Chin-de-dah — A Modern Musketeer Character Profile

About Chin-de-dah

The leader of an outlaw gang hiding in a canyon. Bored and seeking a new wife after his previous one's suicide, he disguises himself as a guide at the resort and successfully kidnaps Elsie Dodge. He orchestrates the canyon horse ride that leads to the climactic cliffside confrontation.

Character Facts

Played by

Frank Campeau

Appears in

A Modern Musketeer (1917)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (4)

• Chin-de-dah — Conflict Kidnapper — Elsie Dodge (Marjorie Daw)

  Predatory pursuit of a white woman as a bride.

• Chin-de-dah — Conflict Obstacle — Ned Thacker / D'Artagnan (Douglas Fairbanks)

  Protagonist vs. outlaw leader in a canyon standoff.

• Chin-de-dah — Alliance Unwitting Employer — Forrest Vandeteer (Eugene Ormonde)

  Villain hires his own kidnapper without knowing.

• Chin-de-dah — Alliance Gang Member — James Brown (Tully Marshall)

  Subordinate within the outlaw hierarchy.

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• Ned Thacker / D'Artagnan (Douglas Fairbanks)
• Elsie Dodge (Marjorie Daw)
• Mrs. Dodge (Kathleen Kirkham)
• Mrs. Thacker (Edythe Chapman)
• Forrest Vandeteer (Eugene Ormonde)
• James Brown (Tully Marshall)
• A Kansas Belle (uncredited) (Zasu Pitts)
• Indian (uncredited) (Charles Stevenson)
• Bandit (uncredited) (James Pier Mason)