Charles Hill Mailes

Biography

Charles Hill Mailes (25 May 1870 – 17 February 1937) was a Canadian actor of primarily the silent era. Mailes appeared in 290 films between 1909 and 1935. He married actress Claire McDowell in 1906 and the couple appeared in numerous silent films together. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Career Overview

Charles Hill Mailes has 173 screen credits in a career dating back to 1909. Their work is anchored in the Zorro (Silent era) universe with 1 titles. Signature works include The Fourth Witness, The Hungarian Nabob, The House of Horror. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Acting

Gender

male

Known Credits

173

Birth Date

1870-05-24 00:00:00

Birth Place

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Known For

• The Fourth Witness
• 

  The Hungarian Nabob
• The House of Horror
• By Man's Law
• 

  The Reformers
• A Dangerous Foe

Associated Universes

• Zorro (Silent era) (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

• Mae Marsh (2 collaborations)
• Robert Harron (2 collaborations)
• Dorothy Gish (2 collaborations)
• Carl Laemmle (1 collaborations)
• John McDermott (1 collaborations)
• Harvey Gates (1 collaborations)
• Alice Catlin (1 collaborations)
• Louise Lovely (1 collaborations)
• George Berrell (1 collaborations)
• Lee Hill (1 collaborations)

Credits

• actors (173 credits)

  • Murder by Television

    James Houghland

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Sadie McKee

    Uncle Ben (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • I'll Tell the World

    Statesman

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • Treason

    General Hawthorne

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • The Unholy Garden

    Alfred de Jonghe

    actor

    actors
    1931
  • Mothers Cry

    Mary's Father

    actor

    actors
    1930
  • Lilies of the Field

    Judge

    actor

    actors
    1930
  • One Stolen Night

    Doad

    actor

    actors
    1929
  • The Carnation Kid

    Crawford Whitely

    actor

    actors
    1929
  • The Bellamy Trial

    Defense Attorney

    actor

    actors
    1929
  • The Faker

    Hadrian

    actor

    actors
    1929
  • The Phantom City

    Benedict

    actor

    actors
    1928
  • What a Night!

    Patterson

    actor

    actors
    1928
  • The Beautiful Spy

    Saavedra

    actor

    actors
    1928
  • Queen of the Chorus

    Rufus Van Der Layden

    actor

    actors
    1928
  • Drums of Love

    Duke de Granada

    actor

    actors
    1928
  • The City Gone Wild

    Luther Winthrop

    actor

    actors
    1927
  • The College Widow

    Professor Witherspoon

    actor

    actors
    1927
  • The Great Mail Robbery

    Stephen Phelps

    actor

    actors
    1927
  • Man Power

    Judson Stoddard

    actor

    actors
    1927
  • Chasing Choo Choos

    Silas Scott

    actor

    actors
    1927
  • Bitter Apples

    Cyrus Thornden

    actor

    actors
    1927
  • Somewhere in Sonora

    Mexicali Burton

    actor

    actors
    1927
  • Old Ironsides

    Commodore Preble

    actor

    actors
    1926
  • The Man in the Saddle

    Jeff Morgan Sr.

    actor

    actors
    1926
  • The Frontier Trail

    Maj. Mainard

    actor

    actors
    1926
  • The Better Man

    Charles Clifton

    actor

    actors
    1926
  • The Social Highwayman

    The Mayor

    actor

    actors
    1926
  • The Combat

    Jeremiah 'Jerry' Flint (as Charles Mailes)

    actor

    actors
    1926
  • The Blue Streak

    Don Carlos

    actor

    actors
    1926
  • The Midnight Flyer

    Silas Henderson

    actor

    actors
    1925
  • Free to Love

    Kenton Crawford

    actor

    actors
    1925
  • The Fighting Demon

    Señor Darcy

    actor

    actors
    1925
  • The Lighthouse by the Sea

    Caleb Gale

    actor

    actors
    1924
  • Thundering Hoofs

    Don Juan Estrada

    actor

    actors
    1924
  • Find Your Man

    Gregory Mills

    actor

    actors
    1924
  • Name the Man

    Attorney General

    actor

    actors
    1924
  • Held to Answer

    District Attorney Searle

    actor

    actors
    1923
  • Soft Boiled

    The Lawyer

    actor

    actors
    1923
  • East Side - West Side

    Dr. Ernest Shepley

    actor

    actors
    1923
  • Michael O'Halloran

    Peter Harding

    actor

    actors
    1923
  • The Bond Boy

    Isom Chase

    actor

    actors
    1923
  • The Town Scandal

    Bill Ramsey

    actor

    actors
    1923
  • Crashin' Thru

    Benedict

    actor

    actors
    1923
  • The Man from Downing Street

    Col. Wentworth

    actor

    actors
    1922
  • The Ten Dollar Raise

    Stryker

    actor

    actors
    1921
  • Uncharted Seas

    Old Jim Eastman

    actor

    actors
    1921
  • The Home Stretch

    Mr. Wilson

    actor

    actors
    1921
  • The Mark of Zorro

    Don Carlos Pulido

    actor

    actors
    1920
  • Go and Get It

    J.L. Rich (as C. Mailles)

    actor

    actors
    1920
  • Red Hot Dollars

    Angus Muir

    actor

    actors
    1919
  • Haunting Shadows

    Bates

    actor

    actors
    1919
  • The Speed Maniac

    John Matthews

    actor

    actors
    1919
  • Our Better Selves

    Henry Laurens

    actor

    actors
    1919
  • The Outcasts of Poker Flat

    actor

    actors
    1919
  • Fools and Their Money

    actor

    actors
    1919
  • Full of Pep

    Escamillo Gomez

    actor

    actors
    1919
  • The Lure of the Circus

    Malcolm Somers

    actor

    actors
    1918
  • Three Mounted Men

    Warden

    actor

    actors
    1918
  • The Talk of the Town

    actor

    actors
    1918
  • The Brass Bullet

    Homer Joy

    actor

    actors
    1918
  • Danger Within

    Matthew Wedgestone

    actor

    actors
    1918
  • The Magic Eye

    Sam Bullard (as Charles H. Mailes)

    actor

    actors
    1918
  • The Girl Who Wouldn't Quit

    Robert Carter

    actor

    actors
    1918
  • The Fighting Grin

    Otis Kennedy

    actor

    actors
    1918
  • Beloved Jim

    Robert McGregor

    actor

    actors
    1917
  • The Winged Mystery

    Josiah Wayne

    actor

    actors
    1917
  • The Lash of Power

    Charles W. Sherwood

    actor

    actors
    1917
  • The Girl Who Won Out

    Mr. Wicks

    actor

    actors
    1917
  • The Spotted Lily

    Pere Anatole later

    actor

    actors
    1917
  • The Lair of the Wolf

    Robert Shepherd

    actor

    actors
    1917
  • Come Through

    John Lysaght

    actor

    actors
    1917
  • Money Madness

    Whispering Smith (as Charles H. Mailes)

    actor

    actors
    1917
  • Southern Justice

    Major Dillon (as Charles H. Mailes)

    actor

    actors
    1917
  • The Bronze Bride

    Joe Dubois

    actor

    actors
    1917
  • The Fourth Witness

    William Bryant

    actor

    actors
    1917
  • Polly Redhead

    Duke of Osterley

    actor

    actors
    1917
  • The Mysterious Mrs. M

    Clubman

    actor

    actors
    1917
  • The People vs. John Doe

    Detective

    actor

    actors
    1916
  • The Eagle's Wings

    Senator Wright

    actor

    actors
    1916
  • The Whirlpool of Destiny

    Thomas Bell

    actor

    actors
    1916
  • The Seekers

    Reverend Israel Mount (as Charles Mailes)

    actor

    actors
    1916
  • The Larrimore Case

    1st Rival

    actor

    actors
    1916
  • The Hungarian Nabob

    Count John Karpathy the 'Nabob'

    actor

    actors
    1915
  • Dora Thorne

    Prince Borgezi

    actor

    actors
    1915
  • The Soul of Pierre

    Dr. Davidoff (as Charles H. Mailes)

    actor

    actors
    1915
  • East Lynne

    Lord Mount Severn

    actor

    actors
    1915
  • Under Two Flags

    Arab Chief (as Charles H. Mailes)

    actor

    actors
    1915
  • The Americano

    The Alcalde

    actor

    actors
    1915
  • The House of Horror

    The husband

    actor

    actors
    1915
  • The Woman in Black

    Mr. Everett

    actor

    actors
    1914
  • The Honor of the Law

    The Warden

    actor

    actors
    1914
  • Lord Chumley

    Gaspar La Sage

    actor

    actors
    1914
  • Liberty Belles

    Justice of the Peace

    actor

    actors
    1914
  • The Fatal Wedding

    Robert Curtis

    actor

    actors
    1914
  • The Battle at Elderbush Gulch

    The Ranch Owner

    actor

    actors
    1913
  • By Man's Law

    The Oil Magnate

    actor

    actors
    1913
  • Madonna of the Storm

    The Father

    actor

    actors
    1913
  • A Tender-Hearted Crook

    actor

    actors
    1913
  • For the Son of the House

    The Minister

    actor

    actors
    1913
  • A Modest Hero

    First Thief

    actor

    actors
    1913
  • A Woman in the Ultimate

    Verda's Stepfather

    actor

    actors
    1913
  • The Work Habit

    The Street Commissioner

    actor

    actors
    1913
  • When Love Forgives

    The Employer

    actor

    actors
    1913
  • The Reformers

    The Father

    actor

    actors
    1913
  • Her Mother's Oath

    The Minister / Medicine Show Patron

    actor

    actors
    1913
  • The Ranchero's Revenge

    At Party (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1913
  • A Dangerous Foe

    The Judge

    actor

    actors
    1913
  • Just Gold

    The Father

    actor

    actors
    1913
  • Olaf—An Atom

    A Parent

    actor

    actors
    1913
  • The Yaqui Cur

    The Yaqui Chief / Goldseeker

    actor

    actors
    1913
  • The Stolen Loaf

    At Dinner (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1913
  • The House of Darkness

    The Lunatic (The Unfortunate Patient)

    actor

    actors
    1913
  • The Wanderer

    The Father

    actor

    actors
    1913
  • A Misunderstood Boy

    A Thieving Merchant

    actor

    actors
    1913
  • The Hero of Little Italy

    The Father

    actor

    actors
    1913
  • A Welcome Intruder

    actor

    actors
    1913
  • Fate

    Sim Sloane

    actor

    actors
    1913
  • Near To Earth

    actor

    actors
    1913
  • The Unwelcome Guest

    The Son

    actor

    actors
    1913
  • The Wrong Bottle

    The Devoted One

    actor

    actors
    1913
  • A Chance Deception

    The Jealous Husband

    actor

    actors
    1913
  • Brothers

    The Father

    actor

    actors
    1913
  • An Adventure in the Autumn Woods

    Second Thief

    actor

    actors
    1913
  • Pirate Gold

    The Father

    actor

    actors
    1913
  • The Telephone Girl and the Lady

    The Girl's Father

    actor

    actors
    1913
  • The Coming of Angelo

    Guido

    actor

    actors
    1913
  • The God Within

    The Doctor

    actor

    actors
    1912
  • The Massacre

    In Wagon Train

    actor

    actors
    1912
  • The New York Hat

    Mr. Harding

    actor

    actors
    1912
  • A Sailor’s Heart

    The Notary

    actor

    actors
    1912
  • The Painted Lady

    The Father

    actor

    actors
    1912
  • In the Aisles of the Wild

    First Woodsman

    actor

    actors
    1912
  • A Feud in the Kentucky Hills

    The Father

    actor

    actors
    1912
  • So Near, Yet So Far

    Rich Man in Other Town

    actor

    actors
    1912
  • Friends

    The Bartender

    actor

    actors
    1912
  • A Pueblo Legend

    The Old Man / A Pueblo

    actor

    actors
    1912
  • With the Enemy's Help

    Faro Kate's Husband

    actor

    actors
    1912
  • The Inner Circle

    A Gangster

    actor

    actors
    1912
  • The Narrow Road

    The Counterfeiter

    actor

    actors
    1912
  • The Speed Demon

    Kudge (as Charles H. Mailes)

    actor

    actors
    1912
  • Man's Genesis

    Cave Man

    actor

    actors
    1912
  • The School Teacher and the Waif

    Nora's Father

    actor

    actors
    1912
  • Lena and the Geese

    actor

    actors
    1912
  • A Temporary Truce

    Mexican Jim

    actor

    actors
    1912
  • Home Folks

    The Young Woman's Father

    actor

    actors
    1912
  • A Lodging for the Night

    The Mexican Girl's Father

    actor

    actors
    1912
  • The Old Actor

    The Replacement Actor

    actor

    actors
    1912
  • The Lesser Evil

    The Revenue Officer / Policeman

    actor

    actors
    1912
  • Fate's Interception

    The Mexican Sweetheart

    actor

    actors
    1912
  • The Goddess of Sagebrush Gulch

    Blue Grass Pete's Pal

    actor

    actors
    1912
  • The Root of Evil

    The Doctor

    actor

    actors
    1912
  • Iola's Promise

    Jack's Sweetheart's Father

    actor

    actors
    1912
  • A String of Pearls

    The Rich Doctor

    actor

    actors
    1912
  • The Sunbeam

    The Janitor

    actor

    actors
    1912
  • The Sands of Dee

    Mary's dad

    actor

    actors
    1912
  • Under Burning Skies

    actor

    actors
    1912
  • For His Son

    The Father, a Physician

    actor

    actors
    1912
  • The Eternal Mother

    Mary's Father

    actor

    actors
    1912
  • The Baby and the Stork

    The Father

    actor

    actors
    1912
  • A Terrible Discovery

    Dick

    actor

    actors
    1911
  • Saved from Himself

    The Proprietor

    actor

    actors
    1911
  • A Woman Scorned

    A Policeman

    actor

    actors
    1911
  • The Miser's Heart

    Second Crook

    actor

    actors
    1911
  • The Battle

    The Union commander

    actor

    actors
    1911
  • The Long Road

    A Priest / In Bar

    actor

    actors
    1911
  • The Adventures of Billy

    Farmhand / Rescuer

    actor

    actors
    1911
  • The Making of a Man

    In First Audience / At First Stage Door / Backstage

    actor

    actors
    1911
  • Swords and Hearts

    Bushwhacker (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1911
  • The Ghost

    A Policeman

    actor

    actors
    1911
  • The Oath and the Man

    Aristocrat

    actor

    actors
    1910
  • The Faded Lilies

    Francois' Butler

    actor

    actors
    1909
  • At the Altar

    actor

    actors
    1909