Charles D. Brown
Born in Council Bluffs, Iowa, USA — Jun 30 1887• Died Nov 25 1948
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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.
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Charles D. Brown's Credits
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The Killers
Packy Robinson - Ole's Manager
The Big Sleep
Norris the Butler
Notorious
Judge (uncredited)
The Grapes of Wrath
Wilkie
Santa Fe Trail
Major Sumner
I Walk Alone
Lt. Hollaran (uncredited)
Johnny Apollo
Sergeant Putting Pinch on Mickey and Johnny (uncredited)
Sailor's Lady
Capt. Roscoe
Mr. Moto in Danger Island
Capt. Thomas Castle
Just Before Dawn
Insp. Burns
The Hoodlum Saint
Ed Collner - Chronicle Reporter
Fingers at the Window
Police Inspector Gallagher
Roxie Hart
Charles E. Murdock
Tall, Dark and Handsome
District Attorney
Mr. Moto's Gamble
Editor
Tomorrow Is Forever
Immigration Officer
Algiers
Max
Follow the Boys
Col. Starret (uncredited)
Swing Shift Maisie
Curtis Glenby (Uncredited)
Up in Arms
Mr. Campbell
International Lady
Tetlow
Up the River
Warden Harris
Bombardier
Officer at Briefing
City of Chance
District Attorney
Boom Town
U.S. Marshal Stebbins (uncredited)
Destroyer
Doctor, finding Boley unfit for further sea duty
A Lady Takes a Chance
Dr. G.W. Humboldt
Gold Diggers of 1937
Hugo
On Our Merry Way
Mr. Sadd
The Last Crooked Mile
Dietrich, Bank President
Inside Story
J.B. Douglas
Babes in Arms
Larry Randall (uncredited)
Railroaded!
Police Captain MacTaggart
The Road to Reno
Jim
The Racket Man
Editor Clark
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
McCarthy
Follow Me Quietly
Police Insp. Mulvaney
Florian
New York Police Lt.
Apology for Murder
Ward McGee
The Shopworn Angel
McGonigle
The Senator Was Indiscreet
Dinty
Maisie Was a Lady
'Doctor' in Sideshow (Uncredited)
Night Editor
Crane Stewart
Tell No Tales
Police Lt. Brandt (uncredited)
Thoroughbreds Don't Cry
Click Donovan
Minesweeper
Commander Lane
Brother Orchid
Brother Wren
The Fighting Seabees
Capt. Squires (uncredited)
The Ice Follies of 1939
Barney
Sunbonnet Sue
Father Hurley
I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes
Inspector Stevens
Exposed
Steve Conway
Charlie Chan in Reno
Police Chief King
Glamour Boy
Martin Carmichael
The Crowd Roars
Bill Thorne
Buyer Beware
Police Insp. William C. Thomas (uncredited)
Forgotten Girls
Editor Linton
Secret Command
James Thane
Kid Nightingale
Charles Paxton
Reaching for the Sun
Johnson
The Secret Call
Bob Barnes
Touchdown!
Harrigan
Danger Woman
Inspector Pepper
He Married His Wife
Detective
Merton of the Movies
Jeff Baird
The Man Who Dared
D. A. Darrell Tyson
The Leather Pushers
J.R. Stevens
Disbarred
Jackson
Know Your Money
George D. Waldron
Wake Up and Dream
Lt. Commander
Eve Knew Her Apples
Joe Gordon
Sweater Girl
Police Lt. McGill
Dangerous Curves
Spider
In Fast Company
Father Donovan
The Dance of Life
Lefty Miller
The Duke of West Point
Ann's Father
Undercover Maisie
Captain Mead
Wolf of New York
Nolan
Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman
Mike Dawson
The Searching Wind
Carter
The Old Swimmin' Hole
Doc Elliott
Smashing the Money Ring
Parker
Flight to Fame
Major Loy
Speed to Burn
Pop Williams
Think It Over
Fire Inspector Wilson
Island in the Sky
Inspector Whitehead
Jam Session
Raymond Stuart
Let's Live Again
Psychiatrist
I Take This Woman
Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
Having Wonderful Crime
Mr. Winslow
The False Madonna
Peter Angel
Right to the Heart
Jim Killian
Pier 13
Police Captain Blake
Barefoot Boy
Calvin Whittaker
Little Accident
Jeff Collins
Devil Pays Off
Capt. Jonathan Hunt
In This Corner
Victor 'Doc' Fuller
A Man of Stone
Lord Reggie
Ride, Kelly, Ride
Bob Martin
The Way of a Maid
Gordon Witherspoon