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Charles Hill Mailes is a Actor Canadien born on 24 may 1870 at Halifax (Canada)

Charles Hill Mailes

Charles Hill Mailes
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Nationality Canada
Birth 24 may 1870 at Halifax (Canada)
Death 17 february 1937 (at 66 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

Charles Hill Mailes (25 May 1870 – 17 February 1937) was a Canadian actor of the silent era. He appeared in 290 films between 1909 and 1935. He was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia and died in Los Angeles, California. His spouse was the actress Claire McDowell (married 1906), with whom he had two sons, Robert and Eugene.

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Filmography of Charles Hill Mailes (123 films)

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Murder by Television
Murder by Television (1935)
, 55minutes
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Horror
Actors Bela Lugosi, June Collyer, Huntley Gordon, George Meeker, Charles Hill Mailes, Hattie McDaniel
Roles James Houghland
Rating42% 2.116392.116392.116392.116392.11639
James Houghland (Mailes), inventor of a new method by which television signals can be instantaneously sent anywhere in the world, refuses to sell the process to television companies, who then send agents to acquire the invention any way they can.
Treason
Treason (1933)
, 1h3
Directed by George B. Seitz
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Buck Jones, Shirley Grey, Robert Ellis, Edward LeSaint, Frank Lackteen, Charles Brinley
Roles General Hawthorne
Rating66% 3.331853.331853.331853.331853.33185
En 1870, Joan Randall, une ardente confédérée ruinée par la guerre civile, a créée la république du Sud Kansas et continue la guerre. Le gouvernement US met sa tête à prix 10.000 dollars pour haute trahison, meurtres et incendies. A fort Franklin, le colonel Hawthorne charge son scout, Jeff Connors, de la ramener morte ou vive. Connors réussit à capturer Chet Dawson et ses hommes, des despérados qui projetaient de se joindre à Randall, et prends sa place. Pour cela, il n'hésite pas à se faire marquer le dos du signe de guerre des sioux qui stigmatise Dawson.
The Unholy Garden
The Unholy Garden (1931)
, 1h14
Directed by George Fitzmaurice
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa, Heist films
Actors Ronald Colman, Fay Wray, Estelle Taylor, Warren Hymer, Tully Marshall, Lawrence Grant
Roles Alfred de Jonghe
Rating59% 2.953422.953422.953422.953422.95342
Suave English thief Barrington Hunt (Ronald Colman) rendezvous with his uncouth American accomplice, Smiley Corbin (Warren Hymer), at a rundown hotel in the Sahara Desert beyond the reach of French authority. Hunt is annoyed to learn that Smiley, who has a weakness for women, lost the proceeds from the latest robbery when he met a "dame".
Lilies of the Field
Lilies of the Field (1930)
, 1h
Directed by Alexander Korda
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Melodrama, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Corinne Griffith, Ralph Forbes, John Loder, Eve Southern, Tyler Brooke, Freeman Wood
Roles Judge
Rating53% 2.65032.65032.65032.65032.6503
Walter Hawker (Loder), who is married to Mildred Harker (Griffith), falls in love with another women and wants to separate from his wife without losing custody of his daughter. He frames his wife and files for divorce, and Griffith ends up losing her daughter.
Mothers Cry
Mothers Cry (1930)
, 1h16
Directed by Hobart Henley
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Dorothy Peterson, Helen Chandler, David Manners, Evalyn Knapp, Sidney Blackmer, Edward LeSaint
Roles Mary's Father
Rating57% 2.863772.863772.863772.863772.86377
The film is focused on the life of Mary Williams (Dorothy Peterson), a widowed mother, and her struggles to raise her four children. Her oldest son, Daniel (Edward Woods), torments his siblings and mother throughout childhood and eventually grows up to be a criminal. Arthur (David Manners), the younger son, grows up to be a successful architect. Jennie (Evalyn Knapp), one of the daughters, loves domestic work and home-life and is courted by a wealthy older gentleman Karl Muller (Reinhold Pasch). Beattie (Helen Chandler), the other daughter, grows up to be an idealistic dreamer.
Drums of Love
Drums of Love (1928)
, 1h40
Directed by D. W. Griffith
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on operas
Actors Mary Philbin, Lionel Barrymore, Don Alvarado, Tully Marshall, William Austin, Eugenie Besserer
Roles Duke de Granada
Rating55% 2.7795052.7795052.7795052.7795052.779505
After finding out her father and his estate is in danger, Princess Emanuella saves his life by marrying Duke Cathos de Alvia, a grotesque hunchback. She actually is in love with Leonardo, his attractive younger brother. They already had an affair before the marriage, but continue secretly meeting each other. In the end, Cathos finds out about his wife's unfaithfulness and stabs both his wife and brother to death.
Give and Take
Give and Take (1928)
, 1h10
Directed by William Beaudine
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Jean Hersholt, George J. Lewis, Sharon Lynn, Sam Hardy, Charles Hill Mailes
Roles Drumm (as Charles Mailes)

Play Safe
Play Safe (1927)
, 50minutes
Directed by Joseph Henabery
Origin USA
Actors Monty Banks, Virginia Lee Corbin, Charles Hill Mailes, Charles K. Gerrard, Bud Jamison, Frank Alexander
Roles Silas Scott
Rating70% 3.539173.539173.539173.539173.53917
A gang of bad guys menace a man's girlfriend. She hides in a freight car and a misstep sends the otherwise-empty train out of the station with the lever pushed to full speed.