Charles Inslee
Charles Edwin Inslee (January 6, 1870 – September 17, 1922) was an American actor. He appeared in 127 films between 1908 and 1921.
Also recorded as Charles E. Inslee
Charles Inslee
The cricket on the heart (1909) · CC0
- Born
- 1870 · New York City.
- Died
- 1922 · New York City.
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- actor · film director
- Languages
- English
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Born in New York City, Inslee was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Inslee of Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. Inslee debuted on stage in 1892 as an understudy in Boston in the Grand Opera House Company's production of Rosedale. He first acted in films in 1908, and found work with the Edison, Essanay, Biograph, Bison and Kalem studios. He acted in films alongside Charlie Chaplin, Harold Lloyd that were directed by Edwin S. Porter, D.W. Griffith. In 1893, Inslee married actress Belle Stokes while the two were performing with the Grand Opera House Company. In 1898, she successfully sued Inslee for divorce, gaining the right to resume her maiden name. In 1914, he married Violet June Ake (née Watson), sister of actress Barbara La Marr. Months later, she too divorced Inslee, on the grounds that he was "not only a peculiar man, but cruel in not letting her hug, caress and kiss him." Inslee died on September 17, 1922.
Screenshot of digital copy of the 1908 film The Call of the Wild showing actors (from left) Florence Lawrence portraying Gladys Penrose, Charles Inslee as George Redfeather, and Harry Solter as Lieutenant Penrose; image captured from digital copy of film archived in Wikipedia Commons (File:The Call of the Wild (1908).webm)
American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, New York City, 1908 · Wikipedia Commons (File:The Call of the Wild (1908).webm)
Screenshot of film still in Biograph
Unknown still photographer for Biograph Company, New York City, 1908 · From 1908 publication by Biograph Films, Biograph Bulletins: 1908-1912, issue number 182, freely available on Internet Archive
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1922
Charles Inslee died in 1922 at New York City.
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- 1."Stage Gossip". The Argonaut. October 19, 1903. p. 251.
- 2."United States, Census, 1900", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSV6-D5W : Wed Dec 18 18:44:59 UTC 2024), Entry for Alanson Van Arsdale and Margaret Van Arsdale, 1900.
- 3."New York, Births and Christenings, 1640-1962", FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HQY5-483Z : 21 January 2020), Charles Edwin Inslee, .
- 4.Complete Surprise. Boston Post. 1. November 30, 1893.
- 5.Staff Directory. Essanay Studios.
- 6.DIVORCE FOR BELLE STOKES.: Court at Worcester Grants Separation From Charles E. Inslee, With Right to Resume Her Maiden Name. Boston Daily Globe. 7. October 14, 1898.
- 7."California, Marriages, 1850-1945", FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:418H-123Z : 18 May 2020), Violet June Ake in entry for Charles E. Inslee, 1914.
- 8.'Peculiar Man,' Inslee. Variety. 16. July 24, 1914.
- 9.Wilson, Scott (2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed.. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. p. 366. .
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