Charles Murray

Known for Acting

6/21/1872

Laurel, Indiana, USA

Biography

Charles Murray was an American vaudevillian and screen actor, as well as the director of five silent comedy shorts.

Known For (118 credits)

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Here We Go Again

1952

When a well off man from the city arrives in a hick town to woo a wealthy widow, he encounters first an ornery model T ride to the shabby hotel, then his rival for the widow as they go on to a local fair. tempers flair and a challenge to a boxing match is met. Edited and adapted from Hard Knocks and Love Taps (1921).

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Happy Times and Jolly Moments

1943

This short film takes a nostalgic look at the Mack Sennett comedies of the silent cinema era.

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Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

1942

The edition of Screen Snapshots celebrates 25 years of production. It looks at the content of edition #1, then a tribute to movie people who have died in those 25 years. Finally there are tributes to the Screen Snapshots series by Cecil De Mille, Walt Disney, Louella Parsons and Rosalind Russell.

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Breaking the Ice

1938

The story begins while Tommy Martin and his mother, Martha Martin say goodbye to Henry and Reuben Johnson. After having stopped by the Mennonite farm, where Tommy and Martha stay with the William and Annie Decker, the Johnsons are headed back to their hometown of Goshen. The balance of the film is concerned with both trying to get the necessary train fare and with Tommy clearing his name over a misunderstanding.

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Circus Girl

1937

A jealous trapeze star decides he must eliminate his romantic rival.

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Cinema Circus

1937

Actor Lee Tracy presides as ringmaster over a show that combines the best elements of cinema with the circus, what he calls a Cinema Circus. Tracy introduces a number of professional circus acts, plus a cavalcade of movie stars who have side shows under the open air big tent. There is as much action in the audience as Tracy identifies a number of movie stars watching the proceedings incognito, having their own fun in the stands, and sometimes interacting with the circus acts.

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Dangerous Waters

1936

While a ship captain is at sea dealing with a mutiny among his crew, his wife is at home having an affair with his best friend.

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His Old Flame

1935

Just as Charlie is running for mayor on a purity platform, an old flame threatens to show his torrid love letters to his wife if he does not withdraw from the campaign.

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Back to the Soil

1934

Two friends decide to become gold prospectors, and wind up discovering an outlaw's buried treasure.

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Plumbing for Gold

1934

George and Charlie get jobs as plumbers assistants; on their first assignment, they reduce a house to shambles in search of a lost ring.

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Fishing for Trouble

1934

George and Charlie go fishing - but things don't turn out exactly as planned.

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Stable Mates

1934

Two bankers, thrown out of work by the Depression, find jobs on a western ranch.