Charles Ashton(1884-1968)
- Actor
British actor Charles Ashton became an actor not long after receiving a
medical discharge from the army due to injuries he received at the
Battle of Ypres in World War I. He made his film debut in
Pillars of Society (1920). He
appeared in a string of films for such well-known directors as
Maurice Elvey and
Victor Saville. Ashton was one of the
many silent-era actors whose career ended with the advent of sound, and
he made his last film in 1929. However. he did begin another career as
a successful novelist in the 1930s and 1940s, mostly of crime
thrillers.
