Movie | 1928 |
 | The Big Hop | Buck Bronson's Father | Movie | 1928 |
 | State Street Sadie | Police Chief | Movie | 1928 |
 | The Perfect Crime | Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) | Movie | 1928 |
 | The Beautiful Spy | Salazar | Movie | 1928 |
| The Adventurous Soul | John Martin | Movie | 1927 | |
 | Man, Woman and Sin | The City Editor | Movie | 1927 |
| The Cruise of the Hellion | John Harlan | Movie | 1927 | |
 | The Down Grade | Mr. Lanning | Movie | 1927 |
 | The Meddlin' Stranger | Mr. Crawford | Movie | 1927 |
 | Good as Gold | Sheriff John Gray | Movie | 1927 |
 | Fast and Furious | Hodge | Movie | 1927 |
| One Chance in a Million | Richard Torrence | Movie | 1927 | |
 | Exit Smiling | Mr. Tichnor (uncredited) | Movie | 1926 |
 | The Runaway Express | Jim Reed | Movie | 1926 |
 | War Paint | Maj. Hopkins | Movie | 1926 |
| The Winning Wallop | Peter Wayne | Movie | 1926 | |
 | The Flaming Frontier | U.S. Senator Hargess | Movie | 1926 |
| Frenzied Flames | Chief Grogan | Movie | 1926 | |
 | The Rainmaker | Hospital Doctor | Movie | 1926 |
 | Under Western Skies | Sam Parkhurst | Movie | 1926 |
 | Hands Up! | Brigham Young | Movie | 1926 |
| A Woman of the Sea | The Father | Movie | 1926 | |
 | The Red Kimona | Jury Foreman (uncredited) | Movie | 1925 |
 | Little Annie Rooney | Surgeon (uncredited) | Movie | 1925 |
 | Speed Mad | Charles Hampton | Movie | 1925 |
 | The Texas Trail | Ring 'Em Foster | Movie | 1925 |
 | Too Much Youth | Mark Kenton | Movie | 1925 |
 | The Way of a Girl | Police Judge | Movie | 1925 |
 | Let 'er Buck | Col. Jeff McCall | Movie | 1925 |
 | The Saddle Hawk | Jim Newhall | Movie | 1925 |
 | The Girl of Gold | Lucius Merrimore | Movie | 1925 |
 | Oh, You Tony! | Blakely | Movie | 1924 |
 | The Sawdust Trail | Square Deal McKenzie | Movie | 1924 |
| The Torrent | Captain | Movie | 1924 | |
 | Being Respectable | Mr. Beasley | Movie | 1924 |
 | The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln | Isom Enlow, Neighbor | Movie | 1924 |
 | Gentle Julia | John Atwater | Movie | 1923 |
 | Mile-a-Minute Romeo | Sheriff | Movie | 1923 |
 | The Extra Girl | Studio Manager | Movie | 1923 |
 | The Ramblin' Kid | Joshua Heck | Movie | 1923 |
 | A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate | Jean's Father | Movie | 1923 |
 | Hell's Hole | The Sheriff | Movie | 1923 |
 | Alias the Night Wind | Amos Chester | Movie | 1923 |
 | Blinky | Maj. Kileen | Movie | 1923 |
 | Abysmal Brute | Pat Glendon, Sr | Movie | 1923 |
 | Grumpy | Wolfe | Movie | 1923 |
 | Mixed Faces | Mr. Sayre | Movie | 1922 |
 | The Woman He Loved | John Comstock | Movie | 1922 |
 | White Shoulders | Col. Jim Singleton | Movie | 1922 |
 | West of Chicago | Judson Malone (as Charles French) | Movie | 1922 |
 | If You Believe It, It's So | Frank Tine | Movie | 1922 |
 | The Truthful Liar | Police Commissioner Rogers | Movie | 1922 |
 | The Bear Cat | Sheriff Bill Garfield | Movie | 1922 |
 | Moran of the Lady Letty | Tavern Owner | Movie | 1922 |
 | Her Own Money | Thomas Hazelton | Movie | 1922 |
 | The Unfoldment | James Osbourne | Movie | 1922 |
 | The Last Trail | Sheriff Nelson | Movie | 1921 |
 | The Night Horsemen | Marshal | Movie | 1921 |
 | Beyond | Samuel Ackroyd (as Charles French) | Movie | 1921 |
 | Hands Off! | Clint Wadley | Movie | 1921 |
 | The Road Demon | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1921 |
 | Prairie Trails | Stephen McWhorter | Movie | 1920 |
 | The Texan | Wolf River Mayor | Movie | 1920 |
 | The Untamed | Tex Calder | Movie | 1920 |
 | Square Shooter | Zeke Hampton | Movie | 1920 |
 | The Terror | Sheriff Jim Canby | Movie | 1920 |
 | Desert Love | Jack Remington | Movie | 1920 |
 | The Daredevil | Ralph Spencer | Movie | 1920 |
 | Stronger Than Death | Col. Boucicault | Movie | 1920 |
 | What Would You Do | Robert Brainerd | Movie | 1920 |
 | Flames of the Flesh | Simon Eastcoat | Movie | 1920 |
| Haunting Shadows | John Glenarm Sr. | Movie | 1919 | |
 | Jubilo | Jim Handy | Movie | 1919 |
 | The Speed Maniac | John B. Prescott | Movie | 1919 |
 | Six Feet Four | Henry Pollard | Movie | 1919 |
 | This Hero Stuff | Samuel Barnes | Movie | 1919 |
 | The Mints of Hell | Old Man Chaudiare | Movie | 1919 |
 | Whom the Gods Would Destroy | Herr Klaw | Movie | 1919 |
 | The Sheriff's Son | Hal Rutherford | Movie | 1919 |
 | What Every Woman Wants | Attorney for the Defense | Movie | 1919 |
 | Happy Though Married | Diana's Uncle | Movie | 1919 |
 | Come Again Smith | Joe Smith Sr. | Movie | 1919 |
 | Fuss and Feathers | Martin Ledyard | Movie | 1918 |
| The Midnight Patrol | Jim Murdock | Movie | 1918 | |
 | Three X Gordon | Jim Gordon | Movie | 1918 |
 | The Law of the North | Michel de Montcalm | Movie | 1918 |
 | The Marriage Ring | Koske | Movie | 1918 |
 | Green Eyes | Rev. Dr. Gibson (as Charles French) | Movie | 1918 |
 | A Burglar for a Night | James Herrick | Movie | 1918 |
 | The Vamp | James Walsham | Movie | 1918 |
 | The Kaiser's Shadow | William Kremlin | Movie | 1918 |
| His Own Home Town | T. Elihu Banks | Movie | 1918 | |
 | The Tiger Man | Sheriff Sandy Martin | Movie | 1918 |
 | The Hired Man | Caleb Endicott | Movie | 1918 |
 | The Son of His Father | James Carbhoy | Movie | 1917 |
 | Wee Lady Betty | Fergus McClusky | Movie | 1917 |
 | An Even Break | David Harding | Movie | 1917 |
 | The Hater of Men | Phillips Hartley | Movie | 1917 |
 | The Clodhopper | Isaac Nelson, Everett's Father | Movie | 1917 |
| Paws of the Bear | Gen. von Mittendorf | Movie | 1917 | |
 | Love or Justice | Judge Geary | Movie | 1917 |
 | The Weaker Sex | John Harding | Movie | 1917 |
 | A Gamble in Souls | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1916 |
 | The Criminal | Pietro | Movie | 1916 |
 | The Bugler of Algiers | Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) | Movie | 1916 |
 | The Honorable Algy | James Dryker | Movie | 1916 |
 | A Corner in Colleens | English Commander | Movie | 1916 |
| The Vagabond Prince | 'Spud' Murphy | Movie | 1916 | |
 | Shell 43 | German Commander | Movie | 1916 |
 | The Deserter | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1916 |
 | Civilization | The Prime Minister | Movie | 1916 |
 | The Aryan | 'Ivory' Wells | Movie | 1916 |
 | The Patriot | Col. Bracken | Movie | 1916 |
 | The Despoiler | Col. Damien | Movie | 1915 |
 | The Coward | A Confederate Commander | Movie | 1915 |
 | The Iron Strain | Ezra Whitney | Movie | 1915 |
 | The Disciple | Sheriff 'Birdshot' Bivens | Movie | 1915 |
 | Hearts and Swords | General Salza | Movie | 1915 |
| The Secret of Lost River | Fra Bartolomeo | Movie | 1915 | |
 | On the Night Stage | Bartender (uncredited) | Movie | 1915 |
 | The Bargain | Bartender | Movie | 1914 |
| The Spark Eternal | Dr. Deering | Movie | 1914 | |
 | The Typhoon | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1914 |
| For Her Brother's Sake | Sheriff Frye - the Father | Movie | 1914 | |
| When Lee Surrenders | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1912 | |
 | Custer's Last Fight | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1912 |
 | The Heart of an Indian | Settler | Movie | 1912 |
 | The Cord of Life | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1909 |
 | The Lonely Road | Hiram Wade | Movie | — |
 | The Yosemite Trail | The Sheriff | Movie | — |
| Arizona Nights | Border Patrol Captain Smalley | Movie | — |