Charles Kent (18 June 1853 – 21 May 1923) was a
British-American stage actor and
silent film
A silent film is a film without synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, w ...
actor and
director. He appeared in more than 140 films between 1908 and 1923. He also directed 36 films between 1908 and 1913.
Personal life
Kent was born on 18 June 1853
in London to Frederick Kent, an Englishman, and Martha Kent, a French woman. He came to the United States in 1875 at the age of 23, and died on May 21, 1923, after a long-lasting illness, and was buried in
Evergreen Cemetery.
[New York City Department of Records & Information Services; New York City, New York; ''New York City Death Certificates''; Borough: ''Brooklyn''; Year: ''1923'']
Career
Kent was "a veteran stage actor" before he began working in films
having been on stage for 50 years.
He began working with
Vitagraph Studios
Vitagraph Studios, also known as the Vitagraph Company of America, was a United States motion picture studio. It was founded by J. Stuart Blackton and Albert E. Smith in 1897 in Brooklyn, New York, as the American Vitagraph Company. By 1907 ...
in 1908.
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Death
Kent died on May 21, 1923, in a hospital in Brooklyn, aged 69.
Partial filmography
* ''Antony and Cleopatra
''Antony and Cleopatra'' is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. The play was first performed around 1607, by the King's Men at either the Blackfriars Theatre or the Globe Theatre. Its first appearance in print was in the First Folio published ...
'' (1908)
* ''Macbeth
''The Tragedy of Macbeth'', often shortened to ''Macbeth'' (), is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, estimated to have been first performed in 1606. It dramatises the physically violent and damaging psychological effects of political ambiti ...
'' (1908)
* '' The Life of Moses'' (1909)
* ''A Midsummer Night's Dream
''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' is a Comedy (drama), comedy play written by William Shakespeare in about 1595 or 1596. The play is set in Athens, and consists of several subplots that revolve around the marriage of Theseus and Hippolyta. One s ...
'' (1909)
* ''Twelfth Night
''Twelfth Night, or What You Will'' is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written around 1601–1602 as a Twelfth Night entertainment for the close of the Christmas season. The play centres on the twins Viola an ...
'' (1910)
* '' Jean the Match-Maker'' (1910)
* ''A Tale of Two Cities
''A Tale of Two Cities'' is a historical novel published in 1859 by English author Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. The novel tells the story of the French Doctor Manette, his 18-year-long impr ...
'' (1911)
* '' A Reformed Santa Claus'' (1911)
* ''As You Like It
''As You Like It'' is a pastoral Shakespearean comedy, comedy by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in 1599 and first published in the First Folio in 1623. The play's first performance is uncertain, though a performance at Wil ...
'' (1912)
* '' The Doctor's Secret'' (1913)
* '' A Florida Enchantment'' (1914)
* '' The Strange Story of Sylvia Gray'' (1914)
* '' Hearts and the Highway'' (1915)
* '' The Battle Cry of Peace'' (1915)
* '' The Tarantula'' (1916)
* '' The Chattel'' (1916)
* '' The Scarlet Runner'' (1916)
* '' The Blue Envelope Mystery'' (1916)
* '' The Enemy'' (1916)
* '' Kennedy Square'' (1916)
* '' Whom the Gods Destroy'' (1916)
* '' The Marriage Speculation'' (1917)
* '' The Money Mill'' (1917)
* '' Wild Primrose'' (1918)
* '' Tangled Lives'' (1918)
* '' Thin Ice'' (1919)
* ''Counterfeit
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'' (1919)
*'' The Birth of a Soul'' (1920)
* '' Man and His Woman'' (1920)
* '' The Forbidden Valley'' (1920)
* '' Human Collateral'' (1920)
* '' The Single Track'' (1921)
* '' The Charming Deceiver'' (1921)
* ''Rainbow
A rainbow is an optical phenomenon caused by refraction, internal reflection and dispersion of light in water droplets resulting in a continuous spectrum of light appearing in the sky. The rainbow takes the form of a multicoloured circular ...
'' (1921)
* '' The Prodigal Judge'' (1922)
* '' The Leopardess'' (1923)
* '' The Ragged Edge'' (1923)
* '' The Purple Highway'' (1923)
References
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1850s births
1923 deaths
American male film actors
American male silent film actors
American silent film directors
British emigrants to the United States
20th-century American male actors
Shakespearean directors