Charles Avery
Charles Avery, Charles Avery actually Bradford ( born May 28, 1873 in Chicago, Illinois, United States; † July 23, 1926 in Los Angeles, California, United States ) was an American actor, director and screenwriter.
Career
Charles Avery was initially on the stage with songs like Charley 's Aunt ( Charleys Tante ). He was also seen in the Broadway production of The Clansman. The piece was later used as The Birth of a Nation a great movie success. In 1908, he joined the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company. From there took him by Mack Sennett Keystone. He was one of the original seven Keystone Cops. According to Avery, he has created almost a third of the comedies of Roscoe " Fatty" Arbuckle in the Keystone Studios. While at Keystone, he met Charlie Chaplin. There, he borrowed Charlie 's jacket that needed this for his role in The Tramp.
In the 1920s, he left the company and starred in low-budget Westerns. Avery committed suicide on July 23, 1926 in his home suicide.