Charles Kent (actor)

British-American actor and director

Charles Kent

Kent in Photoplay, 1916

Born| (1852-06-18)18 June 1852

London, England

Died| 21 May 1923(1923-05-21) (aged 70)

Brooklyn, New York, U.S.

Years active| 1878–1923

Charles Kent (18 June 1853 – 21 May 1923)[1] was a British-American stage actor and silent film actor and director. He appeared in more than 140 films between 1908 and 1923. He also directed 36 films between 1908 and 1913.[2]

## Personal life

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Kent was born on 18 June 1853[3] in London to Frederick Kent, an Englishman, and Martha Kent, a French woman. He came to the United States in 1875 at the age of 23, and died on May 21, 1923, after a long-lasting illness, and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery.[4][3]

## Career

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Kent was "a veteran stage actor" before he began working in films[5] having been on stage for 50 years.[6] He began working with Vitagraph Studios in 1908.[5]

## Death

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Kent died on May 21, 1923, in a hospital in Brooklyn, aged 69.[6]

## Partial filmography

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* Antony and Cleopatra (1908)
* Macbeth (1908)
* The Life of Moses (1909)
* A Midsummer Night's Dream (1909)
* Twelfth Night (1910)
* Jean the Match-Maker (1910)
* A Tale of Two Cities (1911)
* A Reformed Santa Claus (1911)
* As You Like It (1912)
* The Doctor's Secret (1913)
* A Florida Enchantment (1914)
* The Strange Story of Sylvia Gray (1914)
* Hearts and the Highway (1915)
* The Battle Cry of Peace (1915)
* The Tarantula (1916)
* The Chattel (1916)
* The Scarlet Runner (1916)
* The Blue Envelope Mystery (1916)
* The Enemy (1916)
* Kennedy Square (1916)
* Whom the Gods Destroy (1916)
* The Marriage Speculation (1917)
* The Money Mill (1917)
* Wild Primrose (1918)
* Tangled Lives (1918)
* Thin Ice (1919)
* Counterfeit (1919)
* The Birth of a Soul (1920)
* Man and His Woman (1920)
* The Forbidden Valley (1920)
* Human Collateral (1920)
* The Single Track (1921)
* The Charming Deceiver (1921)
* Rainbow (1921)
* The Prodigal Judge (1922)
* The Leopardess (1923)
* The Ragged Edge (1923)
* The Purple Highway (1923)

## References

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1. ^ Ancestry.com. New York, New York, U.S., Extracted Death Index, 1862-1948 [database on-line]. Provo, Utah, US: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
2. ^ Silent Film Necrology, p.282 2nd Edition c.2001 by Eugene M. Vazzana ISBN 0-7864-1059-0
3. ^ a b "Charles Kent Dies; Prominent Actor". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 23 May 1923. p. 24. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
4. ^ New York City Department of Records & Information Services; New York City, New York; New York City Death Certificates; Borough: Brooklyn; Year: 1923
5. ^ a b Brown, Kelly R. (18 September 2014). Florence Lawrence, the Biograph Girl: America's First Movie Star. McFarland. p. 16\. ISBN 978-1-4766-1317-8. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
6. ^ a b The Best Plays. Dodd, Mead. 1923. pp. 600–601. Retrieved 12 October 2022.

## External links

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* Charles Kent at IMDb
* Charles Kent at the Internet Broadway Database

Authority control databases

International|

* ISNI
* VIAF
* WorldCat

National|

* United States
* France
* BnF data

Other|

* SNAC
* Yale LUX