Charles Kent (actor)
Charles Kent | |
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 Kent in Photoplay, 1916 | |
| Born | 18 June 1852 London, England |
| Died | 21 May 1923 (aged 70) Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Years active | 1878–1923 |
Charles Kent (18 June 1853 – 21 May 1923)[1] was a British-American stage actor and silent film actor and director. He appeared in more than 140 films between 1908 and 1923. He also directed 36 films between 1908 and 1913.[2]
Personal life[edit]
Kent was born on 18 June 1853[3] in London to Frederick Kent, an Englishman, and Martha Kent, a French woman. He came to the United States in 1875 at the age of 23, and died on May 21, 1923, after a long-lasting illness, and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery.[4][3]
Career[edit]
Kent was "a veteran stage actor" before he began working in films[5] having been on stage for 50 years.[6] He began working with Vitagraph Studios in 1908.[5]
Death[edit]
Kent died on May 21, 1923, in a hospital in Brooklyn, aged 69.[6]
Partial filmography[edit]
- Antony and Cleopatra (1908)
- Macbeth (1908)
- The Life of Moses (1909)
- A Midsummer Night's Dream (1909)
- Twelfth Night (1910)
- Jean the Match-Maker (1910)
- A Tale of Two Cities (1911)
- A Reformed Santa Claus (1911)
- As You Like It (1912)
- The Doctor's Secret (1913)
- A Florida Enchantment (1914)
- The Strange Story of Sylvia Gray (1914)
- Hearts and the Highway (1915)
- The Battle Cry of Peace (1915)
- The Tarantula (1916)
- The Chattel (1916)
- The Scarlet Runner (1916)
- The Blue Envelope Mystery (1916)
- The Enemy (1916)
- Kennedy Square (1916)
- Whom the Gods Destroy (1916)
- The Marriage Speculation (1917)
- The Money Mill (1917)
- Wild Primrose (1918)
- Tangled Lives (1918)
- Thin Ice (1919)
- Counterfeit (1919)
- The Birth of a Soul (1920)
- Man and His Woman (1920)
- The Forbidden Valley (1920)
- Human Collateral (1920)
- The Single Track (1921)
- The Charming Deceiver (1921)
- Rainbow (1921)
- The Prodigal Judge (1922)
- The Leopardess (1923)
- The Ragged Edge (1923)
- The Purple Highway (1923)
References[edit]
- ^ Ancestry.com. New York, New York, U.S., Extracted Death Index, 1862-1948 [database on-line]. Provo, Utah, US: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
- ^ Silent Film Necrology, p.282 2nd Edition c.2001 by Eugene M. Vazzana ISBN 0-7864-1059-0
- ^ a b "Charles Kent Dies; Prominent Actor". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 23 May 1923. p. 24. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
- ^ New York City Department of Records & Information Services; New York City, New York; New York City Death Certificates; Borough: Brooklyn; Year: 1923
- ^ a b Brown, Kelly R. (18 September 2014). Florence Lawrence, the Biograph Girl: America's First Movie Star. McFarland. p. 16. ISBN 978-1-4766-1317-8. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
- ^ a b The Best Plays. Dodd, Mead. 1923. pp. 600–601. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
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