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Charles K. French

Known For
Acting
Born
January 16, 1860 in Columbus, Ohio, USA
Died
August 2, 1952
Active Years
1920–1945 (26 Years)
Total Credits
192 credits in database
Acting Born Jan 16, 1860 Died Aug 2, 1952 Columbus, Ohio, USA 192 credits
192
Total Credits
1920–1945
26 Years Career Span
10
Vault Titles
10
Key Co-Stars

Biography

Charles K. French was an American film actor, screenwriter, and director. Born Charles Ekrauss French or Charles E. Krauss on January 17, 1860, in Columbus, Ohio, he appeared in more than 240 films between the years 1909 and 1945. Throughout his career in the motion picture industry, he worked as an actor, director, and screenwriter. His acting credits include roles in films such as Davy Crockett - In Hearts United in 1909, as well as The Abysmal Brute and Gentle Julia, both released in 1923. During his lifetime, he was married to Doris Herbert, Isabelle Gurton, and Helen French. He passed away on August 2, 1952, at the age of 92.

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Career

Career overview

Charles K. French was an American film actor, screenwriter, and director. Born as Charles Ekrauss French, or Charles E. Krauss, on January 17, 1860, in Columbus, Ohio, his career spanned several decades. During his time in the film industry, he appeared in more than 240 movies and films between 1909 and 1945.

As a versatile filmmaker and performer, French worked across various capacities in motion pictures, contributing as an actor, director, and screenwriter. His extensive career included appearances in a wide range of productions. Among the known titles associated with his acting and directing credits are Davy Crockett - In Hearts United from 1909, as well as the 1923 features The Abysmal Brute and Gentle Julia.

Throughout his life, French was married to Doris Herbert, Isabelle Gurton, and Helen French. He passed away on August 2, 1952, at the age of 92. His legacy in cinema remains marked by his prolific output during the early and mid-twentieth-century eras of American filmmaking, leaving behind a substantial body of work comprised of hundreds of credited appearances.

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Known for

Film

The Shadow

as Joseph Rand
Film

Dick Tracy's G-Men

as Doctor

Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity

as Bishop (uncredited)
Film

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

as Unemployed Farmer (uncredited)

Far Away

as Pop Hart (Laura's father)
Film

Gun Play

as John Holt

Twist of Fate

as Theatre Patron (uncredited)
Film

Roman Scandals

as Nobleman (uncredited)

Sugar Sugar Rune

as Studio Manager

Halef

as Wolf River Mayor

Frequent co-stars

Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams 1 shared title
Marion Shilling 1 shared title
Frank Yaconelli 1 shared title
Hal Taliaferro 1 shared title
Tom London 1 shared title
Roger Williams 1 shared title
Gordon Griffith 1 shared title
Barney Beasley 1 shared title
Dick Botiller 1 shared title
Julian Rivero 1 shared title

Career timeline

Make Mine Memories
Good Luck, Mr. Yates
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
Radio RanchWolf of New YorkThe Shadow
Dick Tracy's G-MenSlightly Honorable
Strange Glory
The Prisoner of ZendaWhere Trails DivideMarked Woman
Mr. Deeds Goes to TownLast of the WarrensHeadin' for the Rio GrandeDangerous WatersRio Grande Ranger
Gun PlayThe Live WireThe Phantom EmpireTrail of TerrorNo Man's Range
Pals of the PrairieThe Brand of HateThe President VanishesThe Man from HellThe Red Rider
Via Pony ExpressThe Big SquealDesign for LivingRoman ScandalsCross Fire
Boy Oh Boy!Washington Merry-Go-RoundThe Honor of the Press
Chickens Come HomeCaughtEverything’s Rosie
Fast WorkWings of AdventureThe Medicine ManAlias French Gertie
Overland BoundRiding for FameKing of the RodeoThe Devil Bear
The Flyin' BuckarooA Lady of ChanceThe Beautiful SpyThe Last WarningThe Perfect Crime
The Meddlin' StrangerMan, Woman and SinThe Down GradeThe Cruise of the HellionFast and Furious
The Winning WallopUnder Western SkiesHands Up!Exit SmilingA Woman of the Sea
Speed MadThe Way of a GirlThe Saddle HawkToo Much YouthLet 'er Buck
The Sawdust TrailThe TorrentThe Dramatic Life of Abraham LincolnBeing RespectableOh, You Tony!
BlinkyA Woman of Paris: A Drama of FateGrumpyGentle JuliaAlias the Night Wind
SmudgeThe Woman He LovedWhite ShouldersMoran of the Lady LettyHer Own Money
The Night HorsemenThe Road DemonThe Last TrailBeyondHands Off!
What Would You DoDesert LoveSquare ShooterFlames of the FleshThe Untamed
Haunting ShadowsWhom the Gods Would DestroyThe Speed ManiacHappy Though MarriedThe Mints of Hell
Green EyesThree X GordonFuss and FeathersA Burglar for a NightThe Law of the North
The Son of His FatherThe Hater of MenPaws of the BearLove or JusticeThe Clodhopper
The CriminalThe Bugler of AlgiersThe Honorable AlgyA Corner in ColleensCivilization
On the Night StageHearts and SwordsThe Secret of Lost RiverThe Iron StrainThe Coward
For Her Brother's SakeThe Spark EternalThe BargainThe Typhoon

Full Filmography

192 titles
  • Make Mine Memories (1945) as Cowboy
  • Good Luck, Mr. Yates (1943) as Leading Citizen
  • Wild Bill Hickok Rides (1942) as Rancher
  • Radio Ranch (1940) as Mal
  • Wolf of New York (1940) as Juror
  • The Shadow (1940) as Joseph Rand
  • Dick Tracy's G-Men (1939) as Doctor
  • Slightly Honorable (1939) as Pallbearer (Uncredited)
  • Advertisement
  • Strange Glory (1938)
  • The Prisoner of Zenda (1937) as Bishop (uncredited)
  • Where Trails Divide (1937) as Reverend Evans
  • Marked Woman (1937) as Graham's Trial Assistant (uncredited)
  • Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) as Unemployed Farmer (uncredited)
  • Last of the Warrens (1936) as Bruce Warren (as Chas. French)
  • Headin' for the Rio Grande (1936) as Pop Hart (Laura's father)
  • Dangerous Waters (1936) as Old Skipper (uncredited)
  • Rio Grande Ranger (1936) as Banker (uncredited)
  • Gun Play (1935) as John Holt
  • The Live Wire (1935) as Captain King
  • The Phantom Empire (1935) as Mal
  • Trail of Terror (1935) as Sheriff Baxter
  • No Man's Range (1935) as Ed Oliver
  • The Crimson Trail (1935) as Frank Carter
  • Rustlers of Red Dog (1935) as Tom Lee [Chs. 1, 7-12]
  • Western Courage (1935) as Henry Hanley
  • Big Boy Rides Again (1935) as John Duncan
  • Diamond Jim (1935)
  • Murder by Television (1935) as Donald M. Jordan
  • Vagabond Lady (1935) as Spear Department Head (uncredited)
  • The Throwback (1935) as Ted Smalley
  • Tracy Rides (1935) as John Hampton
  • Pals of the Prairie (1934) as The Sheriff
  • The Brand of Hate (1934) as Mr. Camp
  • The President Vanishes (1934) as Legislator
  • The Man from Hell (1934) as Blacksmith Sandy
  • The Red Rider (1934) as Robert Maxwell
  • Via Pony Express (1933) as Father Estaban
  • The Big Squeal (1933) as Charlie
  • Design for Living (1933) as Theatre Patron (uncredited)
  • Roman Scandals (1933) as Nobleman (uncredited)
  • Cross Fire (1933) as Johnny Wheeler
  • War of the Range (1933) as Duke Bradley
  • Saturday's Millions (1933) as Old Grad
  • Boy Oh Boy! (1932)
  • Washington Merry-Go-Round (1932) as Party Guest
  • The Honor of the Press (1932) as Dodson, Editorial Writer
  • Chickens Come Home (1931) as Judge (uncredited)
  • Caught (1931) as Bradford (uncredited)
  • Everything’s Rosie (1931)
  • Fast Work (1930) as J. Addison Marlowe
  • Wings of Adventure (1930) as Army Major
  • The Medicine Man (1930) as Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
  • Alias French Gertie (1930) as Appelgetzer
  • Overland Bound (1929) as Underwood
  • Riding for Fame (1929) as Dad Barton
  • King of the Rodeo (1929) as Chip Sr.
  • The Devil Bear (1929) as Judge Douglas Wilmot
  • The Flyin' Buckaroo (1928) as Banker Brown
  • A Lady of Chance (1928) as Prison warden
  • The Beautiful Spy (1928) as Salazar
  • The Last Warning (1928) as Doctor
  • The Perfect Crime (1928) as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
  • State Street Sadie (1928) as Police Chief
  • The Big Hop (1928) as Buck Bronson's Father
  • The Meddlin' Stranger (1927) as Mr. Crawford
  • Man, Woman and Sin (1927) as The City Editor
  • The Down Grade (1927) as Mr. Lanning
  • The Cruise of the Hellion (1927) as John Harlan
  • Fast and Furious (1927) as Hodge
  • The Adventurous Soul (1927) as John Martin
  • Good as Gold (1927) as Sheriff John Gray
  • One Chance in a Million (1927) as Richard Torrence
  • The Winning Wallop (1926) as Peter Wayne
  • Under Western Skies (1926) as Sam Parkhurst
  • Hands Up! (1926) as Brigham Young
  • Exit Smiling (1926) as Mr. Tichnor (uncredited)
  • A Woman of the Sea (1926) as The Father
  • The Flaming Frontier (1926) as U.S. Senator Hargess
  • War Paint (1926) as Maj. Hopkins
  • The Runaway Express (1926) as Jim Reed
  • The Rainmaker (1926) as Hospital Doctor
  • Frenzied Flames (1926) as Chief Grogan
  • Speed Mad (1925) as Charles Hampton
  • The Way of a Girl (1925) as Police Judge
  • The Saddle Hawk (1925) as Jim Newhall
  • Too Much Youth (1925) as Mark Kenton
  • Let 'er Buck (1925) as Col. Jeff McCall
  • The Girl of Gold (1925) as Lucius Merrimore
  • Little Annie Rooney (1925) as Surgeon (uncredited)
  • The Red Kimona (1925) as Jury Foreman (uncredited)
  • The Texas Trail (1925) as Ring 'Em Foster
  • The Sawdust Trail (1924) as Square Deal McKenzie
  • The Torrent (1924) as Captain
  • The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln (1924) as Isom Enlow, Neighbor
  • Being Respectable (1924) as Mr. Beasley
  • Oh, You Tony! (1924) as Blakely
  • Blinky (1923) as Maj. Kileen
  • A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate (1923) as Jean's Father
  • Grumpy (1923) as Wolfe
  • Gentle Julia (1923) as John Atwater
  • Alias the Night Wind (1923) as Amos Chester
  • The Extra Girl (1923) as Studio Manager
  • Mile-a-Minute Romeo (1923) as Sheriff
  • Abysmal Brute (1923) as Pat Glendon, Sr
  • Hell's Hole (1923) as The Sheriff
  • The Ramblin' Kid (1923) as Joshua Heck
  • Smudge (1922) as John Stanton
  • The Woman He Loved (1922) as John Comstock
  • White Shoulders (1922) as Col. Jim Singleton
  • Moran of the Lady Letty (1922) as Tavern Owner
  • Her Own Money (1922) as Thomas Hazelton
  • The Bear Cat (1922) as Sheriff Bill Garfield
  • If You Believe It, It's So (1922) as Frank Tine
  • West of Chicago (1922) as Judson Malone (as Charles French)
  • The Truthful Liar (1922) as Police Commissioner Rogers
  • The Unfoldment (1922) as James Osbourne
  • Mixed Faces (1922) as Mr. Sayre
  • The Night Horsemen (1921) as Marshal
  • The Road Demon (1921)
  • The Last Trail (1921) as Sheriff Nelson
  • Beyond (1921) as Samuel Ackroyd (as Charles French)
  • Hands Off! (1921) as Clint Wadley
  • What Would You Do (1920) as Robert Brainerd
  • Desert Love (1920) as Jack Remington
  • Square Shooter (1920) as Zeke Hampton
  • Flames of the Flesh (1920) as Simon Eastcoat
  • The Untamed (1920) as Tex Calder
  • The Texan (1920) as Wolf River Mayor
  • The Terror (1920) as Sheriff Jim Canby
  • Prairie Trails (1920) as Stephen McWhorter
  • Stronger Than Death (1920) as Col. Boucicault
  • The Daredevil (1920) as Ralph Spencer
  • Haunting Shadows (1919) as John Glenarm Sr.
  • Whom the Gods Would Destroy (1919) as Herr Klaw
  • The Speed Maniac (1919) as John B. Prescott
  • Happy Though Married (1919) as Diana's Uncle
  • The Mints of Hell (1919) as Old Man Chaudiare
  • What Every Woman Wants (1919) as Attorney for the Defense
  • Jubilo (1919) as Jim Handy
  • The Sheriff's Son (1919) as Hal Rutherford
  • Six Feet Four (1919) as Henry Pollard
  • This Hero Stuff (1919) as Samuel Barnes
  • Come Again Smith (1919) as Joe Smith Sr.
  • Green Eyes (1918) as Rev. Dr. Gibson (as Charles French)
  • Three X Gordon (1918) as Jim Gordon
  • Fuss and Feathers (1918) as Martin Ledyard
  • A Burglar for a Night (1918) as James Herrick
  • The Law of the North (1918) as Michel de Montcalm
  • His Own Home Town (1918) as T. Elihu Banks
  • The Marriage Ring (1918) as Koske
  • The Kaiser's Shadow (1918) as William Kremlin
  • The Tiger Man (1918) as Sheriff Sandy Martin
  • The Hired Man (1918) as Caleb Endicott
  • The Vamp (1918) as James Walsham
  • The Midnight Patrol (1918) as Jim Murdock
  • The Son of His Father (1917) as James Carbhoy
  • The Hater of Men (1917) as Phillips Hartley
  • Paws of the Bear (1917) as Gen. von Mittendorf
  • Love or Justice (1917) as Judge Geary
  • The Clodhopper (1917) as Isaac Nelson, Everett's Father
  • Wee Lady Betty (1917) as Fergus McClusky
  • An Even Break (1917) as David Harding
  • The Weaker Sex (1917) as John Harding
  • The Criminal (1916) as Pietro
  • The Bugler of Algiers (1916) as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
  • The Honorable Algy (1916) as James Dryker
  • A Corner in Colleens (1916) as English Commander
  • Civilization (1916) as The Prime Minister
  • A Gamble in Souls (1916)
  • Shell 43 (1916) as German Commander
  • The Vagabond Prince (1916) as 'Spud' Murphy
  • The Deserter (1916)
  • The Aryan (1916) as 'Ivory' Wells
  • The Patriot (1916) as Col. Bracken
  • On the Night Stage (1915) as Bartender (uncredited)
  • Hearts and Swords (1915) as General Salza
  • The Secret of Lost River (1915) as Fra Bartolomeo
  • The Iron Strain (1915) as Ezra Whitney
  • The Coward (1915) as A Confederate Commander
  • The Disciple (1915) as Sheriff 'Birdshot' Bivens
  • The Despoiler (1915) as Col. Damien
  • For Her Brother's Sake (1914) as Sheriff Frye - the Father
  • The Spark Eternal (1914) as Dr. Deering
  • The Bargain (1914) as Bartender
  • The Typhoon (1914)
  • When Lee Surrenders (1912)
  • Custer's Last Fight (1912)
  • The Heart of an Indian (1912) as Settler
  • The Cord of Life (1909)
  • Arizona Nights as Border Patrol Captain Smalley
  • The Yosemite Trail as The Sheriff
  • The Lonely Road as Hiram Wade

Frequently Asked Questions

What movies or TV shows is Charles K. French best known for?

Charles K. French is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including The Shadow (1940), Dick Tracy's G-Men (1939), Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity (2011), Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936).

When and where was Charles K. French born?

Charles K. French was born on January 16, 1860 in Columbus, Ohio, USA. They passed away on August 2, 1952.

How many credits does Charles K. French have?

Charles K. French has accumulated over 192 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1920 to 1945.

What is Charles K. French's background in cinema and television?

Charles K. French was an American film actor, screenwriter, and director. Born Charles Ekrauss French or Charles E. Krauss on January 17, 1860, in Columbus, Ohio, he appeared in more than 240 films between the years 1909 and 1945. Throughout his career in the motion picture industry, he worked as an actor, director, an...

Charles K. French by the numbers

192credits
192films
0TV series
1909–1945active years

Age in their best-rated roles

Full filmography (192) Born on January 16 In memoriam 1952

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