Charles Murray

Charles Albert Murray (June 22, 1872 – July 29, 1941) was an American film actor of the silent era.

Murray was born in Laurel, Indiana, on June 22, 1872, to Isaac Murray and Martha Ellen "Mollie" Murray (née Sullenburger).

Murray was a comedian in vaudeville and on stage for 20 years, forming the Murray and Mack team, before he began acting in films. His first work in films was for Biograph. He appeared in more than 280 films between 1912 and 1938, starting with film shorts. He also directed five films.

Murray was married to Nellie Bae Hamilton. He died in Los Angeles, California, from pneumonia. For his contribution to motion pictures, decades after his death, he was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1725 Vine Street.

Selected filmography

His Auto's Maiden Trip (1912, Short) Safe in Jail (1913, Short) Murphy's I.O.U. (1913, Short) - (uncredited) Red Hicks Defies the World (1913, Short) - Red Hicks Almost a Wild Man (1913, Short) - McDoo The Mothering Heart (1913, Short) - Male Apache Dancer Professor Bean's Removal (1913, Short) The Riot (1913, Short) With the Aid of Phrenology (1913, Short) The Husband Two Old Tars (1913, Short) Because of a Hat (1914, Short) – Skelley [on split reel with Chocolate Dynamite (1914)] Her Friend the Bandit (1914, Short) - Count De Beans Mabel's Married Life (1914, Short) - Man in Bar Love and Bullets (1914, Short) - Charlie The Masquerader (1914, Short) - Film Director His New Profession (1914, Short) - Drinker (uncredited) Killing Horace (1914, Short) - Horace Fatty Again (1914, Short) - Carnival Customer The Noise of Bombs (1914, Short) - Constable Murray Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914) - Detective in 'A Thief's Fate' (uncredited) Rum and Wall Paper (1915, Short) - The Paperhanger Hogan's Romance Upset (1915, Short) - Hogan Their Social Splash (1915, Short) - Hogan - the Unruly Guest Fatty and the Broadway Stars (1915, Short) - Sam Bernard's Director Watch Your Neighbor (1918) - M. Balmer, an Undertaker Yankee Doodle in Berlin (1919) - An Irish-American Soldier Puppy Love (1919) - Shamus O'Connell Salome vs. Shenandoah (1919) - 'Herod' Married Life (1920) - Patron of the Arts Love, Honor and Behave (1920) - His Honor - Judge Fawcett A Small Town Idol (1921) - Sheriff Wilbur Sparks Home Talent (1921) - The Landlord The Crossroads of New York (1922) - Judge Luck (1923) - The Plumber Bright Lights of Broadway (1923) - El Jumbo The Pill Pounder (1923) Painted People (1924) - Tom Byrne Lilies of the Field (1924) - Charles Lee Fools Highway (1924) - Mamie's Father The Girl in the Limousine (1924) - The Butler The Fire Patrol (1924) - Fireman Empty Hearts (1924) - Joe Delane The Mine with the Iron Door (1924) - Bob Hill Sundown (1924) - Pat Meech Wizard of Oz (1925) - Wizard of Oz Who Cares (1925) - Greaves Percy (1925) - Holy Joe My Son (1925) - Captain Joe Barnby White Fang (1925) - Judson Black Fighting the Flames (1925) - Pawnbroker Paint and Powder (1925) - Cabman Classified (1925) - Old Man Comet Why Women Love (1925) - Josiah Scott Steel Preferred (1925) - Dicker Mike (1926) - Father Irene (1926) - Pa O'Dare The Reckless Lady (1926) - Gendarme The Devil's Circus (1926) - Circus Member (uncredited) The Cohens and Kellys (1926) - Patrick Kelly Her Second Chance (1926) - Bell The Boob (1926) - Cactus Jim Sweet Daddies (1926) - Patrick O'Brien Mismates (1926) - Black Subway Sadie (1926) - Taxicab Driver Paradise (1926) - Lord Lumley The Silent Lover (1926) - O'Reilly The Masked Woman (1927) - André O'Donohue McFadden's Flats (1927) - Dan McFadden Lost at the Front (1927) - Patrick Muldoon The Poor Nut (1927) - Doc Murphy The Gorilla (1927) - Garrity The Life of Riley (1927) - Timothy Riley (fire chief) The Cohens and the Kellys in Paris (1928) - Minor Role The Pioneer Scout (1928) - Minor Role Flying Romeos (1928) - Cohan Vamping Venus (1928) - Michael Cassidy / King Cassidy of Ireland The Head Man (1928) - Watts Do Your Duty (1928) - Tim Maloney The Cohens and the Kellys in Scotland (1930) - Kelly Clancy in Wall Street (1930) - Michael Clancy King of Jazz (1930) - Comic Specialty (scenes deleted) Around the Corner (1930) - O'Grady The Cohens and the Kellys in Africa (1930) - Kelly Caught Cheating (1931) - T. McGillicuddy Hungerford The Stolen Jools (1931, Short) - Kell The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood (1932) - Michael Kelly The Cohens and Kellys in Trouble (1933) - Captain Patrick Kelly Dangerous Waters (1936) - Chief Engineer McDuffy Circus Girl (1937) - Slippery County Fair (1937) - Sheriff Breaking the Ice (1938) - Janitor