Charles Sellon | |
Birth Date: | August 24, 1870 |
Birth Place: | Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Death Place: | La Crescenta, California, U.S. |
Restingplace: | Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery |
Occupation: | Actor |
Years Active: | 1901–1935 |
Spouse: | Florence E. Willis (1896-1937, his death) |
Children: | 1 |
Charles A. Sellon (August 24, 1870 - June 26, 1937) was an American stage and film actor.
Sellon appeared in more than 100 films and stage acts between 1901 and 1935. He played the blind Mr. Muckle in W. C. Fields' comedy It's a Gift (1934) and the wheelchair-using uncle in Bright Eyes (1934) with Shirley Temple. His other films included The Mighty, The Painted Desert, and Tracked in the Snow Country.[1]
On Broadway, Sellon appeared in The Challenge (1919), Roads of Destiny (1918), The Pawn (1917), and The Cat and the Fiddle (1907).[2]
Sellon was married to Florence E. Willis from 1896 until his death. They had one child together: a son, Robert Charles Sellon.[3]