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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1870-05-24 (154 years old)

Place of Birth

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Charles Hill Mailes

Biography:

Charles Hill Mailes (25 May 1870 – 17 February 1937) was a Canadian actor of primarily the silent era. Mailes appeared in 290 films between 1909 and 1935. He married actress Claire McDowell in 1906 and the couple appeared in numerous silent films together.

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Known For

Acting

1935

Murder by Television as James Houghland

1934

I'll Tell the World as Statesman
Sadie McKee as Uncle Ben (uncredited)

1933

Treason as General Hawthorne

1931

The Unholy Garden as Alfred de Jonghe

1930

Mothers Cry as Mary's Father

1929

The Carnation Kid as Crawford Whitely
The Faker as Hadrian
The Bellamy Trial as Defense Attorney

1928

Queen of the Chorus as Rufus Van Der Layden
The Phantom City as Benedict
The Beautiful Spy as Saavedra
Drums of Love as Duke de Granada
What a Night! as Patterson

1927

The Great Mail Robbery as Stephen Phelps
Man Power as Judson Stoddard
Chasing Choo Choos as Silas Scott
Bitter Apples as Cyrus Thornden
The College Widow as Professor Witherspoon
The City Gone Wild as Luther Winthrop
Somewhere in Sonora as Mexicali Burton

1926

The Frontier Trail as Maj. Mainard
Old Ironsides as Commodore Preble
The Blue Streak as Don Carlos
The Better Man as Charles Clifton
The Combat as Jeremiah 'Jerry' Flint (as Charles Mailes)
The Man in the Saddle as Jeff Morgan Sr.

1925

The Midnight Flyer as Silas Henderson
The Fighting Demon as Señor Darcy
Free to Love as Kenton Crawford

1924

Name the Man as Attorney General
Find Your Man as Gregory Mills
Thundering Hoofs as Don Juan Estrada

1923

Crashin' Thru as Benedict
The Bond Boy as Isom Chase
Held to Answer as District Attorney Searle
Michael O'Halloran as Peter Harding
East Side - West Side as Dr. Ernest Shepley
Soft Boiled as The Lawyer

1922

The Man from Downing Street as Col. Wentworth

1921

Uncharted Seas as Old Jim Eastman
The Home Stretch as Mr. Wilson

1920

Treasure Island as Dr. Livesey
Go and Get It as J.L. Rich (as C. Mailles)
The Mark of Zorro as Don Carlos Pulido

1919

The Speed Maniac as John Matthews
Our Better Selves as Henry Laurens
Full of Pep as Escamillo Gomez

1918

The Lure of the Circus as Malcolm Somers
Danger Within as Matthew Wedgestone
The Fighting Grin as Otis Kennedy
The Magic Eye as Sam Bullard (as Charles H. Mailes)
The Brass Bullet as Homer Joy

1917

The Spotted Lily as Pere Anatole later
Come Through as John Lysaght
The Lair of the Wolf as Robert Shepherd
Polly Redhead as Duke of Osterley
Southern Justice as Major Dillon (as Charles H. Mailes)
The Winged Mystery as Josiah Wayne
The Bronze Bride as Joe Dubois
Money Madness as Whispering Smith (as Charles H. Mailes)
The Lash of Power as Charles W. Sherwood

1916

The Larrimore Case as 1st Rival
The Eagle's Wings as Senator Wright
The Seekers as Reverend Israel Mount (as Charles Mailes)

1915

East Lynne as Lord Mount Severn
Under Two Flags as Arab Chief (as Charles H. Mailes)
The Americano as The Alcalde
Dora Thorne as Prince Borgezi
The Hungarian Nabob as Count John Karpathy the 'Nabob'
The Soul of Pierre as Dr. Davidoff (as Charles H. Mailes)
The House of Horror as The husband

1914

Lord Chumley as Gaspar La Sage
The Woman in Black as Mr. Everett
The Honor of the Law as The Warden
Liberty Belles as Justice of the Peace
The Fatal Wedding as Robert Curtis

1913

For the Son of the House as The Minister
Pirate Gold as The Father
A Chance Deception as The Jealous Husband
A Modest Hero as First Thief
The Wrong Bottle as The Devoted One
Madonna of the Storm as The Father
Brothers as The Father
Just Gold as The Father
A Dangerous Foe as The Judge
The Stolen Loaf as At Dinner (uncredited)
The Ranchero's Revenge as At Party (uncredited)
When Love Forgives as The Employer
The Work Habit as The Street Commissioner
A Misunderstood Boy as A Thieving Merchant
The Yaqui Cur as The Yaqui Chief / Goldseeker
Her Mother's Oath as The Minister / Medicine Show Patron
By Man's Law as The Oil Magnate
A Woman in the Ultimate as Verda's Stepfather
Fate as Sim Sloane
The Telephone Girl and the Lady as The Girl's Father
The Reformers as The Father
The Wanderer as The Father
Olaf—An Atom as A Parent
The House of Darkness as The Lunatic (The Unfortunate Patient)

1912

The Sands of Dee as Mary's dad
In the Aisles of the Wild as First Woodsman
The Lesser Evil as The Revenue Officer / Policeman
The Old Actor as The Replacement Actor
The New York Hat as Mr. Harding
The Painted Lady as The Father
Friends as The Bartender
For His Son as The Father, a Physician
The Narrow Road as The Counterfeiter
The Eternal Mother as Mary's Father
Man's Genesis as Cave Man
A Sailor’s Heart as The Notary
The Speed Demon as Kudge (as Charles H. Mailes)
A Lodging for the Night as The Mexican Girl's Father
A Pueblo Legend as The Old Man / A Pueblo
With the Enemy's Help as Faro Kate's Husband
The Inner Circle as A Gangster
Home Folks as The Young Woman's Father
Fate's Interception as The Mexican Sweetheart
A Temporary Truce as Mexican Jim
The Sunbeam as The Janitor
So Near, Yet So Far as Rich Man in Other Town
The God Within as The Doctor
Iola's Promise as Jack's Sweetheart's Father
The Goddess of Sagebrush Gulch as Blue Grass Pete's Pal
The Massacre as In Wagon Train
The Root of Evil as The Doctor
A String of Pearls as The Rich Doctor

1911

The Long Road as A Priest / In Bar
The Battle as The Union commander
Saved from Himself as The Proprietor
A Woman Scorned as A Policeman
The Making of a Man as In First Audience / At First Stage Door / Backstage
The Ghost as A Policeman
The Miser's Heart as Second Crook

1909

The Faded Lilies as Francois' Butler