Charles Morton

Charles Morton was an American actor whose screen career began late in the silent era and carried through sound features into television. Born in 1908, he spent his adolescence in Madison, Wisconsin, and first appeared on stage at age seven before working in vaudeville, stock, and the legitimate theater. His polished appearance and charm drew studio attention, and Fox signed him in 1927. That year audiences saw him opposite Madge Bellamy in Colleen, and he went on to star in John Ford's World War I silent film Four Sons (1928), as well as F. W. Murnau's 4 Devils and Fox's None but the Brave. After 1933, with sound film widespread, his career lost momentum; by 1936, his parts were significantly reduced, and most later roles were minor and often uncredited, though he continued working on television into the mid-1960s. He died in 1966.