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- Birth nameCarl Urban
- Charles Urban was born on April 14, 1867 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. He was a producer and director, known for Britain Prepared (1915), The Tempest (1905) and Combatting the Elements (1921). He was married to Ada Aline Jones and Julia Avery. He died on August 29, 1942 in Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK.
- SpousesAda Aline Jones(February 22, 1910 - October 1937) (her death)Julia Avery(December 20, 1888 - November 1908) (divorced)
- Film pioneer--a competitor of Thomas A. Edison--who invented the Bioscope, a motion picture projector. He also developed, in association with G.A. Smith, a color process called Kinemacolour. In the 1910s and early 1920s he produced a series of newsreels, as well as early nature and science documentaries.
- Formed Charles Urban Trading Co., Ltd., a film distribution company active from 1904-1914.
- He released a film showing bacterial activity in a piece of stilton cheese which provoked calls in Britain for censorship from the cheese industry.
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