Charles Stevens (actor)

Charles Stevens
Stevens in The Three Musleteers (1921)
Born	(1893-05-26)May 26, 1893 Solomonville, Arizona, U.S.
Died	August 22, 1964(1964-08-22) (aged 71) Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Resting place	Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery, North Hollywood
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1915–1961
Spouse	Lila Stevens (1918–?) (1 child)

Charles Stevens (May 26, 1893 – August 22, 1964) was an American actor. He appeared in nearly 200 films between 1915 and 1961. A close friend of actor Douglas Fairbanks, Stevens appeared in nearly all of Fairbanks' films.[1]

Early years

Stevens was born in Solomonville, Arizona, and his father was a white Arizona sheriff named George Stevens and mother a Mexican woman named Eloisa Michelena.[2] Stevens was not, as many bios claim, the grandson of Geronimo.[3] That erroneous information could be attributed to Stevens himself, who claimed such kinship, and film studios that promoted the supposed lineage.[4]

Career

Stevens began his career during the silent era, playing mostly Native Americans and Mexicans in Westerns. During the 1930s and 1940s, he had roles in the film serials Wild West Days and Overland Mail. In the 1950s, Stevens guest-starred on several television series, including The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok, The Adventures of Kit Carson, Sky King, The Lone Ranger, Zorro, and The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin. In two of those appearances in The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin, in 1954 and 1958, he played Geronimo.

He made his last onscreen appearance in the film The Outsider (1961), starring Tony Curtis.

Death

Stevens died on August 22, 1964, and is buried in Valhalla Memorial Park in North Hollywood in Los Angeles County, California.[5]

Filmography

Film
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1915	The Birth of a Nation	Volunteer	Film debut, Uncredited
	The Lamb	Lieutenant	Uncredited
	Fatherhood	Looey Jim	Uncredited
	Martyrs of the Alamo	Mexican Soldier	Uncredited
	Double Trouble	Thief	Uncredited
1916	The Good Bad-Man	Bandit	Uncredited
	American Aristocracy	Mexican	Uncredited
	The Matrimaniac [cy; fi]	Lineman	Uncredited
	The Americano	Col. Gargaras
1917	Wild and Woolly	Pedro
	The Man from Painted Post	Henchman
	Reaching for the Moon	Boris' Lieutenant	Uncredited
	A Modern Musketeer	Indian	Uncredited
1918	Six Shooter Andy	Mexican John
	Mr. Fix-It	Gangster	Uncredited
	M'Liss	Mexican	Uncredited
	He Comes Up Smiling	Townsman	Uncredited
1919	His Majesty, the American	Officer	Uncredited
1920	The Mollycoddle	Yellow Horse
	The Mark of Zorro	Peon Beaten by Sgt. Gonzalez	Uncredited
1921	The Nut	Henchman	Uncredited
	The Three Musketeers	Planchet
1922	Moran of the Lady Letty	Seaman	Uncredited
	The Primitive Lover	Pedro
	Robin Hood	Prince John's Aide	Alternative title: Douglas Fairbanks in Robin Hood
	Captain Fly-by-Night	Indian
1923	Where the North Begins	The Fox
1924	The Thief of Bagdad	Persian Prince's Awaker	Uncredited
	Empty Hands	Indian Guide
	The Iron Horse	Indian	Uncredited
1925	Recompense	Mosheshoe
	Don Q, Son of Zorro	Robledo
	A Son of His Father	Pablo
	The Vanishing American	Shoie
	Tumbleweeds	Indian	Uncredited
1926	The Black Pirate	Powder Man
	Mantrap	Lawrence Jackfish (Indian Guide)
	Across the Pacific	Emilio Aguinaldo
	The Temptress	Argentine Reveler	Uncredited
1927	The King of Kings	Beggar	Uncredited
	Woman's Law
	Now We're in the Air	Knife Thrower	Uncredited
	The Gaucho	The Gaucho's First Lieutenant
1928	Stand and Deliver	Pietro
	Diamond Handcuffs	Niambo
1929	The Iron Mask	Planchet
	Tide of Empire	Indian Servant	Uncredited
	The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu	Singh	Uncredited
	Rio Rita	José	Uncredited
	The Taming of the Shrew	Servant	Uncredited
	The Virginian	Pedro	Uncredited
1930	The Arizona Kid	Mine Mexican	Uncredited
	The Big Trail	Indian	Uncredited
	Tom Sawyer	Injun Joe
1931	The Cisco Kid	Lopez
	The Conquering Horde	John
	The Cisco Kid	Lopez
1932	The Gay Caballero	Messenger	Uncredited
	South of the Rio Grande	Pedro
	The Broken Wing	Chicken Thief
	The Stoker	Ernesto
	Mystery Ranch	Tonto - Henchman
	Chandu the Magician	Ali	Uncredited
	Heritage of the Desert	Pancho	Uncredited
	Tex Takes a Holiday	Henchman
	The Golden West	Indian	Uncredited
1933	Sensation Hunters	Indian Joe	Uncredited
	Drum Taps	Indian Joe
	The California Trail	Juan
	When Strangers Marry	Chattermahl
	The Woman I Stole	Crewman	Uncredited
	Police Call	Gang Leader
	Fury of the Jungle	Kimba
	The Perils of Pauline	Lee	Serial, Uncredited
1934	Man of Two Worlds	Eskimo	Uncredited
	Call of the Coyote: A Legend of the Golden West	Pancho
	Viva Villa!	Pascal's Staff	Uncredited
	The Trumpet Blows	Sheriff Mejias	Uncredited
	Grand Canary	Cabbie	Uncredited
	La Cucaracha	Pancho's Valet	Short, Uncredited
	Wake Up and Dream	2nd Indian	Uncredited
	Behold My Wife!	Apache Herder	Uncredited
1935	The Lives of a Bengal Lancer	McGregor's Servant	Uncredited
	Rumba	Counterfeit Lottery Ticket Vendor	Uncredited
	Under the Pampas Moon	Groom	Uncredited
	Call of the Wild	Francois
1936	Rose of the Rancho	Peon Spy	Uncredited
	Here Comes Trouble	Malay Mike
	Give Us This Night	Fisherman
	Robin Hood of El Dorado	Wedding Guest / Bandit	Uncredited
	The Country Beyond	Half-Breed	Uncredited
	Aces and Eights	Captain Felipe de Lopez
	The Plainsman	Injun Charley	Uncredited
	The Bold Caballero	Captain Vargas	Alternative title: The Bold Cavalier
1937	Fair Warning	Miguel	Uncredited
	Swing High, Swing Low	Panamanian at Cockfight	Uncredited
	The Last Train from Madrid	Peasant	Uncredited
	Wild West Days	Buckskin Frank
	Ebb Tide	Uncle Ned
	Thank You, Mr. Moto	Ning	Uncredited
1938	Forbidden Valley	Blackjack
	The Crime of Doctor Hallet	Talamu
	The Adventures of Marco Polo	Mongol Warrior	Uncredited
	Tropic Holiday	Peón	Uncredited
	Flaming Frontiers	Breed - Henchman	Serial
	The Renegade Ranger	Manuel
	Red Barry	Capt. Moy	Serial
	Flirting with Fate	Garcia's Chauffeur	Uncredited
1939	Union Pacific	Indian Shooting Mollie	Uncredited
	Man of Conquest	Zavola	Uncredited
	The Girl and the Gambler	Andres
	The Oregon Trail	Henchman Breed	Serial
	Frontier Marshal	Indian Charlie
	Desperate Trails	Henchman Ortega
	The Real Glory	Captured Native Giving Guns' Location	Uncredited
	Geronimo	Indian	Uncredited
	The Mad Empress	Diaz's Messenger	Uncredited
1940	The Man Who Wouldn't Talk	Mexican	Uncredited
	Charlie Chan in Panama	Native Fisherman	Uncredited
	Wagons Westward	Pima
	Winners of the West	Snakeye	Serial
	Untamed	Indian Trapper	Uncredited
	South to Karanga	Native
	Kit Carson	Ruiz
	North West Mounted Police	Half-breed Archer	Uncredited
	The Mark of Zorro	Jose	Uncredited
	Behind the News	Carlos Marquez	Uncredited
1941	White Eagle	Henchman	Serial, Uncredited
	The Bad Man	Venustiano
	Blood and Sand	Pablo Gómez
	Forced Landing	Migalos - Prisoner	Uncredited
	Roaring Frontiers	Moccasin
	The Corsican Brothers	Shepherd	Uncredited
1942	Tombstone, the Town Too Tough to Die	Indian Charley
	Beyond the Blue Horizon	Panao
	Pierre of the Plains	Crying Loon
	Halfway to Shanghai	Ali
	Manila Calling	Filipino	Uncredited
	Overland Mail	Puma - Henchman	Serial
	Here We Go Again	Indian	Uncredited
1944	Michael Strogoff	Secuaz de Tártaro
	El as negro
	Marked Trails	Denver - Henchman
	The Mummy's Curse	Achilles
1945	Bad Men of the Border	Juan	Uncredited
	South of the Rio Grande	Sebastian
	Bandits of the Badlands	Rusty	Uncredited
	San Antonio	Sojer Harris	Uncredited
	Adventure	Man in Cantina	Uncredited
1946	Border Bandits	Jose
	Tangier	Juan	Uncredited
	My Darling Clementine	Indian Charlie	Uncredited
1947	Sinbad the Sailor	Ruri	Uncredited
	Buffalo Bill Rides Again	White Mountain
	The Homestretch	Mexican Father	Uncredited
	Calcutta	Strangler	Uncredited
	Ride the Pink Horse	Drunk Mexican	Uncredited
	The Exile	Painter
1948	Saigon	Susan's Driver	Uncredited
	Fury at Furnace Creek	José Artego	Uncredited
	Coroner Creek	Indian	Uncredited
	Return of the Bad Men	Grey Eagle	Uncredited
	Belle Starr's Daughter	Cherokee Joe
	The Feathered Serpent	Manuel	Uncredited
1949	The Walking Hills	Cleve	Uncredited
	Roll, Thunder, Roll!	Felipe, El Conejo rider
	The Cowboy and the Indians	Broken Arm
1950	Ambush	Diablito
	A Ticket to Tomahawk	Trancos	Uncredited
	Fortunes of Captain Blood	Juan Otlas	Uncredited
	The Savage Horde	Morellis
	The Showdown	Indian Joe
	Indian Territory	Soma	Uncredited
	California Passage	Pedro
1951	Oh! Susanna	Charlie Grass
	Warpath	Courier
1952	Smoky Canyon	Johnny Big Foot	Uncredited
	Rose of Cimarron	Lone Indian on Trail	Uncredited
	The Lion and the Horse	Deputy Britt
	Wagons West	Kaw Chief	(credit only)
1953	Tropic Zone	Macario's Grandfather	Uncredited
	Savage Mutiny	Chief Wamai
	San Antone	Mexican	Uncredited
	Jeopardy	Mexican Father	Uncredited
	Ride, Vaquero!	Vaquero
	The Stand at Apache River	Apache Indian	Uncredited
	Conquest of Cochise	Apache Brave	Uncredited
	Escape from Fort Bravo	Eilota	Uncredited
1954	Jubilee Trail	Pablo
	Gunfighters of the Northwest	Cariboo	Serial, Uncredited
	Man with the Steel Whip	Blackjack Sam	Serial, Uncredited
	Killer Leopard	Tony Gonzales	Uncredited
	Green Fire	Bandit	Uncredited
1955	The Last Command	Peon Villager	Uncredited
	The Vanishing American	Quah-Tan
1956	Pardners	Indian	Uncredited
	The Ten Commandments	Slave	Uncredited
1957	Duel at Apache Wells	Mexican	Uncredited
1959	Last Train from Gun Hill	Keno	Uncredited
1960	Oklahoma Territory	Tom Badger	Uncredited
1961	The Outsider	Joseph Hayes	(final film role)
Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1950–1956	The Lone Ranger	Red Moon / Various	5 episodes
1952–1953	The Adventures of Kit Carson	Chief Gray Wolf / Various	6 episodes
1953–1960	Death Valley Days	Red Cloud / Various	6 episodes
1953	Death Valley Days	Bill the Indian	Season 1, Episode "Claim Jumpin' Jennie"
1954–1958	The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin	Geronimo / Pedro / Wynoki	5 episodes
1955–1956	Sergeant Preston of the Yukon	Kluk-Wan, Medicine Man / Ataksuk	2 episodes
1956	My Friend Flicka	Deerfoot	1 episode
1957	Broken Arrow	Neche / Old Man	2 episodes
	Zorro	Half-breed Informer / Josafat	2 episodes
	The Adventures of Jim Bowie	Pinal / Medicine Man	2 episodes
1957–1958	Wagon Train	Old Indian / Medicine Man	2 episodes
1958	Sugarfoot	Charlie Falling Horse / Saba / Charlie	3 episodes
1958–1961	Bronco	Shad / Daniel Webster / Yellow Claw	3 episodes
1959	Laramie	Indian	1 episode
1960	Law of the Plainsman	Escudero	1 episode
	The Alaskans	Chinook	2 episodes
	Maverick	Indian Chief	1 episode
	The Magical World of Disney	Old Dying Indian	1 episode
1960	Rawhide	Old Indian	S3:E10, "Incident of the Buffalo Soldier"
1961	Rawhide	Sub-Chief	S3:E20, "Incident of the Boomerang"

References

1. Anderson, Chuck (November 20, 2010). "The Old Corral--Charles 'Charlie' Stevens". Retrieved November 15, 2019.
2. "Eloisa Michelena," Ancestry.com, https://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/eloisa-michelena-24-1rgx7wk. Retrieved July 4, 2021.
3. Haralson, Danny (March 14, 2012). "Charles Stevens: Gila Valley's Own Movie Star". Eastern Arizona Courier. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
4. Black, Liza (October 2020). Picturing Indians. U of Nebraska Press. ISBN 978-1-4962-2375-3. Retrieved August 22, 2020.
5. Ellenberger, Allan R. (May 2001). Celebrities in Los Angeles Cemeteries: A Directory. McFarland. p. 208. ISBN 978-0-7864-0983-9. Retrieved August 22, 2020.

External links

• Charles Stevens at IMDb