Charles Byer (February 28, 1893 – November 28, 1953) was an American

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of the

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.Babington & Barr p. 133 He appeared in films for a variety of companies including

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, Tiffany, and

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. He played a mixture of supporting and leading roles.

Selected filmography

* ''

Headin' Home ''Headin' Home'' is a 1920 American silent biopic sports film directed by Lawrence C. Windom. It attempts to create a mythology surrounding the life of baseball player Babe Ruth. The screenplay was written by Arthur "Bugs" Baer from a story b ...

'' (1920) * '' Ten Nights in a Bar Room'' (1921) * '' The Man Who Paid'' (1922) * '' How Women Love'' (1922) * ''

Lost in a Big City ''Lost in a Big City'' is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by George Irving and starring John Lowell, Charles Byer and Jane Thomas.Munden p.452 Cast * John Lowell as Harry Farley * Baby Ivy Ward as Florence * Jane Thomas as Helen * ...

'' (1923) * ''

Unseeing Eyes ''Unseeing Eyes'' is a lost 1923 American silent north country drama film produced by William Randolph Hearst and distributed by Goldwyn Pictures. Edward H. Griffith directed Lionel Barrymore, Seena Owen, Louis Wolheim, and Gustav von Seyffert ...

'' (1923) * '' The Trail of the Law'' (1924) * ''

Week End Husbands ''Week End Husbands'' is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Edward H. Griffith produced by Daniel Carson Goodman and released by the Equity Pictures Company. The film stars Alma Rubens and was made in New York. Plot As described in a ...

'' (1924) * ''

Youth for Sale ''Youth for Sale'' is a 1924 silent American drama film directed by Christy Cabanne and starring May Allison, Sigrid Holmquist, and Richard Bennett. It was released on August 1, 1924. Cast list * May Allison as Molly Malloy * Sigrid Holmq ...

'' (1924) * ''

The Unguarded Hour ''The Unguarded Hour'' is a 1936 American drama film directed by Sam Wood and starring Loretta Young and Franchot Tone. In England, a prominent young prosecutor in a murder trial is unaware that his wife is involved. It is based on Bernard Meriv ...

'' (1925) * '' A Man Must Live'' (1925) * ''

The Shock Punch ''The Shock Punch'' is a 1925 American silent boxing drama film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It starred Richard Dix and Frances Howard. Plot Coming face-to-face with a couple of ruffians, champion bo ...

'' (1925) * ''

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'' (1925) * '' The Virgin Wife'' (1926) * ''

So's Your Old Man ''So's Your Old Man'' is a 1926 American silent comedy film directed by Gregory La Cava and starring W. C. Fields and Alice Joyce. It was written by J. Clarkson Miller based on the story "Mr. Bisbee's Princess" by Julian Leonard Street as adap ...

'' (1926) * '' Shanghai Bound'' (1927) * '' New York'' (1927) * ''

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'' (1927) * ''

Beautiful But Dumb ''Beautiful But Dumb'' is a 1928 American silent romantic comedy film directed by Elmer Clifton and starring Patsy Ruth Miller, Charles Byer and George E. Stone.Munden p.45 A stenographer has a makeover and schemes to snare her boss. Cast * ...

'' (1928) * ''

Taxi 13 ''Taxi 13'' is a 1928 silent film comedy produced and distributed by Film Booking Offices of America and directed by Marshall Neilan. The film stars Chester Conklin in what is FBO's first film with a pre-recorded soundtrack. Once thought lost, ...

'' (1928) * ''

Clothes Make the Woman ''Clothes Make the Woman'' is a surviving 1928 American silent historical romantic drama film directed by Tom Terriss, and starring Eve Southern and Walter Pidgeon. The film is loosely based on the story of Anna Anderson, a Polish woman who cl ...

'' (1928) * ''

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'' (1928) * '' A Horseman of the Plains''(1928) * '' Alex the Great'' (1928) * ''

Red Riders of Canada ''Red Riders of Canada'' is a 1928 American silent Western film directed by Robert De Lacey and starring Patsy Ruth Miller, Rex Lease and Harry Woods.Munden, p. 641 Cast * Patsy Ruth Miller as Joan Duval * Charles Byer as RCMP Sergeant B ...

'' (1928) * ''

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'' (1929) * ''

The Delightful Rogue ''The Delightful Rogue'' is a 1929 pre-Code romantic adventure film produced and distributed by RKO Pictures. The film was directed by A. Leslie Pearce, with the screenplay by Wallace Smith, based on his short story, ''A Woman Decides''. The ...

'' (1929) * ''

Molly and Me ''Molly and Me'' is a 1945 American comedy film directed by Lewis Seiler and starring Monty Woolley, Gracie Fields, Reginald Gardiner and Roddy McDowall and released by 20th Century Fox. The screenplay was based on the novel written by Frances ...

'' (1929) * ''

Red Hot Speed ''Red Hot Speed'' is a 1929 American comedy film directed by Joseph Henabery and starring Reginald Denny, Alice Day and Charles Byer. It was made during the conversion from silent to sound film, and had talking sequences using the Movietone re ...

'' (1929) * '' Romance of the Rio Grande'' (1929)

References

Bibliography

* Bruce Babington & Charles Barr. ''The Call of the Heart: John M. Stahl and Hollywood Melodrama''. Indiana University Press, 2018.

External links

* 1893 births 1953 deaths American male film actors People from Newark, New Jersey American male silent film actors 20th-century American male actors {{US-film-actor-stub