Charles K. Gerrard Explained

Charles K. Gerrard
Birth Name:	Charles Kavanagh
Birth Date:	20 December 1883
Birth Place:	Carlow, County Carlow, Ireland, United Kingdom
Occupation:	Actor
Yearsactive:	1916–1934

Charles K. Gerrard (20 December 1883 – 1 January 1969), also known as Charles Kavanagh, was an Irish-American motion-picture actor, and the elder brother of actor and film director Douglas Gerrard.^[1]

Selected filmography

• His Brother's Wife (1916)
• The Prince Chap (1916) - Jack Rodney, Earl of Huntington
• Miss Petticoats (1916) - Count Renier
• The Country That God Forgot (1916) - Craig Wells
• The Plow Girl (1916) - Lord Percy Brentwood
• The Heart of Texas Ryan (1917) - Sen. J. Murray Allison (uncredited)
• Melting Millions (1917) - Hamilton
• A Woman's Awakening (1917) - Lawrence Topham
• Down to Earth (1917) - Charles Riddles - Ethel's Lover
• Little Miss Optimist (1917) - Samuel Winter
• The Fair Barbarian (1917) - Capt. Francis Barold
• The Legion of Death (1918) - Grand Duke Orlof
• The Demon (1918) - Tom Rearrdon
• Playthings (1918) - Gordon Trenwith
• The Hun Within (1918) - Karl Wagner
• Beans (1918) - Wingate
• She Hired a Husband (1918) - Gerald Grant
• Venus in the East (1919) - Maddie Knox
• Pettigrew's Girl (1919) - Hugh Varick
• Something to Do (1919) - Thompson
• The Pest (1919) - John Harland
• The New Moon (1919) - Theo Kameneff
• The Isle of Conquest (1919) - Van Surdam
• The Teeth of the Tiger (1919) - Gordon Savage
• Counterfeit (1919) - Vincent Cortez
• Mary Ellen Comes to Town (1920) - William Gurson, aka 'Will the Weasel'
• Why Women Sin (1920) - Baron de Ville
• Whispers (1920) - J. Dyke Summers
• The World and His Wife (1920) - Don Alvarez
• Blackbirds (1920) - Duval
• The Passionate Pilgrim (1921) - Qualters
• Out of the Chorus (1921) - Ned Ormsby
• The Gilded Lily (1921) - John Stewart
• Sheltered Daughters (1921) - French Pete
• Conceit (1921) - Carl Richards
• French Heels (1922) - Keith Merwyn
• Heroes and Husbands (1922) - Martin Tancray
• Sure Fire Flint (1922) - Dipley Poole
• When Knighthood Was in Flower (1922) - Sir Adam Judson
• The Lights of New York (1922) - Jim Slade
• Pawned (1922) - Dr. Crang
• Anna Ascends (1922) - Count Rostoff
• The Darling of the Rich (1922) - Torrence Welch
• The Glimpses of the Moon (1923) - 'Streffy' (Lord Altringham)
• Richard the Lion-Hearted (1923) - Sultan Saladin
• The Dangerous Maid (1923) - Sir Peter Dare
• Her Temporary Husband (1923) - Clarence Topping
• Loving Lies (1924) - Tom Hayden
• Lilies of the Field (1924) - Ted Conroy
• Circe, the Enchantress (1924) - Ballard 'Bal' Barrett
• Off the Highway (1925) - Hector Kindon
• California Straight Ahead (1925) - Creighton Deane
• The Man on the Box (1925) - Count Karaloff
• The Wedding Song (1925) - Paul Glynn
• Accused (1925) - Lait Rodman
• The Better 'Ole (1926) - Maj. Russett
• The Nervous Wreck (1926) - Reggie De Vere
• For Wives Only (1926) - Dr. Carl Tanzer
• The Cheerful Fraud (1926) - Steve
• Play Safe (1927) - Scott's son
• The Heart Thief (1927) - Count Lazlos
• Framed (1927) - Arthur Remsen
• Painting the Town (1927) - Raymond Tyson
• Home Made (1927) - Robert Van Dorn
• The Port of Missing Girls (1928) - DeLeon
• Ladies of the Night Club (1928)
• The Wright Idea (1928) - Mr. Roberts
• Caught in the Fog (1928) - Crook
• Romance of a Rogue (1928) - Leonard Hardingham
• The Lone Wolf's Daughter (1929) - Count Polinac
• Circumstantial Evidence (1929) - Henry Lord
• Light Fingers (1929) - London Tower
• Men Without Women (1930) - Cmdr. Weymouth
• Journey's End (1930) - Pvt. Mason
• Anybody's Woman (1930) - Walter Harvey
• Another Fine Mess (1930, Short) - Lord Leopold Ambrose Plumtree (uncredited)
• The Lion and the Lamb (1931) - Bert
• The Man Who Came Back (1931) - Gibson (uncredited)
• Dracula (1931) - Martin
• Always Goodbye (1931) - Bit Role (uncredited)
• The Big Gamble (1931)
• The Menace (1932) - Bailiff
• Devil's Lottery (1932) - Toaster (uncredited)
• Man About Town (1932) - Minor Role
• If I Were Free (1933) - Minor Role (uncredited)
• Facing the Music (1933) - (uncredited)
• A Political Party (1934) - Mr. Whitman (final film role)

Notes and References

1. Silent Film Necrology, p.194 by Eugene Michael Vazzana c.2001 ISBN 0-7864-1059-0