Charles Meakin

born: 02 October 1879 Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

died: 17 January 1961 Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States of America (bronchopneumonia & hot water burns after fall in bathtub, age 81)

American actor who allegedly appeared in more than 3,000 films. He was a cousin of Blaine Comer and Verna (Comer) Kornman, the mother of Mary Kornman; Charles' father was an older brother of Blaine & Verna's mother. This thus means that Mary is Charles' first cousin once removed. On 21 December 1960, Meakin fell in his bathtub, striking his head, and lay unconscious as his lower back was burned by running hot water. He was admitted to the Motion Picture Country Hospital, where he succumbed to terminal bronchopneumonia about a month later. A newspaper notice stated, "doctors said death probably was due to other causes," but his death certificate notes the accident and its resultant burns as antecedent to the bronchopneumonia. Billy Bletcher and Blaine Comer were among the pallbearers at Meakin's funeral service. Meakin is buried at Valhalla Memorial Park in North Hollywood, California.

Real name: Charles Wolcott Meakin Height: 5'10"

Films listed on this page: complete Hal Roach filmography; plus 1 film with Babe Hardy.

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1921 Now Or Never [?] 1924 One Of The Family Man at station 1924 Fast Company Desk clerk 1925 Excuse My Glove [?] 1925 Boys Will Be Joys Member, board of directors 1925 His Wooden Wedding Wedding guest 1926 War Feathers Novelty salesman 1926 The Nickel-Hopper [?] 1927 Should Men Walk Home? Guest 1927 A One-Mama Man Ship passenger 1927 Jewish Prudence Charleston Dancer agency clerk 1927 Bigger And Better Blondes Party guest 1927 The Glorious Fourth! Local resident 1927 The Lighter That Failed [?] 1927 Now I'll Tell One Courtroom spectator 1927 Call Of The Cuckoo House buyer 1927 Assistant Wives [?] 1928 Playin' Hookey Movie maker   1928 Feed 'Em And Weep Diner 1930 Looser Than Loose Nightclub patron 1931 The Panic Is On Crook 1932 Choo-Choo! Train passenger 1932 Young Ironsides Butler 1933 Luncheon At Twelve Mr. Van Gelt ▼ NON-HAL ROACH FILMS 1925 Stick Around Pedestrian on street MISCELLANEOUS (click any image to enlarge) DEATH CERTIFICATE (click any image to enlarge) Acknowledgements: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNSV-5NQ (1880 Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMR2-H5M (1900 Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FRDT-CZB (1905 marriage) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MP1V-92N (1910 Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZVK-XZ1 (WWI draft reg. card) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHQF-Q3Q (1920 Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCFF-1L4 (1930 Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K97Z-MB7 (1940 Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V4DC-863 (WWII draft reg. card) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6XG7-J253 (1950 Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VGR6-TDN (CA Death Index) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGLV-FPYM (death certificate) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HGZ3-2RT2 (death/burial records) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9B8-79JF-N (funeral service record) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7BMP-Y4MM (memorial tablet request) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6K44-LG5X (Social Security Numident File) https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/120693579 (Find a Grave) https://billiongraves.com/grave/person/23737735 (BillionGraves) https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/30311294/ (Van Nuys News, 19 Jan 1961) https://archive.org/stream/variety221-1961-01#page/n500/mode/1up/search/meakin (Variety, 25 Jan 1961) Robert Demoss (cast list provided for The Nickel-Hopper) Brent Seguine (identification in Should Men Walk Home?) Steve Massa (identification in Bigger And Better Blondes) Jesse Brisson (bio notes and research; identification in Luncheon At Twelve, The Panic Is On, His Wooden Wedding, Now I'll Tell One, One Of The Family, Boys Will Be Joys, Stick Around, Choo-Choo, Young Ironsides, Looser Than Loose, Fast Company, A One-Mama Man) This page was last updated on: 09 October 2026