Volume III: Biographies

HORAN, Charles T. *

Actor (1912-1914)

Thanhouser Career Synopsis: Charles T. Horan was an actor, at first on an intermittent basis, with Thanhouser, circa 1912-1914.

Biographical Notes: Charles T. Horan was born in New York City in 1882 and was educated at Fordham, Columbia, and Yale. The New Rochelle Pioneer, May 18, 1912, stated that at one time he was on Harvard's baseball team. His stage career included singing in grand opera and playing in stock. Early in his film career he worked with Thanhouser, for whom he appeared in The Star of Bethlehem, released in December 1912. Earlier in the same year he was a pitcher for the "Thanhouser Stars" baseball team. Within a year he was with Ryno (maker of Dragon brand films), where he was employed in the summer of 1913, appearing as the circus ringmaster in Her Last Ride. Soon thereafter, he was again with Thanhouser, where he appeared in many films released in 1914.

He later went to Metro, where he acted in the 1915 Rolfe-for-Metro release of When a Woman Loves and directed the 1916 Rolfe-Metro productions of The Upheaval and The Quitter. He co-directed the September 1917 Goldwyn release of Polly of the Circus. In early 1925, The Devil Within, a stage play written by Charles T. Horan, had its premiere performance in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Featured in the production were Leonore Sorsby and Irene Shirley. Charles T. Horan died in Hollywood, California on January 11, 1928.

Thanhouser Filmography:

1912: The Star of Bethlehem (12-24-1912)

1913: A Business Woman (5-20-1913)

1914: The Success of Selfishness (2-6-1914), The Golden Cross (2-24-1914), Guilty or Not Guilty (3-8-1914), The Eugenic Boy (3-15-1914), The Tin Soldier and the Dolls (4-5-1914), Too Much Turkey (Princess 4-10-1914), Her Awakening (Princess 4-17-1914), A Woman's Loyalty (5-5-1914), In Her Sleep (Princess 5-15-1914), A Circus Romance (Princess 5-22-1914), A Telephone Strategy (Princess 5-29-1914), His Enemy (Princess 6-5-1914), Professor Snaith (Princess 6-26-1914), The Decoy (Princess 7-3-1914), The Veteran's Sword (Princess 7-17-1914)

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