Charles Sellon

Charles Sellon
Born	(1870-08-24)August 24, 1870 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	June 26, 1937(1937-06-26) (aged 66) La Crescenta, California, U.S.
Resting place	Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1901-1935

Charles Sellon (August 24, 1870 – June 26, 1937) was an American stage and film actor. He appeared in 108 films and stage acts between 1901 and 1935. He is perhaps best remembered as the blind Mr. Muckle in W. C. Fields' comedy It's a Gift (1934) and as the wheelchair-bound uncle in Bright Eyes (1934) with Shirley Temple. He was married to Florence E. Willis from 1896 until his death. They had one child together: a son named Robert Charles Sellon (January 31, 1911 – April 3, 1997).

Partial filmography

• The Bad Man (1923)
• South Sea Love (1923)
• Merton of the Movies (1924)
• Sundown (1924)
• The Monster (1925)
• Private Affairs (1925)
• The Lucky Devil (1925)
• The Calgary Stampede (1925)
• The Speeding Venus (1926)
• The Cow's Kimona (1926) short
• Easy Pickings (1927)
• The Mysterious Rider (1927)
• The Prairie King (1927)
• The Valley of the Giants (1927)
• Love Me and the World Is Mine (1928)
• Feel My Pulse (1928)
• Something Always Happens (1928)
• Easy Come, Easy Go (1928)
• What a Night! (1928)
• The Gamblers (1929)
• The Man and the Moment (1929)
• Bulldog Drummond (1929)
• Big News (1929)
• The Saturday Night Kid (1929)
• The Vagabond Lover (1929)
• Burning Up (1930)
• Under a Texas Moon (1930)
• Let's Go Native (1930)
• Borrowed Wives (1930)
• Tom Sawyer (1930)
• The Painted Desert (1931)
• Behind Office Doors (1931)
• Laugh and Get Rich (1931)
• Penrod and Sam (1931)
• The Age for Love (1931)
• The Drifter (1932)
• The Dark Horse (1932)
• Make Me a Star (1932)
• I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932) (uncredited)
• Hoop-La (1933) (uncredited)
• Baby Face (1933) (uncredited)
• Employees' Entrance (1933)
• Ready for Love (1934)
• It's a Gift (1934)
• Bright Eyes (1934)
• The Casino Murder Case (1935)
• Life Begins at 40 (1935)
• Diamond Jim (1935)
• In Old Kentucky (1935)

External links

• Works by or about Charles Sellon at Internet Archive
• Charles Sellon at the Internet Broadway Database
• Charles Sellon at IMDb
• Charles Sellon at Find a Grave