Howard Truesdale

born: 03 January 1861 Conneautville, Pennsylvania, United States of America

died: 08 December 1941 Los Angeles, California, United States of America (heart attack, age 80)

Elderly American actor of stage and screen. Perhaps his most well-remembered performance was as the ranch owner in Buster Keaton's "Go West" (1925). His stage surname has also been spelled "Truesdell," which, going by various vital records, may have been his own preferred spelling. His funeral service record notes that his service (at Pierce Brothers Hollywood Mortuary, two days after his passing) was to be ministered by a Christian Science reader.

Real name: Charles Brining Fish Height: 6'2"

Films listed on this page: complete Hal Roach filmography.

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1931 Rough Seas Officer 1931 One Of The Smiths Board member 1931 The Panic Is On James Morgan 1931 Catch-As-Catch-Can Spectator 1931 Skip The Maloo! Party guest 1931 The Pajama Party Party guest 1932 The Nickel Nurser J.M. Blake, Attorney At Law 1932 First In War Officer 1932 Young Ironsides Contestant official 1932 Now We'll Tell One Tyler, Muriel's father 1933 Taxi Barons Baron von Hofenslipper 1934 Mixed Nuts Meeting official DEATH CERTIFICATE (click any image to enlarge) Acknowledgements: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZG6-2BC (1870 Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWXT-KSP (1880 Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2493-3Q7 (1888 marriage) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSJ6-CQ3 (1900 Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F64J-4Z8 (1900 marriage) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24S6-C1S (1900 marriage) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:243R-454 (1913 marriage) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCD3-5RY (1930 Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9WG-GMK (1940 Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VGY8-7YV (CA Death Index) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG5Y-76WF (death certificate) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HGW8-3TZM (death/burial record) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9BC-NQVB-R (funeral service record) https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/257312370 (Find a Grave) Charles Brining Fish / Howard Truesdell, "Family Trees" (Ancestry.com) https://archive.org/stream/motionpicturealm00quig_0#page/n205/mode/1up/search/%22tru+esdale%22 (1931 Motion Picture Almanac) https://archive.org/stream/motionpicturealm00quig#page/n189/mode/1up/search/truesdale (1932 Motion Picture Almanac) Jesse Brisson (bio notes; identification in The Nickel Nurser, Catch-As-Catch-Can, First In War, Skip The Maloo!, The Pajama Party, Mixed Nuts, One Of The Smiths, Young Ironsides, Rough Seas) This page was last updated on: 08 May 2025