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Charles Stanton Ogle (June 5, 1865 – October 11, 1940) was an American silent film actor.
Born in Steubenville, Ohio, Ogle first performed in live theatre, making his first appearance on Broadway in 1905. He embarked on a career in film with Edison Studios in The Bronx, New York in 1908, appearing in The Boston Tea Party directed by Edwin S. Porter. He went on to portray the monster in the first film version of Frankenstein (1910), and starred in the first ever serial film, What Happened to Mary? (1912). He went on to become a prolific character actor, making the last of his 298 film appearances in 1926.
Ogle died in Long Beach, California of arteriosclerosis and is interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.
The son of a minister from Ohio, Charles Stanton Ogle became a prolific character actor from stage and screen. Mostly cast in commanding roles in silents. Per haps most memorable as the screen's very first Frankenstein monster in Thomas Alva Edison's silent version Frankenstein (1910).
