Charles Eldridge
Born: 1854-07-25 in Saratoga Springs, New York, USA
Died: 1922-10-29
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia Charles Eldridge was an American stage and screen actor of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In the film industry he appeared in over 100 films, although the majority of those were film shorts. He began on the stage during the 1870s, and appeared in at least one Broadway play, Charles Frohman's 1899 production of Because She Loved Him So. His first appearance in film was in a 1910 short, The Legacy, in which he starred. His first appearance in a feature film was in The Strange Story of Sylvia Gray. In addition to the over 100 shorts he was in, Eldridge appeared in 27 feature films between 1914 and 1922. In his roles in full-length films, he would usually appear in a supporting role, although occasionally be given a lead, as in 1917's Polly of the Circus, 1920's Broken Hearts, and 1922's Ashamed of Parents. Polly of the Circus was notable for being the first film released by Goldwyn Pictures, which was shot in Fort Lee, New Jersey, mostly at rented space at the studios owned by Universal Studios. His final screen appearance would be in a supporting role in the 1922 film, No Trespassing, which starred Irene Castle of the famous dancing team, Vernon and Irene Castle. No Trespassing was released on June 11, 1922, and Eldridge would die soon after, on October 29, 1922 in New York City.
Filmography
1925
- Hearts and Spurs as The Sheriff
1921
- Ashamed of Parents as Silas Wadsworth
- Made in Heaven as Lowry Sr.
1920
- Broken Hearts
- The Woman Game as Jacky Van Trant
- The Birth of a Soul as Lem Barlow
1919
- Redhead as Mr. Mellows
1918
- Sunshine Nan as Mr. Snawdor
- The Challenge Accepted as John Haston
- Eye for Eye as Tootit, the Clown
- Sporting Life as Miles Cavanagh
1917
- His Father's Son as Adam Barron
- The Duchess of Doubt as Walter Gray Sr.
- The End of the Tour as Seth Perkins
1916
- Ignorance as The Father
- The Wheel of the Law as Frank Willis
- The Pretenders as Silas T. Pettingill
- The Surprises of an Empty Hotel as Thomas Cadwallader Bennt
- As in a Looking Glass as Senator Gales
1915
- The Man, the Mission and the Maid
- The Wheels of Justice as John Reynolds
- The Vanishing Vault as The Detective
1914
- Two Stepchildren as Hazel's Stepfather
- The Strange Story of Sylvia Gray as Uncle Adam
- Hearts and Diamonds as Toper Staggs - The Uncle
- The Locked House as The Police Commissioner
- Bunny Backslides as Dr. Sweatem
- Fixing Their Dads as Livingston
1913
- Up in a Balloon
- Fortune's Turn as Tom's Father
- Bunny's Honeymoon as Valeria's Father
- The Little Minister as Sanders Webster
- The Adventure of the Ambassador's Disappearance as The Ambassador, Visconte di Jarlais
- The Butler's Secret as Barrow the Butler
- Under the Daisies as The Lawyer
- The Pickpocket as Bob - Patrick's Friend
1912
- The Man Under the Bed as The Father
- The Spider's Web as Graham Lawlor - Trevor's Father
- Captain Jenks' Diplomacy as Sir Brian
- Half a Hero as Mabel's Father
- Captain Jenks' Dilemma as Sir Brian Squills
- The Picture Idol as Mr. Ward - Beth's Father
- The Red Barrier as Professor Bain
- Her Forgotten Dancing Shoes
- As You Like It as Corin, a Shepherd
- The Reincarnation of Karma as Mr. Adams
- The First Violin
- A Cure for Pokeritis
- The Lovesick Maidens of Cuddleton as Dr. Charles W. Clinton
- An Eventful Elopement as Mr. Wright - Pronubial Father
- The Meeting of the Ways as The Gambler
- Mr. Bolter's Infatuation as Mr. Merker - a Friend of Mr. Bolter's
- Stenographer Wanted as Mr. Jones
- An Elephant on Their Hands
- Following the Star as Mr. Winthrop - Helen's Father
- The Cross Roads as Abel Hale - Charity's Father
- She Cried
1911
- The Younger Brother as Father Werner
- A Reformed Santa Claus
- The Life Boat