Charles Gunn (actor)

Charles Gunn
Charles Gunn
	Gunn with Alma Rubens in the 1917; comedy The Firefly of Tough Luck
Born	Charles Edward Gunn; July 31, 1883; Wisconsin, US
Died	December 6, 1918 (aged 35); Los Angeles, California, US
Occupation	actor
Spouse(s)	Nina

Charles E. Gunn (July 31, 1883 – December 6, 1918) was an American silent film actor with the Vitagraph Company of America.

Gunn was born in Wisconsin but was educated in San Francisco after his family moved to California.[1]

After debuting in a bit part in a play in San Francisco,[1] Gunn acted on stage with the Harry Davis,[2] Morosco, and Alcazar stock theater troupes,[3] and was the leading man for theatrical companies in Cincinnati, Minneapolis, and Pittsburgh.[4] He also toured in productions of St. Elmo and The Conspiracy.[1]

On December 6, 1918, Gunn died in Los Angeles[5] in the Spanish flu pandemic.[3]

Selected filmography

Sherlock Holmes Solves the Sign of the Four (1913) *short
The Best Man's Bride (1916) *short
Blood Will Tell (1917)
Sweetheart of the Doomed (1917)
The Snarl (1917)
Happiness (1917)
Love or Justice (1917)
Madcap Madge (1917)
Chicken Casey (1917)
An Even Break (1917)
Mountain Dew (1917)
A Phantom Husband (1917)
The Firefly of Tough Luck (1917)
Framing Framers (1917)
Betty Takes a Hand (1918)
Captain of His Soul (1918)
Unfaithful (1918)*short
Patriotism (1918)
Wedlock (1918)
The White Lie (1918)
The Flame of the West (1918)*short
The Midnight Stage (1919)
It Happened in Paris (1919)

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References

"Charles Gunn to Return to Stage With O. Morosco". Los Angeles Evening Express. California, Los Angeles. December 1, 1918. p. 21. Retrieved January 25, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
"Charles Gunn Praises Hoyt; 'Typical American Humor'". Pittsburgh Daily Post. Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh. July 13, 1913. p. 19. Retrieved January 25, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
Wollstein, Hans J. "Charles Gunn". AllMovie. Archived from the original on July 8, 2018. Retrieved January 25, 2020.
"Charles Gunn New Morosco Leading Man". Los Angeles Evening Express. California, Los Angeles. October 4, 1918. p. 17. Retrieved January 25, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
"Charles Gunn, well known actor, dies in Los Angeles". The Modesto Herald. California, Modesto. December 7, 1918. p. 2. Retrieved January 26, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.

External links

Charles Gunn at IMDb.com

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[:0-1] "Charles Gunn to Return to Stage With O. Morosco". Los Angeles Evening Express. California, Los Angeles. December 1, 1918. p. 21. Retrieved January 25, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.

[2] "Charles Gunn Praises Hoyt; 'Typical American Humor'". Pittsburgh Daily Post. Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh. July 13, 1913. p. 19. Retrieved January 25, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.

[am-3] Wollstein, Hans J. "Charles Gunn". AllMovie. Archived from the original on July 8, 2018. Retrieved January 25, 2020.

[4] "Charles Gunn New Morosco Leading Man". Los Angeles Evening Express. California, Los Angeles. October 4, 1918. p. 17. Retrieved January 25, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.

[5] "Charles Gunn, well known actor, dies in Los Angeles". The Modesto Herald. California, Modesto. December 7, 1918. p. 2. Retrieved January 26, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.