Occupation Actor Years active 1909-1935 | Name Charles Mailes Role Actor | |
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Born 25 May 1870 ( 1870-05-25 ) Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Died February 17, 1937, Los Angeles, California, United States Spouse Claire McDowell (m. 1906–1937) Children Eugene Mailes, Robert Mailes Movies The Mark of Zorro, The New York Hat, The Painted Lady, Murder by Television, The Battle at Elderbus Similar People Claire McDowell, Billy Bitzer, Fred Niblo, D W Griffith, Harry O Hoyt | ||
The Mark of Zorro (1920)
Charles Hill Mailes (25 May 1870 – 17 February 1937) was a Canadian actor of the silent era.
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Biography
Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1870, Mailes appeared in 290 films between 1909 and 1935. He married the actress Claire McDowell in 1906 and the happy couple appeared in numerous silent films together including The Mark of Zorro (1920). They had two sons, Robert and Eugene. He died in Los Angeles, California, in 1935.
Filmography
Actor
1935
Murder by Television as
Prof. James Houghland
1934
Sadie McKee as
Uncle Ben (uncredited)
1934
I'll Tell the World as
Statesman (uncredited)
1933
Treason as
General Frank Hawthorne (as Charles Hills Mailes)
1932
No More Orchids as
Merriwell (uncredited)
1932
Women Won't Tell as
Second Judge (as Charles Mailes)
1931
The Unholy Garden as
Alfred de Jonghe (as Chas. H. Mailes)
1930
Mother's Cry as
Mary's Father (uncredited)
1929
Lilies of the Field as
Judge (as Charles Mailes)
1929
One Stolen Night as
Doad
1929
The Carnation Kid as
Crawford Whitely
1929
The Bellamy Trial as
Defense Attorney
1929
The Faker as
John Clayton
1928
The Phantom City as
Benedict (as Charles Mailes)
1928
What a Night! as
Patterson
1928
Give and Take as
Drumm (as Charles Mailes)
1928
Una nueva y gloriosa nación as
Saavedra
1928
Queen of the Chorus as
Rufus Van Der Layden
1928
Drums of Love as
Duke de Granada
1927
The City Gone Wild as
Luther Winthrop
1927
The College Widow as
Professor Witherspoon
1927
The Great Mail Robbery as
Stephen Phelps
1927
Man Power as
Judson Stoddard
1927
Bitter Apples as
Cyrus Thornden
1927
Ain't Love Funny? as
John Brice
1927
Somewhere in Sonora as
Mexicali Burton
1927
Play Safe as
Silas Scott (as Charles Mailes)
1926
Exclusive Rights as
Booss Morris (as Charles Mailes)
1926
Old Ironsides as
Commodore Preble
1926
The Man in the Saddle as
Jeff Morgan Sr (as Charles Mailes)
1926
The Frontier Trail as
Maj. Mainard (as Charles Mailes)
1926
The Better Man as
Charles Clifton
1926
The Social Highwayman as
The Mayor
1926
The Combat as
Jeremiah 'Jerry' Flint (as Charles Mailes)
1926
The Blue Streak as
Don Carlos
1926
Hearts and Fists as
Bill Fawcett (as Charles Mailes)
1925
The Midnight Flyer as
Silas Henderson (as Charles Mailes)
1925
Free to Love as
Kenton Crawford
1925
The Overland Limited as
Schuyler Dent
1925
The Fighting Demon as
Señor Darcy
1925
Playing with Souls as
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
1925
The Crimson Runner as
Baron Semlin
1924
The Lighthouse by the Sea as
Caleb Gale
1924
Thundering Hoofs as
Don Juan Estrada (as Charles Mailes)
1924
Find Your Man as
Gregory Mills (as Charles Mailes)
1924
Fighting for Justice as
Carter
1924
When a Man's a Man as
Jim Reid (as Charles Mailes)
1924
Name the Man! as
Attorney General (as Charles Mailes)
1923
Held to Answer as
District Attorney Searle (as Charles Mailes)
1923
Soft Boiled as
The Lawyer
1923
East Side - West Side as
Dr. Ernest Shepley
1923
Michael O'Halloran as
Peter Harding
1923
The Town Scandal as
Bill Ramsey
1923
Crashin' Thru as
Benedict
1922
The Bond Boy as
Isom Chase
1922
Twin Husbands (Short) as
The Lawyer
1922
A Ladies Man (Short) as
The Millionaire
1922
The Man from Downing Street as
Col. Wentworth
1922
The Lying Truth as
Sam Clairborne Sr (as Charles Mailes)
1921
The Ten Dollar Raise as
Stryker
1921
Courage as
Oliver Hamish
1921
Uncharted Seas as
Old Jim Eastman (as Charles Mailes)
1921
The Home Stretch as
Mr. Wilson (as Charles Mailes)
1921
Chickens as
Dan Bellows
1920
The Mark of Zorro as
Don Carlos Pulido
1920
Homespun Folks as
Caleb Webster (as Charles Mailes)
1920
Go and Get It as
J.L. Rich (as C. Mailles)
1920
Witch's Lure
1920
Treasure Island as
Dr. Livesey
1919
Haunting Shadows as
Bates
1919
Red Hot Dollars as
Angus Muir (as Charlees Mailes)
1919
The Speed Maniac as
John Matthews
1919
Our Better Selves as
Henry Laurens
1919
The Outcasts of Poker Flat (as Charles H. Mailes)
1919
Fools and Their Money
1919
Cyclone Smith's Comeback (Short)(as Charles H. Mailles)
1919
Full of Pep as
Escamillo Gomez
1919
The Wild Rider (Short)(as Charles H. Mailes)
1918
The Lure of the Circus as
Malcolm Somers
1918
Three Mounted Men as
Warden
1918
The Talk of the Town
1918
The Brass Bullet as
Homer Joy
1918
Danger Within as
Matthew Wedgestone (as Charles H. Mailes)
1918
The Magic Eye as
Sam Bullard (as Charles H. Mailes)
1918
The Girl Who Wouldn't Quit as
Robert Carter (as Charles H. Mailes)
1918
The Fighting Grin as
Otis Kennedy (as Charles H. Mailes)
1917
Beloved Jim as
Robert McGregor
1917
The Lash of Power as
Charles W. Sherwood
1917
The Winged Mystery as
Josiah Wayne
1917
The Girl Who Won Out as
Mr. Wicks
1917
The Spotted Lily as
Pere Anatole later
1917
A Romany Rose (Short) as
Rozeska's Father (as Charles H. Mailes)
1917
The Lair of the Wolf as
Robert Shepherd (as Charles Mailes)
1917
Hatton of Headquarters (Short) as
Big Tim
1917
A Young Patriot (Short) as
Capt. Phillips
1917
The Pointed Finger (Short) as
Mr. Allison (as Charles Mailes)
1917
Come Through as
John Lysaght
1917
Doomed (Short) as
Roger Murray (as Charles H. Mailes)
1917
Money Madness as
Whispering Smith (as Charles H. Mailes)
1917
Southern Justice as
Major Dillon (as Charles H. Mailes)
1917
The Bronze Bride as
Joe Dubois
1917
Polly Redhead as
Duke of Osterley (as Charles Mailes)
1917
The Fourth Witness (Short) as
William Bryant (as Charles H. Mailes)
1917
The Mysterious Mrs. Musslewhite as
Clubman
1916
The People vs. John Doe as
Detective
1916
The Eagle's Wings as
Senator Wright
1916
Sea Mates (Short) as
John Lavoir - Jane's Father (as Charles H. Mailes)
1916
The Whirlpool of Destiny as
Thomas Bell
1916
The Lady from the Sea (Short)(as Charles H. Mailes)
1916
The Seekers as
Reverend Israel Mount (as Charles Mailes)
1916
Fit for Burning (Short) as
Richard Foraker (as Charles H. Mailes)
1916
The Larrimore Case (Short) as
1st Rival (as Charles H. Mailes)
1916
Paths That Crossed (Short) as
Thomas Mandell (as Charles H. Mailes)
1916
The Battle of Truth (Short) as
The Lawyer (as Charles H. Mailes)
1916
A Grip of Gold (Short)
1916
The Mystery of Orcival (Short) as
Clement Sauvresy (as Charles H. Mailes)
1916
The Guilt of Stephen Eldridge (Short) as
Stephen Eldridge (as Charles H. Mailes)
1916
His White Lie (Short) as
Peter Rawlings (as Charles H. Mailes)
1916
The Iron Will (Short) as
Old Lapuzza
1916
Stronger Than Woman's Will (Short)(as Charles H. Mailes)
1916
The Avenging Shot (Short)(as Charles H. Mailes)
1915
The Woman of Mystery (Short) as
Hans (as Charles H. Mailes)
1915
The Masterful Hireling (Short) as
Larkin (as Charles H. Mailes)
1915
The Hungarian Nabob as
Count John Karpathy the 'Nabob' (as Charles H. Mailes)
1915
The Chief Inspector (Short) as
George Palmer (as Charles H. Mailes)
1915
The Laurel of Tears (Short) as
Leonard Ames (as Charles H. Mailes)
1915
Weaver of Claybank (Short) as
The Schoolmaster (as Charles H. Mailes)
1915
Dora Thorne (Short) as
Prince Borgezi (as Charles H. Mailes)
1915
Harvest (Short)(as Charles H. Mailes)
1915
His Hand and Seal (Short)(as Charles H. Mailes)
1915
His Wife's Story (Short) as
Henry Bryson (as Charles H. Mailes)
1915
The Country Parson (Short)(as Charles H. Mailes)
1915
The Soul of Pierre (Short) as
Dr. Davidoff (as Charles H. Mailes)
1915
East Lynne (Short) as
Lord Mount Severn
1915
Ashes of Inspiration (Short)
1915
The Law of Love (Short) as
Judge Murdock (as Charles H. Mailes)
1915
Reapers of the Whirlwind (Short) as
John Howard (as Charles H. Mailes)
1915
Under Two Flags (Short) as
Arab Chief (as Charles H. Mailes)
1915
Life's Changing Tide (Short) as
David Mallory - Pearl's Suitor (as Charles H. Mailes)
1915
The Tear on the Page (Short) as
The Doctor (as Charles H. Mailes)
1915
The Buckskin Shirt (Short) as
Hold-Up Man (as Charles H. Mailes)
1915
Captain Fracasse (Short) as
The Duke (as Charles H. Mailes)
1915
Felix Holt (Short) as
Matthew Jermyn (as Charles H. Mailes)
1915
Fool's Gold (Short) as
The Sheriff (as Charles H. Mailes)
1915
The Ebbing Tide (Short) as
The Shipbuilder (as Charles H. Mailes)
1915
The Vindication (Short) as
The Detective (as Charles H. Mailes)
1915
The Americano (Short) as
The Alcalde
1915
The Woman Who Paid (Short) as
The Minister (as Charles H. Mailes)
1915
It Doesn't Pay (Short) as
The Boarder (as Charles H. Mailes)
1915
Her Slumbering Conscience (Short) as
The Husband (as Charles H. Mailes)
1915
The Undying Fire (Short) as
The Governor (as Charles H. Mailes)
1915
The House of Horror (Short) as
The husband (as Charles H. Mailes)
1915
Playthings of Fate (Short) as
Dr. Ross (as Charles H. Mailes)
1914
On the Heights (Short) as
Count Eberhard (as Charles H. Mailes)
1914
Cousin Pons (Short) as
Cousin Sylvain Pons (as Charles H. Mailes)
1914
A Mother's Way (Short) as
The Sweetheart's Father (as Charles H. Mailes)
1914
The Woman in Black as
Mr. Everett
1914
The Romance of a Poor Young Man (Short) as
Laroque (as Charles H. Mailes)
1914
The New Magdalen (Short) as
The Man (as Charles H. Mailes)
1914
A Better Understanding (Short) as
The Father
1914
The Wages of Sin (Short)(as Charles H. Mailes)
1914
The Ticket-of-Leave Man (Short) as
Dalton (as Charles H. Mailes)
1914
The Borrowed Book (Short) as
The Capitalist (as Charles H. Mailes)
1914
Just a Bit of Life (Short) as
The Professor (as Charles H. Mailes)
1914
The Meal Ticket (Short) as
The Father
1914
The Honor of the Law (Short) as
The Warden
1914
Seven Days (Short) as
Flannagan
1914
The Billionaire (Short) as
John Doe - the Billionaire (as Charles H. Mailes)
1914
Lord Chumley (Short) as
Gaspar La Sage
1914
Liberty Belles (Short) as
Justice of the Peace
1914
In Fate's Cycle (Short) as
The Judge
1914
The Primitive Man (Short) as
Valet (Prologue) / Tribesman (The Old Days) (uncredited)
1914
Judith of Bethulia as
Bethulian Soldier (uncredited)
1914
The Dilemma (Short) as
The Dissolute Husband
1914
The Fatal Wedding (Short) as
Robert Curtis
1913
The Battle of Elderbush Gulch (Short) as
The Ranch Owner
1913
Her Wedding Bell (Short) as
The Florist
1913
By Man's Law (Short) as
The Oil Magnate
1913
Madonna of the Storm (Short) as
The Father
1913
A Tender-Hearted Crook (Short)
1913
For the Son of the House (Short) as
The Minister
1913
A Modest Hero (Short) as
First Thief
1913
A Woman in the Ultimate (Short) as
Verda's Stepfather
1913
The Work Habit (Short) as
The Street Commissioner
1913
When Love Forgives (Short) as
The Employer
1913
The Coming of Angelo (Short) as
Guido
1913
The Mistake (Short) as
Tod Lawson - The Husband - a Prospector
1913
The Reformers; or, the Lost Art of Minding One's Business (Short) as
The Father
1913
Faust and the Lily (Short) as
The Devil
1913
Her Mother's Oath (Short) as
The Minister / Medicine Show Patron
1913
The Mothering Heart (Short) as
Club Patron (uncredited)
1913
Almost a Wild Man (Short) as
In Audience (uncredited)
1913
Red Hicks Defies the World (Short) as
In Crowd (uncredited)
1913
The Ranchero's Revenge (Short) as
At Party (uncredited)
1913
A Dangerous Foe (Short) as
The Judge
1913
Just Gold (Short) as
The Father
1913
Olaf-an Atom (Short) as
A Parent
1913
The Yaqui Cur (Short) as
The Yaqui Chief / Goldseeker
1913
The House of Darkness (Short) as
The Lunatic aka The 'Unfortunate' Patient
1913
The Stolen Loaf (Short) as
At Dinner (uncredited)
1913
The Wanderer (Short) as
The Father
1913
The Cure (Short)(unconfirmed)
1913
A Misunderstood Boy (Short) as
A Thieving Merchant
1913
He Had a Guess Coming (Short) as
At Temperance Lecture
1913
The Hero of Little Italy (Short) as
The Father
1913
The Sheriff's Baby (Short)
1913
A Welcome Intruder (Short) as
The Father
1913
Fate (Short) as
Sim Sloane
1913
The Unwelcome Guest (Short) as
The Son
1913
The Wrong Bottle (Short) as
The Devoted One
1913
A Chance Deception (Short) as
The Jealous Husband
1913
Oil and Water (Short) as
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
1913
Brothers (Short) as
The Father
1913
A Misappropriated Turkey (Short) as
Union Member
1913
An Adventure in the Autumn Woods (Short) as
Second Thief
1913
Pirate Gold (Short) as
The Father
1913
The Telephone Girl and the Lady (Short) as
The Girl's Father
1912
The God Within (Short) as
The Doctor
1912
The Massacre (Short) as
In Wagon Train
1912
My Hero (Short) as
Indian
1912
The New York Hat (Short) as
Mr. Goodhue - Mollie's Father
1912
Brutality (Short) as
At Theatre
1912
A Sailor's Heart (Short) as
The Notary
1912
The Painted Lady (Short) as
The Father
1912
In the Aisles of the Wild (Short) as
First Woodsman
1912
A Feud in the Kentucky Hills (Short) as
The Father
1912
So Near, Yet So Far (Short) as
Rich Man in Other Town
1912
Friends (Short) as
The Bartender
1912
A Pueblo Legend (Short) as
The Old Man / A Pueblo
1912
A Change of Spirit (Short) as
Second Gentleman Thief
1912
With the Enemy's Help (Short) as
Faro Kate's Husband
1912
The Inner Circle (Short) as
First Gangster
1912
A Child's Remorse (Short) as
The Child's Father's Friend
1912
The Narrow Road (Short) as
The Counterfeiter
1912
The Sands of Dee (Short) as
Mary's Father
1912
The Speed Demon (Short) as
Kudge (as Charles H. Mailes)
1912
Man's Genesis (Short) as
Tribe Member (as Charles H. Mailes)
1912
Man's Lust for Gold (Short) as
The Mexican
1912
The School Teacher and the Waif (Short) as
Nora's Father
1912
Lena and the Geese (Short) as
A Nobleman
1912
A Temporary Truce (Short) as
Mexican Jim
1912
Home Folks (Short) as
The Young Woman's Father
1912
Algy the Watchman (Short) as
One of the Bank President's Assistants
1912
A Beast at Bay (Short) as
A Guard
1912
A Close Call (Short) as
Man in Crowd
1912
When Kings Were the Law (Short) as
A Serf / At Court (uncredited)
1912
A Lodging for the Night (Short) as
The Mexican Girl's Father
1912
The Old Actor (Short) as
The Replacement Actor
1912
The Lesser Evil (Short) as
The Revenue Officer / Policeman
1912
Won by a Fish (Short) as
At Dinner
1912
Just Like a Woman (Short) as
An Oil Man
1912
Fate's Interception (Short) as
The Mexican Sweetheart
1912
Those Hicksville Boys (Short) as
Picnicker
1912
The Goddess of Sagebrush Gulch (Short) as
Blue Grass Pete's Pal
1912
The Root of Evil (Short) as
The Doctor
1912
Iola's Promise (Short) as
Jack's Sweetheart's Father
1912
The Girl and Her Trust (Short) as
Second Tramp
1912
A String of Pearls (Short) as
The Rich Doctor
1912
The Sunbeam (Short) as
The Janitor
1912
Under Burning Skies (Short) as
In Bar / At Farewell Party
1912
Billy's Stratagem (Short) as
An Indian
1912
A Blot on the 'Scutcheon (Short) as
Thorold - Earl Tresham
1912
For His Son (Short) as
The Father - A Physician
1912
The Eternal Mother (Short) as
Mary's Father
1912
A Tale of the Wilderness (Short) as
The Outlaw
1912
The Baby and the Stork (Short) as
Bobby's Father
1911
A Terrible Discovery (Short) as
Dick
1911
Saved from Himself (Short) as
The Proprietor
1911
The Failure (Short) as
In Tavern
1911
A Woman Scorned (Short) as
A Policeman
1911
The Miser's Heart (Short) as
Second Crook
1911
Through Darkened Vales (Short) as
Oculist
1911
The Battle (Short) as
The Union Commander
1911
The Long Road (Short) as
A Priest / In Bar
1911
The Adventures of Billy (Short) as
Farmhand / Rescuer
1911
The Making of a Man (Short) as
In First Audience / At First Stage Door / Backstage
1911
Her Awakening (Short) as
Accident Witness
1911
Swords and Hearts (Short) as
Bushwhacker (uncredited)
1911
Out from the Shadow (Short) as
At Dance
1911
The Ghost (Short) as
The Policeman
1910
A Child's Stratagem (Short) as
The Lawyer
1910
Rose o' Salem Town (Short) as
Indian / Puritan
1910
The Oath and the Man (Short) as
Aristocrat
1910
In Life's Cycle (Short) as
Priest in Bar
1910
A Mohawk's Way (Short) as
Indian
1910
Little Angels of Luck (Short) as
In President's Office
1910
A Summer Idyll (Short) as
At Party
1910
May and December (Short)
1910
The Smoker (Short) as
The Father (unconfirmed)
1909
The Faded Lilies (Short) as
Francois' Butler (unconfirmed)
1909
At the Altar (Short)
Archive Footage
1985
Proposta in quattro parti (TV Movie documentary)
1947
Flicker Flashbacks No. 2, Series 5 (Documentary short) as
Self (uncredited)
References
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