Charles Ashton: Charles Ashton. Actor: Sweeney Todd. British actor Charles Ashton became an actor not long after receiving a medical discharge from the army due to injuries he received at the Battle of Ypres in World War I. He made his film debut in Pillars of Society (1920). He appeared in a string of films for such well-known directors as Maurice Elvey and Victor Saville. Ashton was one of the many silent-era...
Known For: Sweeney Todd (Mark Ingestre), The Monkey's Paw (Herbert White), Smashing Through (Westlake), Claude Duval (Tom Crisp)