Charles D. Waldron

Waldron, Charles D. (1874–1946), actor. Although never a star, this performer from Waterford, New York, enjoyed a career of nearly half a century playing both leads and major supporting roles. After making his debut in 1898, he spent almost a decade learning his trade in stock companies from New York to San Francisco. He returned to New York in 1907 as the Northerner Lt. Burton in The Warrens of Virginia. His biggest hit came in the title role of Daddy Long Legs (1914), followed by his Gray Meredith in A Bill of Divorcement (1921), the father Dr. Besant in Coquette (1927), the father Edward Moulton‐Barrett in The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1931), the Yankee farmer Aaron Kirkland in The Pursuit of Happiness (1933), and the conservative Southern Senator Langdon in Deep Are the Roots (1945).