Charles Cummings (c. 1870,

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– October 4, 1918,

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) was an early American

actor An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...

. He starred in 16 films between

1913 Events January * January – Joseph Stalin travels to Vienna to research his ''Marxism and the National Question''. This means that, during this month, Stalin, Hitler, Trotsky and Tito are all living in the city. * January 3 &ndash ...

and

1917 Events Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix. January * January 9 – WWI – Battle of Rafa: The last substantial Ottoman Army garrison on the Sinai Peninsula is captured by the Egyptian Expeditionary Force's ...

in films such as

Rose of San Juan ''The Rose of San Juan'' is a 1913 American silent-era short drama film starring Sydney Ayres, Charlotte Burton, and Louise Lester. It was directed by Ayres for the American Film Manufacturing Company. ''The Rose of San Juan'' was distribu ...

and American Born with actors such as

Harry von Meter Harry von Meter (March 20, 1871 – June 2, 1956; sometimes credited as Harry van Meter) was an American actor of stage and silent film. He starred in about 200 films in the period from 1912 through 1929. He retired from acting just as sound fi ...

and

Louise Lester Louise Lester (August 8, 1867 – November 18, 1952) was an American silent film actress. She was the first female star of Western films. Biography Lester was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on August 8, 1867. In 1884, Lester headed the Louis ...

Filmography

*'' American Born'' (1913) *''

'' (1913) *''The Substitute Jewel'' (1915) *''The Disappearing Necklace'' (1915) *''Mysteries of the Grand Hotel'' (1915) *''The Strangler's Cord ''(1915) *''The Mother Call'' (1916) *''Circumstantial Guilt'' (1916) *''When He Came Back'' (1916) *''Behind Life's Stage'' (1916) *'' The Chalice of Sorrow'' (1916), aka ''The Fatal Promise'' (UK), Marion Leslie *''The Little Mascot'' (1916) *''The Right Man'' (1917) *''Jerry's Trial'' (1917) *'' The Hidden Children'' (1917), Guy Johnson * '' Heart Strings'' (1917), Hartley

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* 1870s births 1918 deaths American male silent film actors Male actors from Indiana Male actors from Los Angeles 20th-century American male actors {{US-film-actor-1870s-stub