Carl Miller

Acting

Carl Miller

Born — Died

1894-08-09 — 1979-01-20

Place of birth

Wichita County, Texas, USA

Known for

Acting

Credits

31 titles

Carl Miller (August 9, 1894 – January 20, 1979) was an American film actor. He appeared in 48 films from 1917 to 1942, and he remains perhaps best known for his roles in two Charlie Chaplin films: The Kid (1921) and A Woman of Paris (1923). He was born in Wichita County, Texas and died in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Known for

Film credits

1930s · 7 titles

1920s · 20 titles

The Kid poster
8.1

A tramp cares for a boy after he's abandoned as a newborn by his mother. Later the mother has a change of heart and aches to be reunited with her son.

The Kid

1921

A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate poster
6.7

When Marie St. Clair believes she has been jilted by her artist fiance Jean, she decides to leave for Paris on her own. After spending a year in the city as a mistress of the wealthy Pierre Revel, she is reunited with Jean by chance. This leaves her with the choice between a glamorous life in Paris, and the true love she left behind.

A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate

1923

The Lover of Camille poster
10.0

The Lover of Camille was a 1924 American silent romantic drama film directed by Harry Beaumont, and starring Monte Blue. The film was based on the French novel Deburau by Sacha Guitry, which was also adapted into a Broadway play by Harley Granville-Barker.

The Lover of Camille

1924

The Bride's Play poster
5.2

A sweet-natured young Irish woman is courted by a romantic poet and a local country gentleman. Which man will she choose?

The Bride's Play

1922

The Great K&A Train Robbery poster
5.8

Cullen has hired Tom to try and stop the robberies on his railroad. Knowing Cullen's secretary Holt is tipping off the gang, Tom works undercover by posing as a highwayman. To help him bring in the gang he enlists the help of the hobo DeLuxe Harry.

The Great K&A Train Robbery

1926

The Canyon of Light poster
9.0

The story begins as Tom Mills (Tom Mix) rides off to fight in WWI. Leaving his ranch in the care of his sister Ellen (Carmelita Geraghty) and her husband Ed (Carl Miller) Mills returns from the battlefield two years later to find that his brother-in-law has deserted, and the ranch is in a state of ruin and disrepair. Even worse, Ed is now top man in a vicious outlaw gang.

The Canyon of Light

1926

The Red Kimona poster
5.8

A woman is abandoned by her lover and prostitution is the only way she has to survive.

The Red Kimona

1925

Good as Gold poster
8.0

Buck Brady is the son of a prospector whose valuable claim was stolen when Buck was a child. Brady grows up with revenge on his mind and retaliates by holding up the mine's payroll messengers. Until, that is, he falls in love with Janet, the new owner.

Good as Gold

1927

Cinderella of the Hills poster
8.0

Hoping to reconcile her divorced parents, Norris Gradley remains with her father, Giles, after he marries another woman. The new Mrs. Gradley snubs and mistreats Norris, who earns money by disguising herself as a boy and playing the violin at dances. Claude Wolcott, employed by Giles to drill oil wells, falls in love with Norris.

Cinderella of the Hills

1921

We Moderns poster
10.0

Mary Sundale is a young woman who spurns her childhood sweetheart to attach herself to a large group of riotous, semi-artistic young people and becomes infatuated with a superficial poet and critic. One night this poet becomes too bold in his advances and is thrashed by the man who has been rejected. On a later night, the group holds a party in a dirigible. The ship crashes and fear grips the revelers. Mary, now disgusted with the group and all it represents, mends her manner of living and plans a future with the man who has always sincerely loved her. A lost film.

We Moderns

1925

Whispering Sage poster
7.0

This silent Western featured a group of Basque settlers terrorized by a greedy land baron (Joseph W. Girard). Jones played Buck Kildare, who, after falling for Basque beauty Natalie Joyce, comes to the aid of the settlers. On his sterling horse Silver, Kildare goes after the villain, who, it turns out, is the very same man who murdered his brother Tom (William A. Steele).

Whispering Sage

1927

No artwork available
NR

John Whalen is ordained into the priesthood and assumes the leadership of a small-town New Jersey parish. His dying mother's last wish is for young doctor Edward Welsh and his sweetheart to be married. Rev. Whalen devotes much time and effort to overcoming the obstacles to the union, managing along the way to solve the problems of other townspeople.

The Parish Priest

1921

Haunted Island poster
8.0

Rosalind Joy (Helen Foster) is an heiress who has inherited a South Seas island known as Pleasure Island. A hidden cache of gold is allegedly buried on the island, which has several haunted structures. Rosalind's uncle, Spring Gilbert (Al Ferguson), wants the gold for himself and declares he will stop at nothing, not even the death of his niece, to get it. Rosalind, meanwhile, is befriended by Jerry Fitzjames (Jack Dougherty), a playwright. Unfortunately, Jerry has only recently escaped from a psychiatric hospital. Although he swears to protect Rosalind, she doubts Jerry's sanity. The two lovers race against Uncle Gilbert (who has set several traps for them) to find the treasure. In the end, Rosalind and Jerry are aided by the "Phantom Rider," a spectral horseman.

Haunted Island

1928

Jealous Husbands poster
10.0

When a man's wife is accused of adultery, her insanely jealous husband gives her young son away to a traveling band of gypsies. Years later, when the son grows up, he sets out to prove that his mother wasn't guilty of adultery but was actually trying to help her sister-in-law escape the clutches of a blackmailer.

Jealous Husbands

1923

The Redeeming Sin poster
8.0

Lupin is the lover of Joan of the Apaches. She is attracted by Paul de Gafilet, nobleman and sculptor. She visits him in his studio and resolves to abandon her underworld career for his sake. Lupin vows revenge but is frustrated by Joan. The latter's affection for Paul turns to rage when she sees him embracing another woman. Joan joins with her confederates to steal some jewels from a statue of the Madonna in a church. She learns that the woman she is jealous of is Paul's sister, attempts to halt the robbery but fails. Paul is injured by the thieves and Joan held captive.

The Redeeming Sin

1925

The Dark Swan poster
8.0

Clever vamp Eve Quinn has generally had her way with men, while her quiet, deep-thinking sister Cornelia cannot bring herself to deliberately pursue them. So Eve wins Lewis Dike, whom Cornelia loves. Immediately after her wedding Eve beings a series of dangerous adventures with Wilfred Meadows. Lewis learns of them and endeavors to reason with his wife, but she will not listen. As Cornelia is sailing for Europe, Lewis meets her at the dock, tells her that he made a mistake in marrying Eve and that they will be divorced--and that he loves Cornelia. They part with mutual assurances of a future meeting. A lost film.

The Dark Swan

1924

Raggedy Rose poster
6.2

Rose, who works for a penny-pinching junk dealer, dreams of romance with wealthy bachelor Ted Tudor.

Raggedy Rose

1926

Lightnin' Strikes poster
9.0

Lightnin' the German Shepherd dog strikes!

Lightnin' Strikes

1925

No artwork available
9.0

Unable to pay train fare for a pet, a girl disguises her dog as a baby. It is later mistaken for a kidnapped baby.

Condemned

1923

No artwork available
10.0

A short drama film Directed by Eugene Walter to publicize the new talkie craze.

Friendship

1929

1910s · 3 titles