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