Charles William Haines, a celebrated American comedy actor, burst onto the scene on January 2, 1900, and went on to etch an extraordinary legacy in the realm of entertainment, with the majority of his illustrious career unfolding during the late Silent era and the initial years of the "talkie" era, a period spanning from the late 1920s to the early 1930s.
Personal Details
BornJan 2, 1900 Staunton, Virginia, USA
Biography
Career
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1964

The Big Parade of Comedy as Actor in Theater Lobby (archive footage) (uncredited)
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1934

The Marines Are Coming as Lt. William 'Wild Bill' Traylor
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1932

Fast Life as Sandy
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Are You Listening? as Bill Grimes
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1931

New Adventures of Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford as Wallingford
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The Stolen Jools as Bill Haines
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1930

Way Out West as Windy
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Free and Easy as A Guest
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The Girl Said No as Tom Ward
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1929

Navy Blues as Jack Kelly
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1928

Alias Jimmy Valentine as Jimmy Valentine
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The Smart Set as Tommy Van Buren
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1927

Spring Fever as Jack Kelly
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1926

Brown of Harvard as Tom Brown
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Tell It to the Marines as Private Skeet Burns
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1925

The Tower of Lies as August
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Little Annie Rooney as Joe Kelly
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1924

Three Weeks as Curate
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1923

Souls for Sale as Pinkey - Assistant Director
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2001
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1929