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 Incredible Mr. Limpet as Fleet Admiral
- The Quick Gun as Rev. Staley
1963
- Petticoat Junction as George Prentice
1961
1960
- The Chevy Mystery Show as Gentry
- Ocean's Eleven as Mr. Cohen (Mortician) (uncredited)
- Noose for a Gunman as Minister (uncredited)
- Twelve Hours to Kill as Herbst
1959
- Bonanza as Referee at Duel
1958
- Lawman
- Peter Gunn
- The Texan
- U.S. Marshall as Judge (uncredited)
- The Veil
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 Adventures of Jim Bowie
- The Count of Monte Cristo
- The Lone Ranger as Governor
- Menace from Outer Space as Drake - Secretary of Space
- Forbidden Moon as Commissioner Drake
- High Tor as Biggs Sr.
1955
- The 20th Century Fox Hour
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Dr. Lacey
- Illegal as Judge (uncredited)
- New York Confidential
1954
- Lassie
- The Whistler
- Rocky Jones, Space Ranger
- Silver Needle in the Sky as Secretary Drake
- Crash of Moons as Secretary of Space Drake
- The Gypsy Moon as Secretary of Space Drake
- Manhunt in Space as Secretary of Space Drake
- Beyond the Moon as Secretary Drake
1953
- You Are There as Ambassador Walter Hines Page
- 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
- Room for One More as Mr. S. Thatcher
- The Big Trees as Elder Bixby
- Cattle Town as Governor
1951
- Racket Squad
- Strangers on a Train as Judge Donahue (uncredited)
- Hallmark Hall of Fame as President of the Court
- Along the Great Divide as Judge Marlow
- Submarine Command as Adm. Tobias
- Al Jennings of Oklahoma as Judge Evans
- Fort Worth as Sam, Railroad Backer (uncredited)
- The Sea Hornet as Mr. Goodrich
1950
- Lux Video Theatre as Dr. Romer
- Caged as Parole Board Chairman (uncredited)
- Francis as Banker Munroe
- Bright Leaf as Pendleton (uncredited)
- The Sun Sets at Dawn as Reporter, AP
- Perfect Strangers as Lyle Pettijohn
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
- The Boy with Green Hair as Mr. Piper
- A Foreign Affair as Yandell
- All My Sons as (uncredited)
- For the Love of Mary as Justice Hastings
- The Miracle of the Bells as Father Spinsky
1947
1924
- In Hollywood with Potash and Perlmutter as Sam Pemberton
1922
- The Cradle as Dr. Robert Harvey
1921
- The Cave Girl as Diivvy Bates
- The Beautiful Liar as Bobby Bates
- Hail the Woman as Richard Stuart
- The Foolish Matrons as Lafayette Wayne
- Beyond as Geoffrey Southerne
1920
- Simple Souls as Duke of Wynningham
- The Little 'Fraid Lady as Saxton Graves
- The Family Honor as Merle Curran
- The 13th Commandment as Clay Wimborn
- Judy of Rogues' Harbor as Lt. Teddy Kingsland
- The Ladder of Lies as John Blaine
- The Perfect Woman as James Stanhope
- That Something as Edwin Drake
1919
- The Other Half as Donald Trent
- Luck in Pawn as Richard Standish Norton
- Poor Relations as Monty Rhodes