The Tramp — Suspense. Character Profile

About The Tramp

The home invasion antagonist who targets the house after the maid leaves. He cuts the phone line, violently forces his way through a door with a knife to attack the wife and baby, panics when fired upon, and is subdued by the husband and arrested by the police.

Character Facts

Played by

Sam Kaufman

Appears in

Suspense. (1913)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (5)

• The Tramp — Social Acquaintance — Mamie - The Maid (Lule Warrenton)

  The maid has some connection to the tramp

• The Tramp — Conflict Rival — The Pursuer (Douglas Gerrard)

  Both external characters create tension

• The Tramp — Social Acquaintance — The Wife (Lois Weber)

  Brief encounter with the tramp character

• The Tramp — Social Acquaintance — The Husband (Val Paul)

  Brief encounter with the tramp character

• The Tramp — Unknown Distraction — The Wife (Lois Weber)

  The tramp serves as a minor distraction in the plot

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More characters from Suspense.

• The Wife (Lois Weber)
• The Husband (Val Paul)
• The Pursuer (Douglas Gerrard)
• Mamie - The Maid (Lule Warrenton)