Charles Murray (American actor)

Charles Murray (American actor)
Charles Albert Murray (June 22, 1872 – July 29, 1941), was an American film actor of the silent era.
Murray was born in Laurel, Indiana, on June 22, 1872, to Isaac Murray and Martha Ellen "Mollie" Murray (née Sullenburger).
Murray was a comedian in vaudeville and on stage for 20 years, forming the Murray and Mack team, before he began acting in films. His first work in films was for Biograph. His work in films included appearing in The Cohens and Kellys series with George Sidney. He appeared in more than 280 films between 1912 and 1938, starting with film shorts. He also directed five films.
Murray was married to Nellie Bae Hamilton. He died in Los Angeles, California, from pneumonia. For his contribution to motion pictures, decades after his death, he was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1725 Vine Street.
Selected filmography
His Auto's Maiden Trip (1912, Short)
Safe in Jail (1913, Short)
Murphy's I.O.U. (1913, Short) - (uncredited)
Red Hicks Defies the World (1913, Short) - Red Hicks
Almost a Wild Man (1913, Short) - McDoo
The Mothering Heart (1913, Short) - Male Apache Dancer
Professor Bean's Removal (1913, Short)
The Riot (1913, Short)
With the Aid of Phrenology (1913, Short) The Husband
Two Old Tars (1913, Short)
Because of a Hat (1914, Short) – Skelley [on split reel with Chocolate Dynamite (1914)]
Her Friend the Bandit (1914, Short) - Count De Beans
Mabel's Married Life (1914, Short) - Man in Bar
Love and Bullets (1914, Short) - Charlie
The Masquerader (1914, Short) - Film Director
His New Profession (1914, Short) - Drinker (uncredited)
Killing Horace (1914, Short) - Horace
Fatty Again (1914, Short) - Carnival Customer
The Noise of Bombs (1914, Short) - Constable Murray
Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914) - Detective in 'A Thief's Fate' (uncredited)
Rum and Wall Paper (1915, Short) - The Paperhanger
Hogan's Romance Upset (1915, Short) - Hogan
Their Social Splash (1915, Short) - Hogan - the Unruly Guest
Fatty and the Broadway Stars (1915, Short) - Sam Bernard's Director
Watch Your Neighbor (1918) - M. Balmer, an Undertaker
Yankee Doodle in Berlin (1919) - An Irish-American Soldier
Puppy Love (1919) - Shamus O'Connell
Salome vs. Shenandoah (1919) - 'Herod'
Married Life (1920) - Patron of the Arts
Love, Honor and Behave (1920) - His Honor - Judge Fawcett
A Small Town Idol (1921) - Sheriff Wilbur Sparks
Home Talent (1921) - The Landlord
The Crossroads of New York (1922) - Judge
Luck (1923) - The Plumber
Bright Lights of Broadway (1923) - El Jumbo
Painted People (1924) - Tom Byrne
Lilies of the Field (1924) - Charles Lee
Fools Highway (1924) - Mamie's Father
The Girl in the Limousine (1924) - The Butler
The Fire Patrol (1924) - Fireman
Empty Hearts (1924) - Joe Delane
The Mine with the Iron Door (1924) - Bob Hill
Sundown (1924) - Pat Meech
Wizard of Oz (1925) - Wizard of Oz
Who Cares (1925) - Greaves
Percy (1925) - Holy Joe
My Son (1925) - Captain Joe Barnby
White Fang (1925) - Judson Black
Fighting the Flames (1925) - Pawnbroker
Paint and Powder (1925) - Cabman
Classified (1925) - Old Man Comet
Why Women Love (1925) - Josiah Scott
Steel Preferred (1925) - Dicker
Mike (1926) - Father
Irene (1926) - Pa O'Dare
The Reckless Lady (1926) - Gendarme
The Devil's Circus (1926) - Circus Member (uncredited)
The Cohens and Kellys (1926) - Patrick Kelly
Her Second Chance (1926) - Bell
The Boob (1926) - Cactus Jim
Sweet Daddies (1926) - Patrick O'Brien
Mismates (1926) - Black
Subway Sadie (1926) - Taxicab Driver
Paradise (1926) - Lord Lumley
The Silent Lover (1926) - O'Reilly
The Masked Woman (1927) - André O'Donohue
McFadden's Flats (1927) - Dan McFadden
Lost at the Front (1927) - Patrick Muldoon
The Poor Nut (1927) - Doc Murphy
The Gorilla (1927) - Garrity
The Life of Riley (1927) - Timothy Riley (fire chief)
The Cohens and the Kellys in Paris (1928) - Minor Role
The Pioneer Scout (1928) - Minor Role
Flying Romeos (1928) - Cohan
Vamping Venus (1928) - Michael Cassidy / King Cassidy of Ireland
The Head Man (1928) - Watts
Do Your Duty (1928) - Tim Maloney
The Cohens and the Kellys in Scotland (1930) - Kelly
Clancy in Wall Street (1930) - Michael Clancy
King of Jazz (1930) - Comic Specialty (scenes deleted)
Around the Corner (1930) - O'Grady
The Cohens and the Kellys in Africa (1930) - Kelly
Caught Cheating (1931) - T. McGillicuddy Hungerford
The Stolen Jools (1931, Short) - Kell
The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood (1932) - Michael Kelly
The Cohens and Kellys in Trouble (1933) - Captain Patrick Kelly
Dangerous Waters (1936) - Chief Engineer McDuffy
Circus Girl (1937) - Slippery
County Fair (1937) - Sheriff
Breaking the Ice (1938) - Janitor
References
External links
Charles Murray at Virtual History
1872 births
1941 deaths
American male film actors
American male silent film actors
Deaths from pneumonia in California
People from Franklin County, Indiana
20th-century American male actors
Male actors from Indiana