Charles Eaton (June 22, 1910 - August 15, 2004) was a juvenile stage and film performer, and the most important performing male member of the clan once referred to as The Seven Little Eatons. Events 217 BC - Battle of Raphia: Ptolemy IV of Egypt defeats Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom. Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Events 778 - The Battle of Roncevaux Pass, at which Roland is killed "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " The Seven Little Eatons was a family of American stage performers in the early part of the twentieth century The siblings, all appeared, at one time or another, in The Ziegfeld Follies each year between 1918 through 1923. History The Follies were lavish Revues something between later Broadway shows and a more elaborate high class Vaudeville Variety show. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
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Career
On stage from early childhood, Eaton made his Broadway debut, with his sister Doris, in 1918's Mother Carey's Chickens. Doris Eaton Travis (also Doris Eaton) (born March 14 1904) is a retired Broadway and film performer dance instructor and author He achieved the latter distinction in a 1928 Broadway production called Skidding which ran for 472 performances. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Eaton would act in ten Broadway shows in total, including The Awakening, The Ziegfeld Follies of 1921, in which he shared the stage with W.C. Fields, A Royal Fandango, with Ethel Barrymore, Peter Pan and Tommy. W C Fields ( January 29, 1880 &ndash December 25, 1946) was an American Juggler, Comedian, and Actor Ethel Barrymore ( August 15, 1879 – June 18, 1959) was an Academy Award -winning American actress and a member of He also performed at vaudeville's storied Palace Theatre; toured in plays like Don't Count Your Chickens with Mary Boland; and acted in a dozen, mainly forgettable films in the late 1920s and early 1930s
He began his film career in 1921, and played Wallace Reid as a child in 1922's Forever, the first screen version of Gerald du Maurier's play Peter Ibbetson. Mary Boland ( January 28, 1880 – June 23, 1965) was an American stage and film actress Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Wallace Reid ( April 15, 1891 – January 18, 1923) was an actor in Silent film referred to by Motion Picture Magazine Sir Gerald Hubert Edward Busson du Maurier ( 26 March 1873 &ndash 11 April 1934) was a British actor and manager Peter Ibbetson is an American Black-and-white Drama film released in 1935 and directed by Henry Hathaway. He successfully made the jump to 'talkies', and starred opposite Helen Twelvetrees as the correspondence-school detective in the comedy The Ghost Talks, which was 20th Century Fox's first talking picture; and as Marguerite Churchill's brother in Harmony at Home. Helen Twelvetrees ( December 25, 1908 - February 13, 1958) was an American stage and screen performer considered a top female Marguerite Churchill (born December 25 1910, Kansas City Missouri - d Offers from both, Broadway and Hollywood dried up with the arrival of the Depression, and eventually Eaton turned to alcohol, as did his sisters Pearl and Broadway star, Mary Eaton. Pearl Eaton (1898-1958 was a Broadway performer choreographer and dance supervisor of the 1910s and 1920s Mary Eaton (born January 29, 1901, Norfolk, Virginia, US - d October 10, 1948, Hollywood, Mary died in 1948 of liver problems brought on by her drinking, and Pearl was tragically murdered a decade later. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Later life
Long after his showbiz career was over, Eaton served as a captain in the Army Air Corps in Foggia, Italy during World War II. The United States Army Air Corps (USAAC was the predecessor of the U Foggia is a city of Puglia, Italy, capital of the Province of Foggia. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Following the war, he went into business with his sister Doris, who operated a thriving Arthur Murray Dance Studios franchise in Detroit, and did occasional theatrical engagements. In 2003, with his sister Doris, he co-wrote an Eaton family memoir entitled The Days We Danced. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. He died the following year in Norman, Oklahoma at age of 94. Norman is the largest city in and the County seat of Cleveland County in the U
Filmography
- Forever (1921)
- The Prodigal Judge (1922)
- The Ghost Talks (1929)
- Knights Out (1929)
- Harmony at Home (1930)
- Poor Little Rich Boy (1932)
- The Divorce Racket (1932)
- Enlighten Thy Daughter (Blind Fools) (1934)
- Who Goes Next? (1938)
- The Gaunt Stranger (The Phantom Strikes) (1938)
- Blondes for Danger (1938)
- Lightning Conductor (1938)
- Sword of Honour (1938)
- Sons of the Sea (1939)
External links
- Charles Eaton (actor) at the Internet Broadway Database
- Charles Eaton (actor) at the Internet Movie Database
- Charles Eaton (actor) at Find A Grave
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