Charles Olden
Charles Olden may refer to: * Charles Smith Olden, American merchant, banker, and politician * Charles Olden (actor), African-American actor * Ted Ray (comedian) Ted Ray (born Charles Olden; 21 November 1905 – 8 November 1977) was an English comedian of the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, on radio and television. His BBC radio show ''Ray's a Laugh'' ran for 12 years. Biography Ray was born Charles Olden i ...

Charles Smith Olden
Charles Smith Olden (February 19, 1799April 7, 1876) was an American merchant, banker, and politician who served as the 19th governor of New Jersey from 1860 to 1863 during the first part of the American Civil War. As Governor, Olden supported President Abraham Lincoln and the national war effort but favored union and reconciliation with the South above all else; before the war, he argued slavery was properly understood as the sole regulatory province of the states, and he later opposed Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation. His mansion, Drumthwacket, was bought by the state in 1966 and became the official residence of the governor of New Jersey in 1981. Early life Olden was born in 1799 near Princeton, New Jersey, to Hart Olden and Temperance Smith. His family were Quakers. He attended the Lawrenceville School. Upon his graduation from Lawrenceville, Olden worked in his father's store for some time before joining the mercantile firm of Matthew Newkirk. From 1826 to 1832, he open ...
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Charles Olden (actor)
Charles Olden (May 5, 1892 – September 29, 1943) was an actor on stage and screen in the United States. He had a leading role in a pair of films made with African American casts. He was also in theatrical performances with other prominent African American actors of stage and screen including Evelyn Preer. Olden portrayed Florian Slappey in two films. The films and character were adapted in Al Christie productions of Octavus Roy Cohen's "Darktown Birmingham" comedy series published in the ''Saturday Evening Post''. He was part of the Ethiopian Art Theatre group in New York City. Olden won plaudits for his role in an adaptation of William Shakespeare's ''Comedy of Errors'' and as George in an adaptation of Oscar Wilde's Salome. Theater *''Comedy of Errors'' (1923), an adaptation of William Shakespeare's play *''Salome'' (1923), by Oscar Wilde, as "A Cappadocian/First Jew". Performed at the Frazee Theatre. Lionel Monagas and Evelyn Preer were also in the show. It was his Broadway ...
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