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
- Made in Heaven as Lowry Sr.
- Ashamed of Parents as Silas Wadsworth
1920
- The Woman Game as Jacky Van Trant
- The Birth of a Soul as Lem Barlow
- Broken Hearts
1919
- Redhead as Mr. Mellows
1918
- Eye for Eye as Tootit, the Clown
- The Challenge Accepted as John Haston
- Sporting Life as Miles Cavanagh
- Sunshine Nan as Mr. Snawdor
1917
- The End of the Tour as Seth Perkins
- His Father's Son as Adam Barron
- The Duchess of Doubt as Walter Gray Sr.
1916
- The Pretenders as Silas T. Pettingill
- As in a Looking Glass as Senator Gales
- Ignorance as The Father
- The Surprises of an Empty Hotel as Thomas Cadwallader Bennt
- The Wheel of the Law as Frank Willis
1915
- The Man, the Mission and the Maid
- The Wheels of Justice as John Reynolds
- The Vanishing Vault as The Detective
1914
- The Locked House as The Police Commissioner
- Hearts and Diamonds as Toper Staggs - The Uncle
- Two Stepchildren as Hazel's Stepfather
- Fixing Their Dads as Livingston
- Bunny Backslides as Dr. Sweatem
- The Strange Story of Sylvia Gray as Uncle Adam
1913
- The Little Minister as Sanders Webster
- Bunny's Honeymoon as Valeria's Father
- Up in a Balloon
- Fortune's Turn as Tom's Father
- Under the Daisies as The Lawyer
- The Adventure of the Ambassador's Disappearance as The Ambassador, Visconte di Jarlais
- The Butler's Secret as Barrow the Butler
- The Pickpocket as Bob - Patrick's Friend
1912
- The First Violin
- A Cure for Pokeritis
- Half a Hero as Mabel's Father
- The Picture Idol as Mr. Ward - Beth's Father
- The Cross Roads as Abel Hale - Charity's Father
- Captain Jenks' Dilemma as Sir Brian Squills
- As You Like It as Corin, a Shepherd
- The Spider's Web as Graham Lawlor - Trevor's Father
- Mr. Bolter's Infatuation as Mr. Merker - a Friend of Mr. Bolter's
- The Man Under the Bed as The Father
- The Meeting of the Ways as The Gambler
- Stenographer Wanted as Mr. Jones
- Captain Jenks' Diplomacy as Sir Brian
- Following the Star as Mr. Winthrop - Helen's Father
- She Cried
- An Elephant on Their Hands
- The Reincarnation of Karma as Mr. Adams
- An Eventful Elopement as Mr. Wright - Pronubial Father
- The Red Barrier as Professor Bain
- The Lovesick Maidens of Cuddleton as Dr. Charles W. Clinton
- Her Forgotten Dancing Shoes
1911
- A Reformed Santa Claus
- The Younger Brother as Father Werner
- The Life Boat