Charles Olden (actor)

Charles Olden (May 5, 1892 – September 29, 1943) was an actor on stage and screen in the United States. He had a leading role in a pair of films made with African American casts. He was also in theatrical performances with other prominent African American actors of stage and screen including Evelyn Preer.

Olden portrayed Florian Slappey in two films. The films and character were adapted in Al Christie productions of Octavus Roy Cohen's "Darktown Birmingham" comedy series published in the Saturday Evening Post.[1]

He was part of the Ethiopian Art Theatre group in New York City.[2] Olden won plaudits for his role in an adaptation of William Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors[3] and as George in an adaptation of Oscar Wilde's Salome.[4]

  1. ^ Crafton, Donald (November 22, 1999). The Talkies: American Cinema's Transition to Sound, 1926-1931. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520221284 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Molesworth, Charles (June 11, 2012). The Works of Alain Locke. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199795093 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ Thorold, W. J.; Hornblow (Jr.), Arthur; Maxwell, Perriton; Beach, Stewart (December 2, 1923). "Theatre Magazine". Theatre Magazine Company – via Google Books.
  4. ^ Johnson, Charles Spurgeon (December 2, 1969). "Opportunity". National Urban League – via Google Books.