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).
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Gold Diggers of 1933
as Deputy (uncredited)During the Great Depression, all Broadway shows are closed down. A group of desperate unemployed...
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Scarlet Street
as Watchman (uncredited)Cashier and part-time starving artist Christopher Cross is absolutely smitten with the beautiful...
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Batman
as Captain ArnoldJapanese master spy Daka operates a covert espionage-sabotage organization located in Gotham...
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The Roaring Twenties
as Policeman (uncredited)After World War I, Armistice Lloyd Hart goes back to practice law, former saloon keeper George...
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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
as Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)Walter Mitty, a daydreaming writer with an overprotective mother, likes to imagine that he is a...
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Meet John Doe
as Charlie DawsonAs a parting shot, fired reporter Ann Mitchell prints a fake letter from unemployed "John Doe,"...
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It Happened One Night
as Joe GordonA rogue reporter trailing a runaway heiress for a big story joins her on a bus heading from...
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Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
as County Hospital Guard (uncredited)Longfellow Deeds lives in a small town, leading a small town kind of life. When a relative dies...
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You Only Live Once
as Police Inspector (uncredited)Based partially on the story of Bonnie and Clyde, Eddie Taylor is an ex-convict who cannot get a...
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They Drive by Night
as Mike Williams (uncredited)Joe and Paul Fabrini are Wildcat, or independent, truck drivers who have their own small...
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This Gun for Hire
as Police CaptainSadistic killer-for-hire Philip Raven becomes enraged when his latest job is paid off in marked...
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Gentleman Jim
as Gurney (uncredited)As bare-knuckled boxing enters the modern era, brash extrovert Jim Corbett uses new rules and...
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The Mayor of Hell
as Wilson (uncredited)Members of a teenage gang are sent to the State Reformatory, presided over by the callous...
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The Return of Doctor X
as Det. KincaidWhen news reporter Walter Garrett arrives at the hotel room of bombshell actress Angela Merrova...
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Broadway Limited
as Detective (as Charles Wilson)A publicity stunt staged on a train known as the Broadway Limited gets out of control, as no one...
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Show Boat
as uncreditedDespite her mother's objections, the naive young daughter of a show boat captain is thrust into...
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Road to Utopia
as Official Policeman (uncredited)While on a ship to Skagway, Alaska, Duke and Chester find a map to a secret gold mine, which had...
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Invisible Stripes
as Arresting Officer (uncredited)A gangster is unable to go straight after returning home from prison.
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Hey, Rookie
as Sam JonasMusical comedy star Jimmy Leighter wants to get away from show biz and his leading lady Winnie...
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Private Detective 62
as Club Bartender (Uncredited)A former government agent in France, who has failed at an assignment and been disavowed, is...
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Female
as Private Detective Falihee (Uncredited)Alison Drake, the tough-minded executive of an automobile factory, succeeds in the man's world...
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Mary Burns, Fugitive
as G-Man at dancehallA young woman who owns a coffee shop falls for a handsome young customer, unaware that he is a...
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The Kennel Murder Case
as Detective Hennessy (uncredited)Philo Vance, accompanied by his prize-losing Scottish terrier, investigates the locked-room...
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Earthworm Tractors
as H.J. RussellA salesman tries to sell a tractor to a customer who hates tractors while falling for the girl.
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Stolen Heaven
as DetectiveA hooker gets followed home by a man she thinks is drunk, but it turns out he's been wounded in...
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College Coach
as Charles HauserRuthless Coach Gore creates turmoil at a college by hiring players and alienating students....
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Prison Farm
as ReardonShirley Ross plays an innocent young girl convicted for complicity in a crime committed by her...
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No Marriage Ties
as Red Moran, City Desk EditorAn unemployed reporter, fired because of his drinking, takes a job at an advertising agency. Drama.
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The Face Behind the Mask
as Chief O'BrienIn this low-budget thriller, Peter Lorre plays Janos Szabo, an immigrant from Hungary who is a...
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Hard to Handle
as Jailer (uncredited)A hustling public relations man promotes a series of fads.
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Rose of Washington Square
as Mike CavanaughRose Sargent, a Roaring '20s singer, becomes a Ziegfeld Follies star as her criminal husband...
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Knute Rockne All American
as Gambler (uncredited)The story of legendary Notre Dame football player and coach Knute Rockne.
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Silver Spurs
as Mr. HawkinsJerry Johnson inherits a 50,000 acre ranch. Lucky Miller wants to take over the ranch. Roy is...
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Dressed to Kill
as Newspaper EditorA detective's wedding is postponed when gunshots are heard nearby.
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Air Hawks
as Newspaper editorA small, independent air delivery service is menaced by a mad scientist with a death ray...
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Fog Over Frisco
as Detective Sergeant O'HagenVal takes the assistance of a society reporter and a journalist to investigate the disappearance...
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The Missing Juror
as Mac Ellis (Uncredited)A newsman tracks down a phantom killer of murder-trial jurors.
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The Secret Code
as Desk Sgt. CullenA superhero known as The Black Commando battles Nazi agents who use explosive gases and...
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Midnight Court
as Police ChiefAfter losing his bid for district attorney, an aspiring young lawyer agrees to defend a ring of...
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The Great Hotel Murder
as Anthony WilsonCrime novelist Roger Blackwood competes with hotel house detective Andy McCabe in solving a...
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Lady Gangster
as DetectiveAn actress gets involved with a criminal gang and winds up taking the rap for a $40,000 robbery....
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Gangs of Chicago
as uncreditedA criminal uses his knowledge of the law for his not-very-legal purposes, betraying friends...
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Charter Pilot
as OwenUS-to-Central-America freight service pilot gets engaged to radio broadcaster and promises to...
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City for Conquest
as Bill - Man Behind MacPherson at Fight (uncredited)The heartbreaking but hopeful tale of Danny Kenny and Peggy Nash, two sweethearts who meet and...
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The Spider's Web
as ChasePulp hero "The Spider" seeks to destroy all criminals. In this serialized adventure, he battles...
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The Nitwits
as Police Captain JenningsA would-be songwriter and a would-be inventor run a cigar stand and get mixed up in the murder...
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The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
as Hamilton BurgerA Bishop from Australia comes to Perry to ask him to take a case of a woman wrongly accused of...
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Key Witness
as Warden (uncredited)A man takes over the identity of a dead man while on the lam from a crime he didn't commit.
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Tin Pan Alley
as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)Songwriters Calhoun and Harrigan get Katie and Lily Blane to introduce a new one. Lily goes to...
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Broadway Melody of 1938
as Horse Auctioneer (uncredited)Steve Raleight wants to produce a show on Broadway. He finds a backer, Herman Whipple and a...
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Strike Me Pink
as HardieMeek Eddie Pink becomes manager of an amusement park beset by mobsters.
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Dr. Broadway
as District Attorney McNamaraA New York doctor saves a chorus girl from a window ledge, twice, and rounds up racketeers.
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Lady with Red Hair
as George Martin (uncredited)An actress hopes to regain her lost son by making it to the top.
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When Were You Born
as Inspector Jim C. GreggA San Francisco astrologer correctly predicts a ship passenger's death and then helps the police...
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Mary Stevens, M.D.
as Walter RisingA woman doctor decides to have a baby without benefit of marriage.
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Girl in 313
as Vincent Brady, Commissioner of PoliceA priceless necklace goes missing at a plush party. Police close in on the jewel thieves but is...
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Night Key
as Police Capt. Wallace (uncredited)The inventor of a new top-of-the-line burglar alarm system is kidnapped by a gang in order to...
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Havana Widows
as Mr. TimbergTwo golddiggers go fishing for millionaires in Havana.
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Music Is Magic
as Decker - Theatre Manager (uncredited)An aging star finally recognizes the truth when she is replaced in her new movie by a girl from...
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Blondie Goes to College
as Police SergeantDagwood Bumstead must receive a college diploma or lose his job with the Dithers Construction...
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Millionaires in Prison
as R.J. Reynolds, Sunday Editor (uncredited)A crop of millionaire inmates struggle to get accustomed to prison life, while inmate Nick...
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Broadway Scandals
as JackTed Howard, a vaudevillian left, stranded in a tank town. A local girl, Mary (Sally O'Neil),...
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Here I Am a Stranger
as Managing EditorThe story of a young man's discovery of his father.
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Rings on Her Fingers
as uncreditedSusan Miller works behind the girdle counter in a department store and dreams about the...
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The Great O'Malley
as Policeman Chiding School Bus Driver (uncredited)His role in the plight of an unemployed man (Humphrey Bogart) and his disabled daughter...
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Murder with Pictures
as Assistant Editor (uncredited)Suspected crime boss Nate Girard beats a murder rap, and newspaper photog Kent Murdock is on the...
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Waterfront Lady
as Jim McFee aka MacWhen a young man is befriended by a gambling ship operator and made a partner in the business,...
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The Gilded Lily
as Managing EditorSecretary Marilyn David falls in love with British aristocrat Charles Gray, to the dismay of her...
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One Mile from Heaven
as FletcherA female journalist travels to a new neighborhood after getting a (false) lead and is surprised...
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Partners in Crime
as Inspector SimpsonDetective Hank Hyer investigates a blackmail case involving a candidate for mayor.
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Murder in the Fleet
as Commander Brown (Uncredited)A traitor is lurking somewhere aboard the USS Carolina, and Lt. Tom Randolph is determined to...
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Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen
as Chief of PoliceMiss Madeline Fane is a famous California screen star who has been devoted to her baby son...
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Show Them No Mercy!
as CliffordA young couple and their child fall prey to kidnappers when a storm drives them into a seemingly...
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Here Is My Heart
as Captain Dodge (uncredited)A rich and famous singer disguises himself as a waiter in order to be near the woman he loves, a...
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Cross Country Cruise
as Detective (Uncredited)A young woman is involved with a married man, although she does not know that he is married. He...
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Hotel for Women
as AlbertGuests at a women's residence club help a jilted small-town girl turn to modelling.
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Grand Jury
as City EditorWhen a grand jury acquits a gangster accused of murder, a retired elderly citizen decides it's...
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Woman in Distress
as Editor Herbert ClaxtonInvestigating rumors that a priceless Rembrandt, believed destroyed years ago, is actually in...
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Car 99
as Trooper Captain RyanA story of the Michigan State Police and the strong sense of loyalty and duty it instills in its...
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Smashing the Money Ring
as Capt. KilraneT-Man Brass Bancroft goes undercover in a prison which has a secret counterfeit operation set up...
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Week-End at the Waldorf
as Hi JohnsAnything can happen during a weekend at New York's Waldorf-Astoria: a glamorous movie star meets...
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Big Brown Eyes
as Prosecuting Attorney (Uncredited)Sassy manicurist Eve Fallon is recruited as an even more brassy reporter and she helps police...
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The Adventurous Blonde
as Mortimer GrayThe third of nine Torchy Blane movies. Angry that police detective Steve McBride (Barton...
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Life Begins in College
as Tom BurkeWhen a wealthy Indian student endows the college so they can keep the football coach rumor has...
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He Married His Wife
as WardenRace horse owner pays so much attention to business he winds up divorced from his wife. His...
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The Man Who Returned to Life
as uncreditedAn accused killer is granted a reprieve when his victim returns to town in the flesh after an...
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Crime by Night
as District Attorney HyattA private eye and his secretary probe a murder and find an international spy.
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36 Hours to Kill
as F.B.I. ChiefDuke and Jeanie Benson, an outlaw couple hiding out under assumed names. Duke realizes that he...
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Satan Met a Lady
as Detective PollockIn the second screen version of The Maltese Falcon, a detective is caught between a lying...
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State Police
as Captain HalsteadThe state police try to break up racketeering in a coal mining town.
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Roaring Timber
as Sam GarvinJim Sherwood , toughest logging boss in the timber country, takes on his toughest assignment...
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Big Town Scandal
as Editor of the Chronicle (uncredited)A crusading editor and his star reporter aid underprivileged youths and crack down on racketeers...
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The Case of the Lucky Legs
as Police Officer RickerA con man who stages phony "lucky legs" beauty contests and leaves town with the money is found...
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The Public Menace
as First Detective1935 comedy in which an immigrant (Jean Arthur), a reporter (George Murphy) and a gangster...
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The St. Louis Kid
as Mr. HarrisTrucker Eddie Kennedy gets involved with the law when he has an car accident with Ann Reid and...
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The 9th Guest
as Burke (Uncredited)Eight people are invited by an unsigned telegram to a penthouse apartment, where they find...
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The Country Doctor
as George the Boat Captain (uncredited)A doctor has a rough time obtaining the money for his services in a lumber town until he...
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They Wanted to Marry
as ClarkNewspaper photographer Jim Tyler sneaks into a society girl's wedding, and the bride's sister...
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The House of Fear
as Police ChiefA detective goes undercover as a producer to investigate an actor's murder, which occurred...
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Four Hours to Kill!
as TaftA detective who has "four hours to kill" before delivering his prisoner, an escaped killer,...
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Affairs of a Gentleman
as Inspector QuillanWhen a novelist is murdered, suspicion falls on all the women he had affairs with--and then...
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We're Only Human
as Editor of The Daily StarA cop, who plays by his own rules, brings down a notorious gangster.
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The Dragon Murder Case
as Det. HennesseyWonderful idea to give a party with people who dislike each other. Late at night, everyone...
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Smart Girl
as Morgan (uncredited)Socialite Pat Reynolds (Ida Lupino) is forced to become the "smart girl" of the title when her...
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Out of the Fog
as uncreditedA Brooklyn pier racketeer bullies boat-owners into paying protection money but two fed-up...
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The Circus Clown
as SheldonA man who wants to join the circus against the wishes of his ex-circus clown father.
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Larceny in Her Heart
as Chief Gentry (as Charles Wilson)In the second of the PRC "Michael Shayne" series,civic crusader Burton Stallings hires private...
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The Gentleman from Louisiana
as Diamond Jim BradyIn Victorian-era USA, a horse-jockey becomes a scapegoat in the nefarious schemes of a group of...
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Disgraced!
as Thompson, Assistant District AttorneyA lovely fashion model's dreams of marital bliss are shattered when her fiance jilts her. To...
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Sally, Irene and Mary
as Covered Wagon Cafe ManagerManicurists Sally, Irene and Mary hope to be Broadway entertainers. When Mary inherits an old...
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Down the Stretch
as Tex ReardonA jockey tries to overcome the reputation of his father, who once threw a race.
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The Cowboy Quarterback
as Coach Hap FarrellFootball scout for the Chicago Packers Rusty Walker signs Harry Lynn, a legendary broken-field...
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A Gun in His Hand
as Chief of Police (uncredited)In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, a young man graduates from the police academy at...
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Little Miss Thoroughbred
as BeckerA young orphan girl wants a small-time gambler to be her father.
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Embarrassing Moments
as AttorneyJerry Randolph is an inveterate and obnoxious practical joker. Things take a serious turn when...
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Sandy Is a Lady
as SergeantMary and Joe Phillips' attempts to improve their financial status are alternately aided and...
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The Human Side
as Furniture Buyer (uncredited)The story of a theatrical producer, his divorced wife and their four children.
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Elmer, the Great
as Mr. Wade (as Charles Wilson)Elmer does not want to leave Gentryville, because Nellie is the one that he loves. Even when Mr....
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The Magnificent Brute
as MurphyA love triangle forms the basis of this drama. It all begins in a steel mill when a steel worker...
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Baby Face Harrington
as City EditorThanks to a series of comic mishaps, a timid, small-town office clerk finds himself wanted by...
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Passkey to Danger
as Police SergeantAn advertising man's new campaign for a fashion designer attracts the attention of mysterious...
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The Glass Key
as District Attorney Edward J. FarrWhen Paul Madvig, a successful politician who fights his rivals to seize the city, becomes...
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Public Deb No. 1
as SergeantWhen a waiter gives a society girl a public spanking for attending a Communist rally, her...
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Crime on Their Hands
as J.L. CameronThe Stooges are janitors working in a newspaper office. When an anonymous caller phones in a tip...
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Murder in the Clouds
as LackeyBob Halsey is a first-rate pilot who's in love with stewardess Judy Wagner. He's ordered to...
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Commotion On The Ocean
as J.L. Cameron - Managing Editor (archive footage)The stooges are would-be reporters, who are tricked into becoming stowaways by "Borscht", a spy...
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Gateway
as InspectorIrish immigrant meets returning war correspondent on a liner bound for New York. When she...
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Hold That Co-ed
as Coach BurkeAn egotistical politician believes he can win votes by turning a small college's hapless...
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Tenth Avenue Kid
as CommissionerIn this drama, a 12-year-old boy becomes an orphan after seeing a detective shoot his father....
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After the Dance
as Chief of PoliceThough he was protecting her when he accidentally killed a man, Mabel Kane (Thelma Todd) refuses...
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Federal Fugitives
as Bruce LaneA government agent goes undercover in order to apprehend a saboteur who caused a plane crash.
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Panic on the Air
as Chief Inspector FitzgeraldA sports announcer and a friend investigate after a pitcher misses a series. When they discover...
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Men of the Night
as Benson"Stake-Out" Kelly, ace detective, meets Mary Higgins at a small Hollywood sandwich shop where he...
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Legion of Terror
as Colonel McCollum (as Charles Wilson)Two newly-appointed postal inspectors, Frank Marshall and 'Slim" Hewitt, set out to track down...
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Hitch Hike Lady
as Mike - a RacketeerBrit Amelia Blake travels to America to join her son Alfred. Fate forces her to hitchhike to...
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The Mine with the Iron Door
as PitkinsHaving acquired the controlling interest in the Eureka Discovery Corporation for five-hundred...
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Escape from Crime
as C.L. Reardon - Managing Editor (as Charles Wilson)An ex-con becomes a daredevil photojournalist.
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Blazing Across the Pecos
as Mayor Ace BrockwayThis time the Durango Kid confronts an expert gambler.
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Crime of the Century
as Police LieutenantEx-convict Hank Rogers is searching for his brother Jim, a newspaperman, and becomes involved...
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Name the Woman
as Joel WalkerDirected by Albert S. Rogell. With Richard Cromwell, Arline Judge, Rita La Roy, Charles C. Wilson.
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The Perfect Clue
as District AttorneyMona Stewart, madcap, spoiled daughter of a wealthy man, becomes upset when she learns that her...
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Acquitted
as NelsonA doctor is wrongly convicted of murder and sent to prison.
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The Officer and the Lady
as Police Captain HartA woman who refuses to become involved with a dedicated police officer unknowingly dates a man...
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Mind Your Own Business
as DetectiveNature reporter Orville Shanks retreats to the woods for material for his "Our Wild Friends"...
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The Hell Cat
as GrahamReporter Dan Collins tries to expose a crooked gambling ring, but is waylaid by Geraldine...
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Murder Goes to College
as Police Inspector SimpsonThe policy-racket reaches it lean, bony fingers into the ivy-towers of a large university and...
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Port of Lost Dreams
as WardenA gangster's girlfriend on the run from the police, who suspect her of helping her boyfriend...
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The Night Hawk
as LoniganGangster Charlie McCormick despairs as his young brother Bobby lays near death and vows to break...
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Blonde for a Day
as Chief of Police Will Gentry (as Charles Wilson)Hugh Beaumont stars as detective "Michael Shayne" in this 1946 B-film.
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Getting a Ticket
as Motorcycle CopEddie Cantor tries to fix a speeding ticket.
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Gas House Kids
as Inspector ShannonThe Gas House Kids tackle a gang of criminals in the hope of winning the reward and helping a...
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Insurance
as Doctor (uncredited)Eddie Cantor does a Vaudeville doctor routine.
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Hot News Margie
as Newspaper Editor (uncredited)Margie is a reporter on a tabloid newspaper. Her assignment is to find out whether there is any...
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