Ernest Van Pelt

{{short description|American actor}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2020}} {{Infobox person | name = Ernest Van Pelt | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date|1883|3|31}} | birth_place = Kansas, US | death_date = {{death date and age|1961|7|1|1883|3|31}} | death_place = Los Angeles, California, US | occupation = Actor | spouse = Ella<ref name=Essanay/> | years_active = 1915–1935 }} '''Ernest Van Pelt''' (March 31, 1883 – July 1, 1961) was an American actor. He often starred in Charlie Chaplin films.

==Life== Ernest Van Pelt was born on 31 March 1883 in Kansas.<ref name=Essanay>{{cite web|title=Staff Directory|url=http://essanaystudios.org/about-us/employees/|website=Essanay Studios|accessdate=March 7, 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150211065016/http://essanaystudios.org/about-us/employees/|archivedate=February 11, 2015}}</ref> He died on July 1, 1961, in Los Angeles, California.<ref name=Essanay/>

==Partial filmography== *''The Tramp'' (1915) *''The Champion'' (1915) *''In the Park'' (1915) *''By the Sea'' (1915) *''A Jitney Elopement'' (1915) * ''Montana Bill'' (1921) (actor and assistant director)<ref>{{cite web | url = https://catalog.afi.com/Film/10837-MONTANA-BILL?cxt=filmography | title = AFI{{!}}Catalog - Montana Bill | website = AFI Catalog | publisher = American Film Institute | accessdate = October 3, 2020}}</ref><ref name=AFIEVP/> * ''Bring Him In'' (1921) (actor)<ref name=Essanay/><ref name=AFIEVP>{{cite web | url = https://catalog.afi.com/Person/48697-Ernest-Van-Pelt | title = AFI{{!}}Catalog - Ernest Van Pelt | website = AFI Catalog | publisher = American Film Institute | accessdate = October 3, 2020}}</ref> * ''The Cloud Rider'' (1925) (supervising producer)<ref name=AFIEVP/> * ''Avenging Fangs'' (1927) (director)<ref name=Essanay/> * ''Annapolis Farewell'' (1935)<ref name=AFIEVP/> * ''I Live for Love'' (1935)<ref name=Essanay/> (stage director) * ''Two Sinners'' (1935)<ref name=AFIEVP/>

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Van Pelt, Ernest}} Category:1883 births Category:1961 deaths Category:American male film actors Category:American male silent film actors Category:Male actors from Kansas Category:20th-century American male actors