Charles Wellesley (November 17, 1873 – July 24, 1946) was an Irish-born American actor of the
silent era
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.
He appeared in more than 80 films between 1913 and 1928. He was born in
Dublin
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and died in
Amityville, New York
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.
Partial filmography
* ''
My Official Wife'' (1914)
* ''
The Battle of Frenchman's Run'' (1915)
* ''
Hearts and the Highway'' (1915)
* ''
The Daring of Diana'' (1916)
* ''
The Hero of Submarine D-2'' (1916)
* ''
The Enemy'' (1916)
* ''
The Poor Little Rich Girl
''The Poor Little Rich Girl'' is a 1917 American comedy-drama film directed by Maurice Tourneur. Adapted by Frances Marion from the 1913 play by Eleanor Gates. The Broadway play actually starred future screen actress Viola Dana. The film st ...
'' (1917)
* ''
Redemption'' (1917)
* ''
Her Better Self'' (1917)
* ''
Richard the Brazen'' (1917)
* ''
Wrath'' (1917)
* ''
By Right of Purchase'' (1918)
* ''
Madame Jealousy'' (1918)
* ''
The Heart of a Girl'' (1918)
* ''
The Song of Songs
The Song of Songs (), also called the Canticle of Canticles or the Song of Solomon, is a biblical poem, one of the five ("scrolls") in the ('writings'), the last section of the Tanakh. Unlike other books in the Hebrew Bible, it is erotic poe ...
'' (1918)
* ''
The Purple Lily'' (1918)
* ''
Nobody'' (1921)
* ''
His Greatest Sacrifice'' (1921)
* ''
It Isn't Being Done This Season'' (1921)
* ''
Outcast'' (1922)
* ''
The Rapids
''The Rapids'' is a 1922 American-Canadian silent film, silent drama film directed by David Hartford and starring Mary Astor, Harry T. Morey and Walter Miller (actor), Walter Miller.Munden p.449 Location shooting took place at the St. Marys River ...
'' (1922)
* ''
Legally Dead'' (1923)
* ''
Alias the Night Wind'' (1923)
* ''
Don't Marry for Money'' (1923)
* ''
The Acquittal'' (1923)
* ''
Enemies of Children'' (1923)
* ''
The Wolf Man'' (1924)
* ''
Cytherea'' (1924)
* ''
Traffic in Hearts'' (1924)
* ''
The Perfect Flapper'' (1924)
* ''
The Lost World'' (1925)
* ''
The Half-Way Girl'' (1925)
* ''
The Unholy Three'' (1925) (uncredited)
* ''
College Days'' (1926)
* ''
Sinews of Steel'' (1927)
* ''
The Stolen Bride'' (1927)
* ''
Skinner's Big Idea'' (1928)
References
External links
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1873 births
1946 deaths
Male actors from Dublin (city)
American male film actors
American male silent film actors
20th-century American male actors
Irish emigrants to the United States
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