Charles Hill Mailes


Charles Hill Mailes was a Canadian actor of the silent era.

Biography

Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1870, Mailes appeared in 290 films between 1909 and 1935. He married the actress Claire McDowell in 1906 and the happy couple appeared in numerous silent films together including The Mark of Zorro. They had two sons, Robert and Eugene. He died in Los Angeles, California, in 1937.

Selected filmography

At the Altar May and December A Mohawk's Way - IndianOut from the Shadow - At DanceSwords and Hearts - Bushwhacker The Battle - The Union CommanderThe Miser's Heart - Second CrookA Woman Scorned - A PolicemanThe School Teacher and the Waif - Banjo playerThe Eternal Mother - Mary's FatherFor His Son - The Father - a PhysicianAn Unseen Enemy Under Burning Skies - In Bar / At Farewell PartyA String of Pearls - The Rich DoctorThe Goddess of Sagebrush Gulch Won by a Fish The Lesser Evil Just Like a Woman A Beast at Bay A Temporary Truce Man's Lust for Gold The Sands of Dee The Inner Circle With the Enemy's Help A Change of Spirit Friends The Root of Evil So Near, yet So Far A Feud in the Kentucky Hills In the Aisles of the Wild The Painted Lady A Sailor's Heart Brutality The New York Hat My Hero The God Within The Telephone Girl and the Lady Pirate Gold An Adventure in the Autumn Woods A Misappropriated Turkey Brothers Oil and Water A Chance Deception The Wrong Bottle The Unwelcome Guest Near to Earth Fate A Welcome Intruder The Sheriff's Baby The Hero of Little Italy A Misunderstood Boy The Wanderer The Stolen Loaf The House of Darkness Olaf—An Atom A Dangerous Foe The Ranchero's Revenge Just Gold Red Hicks Defies the World The Mothering Heart The Mistake When Love Forgives Two Men of the Desert A Woman in the Ultimate A Modest Hero Madonna of the Storm The Battle at Elderbush Gulch The Yaqui Cur Almost a Wild Man Judith of Bethulia Brute Force Lord Chumley The Eagle's Wings The Lash of Power The Girl Who Won Out The Spotted Lily The Mysterious Mrs. M The Lair of the Wolf Money Madness The Bronze Bride Beloved Jim The Winged Mystery Polly Redhead Southern Justice Come Through The Brass Bullet Three Mounted Men The Girl Who Wouldn't Quit The Fighting Grin The Magic Eye The Talk of the Town The Lure of the Circus Fools and Their Money The Outcasts of Poker Flat Our Better Selves Full of Pep The Speed Maniac Haunting Shadows Go and Get It Homespun Folks The Mark of Zorro Chickens The Home Stretch The Spotted Lily Uncharted Seas Courage The Ten Dollar Raise The Lying Truth The Man from Downing Street Crashin' Thru The Bond Boy Held to Answer East Side - West Side Name the Man The Lighthouse by the Sea Thundering Hoofs When a Man's a Man The Fighting Demon The Crimson Runner Old Ironsides The Frontier Trail The Combat The Man in the Saddle The Social Highwayman Hearts and Fists The Better Man Exclusive Rights The Blue Streak Play Safe Somewhere in Sonora Bitter Apples Great Mail Robbery What a Night! Give and Take The Charge of the Gauchos Queen of the Chorus The Bellamy Trial The Faker Lilies of the Field