Verner Clarges (January 9, 1846 – August 11, 1911) was a stage actor who later appeared in
silent film
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s. He appeared in more than 60 films between 1909 and 1911. Clarges was born in
Bath, Somerset
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, England, and came to America in 1883 as a lyceum entertainer. He performed as a platform reader before he became an actor.
On August 11, 1911, Clarges died at his home in
New York, New York
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.
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Selected filmography
* ''
The Punishment'' (1912)
* ''
The Lonedale Operator
''The Lonedale Operator'' is a 1911 short American drama film directed by D. W. Griffith, starring Blanche Sweet and written by Mack Sennett for the Biograph Company.
Plot
The plot of the film involves a girl who takes over a telegraph stati ...
'' (1911)
* ''
Fisher Folks'' (1911)
* ''
His Trust Fulfilled'' (1911)
* ''
Love in Quarantine'' (1910)
* ''
Rose O'Salem-Town'' (1910)
* ''
The House with Closed Shutters'' (1910)
* ''
A Flash of Light'' (1910)
* ''
What the Daisy Said'' (1910)
* ''
In the Border States'' (1910)
* ''
Comata, the Sioux'' (1909)
* ''
The Hessian Renegades'' (1909)
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1846 births
1911 deaths
American male silent film actors
20th-century American male actors
American male stage actors
English emigrants to the United States
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