Redmond, Granville, 1871-1935

Granville Redmond (March 9, 1871 – May 24, 1935) was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on March 9, 1871 to a hearing family. He contracted scarlet fever as a child and when he recovered, he was found to be deaf. Granville attended the California School for the Deaf in Berkeley from 1879 to 1890 where his artistic talents were recognized and encouraged.

He was married in 1899 to Carrie Ann Jean; they had three children. While living in Los Angeles, he became friends with Charles Chaplin, who admired the natural expressiveness of a deaf person using American Sign Language. Chaplin asked Redmond to help him develop the techniques Chaplin later used in his silent films. He died on May 24, 1935 in Los Angeles.