--- name: "Charles Sellon" canonical: "https://film.one/person/charles-sellon" fi1m_id: "charles-sellon" imdb_id: "nm0783041" tmdb_id: 97995 wikidata_id: "Q2960215" roles: ["Actor"] born: "23 August 1870" died: "26 June 1937" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-25T02:05:53.285622+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Charles Sellon ## Identity Charles Sellon - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/charles-sellon - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** charles-sellon - **IMDb ID:** nm0783041 - **TMDB ID:** 97995 - **Wikidata ID:** Q2960215 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Sellon, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2960215, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0783041/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/97995 Actor. Born 23 August 1870 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Died 26 June 1937. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 23 August 1870, Boston, Massachusetts, USA - **Died:** 26 June 1937 - **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 other - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Sellon, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2960215, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0783041/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/97995 ## Biography Charles Sellon was an American stage and film actor. He appeared in over 100 films and stage productions between 1901 and 1935, often in character roles. Sellon played the blind Mr. Muckle in the W. C. Fields comedy *It's a Gift* (1934) and the wheelchair-using uncle in *Bright Eyes* (1934). Other credits include *I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang* (1932), *Baby Face* (1933) and *The Devil Is a Woman* (1935). He was married to Florence E. Willis from 1896 until his death. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (2) ### Performed in (1) — the average rests on these - *It's a Gift* (1934), Fi1m 81, as Mr. Muckle — [page](https://film.one/film/its-a-gift.md) ### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited - *I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang* (1932), Fi1m 85, as Hot Dog Stand Owner (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/i-am-a-fugitive-from-a-chain-gang.md) ## Complete filmography (91) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *In Old Kentucky* (1935), as Ezra Martingale - *The Gay Deception* (1935), as Mr. McCaffrey (uncredited) - *Diamond Jim* (1935), as John Touchey - *Welcome Home* (1935), as Andrew Anstruther - *The Devil Is a Woman* (1935), as Letter Writer (uncredited) - *It's A Small World* (1935), as Cyclone - *Life Begins at Forty* (1935), as Tom Cotton - *The Casino Murder Case* (1935), as Dr. Doremus - *Helldorado* (1935), as 'Bugle' Editor - *Bright Eyes* (1934), as Uncle Ned Smith - *One Hour Late* (1934), as Simpson - *It's a Gift* (1934), as Mr. Muckle — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/its-a-gift.md) - *Ready for Love* (1934), as Caleb Hooker - *Elmer and Elsie* (1934), as George Simpson - *Hoopla* (1933), as The Colonel, Billy's Father - *The Chief* (1933), as Fire Chief at Statue Unveiling - *Golden Harvest* (1933), as Jason Bowers - *Bureau of Missing Persons* (1933), as Undertaker (uncredited) - *As the Devil Commands* (1933), as John Duncan - *Baby Face* (1933), as Vanderlure - Bank Director (uncredited) - *Midnight Mary* (1933), as Night Watchman (uncredited) - *Hold Your Man* (1933), as Minister at Reformatory (uncredited) - *Strictly Personal* (1933), as Hewes (uncredited) - *Employees' Entrance* (1933), as Arnold Higgins - *The Match King* (1932), as Match Company Executive (uncredited) - *Central Park* (1932), as Luke, the Lion Keeper (uncredited) - *I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang* (1932), as Hot Dog Stand Owner (uncredited) — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/i-am-a-fugitive-from-a-chain-gang.md) - *Ride Him, Cowboy* (1932), as Judge Bartlett (uncredited) - *Speed Madness* (1932), as Jim Stuart - *The Washington Masquerade* (1932), as Senator at Train Station - *Make Me a Star* (1932), as Mr. Gashwiler - *The Dark Horse* (1932), as Mr. Green - *Carnival Boat* (1932), as Lane - *The Drifter* (1932), as Whitey - *The Age for Love* (1931), as Mr. Pearson - *The Tip-Off* (1931), as Pop Jackson - *Penrod and Sam* (1931), as Mr. Bitts - *Dude Ranch* (1931), as Spruce Meadows - *Laugh and Get Rich* (1931), as Biddle - *Behind Office Doors* (1931), as John Ritter - *The Painted Desert* (1931), as Tonopah - *Tom Sawyer* (1930), as Minister - *Man to Man* (1930), as Judge - *Sea Legs* (1930), as Adm. O'Brien - *Big Money* (1930), as Bradley - *For the Love o' Lil* (1930), as Mr. Walker - *Borrowed Wives* (1930), as Uncle Henry - *Let's Go Native* (1930), as Wallace Wendell Sr. - *Love Among the Millionaires* (1930), as Pop Whipple - *The Social Lion* (1930), as Jim Perkins - *Under a Texas Moon* (1930), as José Romero - *Honey* (1930), as Randolph Weeks - *Men Are Like That* (1930), as Pa Fisher - *Burning Up* (1930), as James R. Morgan - *The Vagabond Lover* (1929), as Chief of Police George C. Tuttle - *The Mighty* (1929), as The Mayor - *The Saturday Night Kid* (1929), as Lem Woodruff - *Sweetie* (1929), as Dr. Oglethorpe - *Big News* (1929), as J.W. Addison - *The Man and the Moment* (1929), as Joan's Guardian - *The Gamblers* (1929), as Tooker - *The Girl in the Glass Cage* (1929), as Dan Jackson - Prosecutor - *Hot Stuff* (1929), as Wiggam - *Bulldog Drummond* (1929), as Travers - *What a Night!* (1928), as Editor Madison - *Happiness Ahead* (1928), as Mr. Randall - *Easy Come, Easy Go* (1928), as Jim Bailey - *Something Always Happens* (1928), as Perkins - *The Count of Ten* (1928), as Betty's Father - *Feel My Pulse* (1928), as Her Sanitarium's Caretaker - *The Valley of the Giants* (1927), as Pennington - *Love Me and the World Is Mine* (1927), as Mr. Thule - *Painted Ponies* (1927), as Mr. Blenning - *The Prairie King* (1927), as Pop Wingate - *The Mysterious Rider* (1927), as Cliff Harkness - *Easy Pickings* (1927), as Dr. Naylor - *Whispering Wires* (1926), as Tracy Bennett - *The Speeding Venus* (1926), as Jed Morgan - *High Steppers* (1926), as Grandpa Perryam - *The Calgary Stampede* (1925), as Regan - *The Lucky Devil* (1925), as Sheriff - *Tracked in the Snow Country* (1925), as Silent Hardy - *The Monster* (1925), as Russ Mason - *The Night Ship* (1925), as Jimson Weed - *The Roughneck* (1924), as Sam Melden - *Sundown* (1924), as Ranchman - *Merton of the Movies* (1924), as Pete Gashwiler - *Lovers' Lane* (1924), as Uncle Bill - *Flowing Gold* (1924), as Tom Parker - *Woman-Proof* (1923), as Uncle Joe Gloomer (as Charles A. Sellon) - *The Bad Man* (1923), as Uncle Henry ## Gallery - ![Charles A. Sellon, stage actor Subjects: actors (1908)](https://film.one/media/person/1226327/gallery-492a9a12895a.jpg) Charles A. Sellon, stage actor Subjects: actors (1908) — Frederick Bushnell, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/Charles_A_Sellon%2C_stage_actor_%28SAYRE_9127%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Charles Sellon](https://film.one/media/person/1226327/gallery-5ea506b21e53.jpg) Charles Sellon — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Charles_A_Sellon%2C_stage_actor_%28SAYRE_9043%29.jpg/1280px-Charles_A_Sellon%2C_stage_actor_%28SAYRE_9043%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Charles Sellon](https://film.one/media/person/1226327/gallery-25fd56d363a0.jpg) Charles Sellon — Image via TMDB - ![Charles Sellon](https://film.one/media/person/1226327/gallery-58bc9aa30054.jpg) Charles Sellon — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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