Charles Villiers (actor)
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Charles Villiers was an Australian actor and occasional director who appeared in many silent films. According to a contemporary report, "there is probably no actor in Australia that has done more consistent picture work than Mr. Villiers, both as heavy lead, and director."[1] He was particularly well known for playing villains.[2]
In 1912, Villiers managed Lytton's Picture Stadium in Orange.[1][3]
Villiers started working in films for the Australian Photoplay Company for whom he was one of their main actors. He then made a series of films for the Fraser Film Release and Photographic Company.
In 1914 he toured for 12 months with the Oliver Dramatic Company.[4]
Beaumont Smith later estimated Villiers appeared in more than 60 silent films.[5]
His wife was also an actor.[6] His divorce case is believed to be the longest running divorce case in Britain.[7]
Select filmography
- Moora Neya, or The Message of the Spear (1911)
- The Lady Outlaw (1911)
- Way Outback (1911)
- What Women Suffer (1911)
- The Cup Winner (1911)
- Caloola, or The Adventures of a Jackeroo (1911)
- King of the Coiners (1912)
- Do Men Love Women? (1912)
- The Sin of a Woman (1912)
- The Crime and the Criminal (1912)
- Cooee and the Echo (1912)
- The Love Tyrant (1912)
- The Cheat (1912)
- Whose Was the Hand? (1912)
- The Moira, or Mystery of the Bush (1912)
- 'Neath Austral Skies (1913)
- Sea Dogs of Australia (1913)
- The Silence of Dean Maitland (1914)
- The Sunny South or The Whirlwind of Fate (1915)
- The Loyal Rebel (1915)
- For Australia (1915)
- Hypocrites (1915)
- The Martyrdom of Nurse Cavell (1916)
- In the Last Stride (1916)
- The Mutiny of the Bounty (1916)
- The Murder of Captain Fryatt (1917)
- Australia's Peril (1917)
- His Convict Bride (1918)
- A Coo-ee from Home (1918)
- Satan in Sydney (1918)
- The Face at the Window (1919) – also directed
- The Man from Kangaroo (1920)
- While the Billy Boils (1921)
- Possum Paddock (1921) – co-directed
- The Lust for Gold (1922)
- A Daughter of Australia (1922)
- When the Kellys Were Out (1923)
- Daughter of the East (1924)
- Sunrise (1926)[8]
