Charles Eyton (24 June 1871 – 2 July 1941) was an actor-producer who became general manager of Famous Players–Lasky Corporation (a Paramount Pictures subsidiary) during the silent film era.
[1][2][3] His sisters were singer/actress Vera Doria,[4] and writer Alice Eyton,[5] who died of burns in 1929 after her masquerade costume was accidentally set alight.
[14] After establishing his reputation as a lightweight wrestler,[15] standing 5 feet 9 inches (1.75 m) and weighing 9 stone 3 pounds (59 kg; 129 lb), in 1889 Eyton sailed from Australia to the United States,[16] where he participated in a series of wrestling matches.
[18] He also worked as a boxing referee for over a decade, and was featured on a cigarette sports trading card in 1910.
[27] Adolph Zukor announced the special production unit would include a production of D. W. Griffith's adaption of Marie Corelli's novel, The Sorrows of Satan; with Eyton described as having been in charge of the Paramount studio and was 'voted unqualifiedly the most popular man in the entire motion picture colony'.