
Known for
Acting
Born
August 25, 1885
Birthplace
Huron, South Dakota, USA
Died
November 7, 1936 (aged 51)
Charles 'Chic' Sale was primarily a stage comedian, who, although he infrequently appeared on Broadway from 1902-30 and appeared in a handful of silent films, spent the majority of his career treading the boards of vaudeville as a comedian, usually in the persona of 'Lem Putt', a carpenter from Urbana, Illinois who specialized in the building of outhouses.
By age 49 his stage act had become so popular that he felt compelled to write, with the help of two newspaper writers, a 3000-word collection of his monologues (at the urging of his lawyer who expressed dismay over lesser comedians stealing his act), which was published as "The Specialist". The book was a huge hit, published in nine langu...
TBA
1987
as Self (archive footage)
1966
Writer
1955
1937
as Ethan
1936
as Sheriff Clem Loudecker
1936
as Deacon Devlin
1936
as Farmer
1936
as Elmer 'Scoop' Stevens
1936
as Ed Hoggins
1935
as Ephraim Deacon
1935
as Grandpa Barclay
1935
as Abraham Lincoln
1935
as Tex Murdock
1934
as Ben Gunn
1934
as Hick
1933
as Uncle Joe
1933
as Rufe Marvin
1933
as Arthur Wilson
1933
as Mr. Bowman
1932
as Smokey Miller
1932
as Lem
1932
as Uncle Jonas Tucker
1932
as John T. Minick
1931
as Pvt. Summerill