Charles Hill Mailes
Date of birth: 1870-05-24
Place of birth: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Charles H. Mailes, Chas. H. Mailes, Charles Mailes, Charles H. Mailles, C. Mailles
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
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For the Son of the House
1913-09-20
In the home of ease and refinement a new life opens to the girl. She no longer is obliged to resist
East Lynne
1915-08-18
An adaptation of the stage warhorse East Lynne featuring a young, curly-haired Alan Hale as the vill
A Welcome Intruder
1913-03-24
The Spotted Lily
1917-10-01
Wracked with illness and discarded by a wealthy and unscrupulous aristocrat, Yvonne Lamour seeks out
Come Through
1917-06-01
From a Montana mining camp, a young man progresses to the society heights of New York, making his ma
The Man from Downing Street
1922-04-02
Someone in India is deciphering secret codes and passing information from London's Downing Street to
The Great Mail Robbery
1927-07-19
Veteran serial director George B. Seitz keeps things perpetually on the move in The Great Mail Robbe
Under Two Flags
1915-07-21
Tells the story of an English aristocrat, apparently in disgrace, who disappears and joins a French
Murder by Television
1935-10-01
James Houghland, inventor of a new method by which television signals can be instantaneously sent an
The Talk of the Town
1918-09-28
Her strict upbringing is driving Genevra French (Dorothy Phillips) crazy, so when she gets her hand
Treasure Island
1920-01-02
Young Jim Hawkins is caught up with the pirate Long John Silver in search of the buried treasure of
The Speed Maniac
1919-10-10
Billy Porter sells his ranch and travels to San Francisco to try his hand in the business world. But
The Long Road
1911-10-26
Edith enters a convent after losing her fiancé to someone else. Years later, Edith finds him again,
Go and Get It
1920-07-18
Wrestling legend Bull Montana plays a murderous gorilla with a human brain transplant who is tracked
A Terrible Discovery
1911-12-21
A criminal designs a plan to get revenge on the district attorney who convicted his brother.
The Baby and the Stork
1912-01-01
Bobby is jealous of the new baby, so he takes it to the zoo and tries to return it to the stork.
The Mark of Zorro
1920-12-05
Don Diego Vega pretends to be an indolent fop as a cover for his true identity, the masked avenger Z
Treason
1933-02-10
It's just after the Civil War in Kansas and Joan Randall and her troops are continuing the struggle.
Man Power
1927-07-09
Caterpillar-tractor operator Tom Roberts' mission is to deliver a fragile cargo of dynamite, to be d
Uncharted Seas
1921-04-25
After her drunken husband Tom brings home three cabaret women, Lucretia can no longer bear the abuse
The Sands of Dee
1912-02-21
A young girl who lives by the sea with her parents, is the object of one fellows affection. One day
The Americano
1915-03-30
Isabella De Ortega rides over to the mission for her music lesson. While she is there, pirates attac
Pirate Gold
1913-01-13
Elusive as is the pursuit of pirate gold it is found in this picture and brought to the ship by the
In the Aisles of the Wild
1912-10-14
A widower and his two daughters live in the wilds of the north woods. They form the acquaintance of
An Adventure in the Autumn Woods
1913-01-16
Summoned to the trading post, granddad promised the girls the money from the deal. He remained true
Brothers
1913-02-03
His dumb grief was mistaken for indifference at his mother's death-bed, but it was the non-committal
A Chance Deception
1913-02-24
The jealous husband saw a flirtation; the Raffles, a necklace. The husband's suspicions were further
Just Gold
1913-05-24
The brothers choose between love and gold. The three brothers sought the gold regions. The fourth ch
A Modest Hero
1913-09-08
It is house cleaning time. Mother-in-law leaves, but insists that husband must be put to work, but h
The Wrong Bottle
1913-03-06
Happy in her devotion to her unfortunate sister and the promise of honest love that had come into he
The Hero of Little Italy
1913-04-03
It was on the night of the Italian ball when Maria, to tease her sweetheart, Tony, indulged in a mil
Madonna of the Storm
1913-10-25
The bored clubman sought the excitement of the street. The husband, believing himself neglected for
Lord Chumley
1914-06-14
After Gasper La Sage and his cohort, Blink Blunk, are released from prison, they make plans for anot
Near To Earth
1913-03-20
This is the story of Gato, an Italian immigrant, who lives with his wife, Marie, and his younger bro
The Stolen Loaf
1913-05-10
A poor man steals a loaf of bread to feed his family, not knowing there's a stolen diamond hidden in
A Dangerous Foe
1913-05-29
The judge's young daughter championed the cause of Ching Fow against "The Bull." Kindness begot kind
The Ranchero's Revenge
1913-06-02
The heartless woman with her partner answered the ranchero's call for a wife. Then the adventuress s
When Love Forgives
1913-08-02
Bessie, the bookkeeper, and Harry, the confidential clerk, are sweethearts. Harry does not fully rea
The Unholy Garden
1931-10-06
At a hotel in the middle of the Sahara, an old man and his daughter try to keep the location of a hi
The Coming of Angelo
1913-01-01
Young Theresa was thought to be much favored in the love of Guido, the leader of the Italian colony.
The Work Habit
1913-08-21
After a lifetime of hard work, Dad consents to live with his married daughter in the city. The young
Our Better Selves
1919-07-27
The marriage of a wealthy and frivolous member of French nobility, Loyette Merval, to an American ar
The Lesser Evil
1912-04-29
A young woman's peaceful existence is shattered when she is abducted by the crew of a boat of smuggl
The Midnight Flyer
1925-12-06
The speed of lightning; the roar of thunder; the thrills of an earthquake; it's "The midnight flyer"
The Old Actor
1912-05-06
An elderly actor who lives with his wife and daughter is dismissed from his acting job because he is
The New York Hat
1912-12-05
To fulfill a dying mother's bequest for her daughter, the town pastor purchases the daughter a styli
The Frontier Trail
1926-06-20
Dolly Mainard, en route to her father, a major at Fort Blaine, is escorted through dangerous Sioux t
Queen of the Chorus
1928-03-05
A chorus girl falls for a young man pretending to be his boss, a millionaire. WHen his boss returns
Crashin' Thru
1923-04-01
Gracia, a half-breed Indian girl, plots with Cons Saunders to steal cattle from Blake because he is
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
1919-06-29
The owner of a gambling hall is entrusted with the care of a pretty young girl. He falls in love wit
A Misunderstood Boy
1913-04-19
Everything he did seemed to be misconstrued, except by the little lady he loved. The town roisters m
The Battle at Elderbush Gulch
1913-12-01
Two young girls are sent away to live with their uncle, which sets off a chain of events resulting i
The Lure of the Circus
1918-11-18
Lure of the Circus is a 1918 American adventure film serial directed by J. P. McGowan.
The Yaqui Cur
1913-05-16
The prospector had taught the Indian boy the doctrine of peace. When his tribe resisted the attack o
The Woman in Black
1914-11-30
Young gypsy girl Mary, is seduced by the immoral Robert Crane and abandoned. She is exiled from the
Dora Thorne
1915-11-03
Ronald, heir to Lord Earle in Earlescourt, England, secretly loves Dora Thorne, a desirable but work
The Painted Lady
1912-10-24
A lonely young woman lives with her strict father who forbids her to wear make-up. One day at an ice
The Battle
1911-11-06
Union soldiers march off to battle amid cheering crowds. After the battle turns against the Union Ar
Saved from Himself
1911-12-10
Joseph Graybill, learning that his friends have been making a lot of money in the stock market, take
Friends
1912-09-22
The orphan Dora is courted by two different gold miners.
The Narrow Road
1912-08-01
Two men are released from prison after having served their sentences. One is determined to go straig
For His Son
1912-01-21
A father, anxious for his son's financial well being, develops a special soda pop called Dopokoke wh
The Eternal Mother
1912-01-10
John and Mary divorce their spouses to marry each other. Mary dies after giving birth and the baby i
The School Teacher and the Waif
1912-06-26
Nora, the waif, is forced to attend school. She warms to her teacher for the way that he defends her
The Bond Boy
1923-05-23
For the sake of his impoverished mother, Joe Newbolt bonds himself to harsh Isom Chase. Ollie Chase
The Phantom City
1928-12-27
A weird letter tells our heroes to go to a ghost town which has an abandoned mine. There they conten
Held to Answer
1923-11-22
John Hampstead gives up his career as an actor and his actress sweetheart, Marian Dounay, to become
The Lair of the Wolf
1917-08-20
Widow Margaret Dennis, unaware of the abusive nature of Oliver Cathcart, agrees to become his wife.
Name the Man
1924-01-27
Victor Stowell, son of the deemster of the Isle of Man, is engaged to Fenella Stanley. He becomes in
Chasing Choo Choos
1927-06-21
Virginia Craig will become super-wealthy and gain sole control of her factory, unless insubordinate
Her Mother's Oath
1913-06-28
The orthodox mother's indomitable will dwarfed the child's individuality, defeating the very purpose
By Man's Law
1913-11-22
An oil tycoon corners the market, then cuts jobs and causes much suffering. Because she's lost her j
The Beautiful Spy
1928-05-10
A complete version of the film is held by Cineteca Del Friuli.
The Larrimore Case
1916-04-19
Two stockbrokers love the same girl.
Full of Pep
1919-05-26
Returning from a selling trip, Jimmy Baxter, the fastest salesman at his father's munitions company,
The Carnation Kid
1929-03-02
It's a case of mistaken identity in this comedy that centers around a country bumpkin mistaken for a
The Faker
1929-01-02
Rita Martin, the partner of a phony spiritualist who uses information supplied by her to gull and as
Find Your Man
1924-09-01
Paul Andrews returns from the World War with Buddy, a dog he found in Europe. Instead of getting a w
The Lighthouse by the Sea
1924-12-01
A lighthouse keeper and his daughter are in trouble on two fronts--if the authorities find out he is
Man's Genesis
1912-07-10
An old man tells his grandchildren about prehistoric man: Caveman Weakhands is unable to court a wom
A Woman Scorned
1911-11-30
Thieves follow a doctor as he takes home a large sum of money. Later, when they break into his house
I'll Tell the World
1934-04-20
Lee Tracy once again plays a Winchellesque newspaper reporter in Universal's I'll Tell the World. Mo
The Bellamy Trial
1929-01-23
The Bellamy Trial is a 1929 American drama film directed by Monta Bell and written by Monta Bell and
Mothers Cry
1930-12-04
Having raised four children alone, widow Mary Williams still manages to love her eldest son, vicious
Old Ironsides
1926-12-06
An embellished account of the 1803 expedition by famed frigate U.S.S. Constitution--a.k.a. "Old Iron
The Honor of the Law
1914-06-29
The District Attorney came face to face with the man who he believed had murdered his father years b
Under Burning Skies
1912-02-21
Joe, "The Bad Man of San Fernand," is one tough customer. He sets his sights on a lovely young lady
Drums of Love
1928-01-24
A princess is betrothed to a deformed monarch, but falls hard for his handsome brother.
A Sailor’s Heart
1912-11-25
A sweetheart at every port has ever characterized the sailor, but it is believed that the sailor in
The Speed Demon
1912-07-14
An ambitious race driver who is not allowed to compete decides to outwit his competitors.
At the Altar
1909-02-25
At the Italian boarding house the male boarders were all smitten with the charms of Minnie, the land
A Woman in the Ultimate
1913-09-03
The unwilling dupe of her step-father, she became the decoy of the wealthy young man, but at the cru
Liberty Belles
1914-05-13
Liberty Belles, silent comedy film from 1914 starring Dorothy Gish, Jack Pickford, and Gertrude Bamb
The Blue Streak
1926-01-31
A young man is sent by his father to Mexico to investigate his mine. On the way he meets a girl, who
The Hungarian Nabob
1915-12-01
After Count John Karpathy, belovedly known as the Nabob, falls ill while entertaining the peasants o
Three Mounted Men
1918-10-06
Fellow convicts Cheyenne Harry and Buck Masters become even more bitter enemies when Buck agrees to
Michael O'Halloran
1923-06-10
Orphan newsboy Michael O'Halloran "adopts" Peaches, a little crippled girl, when her grandmother's d
East Side - West Side
1923-06-29
Poor, decent young woman Lory (Percy) avoids moral pratfalls after she is employed by a rich family.
One Stolen Night
1929-03-15
When his ne'er-do-well brother embezzles the commissary funds of their cavalry unit stationed in the
The Making of a Man
1911-10-04
A young woman becomes infatuated with the leading man of a traveling theatrical troupe. She sneaks a
Polly Redhead
1917-02-09
Aside from the fact that Polly had red hair in abundance, she was not otherwise an exceptional child
A Lodging for the Night
1912-05-09
Dick Logan, a young writer, stops at a little border town and takes lodging at the Mexican Inn. Two
The Unwelcome Guest
1913-03-15
Just before she dies, an elderly married woman stashes the horde of money she's secretly accumulated
Fate
1913-03-22
Sim Sloane and his beloved son were the reprobates of the village, not what would be called lovers o
A Feud in the Kentucky Hills
1912-10-03
The two brothers and their adopted daughter of the household grew up from childhood together. The gi
A Pueblo Legend
1912-08-29
A love story set among Native Americans.
With the Enemy's Help
1912-08-19
A discouraged prospector is about to give up his search when he hears his two little children prayin
The Inner Circle
1912-08-12
A lonely widower living in the Italian quarter of the city, whose only solace since the death of his
Home Folks
1912-06-06
Griffith interweaves two tales of one family: A stern father rules his family by what he thinks to b
Fate's Interception
1912-04-08
The representative of an American Syndicate comes to Mexico to look over some land. While there, he
The Telephone Girl and the Lady
1913-01-06
D.W. Griffith short intercuts two different stories before mixing them together at the end. The film
A Temporary Truce
1912-06-10
A Mexican is thrown out of a bar by a young prospector and swears to get even. Later, he kidnaps the
Thundering Hoofs
1924-10-25
The border bandit Severn is after Estrada's money. He not only gets Estrada to promise his daughter
Bitter Apples
1927-04-23
John Wyncote's father dies, leaving him a bankrupt business. He instructs the family attorney, Thord
What a Night!
1928-12-22
The daughter of an industrialist, Dorothy Winston, arranges to work on a newspaper in which her fath
The College Widow
1927-10-15
Following another instance of the perennial defeat of the Atwater College football team, President W
The Reformers
1913-07-06
Behold in this film the Uplifter, a peculiarity of the human species, quite convinced that all that
The City Gone Wild
1927-11-12
Hard-boiled underworld melodrama, with gang wars and gunfights, in which criminal lawyer turns prose
Danger Within
1918-05-11
A ruthless, miserly millionaire wakes up one day and finds that a quarantine sign reading "Danger Wi
The Eagle's Wings
1916-12-04
A senator fights for the passage of a war-preparedness bill, while foreign spies conspire to plan an
The Mysterious Mrs. M
1917-02-05
A depressed man grows to love life just as his fortune teller's predictions become dire.
Southern Justice
1917-05-28
Three old men -- Judge Moran (George Hernandez), Roger Appleby (Jack Curtis) and Caleb Talbot (Jean
The Fighting Grin
1918-01-28
A man bets his father $10,000 that he'll marry his girlfriend within the next week, even with the op
The Sunbeam
1912-02-26
Set in a tenement, a lonely confirmed bachelor occupies a room across the hall from a dour spinster.
The People vs. John Doe
1916-12-10
A farmer is unjustly convicted of a homicide he did not commit.
The Magic Eye
1918-04-01
During World War I, John Bowman, the captain of a tramp steamer, refuses to allow his wife and daugh
The Winged Mystery
1917-11-26
Louis and August Siever, the twins sons of a German father and American mother, are traveling in Eur
The Wanderer
1913-05-02
A little over six minutes survive of this Biograph short. Not to be confused with another Biograph s
The Better Man
1926-06-06
Lord Hugh Wainwright is a Britisher who, on his way to his California ranch, rescues pretty American
The Fighting Demon
1925-05-24
Richard Talmadge plays John Drake, a safe expert who gets work managing a safe company in South Amer
So Near, Yet So Far
1912-09-29
It's love at first sight for the Boy, but obstacles-- namely shyness, and the temerity of other suit
The God Within
1912-12-26
The woman of the camp implores her lover to marry her, and he promises to do so, but goes away and d
Free to Love
1925-11-19
An ex-reformatory girl seeks a new life with the help of a fatherly judge and an earnest young minis
Iola's Promise
1912-03-14
Iola, the little Indian girl, is held captive by a gang of cutthroats but is soon rescued by Jack Ha
Olaf—An Atom
1913-05-19
Broken by grief after his mother's death, Olaf becomes a wanderer. He is treated cruelly until he is
The Brass Bullet
1918-08-10
Rosalind Joy is a constantly imperiled heiress to a fortune in gold. An 18 part adventure serial
The Ghost
1911-07-20
A ghost has been the regular nightly visitor at a certain house so long that the occupants have gott
The Soul of Pierre
1915-09-15
Two tortured artists believe by committing suicide their souls will avail themselves on their ill fr
The Seekers
1916-07-17
The quiet life style of Ruth Heck and her brother Lem, who belong to a religious sect called the See
Soft Boiled
1923-08-26
John Steele, a rich uncle, threatens to disinherit his nephew, Tom Steele, unless the latter learns
The Home Stretch
1921-04-23
Johnny Hardwick (Douglas MacLean) is the owner of the fastest horse in the next race. Although it's
The Combat
1926-03-28
Blaze Burke, rough-and-ready lumberjack, is promised the job of camp boss if he eliminates a gang of
The Girl Who Won Out
1917-10-08
Orphaned after the death of their mother, Nancy Grimm and her baby sister Ellen are taken to the cou
Lena and the Geese
1912-06-17
A first-born baby girl is sent away and placed in the care of Gretchen, a trusted peasant woman, who
The Fatal Wedding
1914-01-19
The hero, Howard, has just married his sweetheart Mabel. Howard's ex-flame Cora remains in love with
The Man in the Saddle
1926-07-11
A party of campers return to Tom Stewart's ranch resort to report they have been held up by bandits.
The Whirlpool of Destiny
1916-09-10
George Bell, a wild young man, lives with his rancher father, Thomas Bell, in Paradise Valley, Calif
The Goddess of Sagebrush Gulch
1912-03-25
The Goddess, the prettiest and best-natured girl that ever graced that little mining town, meets the
The House of Darkness
1913-05-10
A potentially violent patient in an insane asylum is calmed when he hears a nurse playing the piano.
The Faded Lilies
1909-06-17
A disfigured violinist mistakes a token of appreciation for a love bouquet. When he realizes his mis
The Bronze Bride
1917-04-02
Disgusted with his son Harvey's attitude since his return from college, wealthy William Ogden turns
A Tender-Hearted Crook
1913-10-02
The girl decided after what happened at the garden party that she did not want his love any longer,
Money Madness
1917-05-28
When a bank is on the verge of collapse, its president, George Fuller, uses his own fortune to cover
The Lash of Power
1917-11-05
John Rand, having lived in a small town his entire life, dreams of possessing wealth and power in Ne
Lilies of the Field
1930-01-05
Mildred Harker loses custody of her child in a messy divorce settlement. Leaving her hometown in dis
The Miser's Heart
1911-11-20
Thieves decide to steal the money an old miser has hidden away. He refuses to open the safe for them
The House of Horror
1915-01-16
A drunken Clark threatens a moneylender, blacks out, and wakes to find the man murdered. He flees fr
Sadie McKee
1934-05-09
A maid has romances with a two-timer, a boozing millionaire and the master of the house.
The Massacre
1912-12-19
The story of the massacre of an Indian village, and the ensuing retaliation.
Somewhere in Sonora
1927-04-03
The Root of Evil
1912-03-18
A woman, driven by envy, is convinced that her husband loves another woman, leading her to a vengefu
A String of Pearls
1912-03-07
A story about a poor young man who falls ill, while his wealthy employer ignores his plight and inst
The Girl Who Wouldn't Quit
1918-03-13
Roscoe Tracy, the foreman of a large mining camp, is unjustly sentenced to life in prison for robber
The Fourth Witness
1917-02-16
William Bryant, a hopeless invalid due to a profligate life and made vicious by the fact, lives to m
The Town Scandal
1923-04-16
Broadway chorus girl Jean Crosby visits her sister in Murphysburg and finds that not only has her br
The Oath and the Man
1910-09-21
A rich nobleman steals a perfume merchant's wife just prior to the French Revolution, in which the p
The Adventures of Billy
1911-10-18
Billy witnesses two tramps accidentally kill someone during a robbery. The tramps lock him up and de
Beloved Jim
1917-12-09
Jim Brockton had three interests in life: His nephew, Donald: the Trinity, three friends of differen