Charles C. Wilson

Charles C. Wilson

Charles Cahill Wilson (July 29, 1894 – January 7, 1948) was an American screen and stage actor. He appeared in numerous films during the Golden Age of Hollywood from the late 1920s to late 1940s. Born in New York City in 1894, the white-haired, burly actor was often typecast as an earnest police officer, newspaper editor or principal. He appeared in over 250 films between 1928 and 1948, mostly playing small supporting roles with a few sentences. Charles Wilson began his acting career at the theatre, including roles in six Broadway plays between 1918 and 1931. In 1928, he directed the Hollywood comedy Lucky Boy (1928), where he also made his film debut. According to the Internet Movie Database, Lucky Boy was Wilson's only film as a director. His most notable role was probably Clark Gable's "wonderfully aggravated" newspaper boss in Frank Capra's comedy It Happened One Night, which won five Academy Awards in 1935. He was also cast in small roles in other Capra movies such as Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) and It's a Wonderful Life (1946). Shortly before his death, Wilson appeared as the boss of the Three Stooges in the two-reel comedy Crime on Their Hands (1948).

Known For: Acting

Born: New York City, New York, USA, 1894-07-28

Died: 1948-01-07

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1929	Broadway Scandals	Jack	60
2	1929	Acquitted	Nelson	0
3	1930	Getting a Ticket	Motorcycle Cop	52
4	1930	Insurance	Doctor (uncredited)	80
5	1931	Stolen Heaven	Detective	50
6	1931	My Sin	Guest in Pool Party	58
7	1931	Hot News Margie	Newspaper Editor (uncredited)	60
8	1932	The Campus Mystery	Detective Reardon	0
9	1932	The Trans-Atlantic Mystery	Detective Doyle (uncredited)	43
10	1933	Hard to Handle	Jailer (uncredited)	69
11	1933	Elmer, the Great	Mr. Wade (as Charles Wilson)	49
12	1933	Gold Diggers of 1933	Deputy (uncredited)	72
13	1933	Private Detective 62	Club Bartender (Uncredited)	61
14	1933	The Mayor of Hell	Wilson (uncredited)	72
15	1933	Disgraced!	Thompson, Assistant District Attorney	60
16	1933	Mary Stevens, M.D.	Walter Rising	63
17	1933	No Marriage Ties	Red Moran, City Desk Editor	48
18	1933	The Kennel Murder Case	Detective Hennessy (uncredited)	61
19	1933	College Coach	Charles Hauser	42
20	1933	Female	Private Detective Falihee (Uncredited)	63
21	1933	Havana Widows	Mr. Timberg	58
22	1934	Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen	Chief of Police	50
23	1934	Cross Country Cruise	Detective (Uncredited)	60
24	1934	The 9th Guest	Burke (Uncredited)	60
25	1934	It Happened One Night	Joe Gordon	78
26	1934	I Believed in You	Magistrate	0
27	1934	Affairs of a Gentleman	Inspector Quillan	33
28	1934	Fog Over Frisco	Detective Sergeant O'Hagen	62
29	1934	The Hell Cat	Graham	60
30	1934	The Circus Clown	Sheldon	60
31	1934	Name the Woman	Joel Walker	0
32	1934	The Dragon Murder Case	Det. Hennessey	57
33	1934	The Human Side	Furniture Buyer (uncredited)	0
34	1934	Embarrassing Moments	Attorney	0
35	1934	Port of Lost Dreams	Warden	65
36	1934	The St. Louis Kid	Mr. Harris	58
37	1934	Men of the Night	Benson	20
38	1934	Murder in the Clouds	Lackey	47
39	1934	Here Is My Heart	Captain Dodge (uncredited)	68
40	1935	The Gilded Lily	Managing Editor	65
41	1935	The Great Hotel Murder	Anthony Wilson	58
42	1935	Car 99	Trooper Captain Ryan	50
43	1935	The Perfect Clue	District Attorney	55
44	1935	Four Hours to Kill!	Taft	50
45	1935	Baby Face Harrington	City Editor (uncredited)	48
46	1935	The Case of the Curious Bride	Ferry Captain (uncredited)	60
47	1935	Air Hawks	Newspaper editor	56
48	1935	Murder in the Fleet	Commander Brown (Uncredited)	50
49	1935	The Nitwits	Police Captain Jennings	61
50	1935	The Glass Key	District Attorney Edward J. Farr	64
51	1935	After the Dance	Chief of Police	60
52	1935	Smart Girl	Morgan (uncredited)	0
53	1935	The Public Menace	First Detective	50
54	1935	Waterfront Lady	Jim McFee aka Mac	40
55	1935	The Case of the Lucky Legs	Police Officer Ricker	60
56	1935	Music Is Magic	Decker - Theatre Manager (uncredited)	40
57	1935	Mary Burns, Fugitive	G-Man at dancehall	0
58	1935	Show Them No Mercy!	Clifford	70
59	1935	We're Only Human	Editor of The Daily Star	65
60	1935	Hitch Hike Lady	Mike - a Racketeer	68
61	1936	Strike Me Pink	Hardie	66
62	1936	The Country Doctor	George the Boat Captain (uncredited)	60
63	1936	Big Brown Eyes	Prosecuting Attorney (Uncredited)	63
64	1936	Mr. Deeds Goes to Town	County Hospital Guard (uncredited)	75
65	1936	Panic on the Air	Chief Inspector Fitzgerald	55
66	1936	The Mine with the Iron Door	Pitkins	0
67	1936	Show Boat		68
68	1936	Satan Met a Lady	Detective Pollock	58
69	1936	Earthworm Tractors	H.J. Russell	50
70	1936	36 Hours to Kill	F.B.I. Chief	53
71	1936	Grand Jury	City Editor	70
72	1936	I'd Give My Life	Warden	60
73	1936	The Gentleman from Louisiana	Diamond Jim Brady	0
74	1936	Down the Stretch	Tex Reardon	55
75	1936	Murder with Pictures	Assistant Editor (uncredited)	51
76	1936	The Magnificent Brute	Murphy	65
77	1936	Legion of Terror	Colonel McCollum (as Charles Wilson)	60
78	1936	Mind Your Own Business	Detective	0
79	1937	Woman in Distress	Editor Herbert Claxton	60
80	1937	You Only Live Once	Police Inspector (uncredited)	71
81	1937	They Wanted to Marry	Clark	50
82	1937	The Great O'Malley	Policeman Chiding School Bus Driver (uncredited)	67
83	1937	Murder Goes to College	Police Inspector Simpson	30
84	1937	Midnight Court	Police Chief	48
85	1937	Night Key	Police Capt. Wallace (uncredited)	61
86	1937	The Case of the Stuttering Bishop	Hamilton Burger	68
87	1937	Roaring Timber	Sam Garvin	50
88	1937	One Mile from Heaven	Fletcher	67
89	1937	Broadway Melody of 1938	Horse Auctioneer (uncredited)	62
90	1937	Life Begins in College	Tom Burke	0
91	1937	Partners in Crime	Inspector Simpson	0
92	1937	The Adventurous Blonde	Mortimer Gray	54
93	1937	Daughter of Shanghai	Schwartz (uncredited)	54
94	1938	Sally, Irene and Mary	Covered Wagon Cafe Manager	60
95	1938	State Police	Captain Halstead	60
96	1938	Little Miss Thoroughbred	Becker	40
97	1938	Prison Farm	Reardon	57
98	1938	When Were You Born	Inspector Jim C. Gregg	52
99	1938	Gateway	Inspector	65
100	1938	Tenth Avenue Kid	Commissioner	50
101	1938	Hold That Co-ed	Coach Burke	63
102	1938	The Night Hawk	Lonigan	0
103	1938	The Spider's Web	Chase	60
104	1938	Angels with Dirty Faces		75
105	1939	Fighting Thoroughbreds	Spencer Bogart	0
106	1939	Rose of Washington Square	Mike Cavanaugh	58
107	1939	The House of Fear	Police Chief	65
108	1939	The Cowboy Quarterback	Coach Hap Farrell	55
109	1939	Hotel for Women	Albert	60
110	1939	Here I Am a Stranger	Managing Editor	70
111	1939	Smashing the Money Ring	Capt. Kilrane	50
112	1939	The Roaring Twenties	Policeman (uncredited)	75
113	1939	The Return of Doctor X	Det. Kincaid	59
114	1939	Invisible Stripes	Arresting Officer (uncredited)	63
115	1940	He Married His Wife	Warden	51
116	1940	Gangs of Chicago		53
117	1940	Sandy Is a Lady	Sergeant	0
118	1940	Girl in 313	Vincent Brady, Commissioner of Police	56
119	1940	Millionaires in Prison	R.J. Reynolds, Sunday Editor (uncredited)	60
120	1940	They Drive by Night	Mike Williams (uncredited)	69
121	1940	Public Deb No. 1	Sergeant	42
122	1940	City for Conquest	Bill - Man Behind MacPherson at Fight (uncredited)	68
123	1940	Knute Rockne All American	Gambler (uncredited)	61
124	1940	Tin Pan Alley	Desk Sergeant (uncredited)	48
125	1940	Lady with Red Hair	George Martin (uncredited)	65
126	1940	Charter Pilot	Owen	60
127	1941	The Face Behind the Mask	Chief O'Brien	65
128	1941	Meet John Doe	Charlie Dawson	73
129	1941	Federal Fugitives	Bruce Lane	54
130	1941	Broadway Limited	Detective (as Charles Wilson)	46
131	1941	Out of the Fog		64
132	1941	Dressed to Kill	Newspaper Editor	63
133	1941	The Officer and the Lady	Police Captain Hart	60
134	1942	Blondie Goes to College	Police Sergeant	64
135	1942	The Man Who Returned to Life	Inspector Mensil	60
136	1942	Rings on Her Fingers		65
137	1942	Lady Gangster	Detective	55
138	1942	This Gun for Hire	Police Captain	69
139	1942	Dr. Broadway	District Attorney McNamara	50
140	1942	Escape from Crime	C.L. Reardon - Managing Editor (as Charles Wilson)	52
141	1942	The Secret Code	Desk Sgt. Cullen	51
142	1942	Gentleman Jim	Gurney (uncredited)	72
143	1943	Batman	Captain Arnold	64
144	1943	Silver Spurs	Mr. Hawkins	38
145	1944	Hey, Rookie	Sam Jonas	0
146	1944	Crime by Night	District Attorney Hyatt	58
147	1944	The Missing Juror	Mac Ellis (Uncredited)	60
148	1945	Two O'Clock Courage	Brant - City Editor (uncredited)	61
149	1945	A Gun in His Hand	Chief of Police (uncredited)	57
150	1945	Week-End at the Waldorf	Hi Johns	60
151	1945	Scarlet Street	Watchman (uncredited)	76
152	1946	Road to Utopia	Official Policeman (uncredited)	66
153	1946	Crime of the Century	Police Lieutenant	50
154	1946	Passkey to Danger	Police Sergeant	0
155	1946	Larceny in Her Heart	Chief Gentry (as Charles Wilson)	60
156	1946	Blonde for a Day	Chief of Police Will Gentry (as Charles Wilson)	50
157	1946	Gas House Kids	Inspector Shannon	60
158	1946	It's a Wonderful Life	Charlie (uncredited)	83
159	1947	Meet Mr. Mischief	Harry's Boss	0
160	1947	The Secret Life of Walter Mitty	Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)	67
161	1947	Key Witness	Warden (uncredited)	46
162	1948	Big Town Scandal	Editor of the Chronicle (uncredited)	50
163	1948	Blazing Across the Pecos	Mayor Ace Brockway	40
164	1948	Crime on Their Hands	J.L. Cameron	71
165	1956	Commotion on the Ocean	J.L. Cameron - Managing Editor (archive footage)	43

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