Charles Stevens was an American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 actor.
The grandson of Geronimo

Geronimo

Geronimo was a prominent Native American leader of the Chiricahua Apache who fought against Mexico and the United States for their expansion into Apache tribal lands for several decades during the Apache Wars. Allegedly, "Geronimo" was the name given to him during a Mexican incident...

, Stevens appeared in nearly 200 films between 1915 and 1961. A close friend of actor Douglas Fairbanks

Douglas Fairbanks

Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. was an American actor, screenwriter, director and producer. He was best known for his swashbuckling roles in silent films such as The Thief of Bagdad, Robin Hood, and The Mark of Zorro....

, Stevens appeared in nearly all of the actors films.

Career

Born in Solomonville, Arizona

Arizona

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, Stevens began his career during the silent era

Silent film

A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...

 playing mostly Native American

Native Americans in the United States

Native Americans in the United States are the indigenous peoples in North America within the boundaries of the present-day continental United States, parts of Alaska, and the island state of Hawaii. They are composed of numerous, distinct tribes, states, and ethnic groups, many of which survive as...

 and Mexicans

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

 in Westerns

Western (genre)

The Western is a genre of various visual arts, such as film, television, radio, literature, painting and others. Westerns are devoted to telling stories set primarily in the latter half of the 19th century in the American Old West, hence the name. Some Westerns are set as early as the Battle of...

. During the 1930s and 1940s, he had roles in the film serials Wild West Days

Wild West Days

Wild West Days is a Universal film serial based on a western novel by W. R. Burnett. It was the 103rd of the studio's 137 serials .-Plot:...

and Overland Mail

Overland Mail

Overland Mail is a Universal movie serial. It was edited into a film version called The Indian Raiders in 1956.-Cast:* Lon Chaney, Jr. as Jim Lane* Helen Parrish as Barbara Gilbert* Noah Beery, Jr. as Sierra Pete...

. In the 1950s, Stevens guest starred on several television series including The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok is an American Western television series which ran for eight seasons from 1951 through 1958. The Screen Gems series began in syndication, but ran on CBS from 1955 through 1958, and, at the same time, on ABC from 1957 through 1958.-Synopsis:The Adventures of Wild...

, The Adventures of Kit Carson

The Adventures of Kit Carson

The Adventures of Kit Carson is an American Western series that aired in syndication from August 1951 to November 1955, originally sponsored by Coca-Cola. It stars Bill Williams in the title role as frontier scout Christopher "Kit" Carson...

, Sky King, The Lone Ranger

The Lone Ranger (TV Series)

The Lone Ranger is an American western television series starring Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels as Tonto. The live-action series initially featured Gerald Mohr as the episode narrator...

, and Zorro. He made his last onscreen appearance in the 1961 film The Outsider, opposite Tony Curtis

Tony Curtis

Tony Curtis was an American film actor whose career spanned six decades, but had his greatest popularity during the 1950s and early 1960s. He acted in over 100 films in roles covering a wide range of genres, from light comedy to serious drama...

.

Stevens died on August 22, 1964 and is buried with an unmarked grave.

Selected filmography

Film
Year	Film	Role	Notes
1915	The Birth of a Nation The Birth of a Nation The Birth of a Nation is a 1915 American silent film directed by D. W. Griffith and based on the novel and play The Clansman, both by Thomas Dixon, Jr. Griffith also co-wrote the screenplay , and co-produced the film . It was released on February 8, 1915...	Volunteer	Uncredited
1916	The Mystery of the Leaping Fish The Mystery of the Leaping Fish The Mystery of the Leaping Fish is a short film starring Douglas Fairbanks and Bessie Love. In this unusually broad comedy for Fairbanks, the acrobatic leading man plays "Coke Ennyday," a cocaine-shooting detective parody of Sherlock Holmes given to injecting himself with cocaine from a bandolier...	Japanese Accomplice
1917	Wild and Woolly Wild and Woolly Wild and Woolly is a 1917 silent film which tells the story of one man's personal odyssey from sophisticated Easterner to Western tough guy. It stars Douglas Fairbanks, Eileen Percy, Walter Bytell and Sam De Grasse....	Pedro
1918	M'Liss M'Liss (1918 film) M'Liss is a 1918 silent film directed by Marshall Neilan, written by Frances Marion and based on a Bret Harte's story. The film was made previously in 1915 and was remade again in 1922 as The Girl Who Ran Wild, starring Gladys Walton. Another same-titled remake was released in 1936, starring Anne...	Mexican	Uncredited
1920	The Mollycoddle The Mollycoddle The Mollycoddle is a 1920 film starring Douglas Fairbanks and Wallace Beery, and directed by Victor Fleming.- Cast :*Douglas Fairbanks ... Richard Marshall III, IV and V*Ruth Renick ... Virginia Hale...	Yellow Horse
1921	The Three Musketeers The Three Musketeers (1921 film) __notoc__The Three Musketeers is an American silent film based on the novel The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas, père. It was directed by Fred Niblo and starred Douglas Fairbanks as d'Artagnan. The film originally had scenes filmed in the Handschiegl Color Process...	Planchet
1922	Robin Hood Robin Hood (1922 film) Robin Hood is the first motion picture ever to have a Hollywood premiere, held at Grauman's Egyptian Theatre on October 18, 1922. The movie's full title, under which it was copyrighted, is Douglas Fairbanks in Robin Hood, as shown in the illustration at right...	Prince John's Aide	Alternative title: Douglas Fairbanks in Robin Hood
1924	Empty Hands Empty Hands -Cast:*Jack Holt - Grimshaw*Norma Shearer - Claire Endicott*Charles Clary - Robert Endicott*Hazel Keener - Mrs.Endicott*Gertrude Olmstead - Typsy*Ramsay Wallace -Montie*Ward Crane - Milt Bisnet*Charles Stevens - Indian Guide*Hank Mann - Spring Water Man...	Indian Guide
1925	Don Q, Son of Zorro Don Q, Son of Zorro Don Q, Son of Zorro is the 1925 sequel to the 1920 silent film The Mark of Zorro. It was loosely based upon the 1909 novel Don Q.'s Love Story, written by the mother-and-son duo Kate and Hesketh Hesketh-Prichard. The story was reworked in 1925 into a vehicle for the Johnston McCulley character Zorro...	Robledo
1926	Mantrap Mantrap (film) Mantrap is a 1926 American black-and-white silent film based on the novel of the same name by Sinclair Lewis...	Lawrence Jackfish (Indian Guide)
1927	The Gaucho The Gaucho The Gaucho is a 1927 movie starring Douglas Fairbanks and Lupe Vélez set in Argentina. The lavish adventure extravaganza, filmed at the height of Fairbanks' box office clout, was directed by F...	The Gaucho's First Lieutenant
1929	The Iron Mask The Iron Mask The Iron Mask is a part-talkie film adaptation of the last section of the novel The Vicomte de Bragelonne by Alexandre Dumas, père, which is itself based on the French legend of The Man in the Iron Mask...	Planchet
1930	Tom Sawyer Tom Sawyer (1930 film) Tom Sawyer is a 1930 American drama film directed by John Cromwell. The screenplay by Grover Jones, William Slavens McNutt, and Sam Mintz is based on the 1876 novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain....	Injun Joe
1933	The Perils of Pauline The Perils of Pauline (1933 serial) The Perils of Pauline is a movie serial, and sound film remake, of the Pathé original. The 1933 12-chapter "cliffhanger" was produced by Universal Studios. Evalyn Knapp, herself a graduate of silent Pathé short subjects, starred as heroine Pauline Hargrave...	Bashan's Henchman	Chapters 1-8 Uncredited
1934	La Cucaracha La Cucaracha (1934 film) La Cucaracha is a 1934 short musical film directed by Lloyd Corrigan. It was designed by Pioneer Pictures to display the new full-color Technicolor Process No. 4 , which had been used since 1932 mainly in Walt Disney cartoons. Jock Whitney and his cousin C. V. Whitney, the owners of Pioneer, were...	Pancho's Valet	Uncredited
1935	The Lives of a Bengal Lancer The Lives of a Bengal Lancer The Lives of a Bengal Lancer is a 1935 American adventure film loosely adapted from the 1930 book of the same name by Francis Yeats-Brown. The plot of the movie, which bears little resemblance to Yeats-Brown's memoir, concerns British soldiers defending the borders of India against rebellious...	McGregor's Servant	Uncredited
1936	The Bold Caballero The Bold Caballero (1936 film) The Bold Caballero is a 1936 film based on the famous character Zorro, created by Johnston McCulley. The characters Don Alejandro Vega and Bernardo are notably absent. Native American stars include Chief Thundercloud as Don Diego Vega/Zorro's aide and Charles Stevens as Captain Vargas. John...	Captain Vargas	Alternative title: The Bold Cavalier
1937	Swing High, Swing Low Swing High, Swing Low (film) Swing High, Swing Low is a 1937 American romantic musical film starring Carole Lombard and Fred MacMurray.This is the second film adaptation, after The Dance of Life and before When My Baby Smiles at Me , of the popular Broadway play Burlesque, by George Manker Watters and Arthur Hopkins.-Cast:*...	Panamanian at Cockfight	Uncredited
1938	Flaming Frontiers Flaming Frontiers Flaming Frontiers is a Universal movie serial. This was a remake of Heroes of the West . It was re-edited into a TV series in 1966.-Production:...	Breed
1939	The Oregon Trail The Oregon Trail (1939 serial) The Oregon Trail is a Universal movie serial.-Plot:Jeff Scott is sent to investigate problems with wagon trains attempting to make the journey to Oregon...	Breed
1940	The Mark of Zorro The Mark of Zorro (1940 film) The Mark of Zorro is a 1940 American adventure film directed by Rouben Mamoulian and produced by Darryl F. Zanuck for 20th Century Fox. The action movie stars Tyrone Power as Don Diego Vega , Linda Darnell as his love interest, and Basil Rathbone as the villain...	Jose, a Peón	Uncredited
1941	Blood and Sand Blood and Sand (1941 film) Blood and Sand is a Technicolor film produced by 20th Century Fox, directed by Rouben Mamoulian and starring Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Rita Hayworth, and Alla Nazimova...	Pablo Gómez
1944	The Mummy's Curse The Mummy's Curse The Mummy's Curse is the 1944 horror film follow-up to The Mummy's Ghost which was also released in 1944. This film marks Lon Chaney, Jr.'s final appearance as Kharis, the Egyptian mummy. The Universal Mummy series boasts of a parallel-earth kind of timeline...	Achilles
1945	San Antonio San Antonio (film) San Antonio is a 1945 western Technicolor film starring Errol Flynn and Alexis Smith. The movie was written by W. R. Burnett and Alan Le May, and directed by David Butler as well as uncredited Robert Florey and Raoul Walsh....	Sojer Harris	Uncredited
1946	My Darling Clementine My Darling Clementine My Darling Clementine is a 1946 western movie. It was directed by John Ford, and based on the story of the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral between the Earp brothers and the Clanton gang. It features an ensemble cast including Henry Fonda, Victor Mature, Ward Bond, Walter Brennan, and others.The movie...	Indian Joe	Uncredited
1947	Sinbad the Sailor	Ruri	Uncredited
1950	A Ticket to Tomahawk A Ticket to Tomahawk A Ticket to Tomahawk is a 1950 comedy/western film directed by Richard Sale and starring Dan Dailey and Anne Baxter.-Plot:In 1876 Dawson wants to prevent a train from getting to Tomahawk, Colorado on time, so to keep it from competing with his stage coach line. Kit Dodge Jr...	Trancos	Uncredited
1950	Ambush Ambush (1950 film) Ambush is a 1950 western film directed by Sam Wood and starring Robert Taylor, John Hodiak and Arlene Dahl. This was the last film directed by Sam Wood.-Plot synopsis:...	Diablito
1953	Jeopardy	Mexican Father	Uncredited
1954	Man with the Steel Whip Man with the Steel Whip Man with the Steel Whip is a Republic Movie serial. It uses considerable stock footage from previous Republic serials "Zorro's Black Whip", "The Painted Stallion" and "Daredevils of the West". As with any serial from the 50s, it is not considered to be one of the best examples of the format...	Blackjack Sam - Captured Renegade	Chapter 6 Uncredited
1955	The Last Command The Last Command (1955 film) The Last Command is a 1955 Trucolor film about Jim Bowie and the fall of the Alamo during the Texas War of Independence. Filmed by Republic Pictures, it was an unusually expensive undertaking for the low-budget studio.-Production:...	Villager	Uncredited
1956	The Ten Commandments The Ten Commandments (1956 film) The Ten Commandments is a 1956 American epic film that dramatized the biblical story of the Exodus, in which the Hebrew-born Moses, an adopted Egyptian prince, becomes the deliverer of the Hebrew slaves. The film, released by Paramount Pictures in VistaVision on October 5, 1956, was directed by...	Slave	Uncredited
Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1953	The Range Rider The Range Rider The Range Rider is an American Western television series that aired in syndication from 1951-1953. A single lost episode was first shown in 1959...	Pescadito	2 episodes
1954	Rocky Jones, Space Ranger Rocky Jones, Space Ranger Rocky Jones, Space Ranger is a syndicated science fiction television serial originally broadcast in 1954. The show lasted for only two seasons and, though syndicated sporadically, dropped into obscurity. But because it was recorded on film rather than being broadcast live as were most other TV...	Shaman	1 episode
1955	Captain Midnight	Indian Charlie	1 episode
1956	My Friend Flicka My Friend Flicka (TV series) My Friend Flicka is a 39-episode western television series set at the fictitious Goose Bar Ranch in Wyoming at the turn of the 20th century. The program was filmed in color but initially aired in black and white on CBS at 7:30 p.m. Fridays from February 10, 1956, to February 1, 1957. It was a...	Deerfoot	1 episode
1958	Sugarfoot Sugarfoot Sugarfoot is the title of a TV western that aired from 1957 to 1961. The series featured Will Hutchins as fledgling frontier lawyer Tom Brewster and Jack Elam as sidekick Toothy Thompson...	Charlie Falling Horse	1 episode
1959	The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour is a CBS television situation comedy. The show is a collection of occasional specials rather than a regular series and originally served as part of Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse...	Eskimo #2	1 episode
1960	The Alaskans The Alaskans The Alaskans is a 1959 television series set in the port of Skagway, Alaska during the 1890s. The show features Roger Moore as "Silky Harris" and Jeff York as "Reno McKee", a pair of adventurers intent on swindling travelers bound for the Yukon Territories during the height of the Klondike Gold...	Chinook	2 episodes
1961	Rawhide Rawhide (TV series) Rawhide is an American Western series that aired for eight seasons on the CBS network on Friday nights, from January 9, 1959 to September 3, 1965, before moving to Tuesday nights from September 14, 1965 until January 4, 1966, with a total of 217 black-and-white episodes...	Sub-Chief	2 episodes

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