Charles Meredith
Born: 1894-08-27 in Knoxville, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: 1964-11-28
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Charles Meredith (August 27, 1894 – November 28, 1964) was an American film and television actor. Meredith was born in Knoxville, Pennsylvania. He was a popular silent film leading man and played opposite such actresses as Blanche Sweet, Mary Miles Minter, Florence Vidor, and others in romantic drama and comedy films. In 1924, he left his film career for work on the stage. He returned to film in 1947 where he played a number of small character roles. Toward the end of his career, he turned to television as well, notably as Secretary Drake in the Rocky Jones, Space Ranger (1954) series. He also appeared in three episodes of The Lone Ranger, each time as a doctor. He died, aged 70 in 1964, in Los Angeles, California.
Filmography
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1967
- Pistols 'n' Petticoats as Doctor
1964
- Seven Days in May as Senate Committee Member (uncredited)
- Dead Ringer as Defense Attorney (uncredited)
- The Quick Gun as Rev. Staley
- The Incredible Mr. Limpet as Fleet Admiral
1963
- Petticoat Junction as George Prentice
1961
1960
- Ocean's Eleven as Mr. Cohen (Mortician) (uncredited)
- The Chevy Mystery Show as Gentry
- Twelve Hours to Kill as Herbst
- Noose for a Gunman as Minister (uncredited)
1959
- Bonanza as Referee at Duel
1957
- Perry Mason as Dr. Barnes
- Maverick
- The Court of Last Resort
- The Guns of Fort Petticoat as Commanding Officer (uncredited)
- Chicago Confidential as Dr. Charing (uncredited)
1956
- The Count of Monte Cristo
- The Adventures of Jim Bowie
- The Lone Ranger as Governor
- Forbidden Moon as Commissioner Drake
- High Tor as Biggs Sr.
- Menace from Outer Space as Drake - Secretary of Space
1955
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Dr. Lacey
- The 20th Century Fox Hour
- Illegal as Judge (uncredited)
- New York Confidential
1954
- Lassie
- The Whistler
- Rocky Jones, Space Ranger
- Crash of Moons as Secretary of Space Drake
- Silver Needle in the Sky as Secretary Drake
- Manhunt in Space as Secretary of Space Drake
- Beyond the Moon as Secretary Drake
- The Gypsy Moon as Secretary of Space Drake
1953
- You Are There
- The Man Behind the Badge
- Letter to Loretta as Bishop
- General Electric Theater as Judge
- Three Lives as Principal
1952
- Adventures of Superman
- Cavalcade of America
- The Big Trees as Elder Bixby
- Room for One More as Mr. S. Thatcher
- Cattle Town as Governor
1951
- Racket Squad
- Strangers on a Train as Judge Donahue (uncredited)
- Hallmark Hall of Fame as President of the Court
- Al Jennings of Oklahoma as Judge Evans
- Submarine Command as Adm. Tobias
- Along the Great Divide as Judge Marlow
- The Sea Hornet as Mr. Goodrich
- Fort Worth as Sam, Railroad Backer (uncredited)
1950
- Lux Video Theatre as Dr. Romer
- Caged as Parole Board Chairman (uncredited)
- Bright Leaf as Pendleton (uncredited)
- Francis as Banker Munroe
- Perfect Strangers as Lyle Pettijohn
- The Sun Sets at Dawn as Reporter, AP
1949
- They Live by Night as Comm. Hubbell
- He Walked by Night as Hollywood Police Official (uncredited)
- Tokyo Joe as General Ireton
- The Lady Takes a Sailor as Dr. Rufus McKewen (uncredited)
- The Lucky Stiff as Jim Childers aka Big Jim
- Streets of San Francisco as Eckert
1948
- A Foreign Affair as Yandell
- All My Sons
- The Boy with Green Hair as Mr. Piper
- The Miracle of the Bells as Father Spinsky
- For the Love of Mary as Justice Hastings
1947
1924
- In Hollywood with Potash and Perlmutter as Sam Pemberton
1922
- The Cradle as Dr. Robert Harvey
1921
- The Beautiful Liar as Bobby Bates
- The Cave Girl as Diivvy Bates
- Beyond as Geoffrey Southerne
- The Foolish Matrons as Lafayette Wayne
- Hail the Woman as Richard Stuart
1920
- Simple Souls as Duke of Wynningham
- The Little 'Fraid Lady as Saxton Graves
- The 13th Commandment as Clay Wimborn
- The Family Honor as Merle Curran
- That Something as Edwin Drake
- The Perfect Woman as James Stanhope
- The Ladder of Lies as John Blaine
- Judy of Rogues' Harbor as Lt. Teddy Kingsland
1919
- The Other Half as Donald Trent
- Poor Relations as Monty Rhodes
- Luck in Pawn as Richard Standish Norton