Charles Carson(1885-1977)

Actor

Vivien Leigh and Charles Carson in Dark Journey (1937)

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Abdul the Damned (1935)

Charles Carson was born on 16 August 1885 in Holborn, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Secret Agent (1936), Dark Journey (1937) and The Dam Busters (1955). He was married to Bertha Kathleen Elmes. He died on 5 August 1977 in Bremerton, Washington, USA.

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Known for

Secret Agent

6.4

1936

Dark Journey

6.2

Head of Fifth Bureau

1937

The Dam Busters

7.4

Doctor

1955

Forever Yours

5.7

George Arnold

1936

Credits

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Actor

Lady Caroline Lamb
5.5
- Potter
- 1972
The Befrienders
TV Series
- William Searle
- 1972
A Family at War
7.8
TV Series
- Reverend Burdekin
- 1971
Doctor at Large
7.0
TV Series
- Dr. Bellinger
- 1971
NET Playhouse
6.6
TV Series
- Earl of Caversham
- 1971
Menace
7.2
TV Series
- Presume
- 1970
ITV Playhouse
7.2
TV Series
- Uncle
- 1969
W. Somerset Maugham
7.2
TV Series
- Doctor
- 1969
BBC Play of the Month
7.1
TV Series
- The Earl of Caversham
- Gladstone
- Stanpitz
- 1965–1969
The Caesars
7.9
TV Mini Series
- Silanus
- 1968
Frontier
5.1
TV Series
- President of Court
- 1968
Point Counter Point
7.9
TV Mini Series
- General Knoyle
- 1968
Boy Meets Girl
6.1
TV Series
- Dowdy
- 1967
Champion House
6.4
TV Series
- Herbert Clay
- 1967
The Further Adventures of the Musketeers
7.6
TV Series
- Broussel
- 1967

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Abdul the Damned

Personal details

Alternative names
- Charles G. Carson
Born
- August 16, 1885
- Holborn, London, England, UK
Died
- August 5, 1977
- Bremerton, Washington, USA(undisclosed)
Spouse
- Bertha Kathleen Elmes1910 - 1948 (her death)
Other works
He acted in William Shakespeare's play, "Twelfth Night," in the Stratford Summer Festival at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in Stratford-Upon-Avon, England with Murray Carrington, Phyllis Relph, Edmund Willard, Gwen Richardson, Ethel Warwick, George Cooke, and Stanley Lathbury in the cast. W. Bridges-Adams was director.
Publicity listings
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Trivia
Balding, serious-looking British character actor, who forsook civil engineering for a career on the classical stage. He became a noted interpreter of Shakespearean roles during the 1920's, entering films in 1932. For the next four decades, he specialised in historical dramas, often as elder statesmen or powerful authority figures. During the course of World War II, he was involved as a director of plays for the Entertainments National Service Association (ENSA).