Charles D. Brown

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1887-06-30 (61 years old)

Deathday

1948-11-25

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.

Acting

1946

The Big Sleep

as Norris the Butler

1940

1940

Santa Fe Trail

as Major Sumner

1949

Follow Me Quietly

as Police Insp. Mulvaney

1940

Brother Orchid

as Brother Wren

1945

Apology for Murder

as Ward McGee

1939

Charlie Chan in Reno

as Police Chief King

1946

Night Editor

as Crane Stewart

1946

The Killers

as Packy Robinson - Ole's Manager

1947

Railroaded!

as Police Captain MacTaggart

1940

The Old Swimmin' Hole

as Doc Elliott

1938

Barefoot Boy

as Calvin Whittaker

1942

Fingers at the Window

as Police Inspector Gallagher

1948

I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes

as Inspector Stevens

1946

The Last Crooked Mile

as Dietrich, Bank President

1944

Secret Command

as James Thane

1946

Danger Woman

as Inspector Pepper

1943

Minesweeper

as Commander Lane

1942

Roxie Hart

as Charles E. Murdock

1941

Tall, Dark and Handsome

as District Attorney

1939

Mr. Moto in Danger Island

as Capt. Thomas Castle

1948

In This Corner

as Victor 'Doc' Fuller

1947

1938

Think It Over

as Fire Inspector Wilson

1938

The Duke of West Point

as Ann's Father

1940

1945

1941

Devil Pays Off

as Capt. Jonathan Hunt

1947

Undercover Maisie

as Captain Mead

1946

In Fast Company

as Father Donovan

1940

1946

Wake Up and Dream

as Lt. Commander

1946

1938

Exposed

as Steve Conway

1939

Disbarred

as Jackson

1942

Sweater Girl

as Police Lt. McGill

1946

The Man Who Dared

as D. A. Darrell Tyson

1931

The False Madonna

as Peter Angel

1938

Algiers

as Max

1938

The Crowd Roars

as Bill Thorne

1939

Inside Story

as J.B. Douglas

1945

Sunbonnet Sue

as Father Hurley

1929

The Dance of Life

as Lefty Miller

1939

Tell No Tales

as Police Lt. Brandt (uncredited)

1939

Kid Nightingale

as Charles Paxton

1939

Babes in Arms

as Larry Randall (uncredited)

1941

Ride, Kelly, Ride

as Bob Martin

1940

I Take This Woman

as Police Lieutenant (uncredited)

1938

The Shopworn Angel

as McGonigle

1938

1946

Notorious

as Judge (uncredited)

1945

Eve Knew Her Apples

as Joe Gordon

1940

The Leather Pushers

as J.R. Stevens

1946

Just Before Dawn

as Insp. Burns

1940

Boom Town

as U.S. Marshal Stebbins (uncredited)

1944

Up in Arms

as Mr. Campbell

1946

The Hoodlum Saint

as Ed Collner - Chronicle Reporter

1940

Florian

as New York Police Lt.

1940

Johnny Apollo

as Sergeant Putting Pinch on Mickey and Johnny (uncredited)

1940

City of Chance

as District Attorney

1937

Thoroughbreds Don't Cry

as Click Donovan

1944

The Fighting Seabees

as Capt. Squires (uncredited)

1940

Know Your Money

as George D. Waldron

1940

Buyer Beware

as Police Insp. William C. Thomas (uncredited)

1944

The Racket Man

as Editor Clark

1931

The Secret Call

as Bob Barnes

1943

A Lady Takes a Chance

as Dr. G.W. Humboldt

1941

1948

On Our Merry Way

as Mr. Sadd

1943

Bombardier

as Officer at Briefing

1938

Speed to Burn

as Pop Williams

1943

Destroyer

as Doctor, finding Boley unfit for further sea duty

1941

1946

Tomorrow Is Forever

as Immigration Officer

1921

The Way of a Maid

as Gordon Witherspoon

1944

Jam Session

as Raymond Stuart

1940

Pier 13

as Police Captain Blake

1940

Sailor's Lady

as Capt. Roscoe

1940

Forgotten Girls

as Editor Linton

1938

Island in the Sky

as Inspector Whitehead

1938

Up the River

as Warden Harris

1938

Flight to Fame

as Major Loy

1939

Little Accident

as Jeff Collins

1931

Touchdown!

as Harrigan

1947

I Walk Alone

as Lt. Hollaran (uncredited)

1943

Swing Shift Maisie

as Curtis Glenby (Uncredited)

1941

Maisie Was a Lady

as 'Doctor' in Sideshow (Uncredited)

1941

Glamour Boy

as Martin Carmichael

1948

Let's Live Again

as Psychiatrist

1921

A Man of Stone

as Lord Reggie

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