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