Charles Eaton (June 22, 1910 â€" August 15, 2004) was an American
juvenile stage and film performer, and the most important performing
male member of the sibling clan once referred to as The Seven Little
Eatons. At one time or another, all the siblings appeared in The
Ziegfeld Follies each year between 1918 through 1923.With his sister
Doris Eaton Travis, Eaton made his Broadway debut in the 1918 version
of Mother Carey's Chickens. In a 1928 Broadway production called
Skidding, which ran for 472 performances, Eaton created the role of
Andy Hardy. Eaton acted in ten Broadway shows in total, including The
Awakening and 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. He also performed at vaudeville's storied Palace
Theatre; toured in plays like Don't Count Your Chickens with Mary
Boland; and acted during the 1920s and 30s in about 21 films,
including features and short film, now mainly forgotton.He began his
film career in 1921, playing Wallace Reid as a child in Forever
(1921), the first screen version of Gerald du Maurier's play Peter
Ibbetson. He successfully made the jump to 'talkies', and starred
opposite Helen Twelvetrees as the correspondence-school detective in
the comedy The Ghost Talks (1929), which was Fox Film Corporation's
first talking picture; and as Marguerite Churchill's brother in
Harmony at Home (1930). His last film role was in 1940.
juvenile stage and film performer, and the most important performing
male member of the sibling clan once referred to as The Seven Little
Eatons. At one time or another, all the siblings appeared in The
Ziegfeld Follies each year between 1918 through 1923.With his sister
Doris Eaton Travis, Eaton made his Broadway debut in the 1918 version
of Mother Carey's Chickens. In a 1928 Broadway production called
Skidding, which ran for 472 performances, Eaton created the role of
Andy Hardy. Eaton acted in ten Broadway shows in total, including The
Awakening and 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. He also performed at vaudeville's storied Palace
Theatre; toured in plays like Don't Count Your Chickens with Mary
Boland; and acted during the 1920s and 30s in about 21 films,
including features and short film, now mainly forgotton.He began his
film career in 1921, playing Wallace Reid as a child in Forever
(1921), the first screen version of Gerald du Maurier's play Peter
Ibbetson. He successfully made the jump to 'talkies', and starred
opposite Helen Twelvetrees as the correspondence-school detective in
the comedy The Ghost Talks (1929), which was Fox Film Corporation's
first talking picture; and as Marguerite Churchill's brother in
Harmony at Home (1930). His last film role was in 1940.
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