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

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

1946

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

1945

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

1944

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

1943

A Lady Takes a Chance as Dr. G.W. Humboldt
Bombardier as Officer at Briefing
Destroyer as Doctor, finding Boley unfit for further sea duty
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

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

1940

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

1939

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

1938

Mr. Moto's Gamble as Editor
Exposed as Steve Conway
The Shopworn Angel as McGonigle
Up the River as Warden Harris
Algiers as Max
The Crowd Roars as Bill Thorne
The Duke of West Point as Doc Porter
Island in the Sky as Inspector Whitehead
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 Secret Call as Bob Barnes
The Road to Reno as Jim
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