# Charles Kenyon

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{{short description|American screenwriter}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2020}}
{{Infobox person
| name         = Charles Kenyon
| birth_date   = {{birth date|1880|11|2}}
| birth_place  = [San Francisco, California](/source/San_Francisco%2C_California), U.S.
| death_date   = {{death date and age|1961|6|27|1880|11|2}}
| death_place  = [Hollywood, California](/source/Hollywood%2C_California), U.S.
| occupation   = Screenwriter
| years_active = 1915–1946
}}

'''Charles Kenyon''' (November 2, 1880 &ndash; June 27, 1961) was an American [screenwriter](/source/screenwriter), who wrote or co-wrote the screenplays for more than 110 films between 1915 and 1946. He was married to actress [Jane Winton](/source/Jane_Winton) from 1927 to 1930. Kenyon was born in [San Francisco, California](/source/San_Francisco%2C_California) and died in [Hollywood, California](/source/Hollywood%2C_California).

==Partial filmography==
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* ''[Mignon](/source/Mignon_(1915_film))'' (1915)
* ''[Kindling](/source/Kindling_(1915_film))'' (1915)
* ''[The Fighting Grin](/source/The_Fighting_Grin)'' (1918)
* ''[Cupid's Round Up](/source/Cupid's_Round_Up)'' (1918)
* ''[The Moral Law](/source/The_Moral_Law)'' (1918)
* ''[Painted Lips](/source/Painted_Lips)'' (1918)
* ''[Nobody's Wife](/source/Nobody's_Wife_(1918_film))'' (1918)
* ''[The Claim](/source/The_Claim_(1918_film))'' (1918)
* ''[Wings of the Morning](/source/Wings_of_the_Morning_(1919_film))'' (1919)
* ''[The Feud](/source/The_Feud_(1919_film))'' (1919)
* ''[Married in Haste](/source/Married_in_Haste)'' (1919)
* ''[The Wilderness Trail](/source/The_Wilderness_Trail)'' (1919)<ref>[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/W/WildernessTrail1919.html ''The Wilderness Trail''] at silentera.com</ref>
* ''[The Penalty](/source/The_Penalty_(1920_film))'' (1920)
* ''[Stop Thief!](/source/Stop_Thief!_(1920_film))'' (1920)
* ''[A Tale of Two Worlds](/source/A_Tale_of_Two_Worlds)'' (1921)
* ''[The Invisible Power](/source/The_Invisible_Power)'' (1921)
* ''[Beating the Game](/source/Beating_the_Game_(1921_film))'' (1921)
* ''[The Christian](/source/The_Christian_(1923_film))'' (1923)
* ''[Second Hand Love](/source/Second_Hand_Love)'' (1923)
* ''[Railroaded](/source/Railroaded_(film))'' (1923)
* ''[Brass Commandments](/source/Brass_Commandments)'' (1923)
* ''[White Tiger](/source/White_Tiger_(1923_film))'' (1923)
* ''[Hoodman Blind](/source/Hoodman_Blind)'' (1923)
* ''[The Lone Chance](/source/The_Lone_Chance)'' (1924)
* ''[The Desert Outlaw](/source/The_Desert_Outlaw)'' (1924)
* ''[The Iron Horse](/source/The_Iron_Horse_(film))'' (1924)
* ''[Hearts of Oak](/source/Hearts_of_Oak_(film))'' (1924)
* ''[Dick Turpin](/source/Dick_Turpin_(1925_film))'' (1925)
* ''[Scandal Proof](/source/Scandal_Proof)'' (1925)
* ''[The Old Soak](/source/The_Old_Soak)'' (1926)
* ''[The Still Alarm](/source/The_Still_Alarm_(1926_film))'' (1926)
* ''[The Foreign Legion](/source/The_Foreign_Legion)'' (1928)
* ''[Jazz Mad](/source/Jazz_Mad)'' (1928)
* ''[The Crash](/source/The_Crash_(1928_film))'' (1928)
* ''[Girl on the Barge](/source/Girl_on_the_Barge)'' (1929)
* ''[Show Boat](/source/Show_Boat_(1929_film))'' (1929)
* ''[Recaptured Love](/source/Recaptured_Love)'' (1930)
* ''[The Office Wife](/source/The_Office_Wife_(1930_film))'' (1930)
* ''[My Past](/source/My_Past)'' (1931)
* ''[Party Husband](/source/Party_Husband)'' (1931)
* ''[Street of Women](/source/Street_of_Women)'' (1932)
* ''[Dr. Monica](/source/Dr._Monica)'' (1934)
* ''[The Goose and the Gander](/source/The_Goose_and_the_Gander)'' (1935)
* ''[A Midsummer Night's Dream](/source/A_Midsummer_Night's_Dream_(1935_film))'' (1935)
* ''[The Petrified Forest](/source/The_Petrified_Forest)'' (1936)
* ''[The Golden Arrow](/source/The_Golden_Arrow_(1936_film))'' (1936)
* ''[One Hundred Men and a Girl](/source/One_Hundred_Men_and_a_Girl)'' (1937)
* ''[The Road to Reno](/source/The_Road_to_Reno_(1938_film))'' (1938)
* ''[The Lady Objects](/source/The_Lady_Objects)'' (1938)
* ''[Highway West](/source/Highway_West)'' (1941)
* ''[The Unwritten Code](/source/The_Unwritten_Code)'' (1944)
* ''[Strange Journey](/source/Strange_Journey_(film))'' (1946)
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==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0448981}}

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