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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1887-06-30 (137 years old)

Place of Birth

Council Bluffs, Iowa, USA

Charles D. Brown

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.

Known For

Acting

1949

Follow Me Quietly as Police Insp. Mulvaney

1948

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

1947

Railroaded! as Police Captain MacTaggart
Merton of the Movies as Jeff Baird
Undercover Maisie as Captain Mead
I Walk Alone as Lt. Hollaran (uncredited)

1946

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

1945

Apology for Murder as Ward McGee
Having Wonderful Crime as Mr. Winslow
Sunbonnet Sue as Father Hurley
Eve Knew Her Apples as Joe Gordon

1944

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

1943

Minesweeper as Commander Lane
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)

1942

Fingers at the Window as Police Inspector Gallagher
Roxie Hart as Charles E. Murdock
Sweater Girl as Police Lt. McGill

1941

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

1940

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

1939

Charlie Chan in Reno as Police Chief King
Mr. Moto in Danger Island as Capt. Thomas Castle
Disbarred as Jackson
Inside Story as J.B. Douglas
Tell No Tales as Police Lt. Brandt (uncredited)
Kid Nightingale as Charles Paxton
Babes in Arms as Larry Randall (uncredited)
Little Accident as Jeff Collins

1938

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

1937

Thoroughbreds Don't Cry as Click Donovan

1936

1931

The False Madonna as Peter Angel
The Secret Call as Bob Barnes
Touchdown! as Harrigan

1929

The Dance of Life as Lefty Miller

1921

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