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Fred Church is a Actor American born on 17 october 1889

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Birth name Fred Rosell Church
Nationality USA
Birth 17 october 1889
Death 7 january 1983 (at 93 years) at Blythe (USA)

Fred Rosell Church (17 October 1889 – 7 January 1983) was an American actor of the silent era. After touring the U.S. in vaudeville, he joined Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson in Western films for the latter's Essanay Studios. He appeared in over 200 films between 1908 and 1935. He was born in Ontario, Iowa and died in Blythe, California, near his home in Quartzsite, Arizona, from a heart attack.

Biography

Fred Church apparaît dans 225 films entre 1908 et 1935.

Il fut le mari de Lillian Christy, qu'il épousa en 1913.

Usually with

Gilbert M. Anderson
Gilbert M. Anderson
(10 films)
John B. O'Brien
John B. O'Brien
(5 films)
Arthur Mackley
Arthur Mackley
(4 films)
Brinsley Shaw
Brinsley Shaw
(3 films)
Jess Robbins
Jess Robbins
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Fred Church (18 films)

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Actor

The Son-of-a-Gun
The Son-of-a-Gun (1919)
, 1h5
Directed by Gilbert M. Anderson, Jess Robbins
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Gilbert M. Anderson, Fred Church, Frank Whitson
Roles Buck Saunders
Rating69% 3.452193.452193.452193.452193.45219
Madame du Barry
Madame du Barry (1917)

Directed by J. Gordon Edwards
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical
Actors Theda Bara, Charles Clary, Willard Louis, Fred Church, Herschel Mayall, Hector Sarno
Roles Cossé-Brissac
Rating60% 3.0451953.0451953.0451953.0451953.045195
As described in a film magazine, Madame Jeanne Du Barry (Bara) becomes the reigning favorite of Louis XV (Clary) and enjoys this distinction until the sudden death of the king. The lavish mode of living by the king and Jeanne Du Barry arouse the wrath of the peasant class, and after the death of the king a revolution breaks out. Jeanne is made to suffer through the revolution and pays the ultimate price on the guillotine.
The Clever Mrs. Carfax
The Clever Mrs. Carfax (1917)
, 50minutes
Directed by Donald Crisp
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Julian Eltinge, Noah Beery Sr., Jennie Lee, Fred Church, Rosita Marstini
Roles Billy Wise

As described in a film magazine, Billy Wise (Church) dares his friend Temple Trask (Eltinge) to dress in women's garb and take luncheon with him at the club. Trask takes up the challenge and while dressed as Mrs. Carfax meets Helen Scott (Jefferson). Helen has a sickly grandmother who is afraid that her granddaughter will take all of her money, and so she puts her trust in two crooked hirelings. Trask recognizes the grandmother's secretary as a former jail bird and, realizing the situation, accompanies Helen and her grandmother home. Without letting his identity become known, Trask as himself and later as Mrs. Carfax discovers that Helen cares for him. At the grandmother's home he is able to catch the secretary and maid with negotiable securities, trying to make good their escape. He then confesses his costume ruse to Helen, who would rather have him as Trask.
Across the Plains
Across the Plains (1911)

Directed by Gilbert M. Anderson, Thomas H. Ince
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Gilbert M. Anderson, Gladys Field, Arthur Mackley, John B. O'Brien, Fred Church, Harry Todd

A summary of the plot was provided in The Nickelodeon states, "Jennie Lee and her father are on their way to Golden California, from a little Kansas farm, traveling in a prairie schooner. At the last settlement, visited by the two, the old man, who has a weakness for drink, purchases several bottles of [whiskey], which he begins drinking when they have made camp for the night. A lone cowboy calls upon them and finds the old man in a jovial mood and cautions him to beware: of a hostile tribe of Indians, through whose country they are now traveling. Unmindful of the warning, Lee continues to drink until thoroughly intoxicated, despite the pleadings of his daughter. Suddenly, over the brow of a hill a scouting Indian is seen to appear, sees the wagon and the drunken white, and slipping cautiously away, goes to his Indian village where he informs the other braves of the trespassing settlers. The Indians leap astride their shaggy ponies and with war whoops ride off to make short work of the whites. The girl sees them coming and implores her father to get into the wagon, but he refuses and the girl, knowing that she must act quickly if she would save her own life, springs into the wagon, seizes the reins and urges the horses to their utmost speed. After a long and thrilling ride in which the Indians gradually gain on her, she is joined by the friendly cowboy, who sends a crony who was with him, to a neighboring ranch for help. The girl and cowboy race the Indians and pull up at a deserted shack in which they protect themselves against the Indians until the arrival of the ranchmen, who disperse the Indians. The girl expresses her great joy at being rescued and upon proposal of her cowboy protector that she marry him, she readily agrees.
The Desperado
The Desperado (1910)
, 10minutes
Directed by Gilbert M. Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Gilbert M. Anderson, Fred Church, Clara Williams
Roles Black Bart