Charles Avery was an American

United States

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 silent film

Silent film

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 actor

Actor

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, director

Film director

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, and screenwriter

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. One of the original seven Keystone Kops

Keystone Kops

The Keystone Kops were incompetent fictional policemen, featured in silent film comedies in the early 20th century. The movies were produced by Mack Sennett for his Keystone Film Company between 1912 and 1917. The idea came from Hank Mann who also played police chief Tehiezel in the first film...

, Avery directed Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle in thirty-one comedies while at Keystone.

Biography

Chicago-born, Avery had starred in Charley's Aunt and appeared in the original Broadway production of The Clansman before entering films with the Biograph Company in 1908. Leaving directorial duties in the 1920s, Avery later played supporting roles in low-budget Westerns such as The Rambling Ranger and Western Rover.

On July 23, 1926, Avery was found dead in his Los Angeles

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 home. His death was later ruled a suicide

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Filmography

• Father Gets in the Game (1908)
• The Taming of the Shrew
  The Taming of the Shrew (1908 film)
  The Taming of the Shrew is a 1908 silent film directed by D. W. Griffith. It was based on Shakespeare's play of the same name.- Cast :*Florence Lawrence ... Katharina*Arthur V. Johnson ... Petruchio*Linda Arvidson ... Bianca...
  
  (1908)
• The Valet's Wife (1908)
• The Helping Hand (1908)
• Love Finds a Way (1909)
• A Wreath in Time (1909)
• Tragic Love (1909)
• The Salvation Army Lass (1909)
• Jones and His New Neighbors (1909)
• A Drunkard's Reformation
  A Drunkard's Reformation
  A Drunkard's Reformation is a 1909 drama film directed by D. W. Griffith. Prints of the film survive in the film archive of the Library of Congress.-Cast:* Arthur V. Johnson - John Wharton* Linda Arvidson - Mrs. John Wharton...
  
  (1909)
• Confidence (1909)
• Twin Brothers (1909)
• Tis an Ill Wind That Blows No Good (1909)
• The Suicide Club (1909)
• One Busy Hour (1909)
• The French Duel (1909)
• The Jilt (1909)
• Resurrection
  Resurrection (1909 film)
  Resurrection is a 1909 silent short film made by Biograph Studios. It is based on the Leo Tolstoy novel Resurrection. Adapted for the screen by Frank E. Woods, it was directed by D. W. Griffith and starred several pioneering legends of American cinema such as Arthur V. Johnson, Florence Lawrence,...
  
  (1909)
• Two Memories (1909)
• Eradicating Aunty (1909)
• What Drink Did (1909)
• The Violin Maker of Cremona (1909)
• The Lonely Villa
  The Lonely Villa
  The Lonely Villa is a 1909 drama film directed by D. W. Griffith. It was produced by the Biograph Company when it and many other early film studios in America's first motion picture industry were based in Fort Lee, New Jersey at the beginning of the 20th century. A print of the film survives.-...
  
  (1909)
• The Son's Return (1909)
• Her First Biscuits (1909)
• Was Justice Served? (1909)
• The Peachbasket Hat (1909)
• The Necklace (1909)
• The Cardinal's Conspiracy (1909)
• A Strange Meeting (1909)
• With Her Card (1909)
• The Seventh Day (1909)
• The Little Darling (1909)
• Dooley's Thanksgiving Turkey (1909)
• A Romance of the Prairie (1910)
• Dooley's Holiday (1910)
• Dooley Referees the Big Fight (1910)
• The Man from Texas (1910)
• Perils of the Plains (1910)
• A Ranchman's Simple Son (1910)
• The Brave Hunter (1912)
• Home Folks (1912)
• The Would Be Shriner (1912)
• Tragedy of the Dress Suit (1912)
• Hoffmeyer's Legacy (1912)
• A Day's Outing (1912)
• A Deaf Burglar (1913)
• The Rural Third Degree (1913)
• Safe in Jail
  Safe in Jail
  Safe in Jail is a 1913 short comedy film featuring Fatty Arbuckle.-Cast:* Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle* Charles Avery* Edgar Kennedy* Hank Mann* Charles Murray* Ford Sterling...
  
  (1913)
• The Sleuth's Last Stand (1913)
• Their First Execution (1913)
• Peeping Pete
  Peeping Pete
  Peeping Pete is a 1913 short comedy film featuring Fatty Arbuckle.-Cast:* Phyllis Allen* Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle - Pete's wife* Charles Avery* Viola Barry - * Nick Cogley - Sheriff* Dot Farley* Mack Sennett - Pete...
  
  (1913)
• The Telltale Light
  The Telltale Light
  The Telltale Light is a 1913 short comedy film featuring Fatty Arbuckle.-Cast:* Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle* Charles Avery* Alice Davenport* Mabel Normand...
  
  (1913)
• Cohen's Outing (1913)
• The Work Habit (1913)
• Mabel's New Hero
  Mabel's New Hero
  Mabel's New Hero is a 1913 short comedy film featuring Fatty Arbuckle.-Cast:* Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle* Charles Avery* Nick Cogley* Edgar Kennedy* Mabel Normand...
  
  (1913)
• Mabel's Dramatic Career
  Mabel's Dramatic Career
  Mabel's Dramatic Career is a 1913 short comedy film starring Mabel Normand and featuring Roscoe Arbuckle.The film features a film within a film and uses multiple exposure to show a film being projected in a cinema.-Cast:...
  
  (1913)
• A Quiet Little Wedding
  A Quiet Little Wedding
  A Quiet Little Wedding is a 1913 short comedy film featuring Fatty Arbuckle.-Cast:* Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle* Charles Avery* Alice Davenport* Minta Durfee* Billy Gilbert* Edgar Kennedy* Al St. John...
  
  (1913)
• A Muddy Romance (1913)
• A Ride for a Bride
  A Ride for a Bride
  A Ride for a Bride is a 1913 short comedy film featuring Fatty Arbuckle.-Cast:* Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle* Charles Avery* Alice Davenport* Edgar Kennedy* Ford Sterling...
  
  (1913)
• The Mystery of the Milk (1914)
• In the Clutches of the Gang
  In the Clutches of the Gang
  In the Clutches of the Gang is a 1914 short comedy film featuring Fatty Arbuckle.-Cast:* Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle* Charles Avery* Nick Cogley* George Jeske - Keystone Kop* Edgar Kennedy* Hank Mann* Harry McCoy* Rube Miller* George Nichols...
  
  (1914)
• Twixt Love and Fire
  Twixt Love and Fire
  Twixt Love and Fire is a 1914 short comedy film featuring Fatty Arbuckle.-Cast:* Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle* Viola Barry - * Cecile Arnold* Charles Avery* Harold Lloyd-See also:* List of American films of 1914...
  
  (1914)
• The Sea Nymphs
  The Sea Nymphs (film)
  The Sea Nymphs is a 1914 short comedy film directed by and starring Fatty Arbuckle.-Cast:* Minta Durfee - Fatty's wife* Charles Avery - Mabel's father* Ford Sterling - Man on beach* Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle* Alice Davenport - Fatty's mother in law...
  
  (1914)
• The Fighting Ranger
  The Fighting Ranger (serial)
  The Fighting Ranger is a 1925 Western film serial directed by Jay Marchant. The film is now considered to be lost.-Cast:* Jack Dougherty - Terrence O'Rourke * Eileen Sedgwick - Mary Marshall* Al Wilson - Bud Hughes...
  
  (1925)
• The Rambling Ranger (1927)
• The Western Rover (1927)

Director

• Across the Alley (1913)
• Across the Hall (1914)
• The Knockout (1914)
• Love and Salt Water (1914)
• The Great Toe Mystery (1914)
• Her Last Chance (1914)
• Hogan's Annual Spree (1914)
• His Second Childhood (1914)
• Gussle's Wayward Path (1915)
• Hogan's Wild Oats (1915)
• Rum and Wall Paper
  Rum and Wall Paper
  Rum and Wall Paper is a 1915 short comedy film starring Fatty Arbuckle.-Cast:* Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle* Chester Conklin* Alice Davenport* Charles Murray* Mabel Normand...
  
  (1915)
• Hogan's Mussy Job (1915)
• Hogan, the Porter (1915)
• Hogan's Romance Upset
  Hogan's Romance Upset
  Hogan's Romance Upset is a 1915 short comedy film directed by Charles Avery and featuring both Fatty Arbuckle and Harold Lloyd in uncredited roles as a spectators.-Cast:* Charles Murray - Hogan* Bobby Dunn - Weary Willie* Louise Fazenda* Ben Turpin...
  
  (1915)
• Hogan's Aristocratic Dream (1915)
• Hogan Out West (1915)
• Gussle's Day of Rest (1915)
• The Beauty Bunglers (1915)
• Gussle's Wayward Way (1915)
• Their Social Splash
  Their Social Splash
  Their Social Splash is a 1915 short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd.-Cast:* Slim Summerville - Harold* Dixie Chene - Gladys* Charles Murray - Hogan* Polly Moran - Polly* Frank Hayes - The Father* Harold Lloyd - The Minister* Harry Gribbon...
  
  (1915)
• Gussle Tied to Trouble (1915)
• Gussle's Backward Way (1915)
• A Submarine Pirate
  A Submarine Pirate
  A Submarine Pirate is a 1915 short comedy film starring Syd Chaplin and featuring an early uncredited appearance by Harold Lloyd.-Cast:* Syd Chaplin - Ambitious waiter* Wesley Ruggles - The inventor's accomplice* Glen Cavender - A shrewd inventor...
  
  (1915)
• A Modern Enoch Arden (1916)
• His Lying Heart (1916)
• Her Birthday Knight (1917)
• Her Candy Kid (1917)
• Done in Oil (1917)
• The House of Scandal (1917)
• Her Donkey Love (1917)
• His Unconscious Conscience (1917)
• Caught in the End (1917/I)
• A Kaiser There Was (1919)
• The Riot (1921)
• The Applicant (1921)

Stageplays

• David Harum (1901)
• David Harum (1902)
• Miss Elizabeth's Prisoner (1903)
• David Harum (1904)

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