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Charles K. French was an American film actor, screenwriter and director who appeared in more than 240 films between 1909 and 1945.
Birth Name
Charles Edward Krauss
Born
Tuesday, 17 January 1860
Died
Saturday, 02 August 1952
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Picture of Dorian Gray | Club Member | 1945 |
| Good Luck, Mr. Yates | Leading Citizen | 1943 |
| The Amazing Mrs. Holliday | Party Guest | 1943 |
| Reap the Wild Wind | Ball Guest | 1942 |
| Wild Bill Hickok Rides | Rancher | 1942 |
| H.M. Pulham, Esq. | Wedding Guest | 1941 |
| Meet John Doe | Fired Reporter | 1941 |
| White Eagle | Survey Chief | 1941 |
| Men with Steel Faces | Mal | 1940 |
| It's a Date | Man | 1940 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Picture of Dorian Gray | Club Member | 1945 |
| Good Luck, Mr. Yates | Leading Citizen | 1943 |
| The Amazing Mrs. Holliday | Party Guest | 1943 |
| Reap the Wild Wind | Ball Guest | 1942 |
| Wild Bill Hickok Rides | Rancher | 1942 |
| H.M. Pulham, Esq. | Wedding Guest | 1941 |
| Meet John Doe | Fired Reporter | 1941 |
| White Eagle | Survey Chief | 1941 |
| Men with Steel Faces | Mal | 1940 |
| It's a Date | Man | 1940 |
| Wolf of New York | Juror | 1940 |
| The Shadow | Joseph Rand | 1940 |
| Slightly Honorable | Pallbearer / Pallbearer (Uncredited) | 1939 |
| Rovin' Tumbleweeds | Ways and Means Committee Member | 1939 |
| Dick Tracy's G-Men | Doctor | 1939 |
| College Swing | Professor | 1938 |
| Courage of the West | Cabinet Member | 1937 |
| Tex Rides with the Boy Scouts | Doctor | 1937 |
| Stand-In | Bank Board Member | 1937 |
| Where Trails Divide | Deacon Evans / Reverend Evans | 1937 |
| The Prisoner of Zenda | Bishop | 1937 |
| San Quentin | Nightclub Patron | 1937 |
| I Promise to Pay | Grand Juror | 1937 |
| Marked Woman | Graham's Trial Assistant | 1937 |
| Battle of Greed | Governor | 1937 |
| Headin' for the Rio Grande | Pop Hart / Pop Hart (Laura's father) | 1936 |
| Rio Grande Ranger | Banker | 1936 |
| The Phantom Rider | Homesteader (Ch. 1) | 1936 |
| Last of the Warrens | Bruce Warren (as Chas. French) / Bruce Warren | 1936 |
| Mr. Deeds Goes to Town | Unemployed Farmer | 1936 |
| Dangerous Waters | Old Skipper | 1936 |
| The Milky Way | Mrs. LeMoyne's Guest | 1936 |
| Trail of Terror | Sheriff Baxter | 1935 |
| Gun Play | Old John Holt / John Holt | 1935 |
| Gallant Defender | Lily's Grandfather | 1935 |
| The Live Wire | Captain King | 1935 |
| Western Courage | Henry Hanley | 1935 |
| The Throwback | Ted Smalley | 1935 |
| Murder by Television | Donald M. Jordan | 1935 |
| No Man's Range | Ed Oliver | 1935 |
| Diamond Jim | Stockbroker | 1935 |
| Sundown Saunders | Sand City Banker | 1935 |
| Branded a Coward | Mayor | 1935 |
| Motive for Revenge | Elderly Nightclub Patron | 1935 |
| Vagabond Lady | Spear Department Head | 1935 |
| Death from a Distance | Manning | 1935 |
| The Crimson Trail | Frank Carter | 1935 |
| Tracy Rides | John Hampton | 1935 |
| The Phantom Empire | Mal | 1935 |
| Rustlers of Red Dog | Tom Lee [Chs. 1, 7-12] / Tom Lee | 1935 |
| The President Vanishes | Legislator | 1935 |
| Big Boy Rides Again | John Duncan | 1935 |
| Secret of the Chateau | Auction Bidder | 1934 |
| When a Man Sees Red | Padre | 1934 |
| The Brand of Hate | Mr. Camp | 1934 |
| The Man from Hell | Sandy - Blacksmith / Blacksmith Sandy | 1934 |
| The Red Rider | Robert Maxwell | 1934 |
| Arizona Nights | Border Patrol Capt. Smalley | 1934 |
| Pals of the Prairie | The Sheriff | 1934 |
| Design for Living | Theatre Patron | 1933 |
| Roman Scandals | Nobleman | 1933 |
| Saturday's Millions | Old Grad | 1933 |
| War of the Range | Duke Bradley | 1933 |
| Cross Fire | Johnny Wheeler - Banker / Johnny Wheeler | 1933 |
| From Hell to Heaven | Doctor | 1933 |
| Via Pony Express | Father Estaban | 1933 |
| Artist's Muddles | Guest | 1933 |
| Man of Action | Dr. Simpson | 1933 |
| Laughter in Hell | Townsman | 1933 |
| A Scarlet Week-End | 1932 | |
| Washington Merry-Go-Round | Party Guest | 1932 |
| The Honor of the Press | Dodson, Editorial Writer / Dodson - Editorial Writer | 1932 |
| A Man's Land | Sheriff | 1932 |
| Destry Rides Again | Jury Foreman | 1932 |
| Caught | Bradford | 1931 |
| Everything's Rosie | 1931 | |
| Chickens Come Home | Judge | 1931 |
| The Spoilers | Man in Bar | 1930 |
| Wings of Adventure | U.S. Army Major / Army Major | 1930 |
| Alias French Gertie | Appelgetzer | 1930 |
| Overland Bound | Underwood | 1929 |
| The Devil Bear | Judge Douglas Wilmot | 1929 |
| The Last Warning | Doctor | 1928 |
| A Lady of Chance | 1928 | |
| Flyin' Buckaroo | Banker Brown | 1928 |
| The Big Hop | Buck Bronson's Father | 1928 |
| State Street Sadie | Police Chief | 1928 |
| The Perfect Crime | Undetermined Secondary Role | 1928 |
| Una nueva y gloriosa nación | Salazar | 1928 |
| The Cowboy Cavalier | 1928 | |
| Man, Woman and Sin | The City Editor | 1927 |
| Ride 'em High | Bill Demming | 1927 |
| The Cruise of the Hellion | John Harlan | 1927 |
| The Down Grade | Mr. Lanning | 1927 |
| The Meddlin' Stranger | Mr. Crawford | 1927 |
| Fast and Furious | Hodge | 1927 |
| One Chance in a Million | Richard Torrence | 1927 |
| Cross Breed | John Corwin | 1927 |
| Exit Smiling | Mr. Tichnor | 1926 |
| The Runaway Express | Jim Reed | 1926 |
| The Winning Wallop | Peter Wayne | 1926 |
| Frenzied Flames | Chief Grogan | 1926 |
| Pride of Sunshine Alley | 1926 | |
| The Rainmaker | Hospital Doctor | 1926 |
| The Flaming Frontier | U.S. Senator Hargess | 1926 |
| Hands Up! | Brigham Young | 1926 |
| A Woman of the Sea | The Father | 1926 |
| The Hollywood Reporter | Basil Manning | 1926 |
| The Red Kimona | Jury Foreman | 1925 |
| Little Annie Rooney | Surgeon | 1925 |
| Too Much Youth | Mark Kenton | 1925 |
| Let 'er Buck | Col. Jeff McCall | 1925 |
| The Saddle Hawk | Jim Newhall | 1925 |
| The Girl of Gold | Lucius Merrimore | 1925 |
| Oh, You Tony! | Blakely | 1924 |
| The Sawdust Trail | Square Deal McKenzie | 1924 |
| Being Respectable | Mr. Beasley | 1924 |
| White Shoulders | Col. Jim Singleton | 1924 |
| The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln | Isom Enlow / Isom Enlow, neighbor | 1924 |
| Gentle Julia | John Atwater | 1923 |
| Mile-a-Minute Romeo | Sheriff | 1923 |
| The Extra Girl | Studio Manager | 1923 |
| The Ramblin' Kid | Joshua Heck | 1923 |
| A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate | Jean's Father | 1923 |
| Hell's Hole | The Sheriff | 1923 |
| Alias the Night Wind | Amos Chester | 1923 |
| The Abysmal Brute | Pat Glendon, Sr | 1923 |
| Man's Size | Angus McRae | 1923 |
| Mixed Faces | Mr. Sayre | 1922 |
| The Yosemite Trail | The Sheriff | 1922 |
| West of Chicago | Judson Malone / Judson Malone (as Charles French) | 1922 |
| Trouble | Mrs. Lee's father | 1922 |
| If You Believe It, It's So | Frank Tine | 1922 |
| The Bear Cat | Sheriff Bill Garfield | 1922 |
| Moran of the Lady Letty | Tavern Owner | 1922 |
| Her Own Money | Thomas Hazelton | 1922 |
| The Unfoldment | James Osborne / James Osbourne | 1922 |
| Beyond | Samuel Ackroyd / Samuel Ackroyd (as Charles French) | 1921 |
| Flames of the Flesh | Simon Eastcoat | 1921 |
| Hands Off! | Clint Wadley | 1921 |
| Bare Knuckles | Metcalf | 1921 |
| The Road Demon | Dad Higgins | 1921 |
| Prairie Trails | Stephen McWhorter | 1920 |
| The Texan | Wolf River Mayor | 1920 |
| Square Shooter | Zeke Hampton | 1920 |
| The Terror | Sheriff Jim Canby | 1920 |
| Desert Love | Jack Remington | 1920 |
| Haunting Shadows | John Glenarm Sr. | 1920 |
| What Would You Do? | Robert Brainerd | 1920 |
| Jubilo | Jim Handy | 1919 |
| The Speed Maniac | John B. Prescott | 1919 |
| Six Feet Four | Henry Pollard | 1919 |
| This Hero Stuff | Samuel Barnes | 1919 |
| The Mints of Hell | Old Man Chaudiare | 1919 |
| Happy Though Married | Diana's Uncle | 1919 |
| Come Again Smith | Joe Smith Sr. | 1919 |
| Fuss and Feathers | Martin Ledyard | 1918 |
| Three X Gordon | Jim Gordon | 1918 |
| The Law of the North | Michel de Montcalm | 1918 |
| Green Eyes | Rev. Dr. Gibson / Rev. Dr. Gibson (as Charles French) | 1918 |
| The Marriage Ring | Koske | 1918 |
| A Burglar for a Night | James Herrick | 1918 |
| The Vamp | James Walsham | 1918 |
| The Kaiser's Shadow | William Kremlin | 1918 |
| His Own Home Town | T. Elihu Banks | 1918 |
| The Hired Man | Caleb Endicott | 1918 |
| Free and Equal | Judge Lowell | 1918 |
| The Son of His Father | James Carbhoy | 1917 |
| The Lifted Veil | 1917 | |
| Wee Lady Betty | Fergus McClusky | 1917 |
| An Even Break | David Harding | 1917 |
| The Hater of Men | Phillips Hartley | 1917 |
| The Clodhopper | Isaac Nelson, Everett's Father / Isaac Nelson - Everett's Father | 1917 |
| Paws of the Bear | Gen. von Mittendorf | 1917 |
| Love or Justice | Judge Geary | 1917 |
| A Gamble in Souls | Tom Leonard | 1916 |
| The Bugler of Algiers | (Undetermined Secondary Role) | 1916 |
| The Honorable Algy | James Dryker | 1916 |
| A Corner in Colleens | English Commander | 1916 |
| The Vagabond Prince | 'Spud' Murphy | 1916 |
| Shell 43 | German Commander | 1916 |
| The Phantom | Dr. Ratcliffe | 1916 |
| Civilization | The Prime Minister | 1916 |
| The No-Good Guy | 'Big' Malone | 1916 |
| The Aryan | 'Ivory' Wells | 1916 |
| The Despoiler | Col. Damien | 1915 |
| The Disciple | Sheriff 'Birdshot' Bivens | 1915 |
| The Coward | A Confederate Commander | 1915 |
| On the Night Stage | Bartender | 1915 |
| The Bargain | Bartender | 1914 |
| The Typhoon | 1914 | |
| Custer's Last Fight | 1912 | |
| The Heart of an Indian | Settler | 1912 |
