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Videos (see all 5)
Meet John Doe (1941) -- A man needing money agrees to impersonate a nonexistent person who said he'd be committing suicide as a protest, and a political movement begins.
Last of the Warrens (1936) -- Ted Warren returns from WW1 to find that everyone thinks he was dead. The culprit is Kent who intercepted his mail...
Death from a Distance (1935) -- While a distinguished astronomer is giving a lecture in a planetarium, a shot rings out and one of the audience members is found dead. A tough detective and a brassy female reporter lock horns as they both try to break the case.
Slightly Honorable (1940) -- A lawyer is framed for the murder of a young party girl and tries to clear his name.

Overview

Date of Death:
2 August 1952, Hollywood, California, USA more
Trivia:
It is often erroneously stated that French is the father of Ted French and... more
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Alternate Names:
Charles French | Charlie French | Chas. French

Filmography

Actor:
  1. The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945) (uncredited) .... Club member
  2. Gypsy Wildcat (1944) (uncredited) .... Bit Part
  3. Radio Bugs (1944) (scenes deleted) .... Town banker
  4. Wild Bill Hickok Rides (1942) (uncredited) .... Rancher
  5. Meet John Doe (1941) (uncredited) .... Fired Reporter
    ... aka Frank Capra's 'Meet John Doe' (USA: complete title)
    ... aka John Doe, Dynamite (UK)
  6. White Eagle (1941/I) (uncredited) .... Survey Chief [Ch. 12]
  7. Slightly Honorable (1940) (uncredited) .... Pallbearer
  8. The Shadow (1940) (uncredited) .... Joseph Rand, business leader

  9. Rovin' Tumbleweeds (1939) (uncredited) .... Ways and Means Committee Member
  10. Dick Tracy's G-Men (1939) (uncredited) .... Doctor [Chs. 1, 13]
  11. Strange Glory (1938) (uncredited) .... Bit Role
  12. College Swing (1938) (uncredited) .... Professor
    ... aka Swing, Teacher, Swing (UK)
  13. Courage of the West (1937) (uncredited) .... Secretary of War Stanton
  14. Stand-In (1937) (uncredited) .... Member of Bank's Board
  15. Where Trails Divide (1937) (as Charles French) .... The New Reverend
  16. The Prisoner of Zenda (1937) (uncredited) .... Bishop
  17. San Quentin (1937) (uncredited) .... Club Extra
  18. Marked Woman (1937) (uncredited) .... Trial Assistant to Graham
  19. Battle of Greed (1937) (uncredited) .... Governor
  20. Headin' for the Rio Grande (1936) .... Pop Hart (Laura's father)
  21. Rio Grande Ranger (1936) (uncredited) .... Banker
  22. The Phantom Rider (1936) (uncredited) .... Homesteader (chap 1)
  23. Last of the Warrens (1936) (as Chas. French) .... Bruce Warren
  24. Dangerous Waters (1936) (uncredited) .... Skipper
  25. The Milky Way (1936) (uncredited) .... Guest at Mrs. Lemoyne's
  26. Desert Guns (1936) .... Colonel Nelson
  27. Trail of Terror (1935) (as Charlie French) .... Sheriff Baxter
    ... aka Gangster's Enemy Number One (UK)
  28. Gun Play (1935) (as Charles French) .... John Holt
    ... aka Lucky Boots (USA: TV title)
    ... aka The Invisible Message (UK)
  29. Gallant Defender (1935) (uncredited) .... Lily's Grandfather
  30. The Live Wire (1935) .... Captain King
  31. Western Courage (1935) (as Charles French) .... Henry Hanley
  32. Murder by Television (1935) .... Donald M. Jordan
  33. The Throwback (1935) .... Buck's foster father
  34. Death from a Distance (1935) (uncredited) .... Manning
  35. Diamond Jim (1935) (uncredited) .... Bit Man
  36. Sundown Saunders (1935) (uncredited) .... Sand City Banker
  37. Branded a Coward (1935) (uncredited) .... Mayor
  38. Motive for Revenge (1935) (uncredited) .... Elderly Nightclub Patron
  39. Vagabond Lady (1935) (uncredited) .... Spear department head
    ... aka The Girl Is Mine
  40. The Crimson Trail (1935) (as Charles French) .... Frank Carter
  41. Tracy Rides (1935) .... John Hampton
  42. The Phantom Empire (1935) .... Mal
    ... aka Gene Autry and the Phantom Empire
  43. The Rustlers of Red Dog (1935) .... Tom Lee
  44. Big Boy Rides Again (1935) (as Chas. French) .... John Duncan
  45. No Man's Range (1935) (as Charlie French) .... Ed Oliver
    ... aka Non Man's Land
  46. When a Man Sees Red (1934) (uncredited) .... Padre
  47. The President Vanishes (1934) .... Legislator
    ... aka Strange Conspiracy (UK)
  48. The Brand of Hate (1934) (as Charles French) .... Mr. Camp (Rod's father)
  49. The Man from Hell (1934) (as Charles French) .... Blacksmith Sandy
  50. Ridin' Gents (1934) .... Judge
  51. The Red Rider (1934) .... Robert Maxwell
  52. Arizona Nights (1934) .... Border Patrol Capt. Smalley
  53. Pals of the Prairie (1934) .... The Sheriff
  54. Design for Living (1933) (uncredited) .... Theatre Patron
  55. Roman Scandals (1933) (uncredited) .... Nobleman
  56. Only Yesterday (1933) (uncredited)
  57. Saturday's Millions (1933) (uncredited) .... Old Grad
  58. War of the Range (1933) .... Duke Bradley
  59. The Big Squeal (1933) .... Charlie
  60. Loose Relations (1933)
  61. Cross Fire (1933) .... Banker Johnny Wheeler
  62. Torchy Turns Turtle (1933)
  63. Via Pony Express (1933) (as Charles French) .... Father Estaban
  64. Artist's Muddles (1933) (uncredited) .... Guest
  65. Torchy's Kitty Coup (1933)
  66. Man of Action (1933) .... Doctor Simpson
  67. Boy Oh Boy! (1932)
  68. Torchy's Busy Day (1932)
  69. A Scarlet Week-End (1932)
  70. The Honor of the Press (1932) .... Dodson, Editorial Writer
    ... aka The Scoop (USA: working title)
  71. A Man's Land (1932) (uncredited) .... Sheriff
  72. Destry Rides Again (1932) (uncredited) .... Jury foreman
    ... aka Justice Rides Again (USA: TV title)
  73. Torchy's Night Cap (1932)
  74. Torchy Turns the Trick (1932)
  75. Torchy Passes the Buck (1931)
  76. Caught (1931) .... Bradford
  77. The Lone Starved Ranger (1931)
  78. Everything's Rosie (1931) (uncredited) .... Bit Role
  79. Chickens Come Home (1931) (uncredited) .... The judge
    ... aka Chicken Come Home (USA: reissue title)
  80. The Spoilers (1930) .... Man in Bar
  81. Wings of Adventure (1930) .... Army Major
  82. Fast Work (1930) .... J. Addison Marlowe
  83. Alias French Gertie (1930) (uncredited) .... Appelgetzer, National Bank Manager
    ... aka Love Finds a Way (UK)

  84. Overland Bound (1929) .... Underwood
  85. The Devil Bear (1929) .... Judge Douglas Wilmot
  86. King of the Rodeo (1929) .... Chip Sr
  87. The Last Warning (1929) .... Doctor
  88. A Lady of Chance (1928) (uncredited) .... Prison Warden
  89. Flyin' Buckaroo (1928) .... Banker Brown
  90. The Big Hop (1928) .... Buck Bronson's Father
  91. Riding for Fame (1928) .... Dad Barton
  92. Una nueva y gloriosa nación (1928) .... Salazar
    ... aka The Beautiful Spy (UK)
    ... aka The Charge of the Gauchos (USA: cut version)
  93. The Cowboy Cavalier (1928)
  94. Cross Breed (1927) .... John Corwin
  95. The Adventurous Soul (1927) .... John Martin
  96. Man, Woman and Sin (1927) .... The city editor
  97. Ride 'em High (1927) .... Bill Demming
  98. The Cruise of the Hellion (1927) .... John Harlan
  99. The Down Grade (1927) .... Mr. Lanning
  100. Fast and Furious (1927) .... Hodge
  101. Good As Gold (1927) (as Charles French) .... Sheriff John Gray
  102. The Meddlin' Stranger (1927) .... Her Father
  103. One Chance in a Million (1927) .... Richard Torrence
    ... aka Chance in a Million (UK)
  104. Exit Smiling (1926) (uncredited) .... Mr. Tichnor - Phyllis' Father
  105. Oh, What a Night! (1926) .... John Craig
  106. The Runaway Express (1926) .... Jim Reed
  107. War Paint (1926) (as Charles French) .... Maj. Hopkins
  108. The Winning Wallop (1926) .... Peter Wayne
  109. Frenzied Flames (1926) .... Chief Grogan
  110. The Rainmaker (1926) .... Hospital Doctor
  111. The Flaming Frontier (1926) .... Senator Hargess
  112. Under Western Skies (1926) .... Sam Parkhurst
  113. Hands Up! (1926) .... Brigham Young
  114. A Woman of the Sea (1926) .... The Father
    ... aka A Woman by the Sea (USA)
    ... aka The Sea Gull (USA: alternative title)
  115. The Hollywood Reporter (1926) .... Basil Manning
  116. Speed Mad (1925) .... Charles Hampton
  117. The Texas Trail (1925) .... Ring 'Em Foster
  118. Too Much Youth (1925) .... Mark Kenton
  119. The Way of a Girl (1925) .... Police Judge
  120. Let 'er Buck (1925) .... Colonel Jeff McCall
  121. The Saddle Hawk (1925) (as Charles French) .... Jim Newhall
  122. The Girl of Gold (1925) (as Charles French) .... Lucius Merrimore
  123. Oh, You Tony! (1924) .... Blakely
  124. Pride of Sunshine Alley (1924)
  125. Sawdust Trail (1924) .... Square Deal McKenzie
  126. The Torrent (1924) (as Charles French) .... Captain
  127. Being Respectable (1924) .... Mr. Beasley
  128. The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln (1924) .... Isom Enlow
    ... aka Abraham Lincoln (USA: short title)
  129. Gentle Julia (1923) .... John Atwater
  130. The Extra Girl (1923) (uncredited) .... Serial Director
  131. The Ramblin' Kid (1923) .... Joshua Heck
  132. A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate (1923) (as Charles French) .... Jean's Father
  133. Hell's Hole (1923) .... The Sheriff
  134. Alias the Night Wind (1923) .... Amos Chester
  135. Blinky (1923) .... Major Kileen
  136. The Lonely Road (1923) (as Charles French) .... Hiram Wade
  137. Abysmal Brute (1923) .... Pat Glendon, Sr
  138. Grumpy (1923) (as Charles French) .... Wolfe
  139. A Man's Size (1923) .... Angus McRae
  140. White Shoulders (1922) .... Colonel Jim Singleton
  141. Mixed Faces (1922) (as Charles French) .... Mr. Sayre
  142. The Woman He Loved (1922) (as Charles French) .... John Comstock
  143. The Yosemite Trail (1922) (as Charles French) .... The Sheriff
  144. West of Chicago (1922) (as Charles French) .... Judson Malone
  145. Smudge (1922) .... John Stanton
  146. If You Believe It, It's So (1922) (as Charles French) .... Frank Tine (realty agent)
  147. The Truthful Liar (1922) .... Police Commissioner Rogers
  148. The Bearcat (1922) (as Charles French) .... Sheriff Bill Garfield
  149. Moran of the Lady Letty (1922) (uncredited) .... Tavern Owner
  150. Her Own Money (1922) (as Charles French) .... Thomas Hazelton
  151. The Unfoldment (1922) (as Charles French) .... James Osborne
  152. The Last Trail (1921) .... Sheriff Nelson
  153. The Night Horsemen (1921) .... Marshal
  154. Beyond (1921) (as Charles French) .... Samuel Ackroyd
  155. Hands Off (1921) .... Clint Wadley
  156. Bare Knuckles (1921) .... Metcalf
  157. The Road Demon (1921)
  158. Prairie Trails (1920) .... Stephen McWhorter
  159. The Texan (1920) .... Wolf River Mayor
  160. The Untamed (1920) .... Tex Calder
  161. Square Shooter (1920) .... Zeke Hampton
  162. White Lies (1920) .... Colonel Jean Raynal
  163. The Terror (1920) .... Sheriff Jim Canby
  164. Desert Love (1920) .... Jack Remington
  165. The Daredevil (1920) .... Ralph Spencer
  166. Stronger Than Death (1920) .... Col. Boucicault
  167. Flames of the Flesh (1920) .... Simon Eastcoat
  168. What Would You Do? (1920) .... Robert Brainerd

  169. Haunting Shadows (1919) (as Charles French) .... John Glenarm Sr.
  170. Jubilo (1919) (as Charles French) .... Jim Handy
  171. The Speed Maniac (1919) .... John B. Prescott
  172. Six Feet Four (1919) .... Henry Pollard
  173. This Hero Stuff (1919) .... Samuel Barnes
  174. The Mints of Hell (1919) (as Charles French) .... Old Man Chaudiare
  175. Whom the Gods Would Destroy (1919)
    ... aka Whom the Gods Destroy
  176. The Sheriff's Son (1919) .... Hal Rutherford
  177. Happy Though Married (1919) (as Charles French) .... Diana's uncle
  178. What Every Woman Wants (1919) (as Charles French) .... Attorney for the Defense
  179. Come Again Smith (1919) (as Charles French) .... Joe Smith Sr.
  180. Fuss and Feathers (1918) .... Martin Ledyard
  181. Three X Gordon (1918) .... Jim Gordon
  182. The Law of the North (1918) .... Michel de Montcalm
  183. The Marriage Ring (1918) .... Koske
  184. Green Eyes (1918) (as Charles French) .... Reverend Doctor Gibson
  185. A Burglar for a Night (1918) (as Charles French) .... James Herrick
  186. The Vamp (1918)
  187. The Kaiser's Shadow (1918) (as Charles French) .... William Kremlin
    ... aka The Triple Cross (UK)
  188. His Own Home Town (1918) .... T. Elihu Banks
  189. The Tiger Man (1918) .... Sheriff Sandy Martin
  190. Free and Equal (1918) .... Judge Lowell
  191. Love Me (1918) (uncredited) .... Associate
  192. The Guilty Man (1918) (as Charles French) .... Flambon
  193. The Hired Man (1918) (as Charles French) .... Caleb Endicott
  194. The Midnight Patrol (1918) .... Jim Murdock
  195. The Son of His Father (1917) .... James Carbhoy
  196. The Lifted Veil (1917) .... Undetermined Role
  197. Wee Lady Betty (1917) .... Fergus McClusky
  198. An Even Break (1917) .... David Harding
  199. The Hater of Men (1917) .... Phillips Hartley
  200. The Clodhopper (1917) .... Isaac Nelson, Everett's Father
  201. Paws of the Bear (1917) .... Gen. von Mittendorf
  202. Love or Justice (1917) .... Judge Geary
  203. The Weaker Sex (1917) .... John Harding
  204. A Gamble in Souls (1916) .... Tom Leonard
  205. The Criminal (1916) .... Pietro
  206. The Bugler of Algiers (1916) (uncredited) .... Undetermined Role
    ... aka Comrades (UK)
    ... aka We Are French (USA: alternative title)
  207. The Honorable Algy (1916) (as Charles French) .... James Dryker
  208. A Corner in Colleens (1916) (as Charles French) .... English commander
  209. The Vagabond Prince (1916) .... 'Spud' Murphy
  210. The Patriot (1916) .... Colonel Bracken
  211. Shell 43 (1916) .... German Commander
    ... aka Shell Forty-Three (USA)
  212. The Deserter (1916/I)
  213. The Phantom (1916) .... Dr. Ratcliffe
  214. Civilization (1916) .... The Prime Minister
  215. The No-Good Guy (1916) .... 'Big' Malone
  216. The Aryan (1916) .... 'Ivory' Wells
  217. The Despoiler (1915) .... Colonel Damien
    ... aka The Awakening (USA: reissue title)
    ... aka The Despoilers (USA: review title)
    ... aka War's Women (USA: copyright title)
  218. The Iron Strain (1915) .... Ezra Whitney
  219. The Disciple (1915) (as Charles French) .... Sheriff 'Birdshot' Bivens
  220. The Coward (1915/I) .... A Confederate Commander
  221. A Kentucky Girl (1915)
  222. For His Wife's Sake (1915)
  223. Hearts and Swords (1915) .... The General
  224. The Bridge of Sighs (1915/II) .... Banker Gray - Rita's Father
  225. The Secret of Lost River (1915)
  226. His Partner's Sacrifice (1915)
  227. Joe's Partner, Bill (1915)
  228. Not of the Flock (1914)
  229. The Bargain (1914) (uncredited) .... Bartender
    ... aka The Two-Gun Man in the Bargain (USA: reissue title)
  230. Jimmy (1914) .... Dr. Lobel
  231. The Spark Eternal (1914) .... Dr. Deering
  232. The Typhoon (1914) .... Undetermined Role
  233. The Moonshiners (1914) .... Brady
  234. The Silver Candlesticks (1914) .... Pierre Deschamps
  235. Yellow Flame (1914) .... James Condon
  236. Orphans of the Wild (1914)
  237. A New England Idyl (1914)
  238. For Her Brother's Sake (1914)
  239. Her Father's Story (1913)
  240. The Belle of Yorktown (1913) (as Charles French)
  241. The Invaders (1913) .... Kennedy - Sawyer's Foreman
  242. The Skeleton in the Closet (1913) .... Hawkins - Kitty's Father
  243. Baffled, Not Beaten (1913) .... Richard Carlton
  244. John, the Wagoner (1913) .... The Sheriff
  245. The Range Deadline (1913) .... John Mabrey, Sheep Rancher
  246. The Battle of Gettysburg (1913)
  247. With Lee in Virginia (1913)
  248. The Mosaic Law (1913)
  249. Peggy and the Old Scout (1913) .... The Old Scout
  250. The Law of the West (1912)
  251. The Prospector's Daughter (1912)
  252. The Army Surgeon (1912)
  253. When Lee Surrenders (1912)
  254. The Colonel's Ward (1912)
  255. The Vengeance of Fate (1912)
  256. Custer's Last Fight (1912)
    ... aka Custer's Last Raid (USA: alternative title)
  257. On the Firing Line (1912/I)
  258. The Sheriff of Stoney Butte (1912)
  259. The Colonel's Peril (1912)
  260. His Punishment (1912)
  261. The Indian Massacre (1912)
    ... aka The Heart of an Indian (USA: alternative title)
  262. The Adventures of a Cowpuncher (1910)
  263. Red Wing's Constancy (1910)

  264. Reunited at the Gallows (1909)
  265. The Mexican's Crime (1909)
  266. His Two Children (1909)
  267. Secret Service Woman (1909)
  268. Davy Crockett - In Hearts United (1909) .... Davy Crockett
  269. Romance of a Fishermaid (1909)
    ... aka A Fishermaid's Romance (USA: alternative title)
  270. The Cord of Life (1909)
Director:
  1. Thoughts of Tonight (1915)

  2. Romance of a Fishermaid (1909)
    ... aka A Fishermaid's Romance (USA: alternative title)
Writer:
  1. Davy Crockett - In Hearts United (1909) (scenario)
  2. Romance of a Fishermaid (1909) (story)
    ... aka A Fishermaid's Romance (USA: alternative title)
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director:
  1. Romance of a Fishermaid (1909) (assistant director)
    ... aka A Fishermaid's Romance (USA: alternative title)
Archive Footage:
  1. Flicker Flashbacks No. 3, Series 2 (1945) (uncredited) (unconfirmed)


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