Portrait of Charles West

Acting

Charles West

Career

Active from 1909 to 1934, busiest in 1913 with 21 main titles.

Leading roles
68
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score56/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Unchanging Sea
The Unchanging Sea
GoodWatch score64/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 13 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.8 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.6 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.0 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Charles West Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.8, average 5.4
  • Situational Comedy
    1.0, average 2.7
  • Wit & Wordplay
    2.2, average 3.7
  • Pop Culture
    0.8, average 2.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Early Cinema 12
  • Historical Setting 6
  • Silent Era 5
  • Social Commentary 4
  • Family Drama 3
  • Period Piece 3
  • Historical Drama 3
  • Mistaken Identity Plot 2
  • Silent Film Era 2
  • Moral Dilemma 2
  • Crime Drama 2
  • Intrigue and Suspense 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

160
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1940s

1 title ยท average score 90
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
GoodWatch score 90

as Migrant (uncredited)

1930s

7 titles ยท average score 64
The Prisoner of Shark Island
The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)
GoodWatch score 79

as Washington (DC) Citizen (uncredited)

The Man Trailer
The Man Trailer (1934)

as Gorman

Police Car 17
Police Car 17 (1933)

as Harry

Law of the West
Law of the West (1932)

as Dad Tracy

The Man from Hell's Edges
The Man from Hell's Edges (1932)

as Informant

For the Defense
For the Defense (1930)
GoodWatch score 49

as Joe

Along Came Youth
Along Came Youth (1930)

as Chauffeur (uncredited)

1920s

21 titles ยท average score 60
The Man from Headquarters
The Man from Headquarters (1928)

as No. 1

Snowed In
Snowed In (1926)

as Harron

The Skyrocket
The Skyrocket (1926)

as Edward Kimm (prologue)

The House Without a Key
The House Without a Key (1926)

as Bowker

The Part-time Wife
The Part-time Wife (1925)

as Allen Keane

The Road to Yesterday
The Road to Yesterday (1925)
GoodWatch score 65

as Watt Earnshaw

The Fate of a Flirt
The Fate of a Flirt (1925)

as Eddie Graham

Times Have Changed
Times Have Changed (1923)

as Al Keeley

Manslaughter
Manslaughter (1922)
GoodWatch score 56

as Member of the Jury (uncredited)

Polly of the Storm Country
Polly of the Storm Country (1920)

as Oscar Bennett

Go and Get It
Go and Get It (1920)

as Slim Hogan

The River's End
The River's End (1920)

as Peter Kirkstone

1910s

129 titles ยท average score 55
Just Gold
Just Gold (1913)

as The Third Brother

The Female of the Species
The Female of the Species (1912)
GoodWatch score 55

as The Miner (as Charles H. West)

The Massacre
The Massacre (1912)
GoodWatch score 61

as Stephen's Ward's Husband

One Is Business, the Other Crime
One Is Business, the Other Crime (1912)
GoodWatch score 59

as Poor Husband

Fate's Turning
Fate's Turning (1911)

as John Lawson Jr.

Through Darkening Vales
Through Darkening Vales (1911)

as Dave

The Blind Princess and the Poet
The Blind Princess and the Poet (1911)

as The Poet

The Broken Cross
The Broken Cross (1911)

as Tom

Love in the Hills
Love in the Hills (1911)

as The Shiftless Suitor

The Last Drop of Water
The Last Drop of Water (1911)
GoodWatch score 54

as Jim

In the Border States
In the Border States (1910)
GoodWatch score 59

as Young father

A Flash of Light
A Flash of Light (1910)

as John Rogers

1900s

2 titles ยท average score 55
The Son's Return
The Son's Return (1909)

as Will

The Redman's View
The Redman's View (1909)
GoodWatch score 55

as Conqueror