Charles D. Brown

Born: 1887-06-30 in Council Bluffs, Iowa, USA

Died: 1948-11-25

Known For: Acting

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

1949

Follow Me Quietly as Police Insp. Mulvaney

1948

On Our Merry Way as Mr. Sadd
I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes as Inspector Stevens
In This Corner as Victor 'Doc' Fuller
Let's Live Again as Psychiatrist

1947

I Walk Alone as Lt. Hollaran (uncredited)
Undercover Maisie as Captain Mead
The Senator Was Indiscreet as Dinty
Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman as Mike Dawson
Railroaded! as Police Captain MacTaggart
Merton of the Movies as Jeff Baird

1946

The Big Sleep as Norris the Butler
Notorious as Judge (uncredited)
The Killers as Packy Robinson - Ole's Manager
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers as McCarthy
Tomorrow Is Forever as Immigration Officer
Danger Woman as Inspector Pepper
The Hoodlum Saint as Ed Collner - Chronicle Reporter
The Last Crooked Mile as Dietrich, Bank President
The Man Who Dared as D. A. Darrell Tyson
Night Editor as Crane Stewart
Wake Up and Dream as Lt. Commander
The Searching Wind as Carter
In Fast Company as Father Donovan
Just Before Dawn as Insp. Burns

1945

Sing Your Way Home as Charles 'Woody' Woodrow (uncredited)
Having Wonderful Crime as Mr. Winslow
Apology for Murder as Ward McGee
Eve Knew Her Apples as Joe Gordon
Sunbonnet Sue as Father Hurley

1944

The Fighting Seabees as Capt. Squires (uncredited)
Up in Arms as Mr. Campbell
Follow the Boys as Col. Starret (uncredited)
Secret Command as James Thane
Jam Session as Raymond Stuart
The Racket Man as Editor Clark

1943

A Lady Takes a Chance as Dr. G.W. Humboldt
Destroyer as Doctor, finding Boley unfit for further sea duty
Bombardier as Officer at Briefing
Swing Shift Maisie as Curtis Glenby (Uncredited)
Minesweeper as Commander Lane

1942

Roxie Hart as Charles E. Murdock
Sweater Girl as Police Lt. McGill
Right to the Heart as Jim Killian
Fingers at the Window as Police Inspector Gallagher

1941

Glamour Boy as Martin Carmichael
Maisie Was a Lady as 'Doctor' in Sideshow (Uncredited)
Tall, Dark and Handsome as District Attorney
International Lady as Tetlow
Devil Pays Off as Capt. Jonathan Hunt
Reaching for the Sun as Johnson
Ride, Kelly, Ride as Bob Martin

1940

The Grapes of Wrath as Wilkie
Boom Town as U.S. Marshal Stebbins (uncredited)
Santa Fe Trail as Major Sumner
Johnny Apollo as Sergeant Putting Pinch on Mickey and Johnny (uncredited)
Brother Orchid as Brother Wren
He Married His Wife as Detective
Forgotten Girls as Editor Linton
Buyer Beware as Police Insp. William C. Thomas (uncredited)
Sailor's Lady as Capt. Roscoe
I Take This Woman as Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
The Leather Pushers as J.R. Stevens
City of Chance as District Attorney
Florian as New York Police Lt.
Wolf of New York as Nolan
Know Your Money as George D. Waldron
The Old Swimmin' Hole as Doc Elliott
Pier 13 as Police Captain Blake

1939

Babes in Arms as Larry Randall (uncredited)
The Ice Follies of 1939 as Barney
Mr. Moto in Danger Island as Capt. Thomas Castle
Charlie Chan in Reno as Police Chief King
Smashing the Money Ring as Parker
Tell No Tales as Police Lt. Brandt (uncredited)
Kid Nightingale as Charles Paxton
Disbarred as Jackson
Inside Story as J.B. Douglas
Little Accident as Jeff Collins

1938

Exposed as Steve Conway
Mr. Moto's Gamble as Editor
Algiers as Max
The Shopworn Angel as McGonigle
The Crowd Roars as Bill Thorne
Up the River as Warden Harris
Island in the Sky as Inspector Whitehead
The Duke of West Point as Doc Porter
Barefoot Boy as Calvin Whittaker
Think It Over as Fire Inspector Wilson
Speed to Burn as Pop Williams
Flight to Fame as Major Loy

1937

Thoroughbreds Don't Cry as Click Donovan

1936

Gold Diggers of 1937 as Hugo

1931

The Road to Reno as Jim
The Secret Call as Bob Barnes
The False Madonna as Peter Angel
Touchdown! as Harrigan

1929

Dangerous Curves as Spider
The Dance of Life as Lefty Miller

1921

A Man of Stone as Lord Reggie
The Way of a Maid as Gordon Witherspoon