Volume III: Biographies

TAYLOR, Charles *

Actor (1916)

Thanhouser Career Synopsis: Charles Taylor appeared in the 1916 Thanhouser release of For Uncle Sam's Navy.

Biographical Notes: Note: There were several persons named Charles Taylor, who were active in the entertainment field during the 1910-1920 era. Perhaps one of these was the Thanhouser player:

1. Charles A. Taylor, who died at the age of 78 in Glendale, California on March 21, 1942, was a theatrical producer and playwright. He was a conductor for the Southern Pacific Railroad when, during an accident on the line, he was noticed by passenger George Hearst, who gave him a job on a San Francisco newspaper, The Examiner, which was run by his son, William Randolph Hearst. In 1889, Taylor's first play, The Brother's Crime, was produced, thus launching him on a new career which saw dozens of plays created, including five at the same time on Broadway in 1892. In 1900 he married Laurette Taylor, an actress. Although he was primarily a playwright, he was seen in films, including in The Whirlpool, with Ethel Barrymore. In 1916 he was writing scenarios for Metro, including A Corner in Cotton, in which Marguerite Snow played.

2. Charles Taylor, age 66, a makeup artist for Four Star Productions for four years, died in Hollywood, California on September 19, 1967. His obituary appeared in Variety, November 1, 1967.

3. Charles E. Taylor, a vaudeville ventriloquist, died in 1940. This may have been the same Charles E. Taylor who presented 20 beautiful girls in the Dante's Daughters vaudeville troupe, earlier known as The Darlings of Paris, on the Empire circuit in 1912.

4. Charles Taylor, a Scottish theatre manager, died in 1952.

Thanhouser Filmography:

1916: For Uncle Sam's Navy (5-23-1916)

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