About Charles Brabin
Lived 1883 – 1957 (aged 74). Charles Brabin was an American and British screenwriter, film director, stage actor and film actor.
Partial filmography The following are some of Brabin's films.
A Soldier's Duty (1912) What Happened to Mary (1912, 12-episode serial) An Unsullied Shield (1913) The Man Who Disappeared (serial, 1914) (1914) The Raven (1915) The Price of Fame (1916) That Sort (1916) The Adopted Son (1917) Red, White and Blue Blood (1917) The Sixteenth Wife (1917) Babette (1917) Mary Jane's Pa (1917) His Bonded Wife (1918) The Poor Rich Man (1918) Breakers Ahead (1918) Social Quicksands (1918) A Pair of Cupids (1918) Buchanan's Wife (1918) Kathleen Mavourneen (1919) La Belle Russe (1919) Thou Shalt Not (1919) While New York Sleeps (1920) Blind Wives (1920) Footfalls (1921) The Lights of New York (1922) The Broadway Peacock (1922) Six Days (1923) Driven (1923) So Big (1924) Stella Maris (1925) Ben-Hur (1925, uncredited) Mismates (1926) Twinkletoes (1926) Framed (1927) Hard-Boiled Haggerty (1927) The Valley of the Giants (1927) Burning Daylight (1928) The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1929) The Ship from Shanghai (1929) Call of the Flesh (1930) The Great Meadow (1931) Sporting Blood (1931) The Beast of the City (1932) The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932) Rasputin and the Empress (1932) Stage Mother (1933) A Wicked Woman (1934)
Archive Outtakes from Brabin's 1925 version of Stella Maris survive and were preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2016.
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Who was Charles Brabin?
British-American film director (1882–1957)
When was Charles Brabin born?
Charles Brabin was born on 17 April 1883 in Liverpool.
When did Charles Brabin die?
Charles Brabin died on 3 November 1957 in Santa Monica.
What was Charles Brabin's occupation?
Charles Brabin was a screenwriter, film director, stage actor and film actor.
What nationality was Charles Brabin?
Charles Brabin was American and British.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Charles Brabin. https://biography.guide/charles-brabin/
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