Charles Rock (30 May 1866 – 12 July 1919) was a British actor. He was born Arthur Charles Rock de Fabeck.
Rock also wrote at least one play: ''The Ghost of Jerry Bundler'', adapted from
W. W. Jacobs
William Wymark Jacobs (8 September 1863 – 1 September 1943) was an English author of short fiction and drama. His best remembered story is "The Monkey's Paw". He was born in Wapping, London, on 8 September 1863, the son of William Gage Jacobs ...
' story ''Jerry Bundler''. It was cast at the
Haymarket Theatre Sept. 9, 1902, with Rock starring as the character George (waiter).
Selected filmography
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She Stoops to Conquer
''She Stoops to Conquer'' is a comedy by Oliver Goldsmith, first performed in London in 1773. The play is a favourite for study by English literature and theatre classes in the English-speaking world. It is one of the few plays from the 18t ...
'' (1914)
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The Third String'' (1914)
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The Black Spot'' (1914)
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Called Back'' (1914)
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The Christian'' (1915)
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The Firm of Girdlestone
''The Firm of Girdlestone'' is a novel by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It was first published in 1890 by Chatto and Windus in London, England. In 1915 a silent film adaptation '' The Firm of Girdlestone'' was made. A 1958 BBC televisio ...
'' (1915)
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The Prisoner of Zenda
''The Prisoner of Zenda'' is an 1894 adventure novel by Anthony Hope, in which the King of Ruritania is drugged on the eve of his coronation and thus is unable to attend the ceremony. Political forces within the realm are such that, in orde ...
'' (1915)
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Rupert of Hentzau
''Rupert of Hentzau'' is a sequel by Anthony Hope to ''The Prisoner of Zenda'', written in 1895 but not published in book form until 1898.
The novel was serialized in '' The Pall Mall Magazine'' and '' McClure's Magazine'' from December 1897 t ...
'' (1915)
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Beau Brocade'' (1916)
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A Fair Impostor'' (1916)
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Esther
Esther is the eponymous heroine of the Book of Esther. In the Achaemenid Empire, the Persian king Ahasuerus seeks a new wife after his queen, Vashti, is deposed for disobeying him. Hadassah, a Jewess who goes by the name of Esther, is chosen ...
'' (1916)
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Partners at Last'' (1916)
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The Hypocrites'' (1916)
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The Romance of Old Bill
''The Romance of Old Bill'' is a 1918 British silent comedy war directed by George Pearson and starring Charles Rock, Arthur Cleave and Hugh E. Wright. It was made at Twickenham Studios. It is based on the play '' The Better 'Ole'', with the s ...
'' (1918)
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A Romany Lass'' (1918)
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The Chinese Puzzle'' (1919)
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1866 births
1919 deaths
English male film actors
English male silent film actors
20th-century English male actors
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