Charles Belden

Personal Info

Known For Writer

Birthday 1904-04-21

Deathday 1954-11-03 (50 years old)

Place of Birth Montclair, New Jersey, USA

Charles Belden

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Charles Josiah Belden (November 16, 1887 – 1966) was a photographer and rancher who was famous for his visceral photographs of the area around Meetseetse, Wyoming. Belden was born into a wealthy California family. His grandfather, Josiah Belden, was an early California pioneer who made millions in San Francisco real estate. Charles Belden bought his first camera to record a European tour with his school friend, Eugene Phelps. The highlight of the tour was a journey through Russia in Belden's 1908 Packard, the first automobile to make such a trip in the country. After the trip, Belden went to work as a cowboy on the Phelps (Pitchfork) Ranch in Wyoming. In 1912, Belden married Eugene's sister, Frances. The couple had three children, Annice, Margot, and Mary Elizabeth, who died while still a toddler. Eugene's father died in 1922, leaving Eugene and Charles to take over management of the Pitchfork Ranch.  Airplanes became a fascination for Belden. In the late 1920s, Charles became involved in raising antelope and sending them by airplane to zoos around the world, including some to Germany in the Hindenburg. He helped to pioneer the process of planting fish from the air and filmed the experience for future reference. In addition, he helped the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission conduct a census of wildlife herd populations using aerial photographs. Estate taxes, mismanagement, and an agricultural depression that began in 1921 took their toll on the Pitchfork and the ranch fell into decline. To meet expenses, in the 1930's the family turned their home into a dude ranch, but this response did not stop the financial drain. After many years of strained relations, Charles divorced Frances in 1940 and moved to Florida with a new wife, Verna Steele Belden. Charles Belden died in 1963 of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Description above from the Wikipedia article Charles Josiah Belden  licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Writer

2005
House of Wax

as Original Film Writer

1956
1953
House of Wax

as Story

1950
Double Deal

as Screenplay

1948
Borrowed Trouble

as Screenplay

1948
Silent Conflict

as Screenplay

1947
The Marauders

as Screenplay

1946
1946
The Gay Cavalier

as Screenplay

1946
Beauty and the Bandit

as Screenplay

1946
1945
1942
Bullet Scars

as Writer

1940
Tear Gas Squad

as Screenplay

1939
Kid Nightingale

as Screenplay

1939
On Dress Parade

as Writer

1938
1938
1937
1937
1936
Dracula's Daughter

as Writers' Assistant

1935
1935
A Shot in the Dark

as Screenplay

1935
A Shot in the Dark

as Adaptation

1935
1934
The Ghost Walks

as Screenplay

1934
Fifteen Wives

as Screenplay

1934
1934
Fifteen Wives

as Story

1934
Fugitive Road

as Screenplay

1934
Sons of Steel

as Story

1934
Sons of Steel

as Writer

1934
1932
A Fool's Advice

as Screenplay