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Charles Gunn (actor)
Charles E. Gunn (July 31, 1883 – December 6, 1918) was an American silent film actor with the Vitagraph Company of America.
Charles Gunn | |
|---|---|
| Born | Charles Edward Gunn July 31, 1883 Wisconsin, US |
| Died | December 6, 1918 (aged 35) Los Angeles, California, US |
| Occupation | actor |
| Spouse | Nina |
Gunn was born in Wisconsin but was educated in San Francisco after his family moved to California.[1]
After debuting in a bit part in a play in San Francisco,[1] Gunn acted on stage with the Harry Davis,[2] Morosco, and Alcazar stock theater troupes,[3] and was the leading man for theatrical companies in Cincinnati, Minneapolis, and Pittsburgh.[4] He also toured in productions of St. Elmo and The Conspiracy.[1]
On December 6, 1918, Gunn died in Los Angeles[5] in the Spanish flu pandemic.[3]
Selected filmography edit
- Sherlock Holmes Solves the Sign of the Four (1913) *short
- The Best Man's Bride (1916) *short
- The Eagle's Wings (1916)
- Blood Will Tell (1917)
- Sweetheart of the Doomed (1917)
- The Snarl (1917)
- Happiness (1917)
- Love or Justice (1917)
- Madcap Madge (1917)
- Chicken Casey (1917)
- An Even Break (1917)
- Mountain Dew (1917)
- A Phantom Husband (1917)
- The Firefly of Tough Luck (1917)
- Framing Framers (1917)
- Betty Takes a Hand (1918)
- Captain of His Soul (1918)
- Unfaithful (1918)*short
- Patriotism (1918)
- Wedlock (1918)
- The White Lie (1918)
- The Flame of the West (1918)*short
- The Midnight Stage (1919)
- It Happened in Paris (1919)
References edit
- ^ a b c "Charles Gunn to Return to Stage With O. Morosco". Los Angeles Evening Express. California, Los Angeles. December 1, 1918. p. 21. Retrieved January 25, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Charles Gunn Praises Hoyt; 'Typical American Humor'". Pittsburgh Daily Post. Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh. July 13, 1913. p. 19. Retrieved January 25, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b Wollstein, Hans J. . AllMovie. Archived from the original on July 8, 2018. Retrieved January 25, 2020.
- ^ "Charles Gunn New Morosco Leading Man". Los Angeles Evening Express. California, Los Angeles. October 4, 1918. p. 17. Retrieved January 25, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Charles Gunn, well known actor, dies in Los Angeles". The Modesto Herald. California, Modesto. December 7, 1918. p. 2. Retrieved January 26, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
External links edit
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- Charles Gunn at IMDb.com