Actor. He was known as 'The Perfect Butler of Movies,' and he will be best remembered for playing the roles of butlers, servants, major-domo's (a person who speaks, makes arrangements, or takes charge for another), and headwaiters, most notably in the role of 'Plimpton' in the film "Less Than Kin" (1918). The film which was directed by Donald Crisp, written by Marion Fairfax, and which also starred Wallace Reid, Raymond Hatton, and Ann Little, tells the story of a man named Lewis Vickers who accidentally kills a man and then goes to Central America. Here he meets Robert Lee, who bears a remarkable resemblance to him. Lee is a worthless young chap whose father is anxious to have him return to the United States. On his death bed, Lee turns his papers over to Vickers and begs him to assume his name. Arriving in New York, Lewis Vickers goes to the Lee home as Robert Lee and discovers that the dead man has willed him a badly blotted past that includes a wife and two children and a large collection of debts. He also finds a beautiful adopted daughter in the Lee household and promptly falls in love with her. The only way he can stand any chance of winning the girl is by telling the truth about himself. The arrival of his undesirable family and several of its friends and connections help to bring out the truth, and the picture ends with a runaway marriage between Vickers and the adopted daughter. He was born as Charles Calvert Carter in either the State of Maryland, the State of Virginia, or Virginia, Minnesota, (sources differ), on October 23, 1858. He was a stage actor and the owner of an interior decorating company in Washington, D.C., before entering films. A star of the silent film era, he made his actual entrance into films in 1912 or 1914, but his first movie role is not listed until "A Novel Romance" in 1917. Besides, "A Novel Romance" (1917), and "Less Than Kin" (1918), his many other film credits include, "Wild And Woolly" (1917), "Six Feet Four" (1919), "The Fighting Shepherdess" (1920), "Cinderella's Twin" (1920), "Lying Lips" (1921), "The Smart Sex" (1921), "The Wild Wild West" (1921), "The Bolted Door" (1923), "Slave Of Desire" (1923), "The Dramatic Life Of Abraham Lincoln" (1924), and his last film, "Broadway Fever" (1929). He retired from appearing in films shortly thereafter. His film career had seen him acting next to screen legends such as Mary Pickford, Wallace Reid, and Harold Lloyd, and many others, in a career that spanned over 25 years. Following his retirement from acting, he operated a small grocery store outlet in Long Beach, California. He had also been a longtime member of the 233 Club and The Troupers, Inc., in Hollywood, California, and the distinguished Lafayette Club in Washington, D.C. He passed away from heart disease in Long Beach, California, on August 29, 1932, at the age of 73, and he was buried in Angelus Rosedale Cemetery in Los Angeles, California, where several other famous California personalities are also laid to rest.