Charles Avery Movies

A waiter tricks his way into command of a sub in order to rob a ship carrying gold bullion.

A few of us have had the chance to read our own obituary notice, but it fell to the lot of John Goodhusband the rare privilege of viewing his own...

This might be termed a comedy of errors, for the overzealousness of a lot of good-hearted simple folks places them in a rather embarrassing position....

In this farce Charley and Minta frolic by the seaside.

Returning to the family ranch after a spell as a circus performer, Art Hayes finds that a crooked ranch foreman has forced his father into bankruptcy.

Safe in jail is a 1913 movie starring Ford Sterling and Edgar Kennedy.

Mary Rollins is torn between selfish depravity and righteous living. After she's coerced into helping with the burglary of her minister's apartment,...

Nellie flees her old life and goes east to become a nurse, where she marries a doctor. One of her old colleagues finds her and tries to blackmail...

Roscoe writes of his love and announces that he will call on Irene with the ring and ask her parents' consent to their marriage. Father and mother...

A Ride for a Bride is a 1913 movie starring Roscoe Arbuckle and Virginia Kirtley.

This extremely corny film has him disguising himself in drag to get a job as a governess and access to his overprotected sweetheart. The old father...

An amusing burlesque of gang fighters. The police go after them, one by one, and each guardian of the peace is caught and despoiled of his clothing...

Mrs. Kendrick borrows a jeweled necklace from a friend for an important social event. The necklace is stolen, and Mr. Kendrick goes into debt to...

The Water Dog is a 1914 American short comedy film directed by and starring Fatty Arbuckle.

The Chicken Chaser is a 1914 movie starring Roscoe Arbuckle and Charles Avery.

Henry and Marion have a lover's quarrel and part in anger. They do not reconcile, and ten years pass without contact. Marion becomes a society girl...

His Lying Heart is a silent comedy short.

One of the members of a suicide club learns he has inherited some money, but only after he drew the fatal lot and is expected to kill himself....

Fatty, his wife and mother-in-law are on a ferry to Catalina Island for an outing. So are Mabel and her father. Mabel and Fatty flirt with each...

Hank Kinney, a ranger, witnesses the accidental death of a man and the survival of a motherless infant. Kinney asks the county sheriff to process...