
Charles D. Brown
Acting • Born 1887-06-30 – Died 1948-11-25
Biography
Charles D. Brown was an American stage and screen actor. His Broadway career spanned the years 1911 through 1937, while his film career, that included more than 100 movies, stretched from 1921 to his death in 1948. Brown additionally, in 1914, wrote and directed one short film, The Bank Burglar's Fate.
Filmography
100 credits
The Big Sleep
Movie • 1946
Norris the Butler

The Grapes of Wrath
Movie • 1940
Wilkie

Santa Fe Trail
Movie • 1940
Major Sumner

Follow Me Quietly
Movie • 1949
Police Insp. Mulvaney

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
Movie • 1946
McCarthy

Brother Orchid
Movie • 1940
Brother Wren

Apology for Murder
Movie • 1945
Ward McGee

Charlie Chan in Reno
Movie • 1939
Police Chief King

Night Editor
Movie • 1946
Crane Stewart

The Killers
Movie • 1946
Packy Robinson - Ole's Manager

Railroaded!
Movie • 1947
Police Captain MacTaggart

The Senator Was Indiscreet
Movie • 1947
Dinty

The Old Swimmin' Hole
Movie • 1940
Doc Elliott

Barefoot Boy
Movie • 1938
Calvin Whittaker

Fingers at the Window
Movie • 1942
Police Inspector Gallagher

I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes
Movie • 1948
Inspector Stevens

Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman
Movie • 1947
Mike Dawson

The Last Crooked Mile
Movie • 1946
Dietrich, Bank President

Secret Command
Movie • 1944
James Thane

Danger Woman
Movie • 1946
Inspector Pepper

Minesweeper
Movie • 1943
Commander Lane

Roxie Hart
Movie • 1942
Charles E. Murdock

Tall, Dark and Handsome
Movie • 1941
District Attorney

Mr. Moto in Danger Island
Movie • 1939
Capt. Thomas Castle

In This Corner
Movie • 1948
Victor 'Doc' Fuller

Merton of the Movies
Movie • 1947
Jeff Baird

Think It Over
Movie • 1938
Fire Inspector Wilson

The Duke of West Point
Movie • 1938
Ann's Father

Wolf of New York
Movie • 1940
Nolan

Having Wonderful Crime
Movie • 1945
Mr. Winslow

Devil Pays Off
Movie • 1941
Capt. Jonathan Hunt

Undercover Maisie
Movie • 1947
Captain Mead

The Ice Follies of 1939
Movie • 1939
Barney

In Fast Company
Movie • 1946
Father Donovan

He Married His Wife
Movie • 1940
Detective

Wake Up and Dream
Movie • 1946
Lt. Commander

The Searching Wind
Movie • 1946
Carter

Exposed
Movie • 1938
Steve Conway

Disbarred
Movie • 1939
Jackson

Sweater Girl
Movie • 1942
Police Lt. McGill

The Man Who Dared
Movie • 1946
D. A. Darrell Tyson

The False Madonna
Movie • 1931
Peter Angel

Algiers
Movie • 1938
Max

The Crowd Roars
Movie • 1938
Bill Thorne

Inside Story
Movie • 1939
J.B. Douglas

Sunbonnet Sue
Movie • 1945
Father Hurley

The Dance of Life
Movie • 1929
Lefty Miller

Tell No Tales
Movie • 1939
Police Lt. Brandt (uncredited)

Kid Nightingale
Movie • 1939
Charles Paxton

Smashing the Money Ring
Movie • 1939
Parker

Babes in Arms
Movie • 1939
Larry Randall (uncredited)

Ride, Kelly, Ride
Movie • 1941
Bob Martin

I Take This Woman
Movie • 1940
Police Lieutenant (uncredited)

The Shopworn Angel
Movie • 1938
McGonigle

Mr. Moto's Gamble
Movie • 1938
Editor

Notorious
Movie • 1946
Judge (uncredited)

Eve Knew Her Apples
Movie • 1945
Joe Gordon

The Leather Pushers
Movie • 1940
J.R. Stevens

Just Before Dawn
Movie • 1946
Insp. Burns

Boom Town
Movie • 1940
U.S. Marshal Stebbins (uncredited)

Up in Arms
Movie • 1944
Mr. Campbell

The Hoodlum Saint
Movie • 1946
Ed Collner - Chronicle Reporter

Florian
Movie • 1940
New York Police Lt.

Johnny Apollo
Movie • 1940
Sergeant Putting Pinch on Mickey and Johnny (uncredited)

City of Chance
Movie • 1940
District Attorney

Thoroughbreds Don't Cry
Movie • 1937
Click Donovan

The Fighting Seabees
Movie • 1944
Capt. Squires (uncredited)

Know Your Money
Movie • 1940
George D. Waldron

Buyer Beware
Movie • 1940
Police Insp. William C. Thomas (uncredited)

The Racket Man
Movie • 1944
Editor Clark

The Road to Reno
Movie • 1931
Jim

The Secret Call
Movie • 1931
Bob Barnes

A Lady Takes a Chance
Movie • 1943
Dr. G.W. Humboldt

Gold Diggers of 1937
Movie • 1936
Hugo

International Lady
Movie • 1941
Tetlow

On Our Merry Way
Movie • 1948
Mr. Sadd

Bombardier
Movie • 1943
Officer at Briefing

Speed to Burn
Movie • 1938
Pop Williams

Destroyer
Movie • 1943
Doctor, finding Boley unfit for further sea duty

Reaching for the Sun
Movie • 1941
Johnson

Tomorrow Is Forever
Movie • 1946
Immigration Officer

The Way of a Maid
Movie • 1921
Gordon Witherspoon

Jam Session
Movie • 1944
Raymond Stuart

Pier 13
Movie • 1940
Police Captain Blake

Sailor's Lady
Movie • 1940
Capt. Roscoe

Forgotten Girls
Movie • 1940
Editor Linton

Island in the Sky
Movie • 1938
Inspector Whitehead

Up the River
Movie • 1938
Warden Harris

Flight to Fame
Movie • 1938
Major Loy

Little Accident
Movie • 1939
Jeff Collins

Touchdown!
Movie • 1931
Harrigan

I Walk Alone
Movie • 1947
Lt. Hollaran (uncredited)

Swing Shift Maisie
Movie • 1943
Curtis Glenby (Uncredited)

Maisie Was a Lady
Movie • 1941
'Doctor' in Sideshow (Uncredited)

Glamour Boy
Movie • 1941
Martin Carmichael

Let's Live Again
Movie • 1948
Psychiatrist

A Man of Stone
Movie • 1921
Lord Reggie

Follow the Boys
Movie • 1944
Col. Starret (uncredited)

Right to the Heart
Movie • 1942
Jim Killian

Dangerous Curves
Movie • 1929
Spider