Charles Albert Murray (June 22, 1872 – July 29, 1941), was an American film actor of the

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. Murray was born in

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, on June 22, 1872, to Isaac Murray and Martha Ellen "Mollie" Murray (née Sullenburger). Murray was a comedian in vaudeville and on stage for 20 years, forming the Murray and Mack team, before he began acting in films. His first work in films was for Biograph. His work in films included appearing in

The Cohens and Kellys ''The Cohens and Kellys'' is a 1926 American silent comedy film directed by Harry A. Pollard and starring Charles Murray, George Sidney, Kate Price, and Jason Robards Sr. The film is the first of the ''Cohens and Kellys'' film serials. The f ...

series with

George Sidney George Sidney (October 4, 1916May 5, 2002) was an American film director and producer who worked primarily at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. His work includes cult classics ''Bye Bye Birdie'' (1963) and ''Viva Las Vegas'' (1964). With an extensive backgro ...

. He appeared in more than 280 films between 1912 and 1938, starting with film shorts. He also directed five films. Murray was married to Nellie Bae Hamilton. He died in

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, from

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. For his contribution to motion pictures, decades after his death, he was honored with a star on the

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at 1725 Vine Street.

Selected filmography

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His Auto's Maiden Trip ''His Auto's Maiden Trip'' is a 1912 silent short film directed by Dell Henderson and produced by the Biograph Company. It was distributed through the General Film Company. It was shown in split-reel form with ''The Club-Man and the Crook''(1912) ...

'' (1912, Short) * ''

Safe in Jail ''Safe in Jail'' is a 1913 American short comedy film featuring Fatty Arbuckle. Cast * Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle * Charles Avery * Edgar Kennedy * Hank Mann * Charles Murray * Ford Sterling See also * List of American films of 1913 * Fatty A ...

'' (1913, Short) * ''

Murphy's I.O.U. ''Murphy's I.O.U.'' is a 1913 American short comedy film featuring Fatty Arbuckle. Cast * Phyllis Allen * Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle * Nick Cogley * Dot Farley * Henry Lehrman * Fred Mace as Murphy * Hank Mann * Charles Murray * Mack Sennett a ...

'' (1913, Short) - (uncredited) * ''

Red Hicks Defies the World ''Red Hicks Defies the World'' is a 1913 American short comedy film featuring Harry Carey. Cast * Charles Murray - Red Hicks * Edward Dillon - O'Shea, the Fighting Irishman * Dorothy Gish - Hicks' Sweetheart * Kate Toncray - Hick's Mother * ...

'' (1913, Short) - Red Hicks * ''

Almost a Wild Man ''Almost a Wild Man'' is a 1913 Canadian silent short black and white film directed by Dell Henderson, written by William Beaudine and starring Dorothy Gish. Cast * Charles Murray as McDoo * Gus Pixley as The Wild Man * Edward Dillon as Rooly, ...

'' (1913, Short) - McDoo * ''

The Mothering Heart ''The Mothering Heart'' is a 1913 American short drama film directed by D. W. Griffith. A print of the film survives in the film archive of the Museum of Modern Art. Plot The film opens by showing a young woman (Lillian Gish) in a garden. She ...

'' (1913, Short) - Male Apache Dancer * ''

Professor Bean's Removal ''Professor Bean's Removal'' is a 1913 American short comedy film featuring Fatty Arbuckle. Cast * Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle * Charles Murray * Mabel Normand * Ford Sterling See also * List of American films of 1913 * Fatty Arbuckle filmograp ...

'' (1913, Short) * ''

The Riot ''The Riot'' is a 1913 American short comedy film directed by Mack Sennett and starring Fatty Arbuckle. Cast * Phyllis Allen * Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle * Alice Davenport * Hank Mann * Charles Murray * Mabel Normand * Ford Sterling * Al St. Joh ...

'' (1913, Short) * '' With the Aid of Phrenology'' (1913, Short) The Husband * ''

Two Old Tars ''Two Old Tars'' is a 1913 American short comedy film featuring Fatty Arbuckle. Cast * Phyllis Allen * Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle * Nick Cogley * Charles Murray * Ford Sterling See also * List of American films of 1913 * Fatty Arbuckle filmogra ...

'' (1913, Short) * ''

Her Friend the Bandit ''Her Friend the Bandit'' is a 1914 American comedy silent film made by Keystone Studios starring Charles Chaplin and Mabel Normand, both of whom co-directed the movie. It is considered lost. Synopsis Charlie plays an elegant bandit with whom ...

'' (1914, Short) - Count De Beans * ''

Mabel's Married Life ''Mabel's Married Life'' (1914) is an American comedy silent film made by Keystone Studios starring and co-written by Charles Chaplin and Mabel Normand, and directed by Chaplin. As was so often the case during his first year in film, Chaplin' ...

'' (1914, Short) - Man in Bar * '' Love and Bullets'' (1914, Short) - Charlie * '' The Masquerader'' (1914, Short) - Film Director * ''

His New Profession ''His New Profession'' is a 1914 American comedy silent film made at the Keystone Studios and starring Charlie Chaplin. The film involves Chaplin taking care of a man in a wheelchair. It is also known as "The Good for Nothing". Synopsis The T ...

'' (1914, Short) - Drinker (uncredited) * ''

Killing Horace ''Killing Horace'' is a 1914 American short comedy film starring Fatty Arbuckle. Cast * Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle * Charles Murray See also * List of American films of 1914 * Fatty Arbuckle filmography __NOTOC__ These are the films of the Amer ...

'' (1914, Short) - Horace * ''

Fatty Again ''Fatty Again'' is a 1914 American short comedy film directed by and starring Fatty Arbuckle. Cast * Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle * Minta Durfee * Charles Murray * Ricca Allen * Jess Dandy as Carnival Boss (uncredited) See also * List of Americ ...

'' (1914, Short) - Carnival Customer * ''The Noise of Bombs'' (1914, Short) - Constable Murray * '' Tillie's Punctured Romance'' (1914) - Detective in 'A Thief's Fate' (uncredited) * ''

Rum and Wall Paper ''Rum and Wall Paper'' is a 1915 American short comedy film starring Fatty Arbuckle. Cast * Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle * Chester Conklin * Alice Davenport * Charles Murray * Mabel Normand * Frank Hayes See also * Fatty Arbuckle filmography _ ...

'' (1915, Short) - The Paperhanger * ''

Hogan's Romance Upset ''Hogan's Romance Upset'' is a 1915 American short comedy film directed by Charles Avery and featuring both Fatty Arbuckle and Harold Lloyd in uncredited roles as a spectators. Cast * Charles Murray as Hogan * Bobby Dunn as Weary Willie * Loui ...

'' (1915, Short) - Hogan * ''

Their Social Splash ''Their Social Splash'' is a 1915 short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd. Cast * Slim Summerville - Harold * Dixie Chene - Gladys * Charles Murray - Hogan * Polly Moran - Polly * Frank Hayes - The Father * Harold Lloyd - The Minister * Har ...

'' (1915, Short) - Hogan - the Unruly Guest * ''

Fatty and the Broadway Stars ''Fatty and the Broadway Stars'' is a 1915 American short comedy film directed by and starring Fatty Arbuckle. Cast * Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle * Ivy Crosthwaite * Mack Sennett * Joe Weber * Lew Fields * Sam Bernard * William Collier Sr. * Joe ...

'' (1915, Short) - Sam Bernard's Director * ''

Watch Your Neighbor ''Watch Your Neighbor'' is a 1918 silent film comedy short directed by Hampton Del Ruth and Victor Heerman. It starred Charles Murray and Mary Thurman. It was produced by Mack Sennett in a distribution deal with Paramount Pictures. Cast *Charles ...

'' (1918) - M. Balmer, an Undertaker * ''

Yankee Doodle in Berlin ''Yankee Doodle in Berlin'' is a 1919 American silent comedy and World War I propaganda film from producer Mack Sennett. It was Sennett's most expensive production up to that time. Hiram Abrams was the original State's Rights marketer before th ...

'' (1919) - An Irish-American Soldier * ''

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'' (1919) - Shamus O'Connell * ''

Salome vs. Shenandoah ''Salome vs. Shenandoah'' is a 1919 American silent film comedy short directed by Ray Grey, Erle C. Kenton, and Ray Hunt. It starred Ben Turpin, Charles Murray, and Phyllis Haver. It was produced by Mack Sennett and distributed by Famous Player ...

'' (1919) - 'Herod' * ''Married Life'' (1920) - Patron of the Arts * ''

Love, Honor and Behave ''Love, Honor and Behave'' is a 1938 American drama film directed by Stanley Logan and starring Wayne Morris and Priscilla Lane. The supporting cast includes John Litel, Thomas Mitchell, Dick Foran and Dickie Moore. " Bei Mir Bist Du Sc ...

'' (1920) - His Honor - Judge Fawcett * ''

A Small Town Idol ''A Small Town Idol'' is a 1921 American silent feature comedy film produced by Mack Sennett and released through Associated First National. The film stars Ben Turpin and was made and acted by many of the same Sennett personnel from his previou ...

'' (1921) - Sheriff Wilbur Sparks * ''Home Talent'' (1921) - The Landlord * ''

The Crossroads of New York ''The Crossroads of New York'' is a lost 1922 American silent comedy film directed by F. Richard Jones and an all-star cast of silent comedians. It was produced by Mack Sennett and released through First National Distributors. Plot As describ ...

'' (1922) - Judge * ''Luck'' (1923) - The Plumber * '' Bright Lights of Broadway'' (1923) - El Jumbo * ''

Painted People ''Painted People'' is a 1924 American silent comedy-drama film directed by Clarence G. Badger and starring Colleen Moore. It was produced and distributed by Associated First National Pictures. Plot As described in a review of the film in a film ...

'' (1924) - Tom Byrne * '' Lilies of the Field'' (1924) - Charles Lee * ''

Fools Highway ''Fools Highway'' is a 1924 American silent romantic drama film directed by Irving Cummings and starring Mary Philbin. The film was produced and released by Universal Pictures. Plot As described in a film magazine review, Mamie Rose, little ...

'' (1924) - Mamie's Father * ''

The Girl in the Limousine ''The Girl in the Limousine'' is a 1924 American comedy film starring Larry Semon and featuring Oliver Hardy. The film is based on the 1919 play of the same name by Wilson Collison and Avery Hopwood. Plot Cast Preservation With no prin ...

'' (1924) - The Butler * ''

The Fire Patrol ''The Fire Patrol'' is surviving American 1924 silent melodrama film directed by Hunt Stromberg and starring Anna Q. Nilsson that was based upon the 1891 play of the same name by James W. Harkins and Edwin Barbour. Stromberg also produced the fil ...

'' (1924) - Fireman * ''

Empty Hearts ''Empty Hearts'' is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Alfred Santell. Adele Buffington wrote the scenario based on Evelyn Campbell's story published in '' Metropolitan''. Plot Milt Kimberlin marries a cabaret dancer who dies after he ...

'' (1924) - Joe Delane * '' The Mine with the Iron Door'' (1924) - Bob Hill * '' Sundown'' (1924) - Pat Meech * '' Wizard of Oz'' (1925) - Wizard of Oz * ''

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'' (1925) - Greaves * ''

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'' (1925) - Holy Joe * ''

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'' (1925) - Captain Joe Barnby *''

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'' (1925) - Judson Black * '' Fighting the Flames'' (1925) - Pawnbroker * ''

Paint and Powder ''Paint and Powder'' is a surviving 1925 American silent drama film produced and released by the Chadwick Pictures. The director of the film was Hunt Stromberg, later be best known as a producer and one of Louis B. Mayer's right hand men over a ...

'' (1925) - Cabman * '' Classified'' (1925) - Old Man Comet * ''

Why Women Love ''Why Women Love'' (also known as ''Sea Woman'') is a 1925 American silent drama film produced and directed by Edwin Carewe and distributed by First National Pictures. Blanche Sweet starred in the film which was based on the Broadway play ''Th ...

'' (1925) - Josiah Scott * ''

Steel Preferred ''Steel Preferred'' is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by James P. Hogan and starring Vera Reynolds, William Boyd, and Hobart Bosworth. The film portrays a power struggle at a steelworks. Plot As described in a film magazine review, ...

'' (1925) - Dicker * ''

Mike Mike may refer to: Animals * Mike (cat), cat and guardian of the British Museum * Mike the Headless Chicken, chicken that lived for 18 months after his head had been cut off * Mike (chimpanzee), a chimpanzee featured in several books and docume ...

'' (1926) - Father * ''

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'' (1926) - Pa O'Dare * ''

The Reckless Lady ''The Reckless Lady'' is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by Howard Higgin and starring Belle Bennett, Lois Moran, James Kirkwood, and Lowell Sherman. Plot As described in a film magazine review, the attentions of Feodor, a Russian ...

'' (1926) - Gendarme * ''

The Devil's Circus ''The Devil's Circus'' is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by Danish director Benjamin Christensen, based upon his screenplay. The film stars Norma Shearer and Charles Emmett Mack. It was the first of seven films directed by Christens ...

'' (1926) - Circus Member (uncredited) * ''

'' (1926) - Patrick Kelly * '' Her Second Chance'' (1926) - Bell * '' The Boob'' (1926) - Cactus Jim * ''

Sweet Daddies ''Sweet Daddies'' is a 1926 American silent comedy crime film directed by Alfred Santell and starring George Sidney, Charles Murray, and Vera Gordon. The film foregrounds positive relationships between Jewish and Irish American characters, despi ...

'' (1926) - Patrick O'Brien * ''

Mismates ''Mismates'' is a 1926 silent film starring Doris Kenyon and Warner Baxter. The movie was written by Sada Cowan from a play by Myron C. Fagan and directed by Charles Brabin. This film is now lost.Subway Sadie ''Subway Sadie'' is a 1926 American silent comedy-drama film directed by Alfred Santell. Adapted from Mildred Cram's 1925 short story "Sadie of the Desert", the film focuses on a relationship between New York salesgirl Sadie Hermann ( Dorothy M ...

'' (1926) - Taxicab Driver * ''

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'' (1926) - Lord Lumley * ''

The Silent Lover ''The Silent Lover'' is a 1926 American silent adventure film directed by George Archainbaud and starring Milton Sills, Natalie Kingston and Viola Dana.Munden p.717 Cast * Milton Sills as Count Pierre Tornal * Natalie Kingston as Vera Sherman ...

'' (1926) - O'Reilly * '' The Masked Woman'' (1927) - André O'Donohue * ''

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'' (1927) - Dan McFadden * ''

Lost at the Front ''Lost at the Front'' is a 1927 American comedy film directed by Del Lord and written by Hampton Del Ruth, Frank Griffin and Ralph Spence. The film stars George Sidney, Charles Murray, Natalie Kingston, John Kolb, Max Asher and Brooks Benedic ...

'' (1927) - Patrick Muldoon * ''

The Poor Nut ''The Poor Nut'' is a 1927 American comedy film directed by Richard Wallace and written by Paul Schofield. It is based on the 1925 play ''The Poor Nut'' by J. C. Nugent and Elliott Nugent. The film stars Jack Mulhall, Charles Murray, Jean Art ...

'' (1927) - Doc Murphy * '' The Gorilla'' (1927) - Garrity * ''

The Life of Riley ''The Life of Riley'' is an American radio situation comedy series of the 1940s that was adapted into a 1949 feature film, a 1950s television series, and a 1958 comic book. Radio The radio program initially aired on the Blue Network (later kn ...

'' (1927) - Timothy Riley (fire chief) * ''

The Cohens and the Kellys in Paris ''The Cohens and the Kellys in Paris'' is a 1928 American comedy film directed by William Beaudine. It was the first sequel to ''The Cohens and Kellys''. The film title is sometimes listed as ''The Cohens and Kellys in Paris''. It was an early ...

'' (1928) - Minor Role * '' The Pioneer Scout'' (1928) - Minor Role * ''

Flying Romeos ''Flying Romeos'' is a 1928 American comedy adventure directed by Mervyn LeRoy and written by John McDermott, Sidney Lazarus, Gene Towne and John W. Conway.Erickson, Hal"Review: 'Flying Romeos' (1928) – Mervyn LeRoy."''AllMovie'', 2019. Retr ...

'' (1928) - Cohan * ''

Vamping Venus ''Vamping Venus'' is a 1928 American comedy film directed by Edward F. Cline, written by Howard J. Green and Ralph Spence, and starring Charles Murray, Louise Fazenda, Thelma Todd, Russ Powell, Joe Bonomo and Guinn "Big Boy" Williams. It wa ...

'' (1928) - Michael Cassidy / King Cassidy of Ireland * ''

The Head Man ''The Head Man'' is a 1928 American drama film directed by Edward F. Cline and written by Gerald Duffy, Howard J. Green, Sidney Lazarus and Harvey F. Thew. The film stars Charles Murray, Loretta Young, Larry Kent, Lucien Littlefield, E. J. Ra ...

'' (1928) - Watts * '' Do Your Duty'' (1928) - Tim Maloney * ''

The Cohens and the Kellys in Scotland ''The Cohens and the Kellys in Scotland'' is a 1930 American comedy film. It is one of '' The Cohens and Kellys'' series, and is also the series' first sound film. It was directed by William James Craft and produced and released by Universal Pic ...

'' (1930) - Kelly * ''

Clancy in Wall Street ''Clancy in Wall Street'' is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film. It stars Charles Murray, who had made a number of films for Edward Small. It was also known as ''Clancy Caught Short'' and was described as the first comedy about the stock mark ...

'' (1930) - Michael Clancy * '' King of Jazz'' (1930) - Comic Specialty (scenes deleted) * ''Around the Corner'' (1930) - O'Grady * ''

The Cohens and the Kellys in Africa ''The Cohens and the Kellys in Africa'' is an American pre-Code comedy film.

'' (1930) - Kelly * ''

Caught Cheating ''Caught Cheating'' is a 1931 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by Frank R. Strayer from a screenplay by W. Scott Darling. The film stars Charles Murray, George Sidney, and Nita Martan, and it was released by Tiffany Productions on January ...

'' (1931) - T. McGillicuddy Hungerford * ''

The Stolen Jools ''The Stolen Jools'' is a 1931 American pre-Code comedy short produced by the Masquers Club of Hollywood, featuring many cameo appearances by film stars of the day. The stars appeared in the film, distributed by Paramount Pictures, to raise fu ...

'' (1931, Short) - Kell * ''

The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood ''The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood'' is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy film directed by John Francis Dillon and written by Howard J. Green. The film stars George Sidney, Charles Murray, June Clyde, Norman Foster, Esther Howard, and Emma Dunn ...

'' (1932) - Michael Kelly * ''

The Cohens and Kellys in Trouble ''The Cohens and Kellys in Trouble'' is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film starring Charlie Murray, Andy Devine, and Maureen O'Sullivan. It is the last film in the ''Cohens and Kellys'' series and the first director credit for George Stevens ...

'' (1933) - Captain Patrick Kelly * ''

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'' (1936) - Chief Engineer McDuffy * '' Circus Girl'' (1937) - Slippery * ''

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'' (1937) - Sheriff * '' Breaking the Ice'' (1938) - Janitor

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