Charles Bickford

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1890-12-31 (77 years old)

Deathday

1967-11-09

Place of Birth

Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Charles Bickford

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Charles Bickford (January 1, 1891 – November 9, 1967) was an American actor best known for his supporting roles.  He was nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, for The Song of Bernadette (1943), The Farmer's Daughter (1947), and Johnny Belinda (1948). Other notable roles include Whirlpool (1948), A Star is Born (1954) and The Big Country (1958). Description above from the Wikipedia article Charles Bickford, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting

1954

A Star Is Born

as Oliver Niles

1936

Rose Hobart

as Man (archive footage) (uncredited)

1960

The Unforgiven

as Zeb Rawlins

1946

Duel in the Sun

as Sam Pierce

1945

Fallen Angel

as Mark Judd

1963

Days of Wine and Roses

as Ellis Arnesen

1938

Gangs of New York

as Rocky Thorpe / John Franklin

1958

The Big Country

as Major Henry Terrill

1959

Winterset

as Judge Gaunt

1947

Brute Force

as Gallagher

1950

Whirlpool

as Lt. James Colton

1930

Anna Christie

as Matt Burke

1947

1951

Jim Thorpe – All-American

as Glenn S. 'Pop' Warner

1934

Little Miss Marker

as Big Steve Halloway

1948

The Babe Ruth Story

as Brother Matthias

1947

The Farmer's Daughter

as Joseph Clancy

1943

The Song of Bernadette

as Father Peyramale

1936

The Plainsman

as John Lattimer

1951

The Raging Tide

as Hamil Linder

1948

Johnny Belinda

as Black MacDonald

1942

Reap the Wild Wind

as Mate of the 'Tyfib'

1948

Four Faces West

as Pat Garrett

1943

Mr. Lucky

as Hard Swede

1944

Wing and a Prayer

as Captain Waddell

1937

1939

1955

Not as a Stranger

as Dr. Dave W. Runkleman

1956

1937

Daughter of Shanghai

as Otto Hartman

1950

Riding High

as J.L. Higgins

1933

This Day and Age

as Louis Garrett

1953

The Last Posse

as Sampson Drune

1931

East of Borneo

as Allan Clark

1939

1955

1932

Scandal for Sale

as Jerry Strong

1957

Mister Cory

as Jeremiah Des Plains 'Biloxi' Caldwell

1932

Panama Flo

as Pearl

1950

Branded

as Mr. Lavery

1931

The Pagan Lady

as Dingo Mike

1931

The Squaw Man

as Cash Hawkins

1929

Hell's Heroes

as Bob Sangster

1933

White Woman

as Ballister

1929

Dynamite

as Hagon Derk

1935

1930

The Sea Bat

as Reverend Sims

1930

Passion Flower

as Dan Wallace

1938

Valley of the Giants

as Howard Fallon

1934

A Wicked Woman

as Pat Naylor

1949

Roseanna McCoy

as Devil Anse Hatfield

1933

No Other Woman

as Jim Stanley

1940

Queen of the Yukon

as Ace Rincon

1964

Della

as Hugh Stafford

1951

Elopement

as Tom Reagan

1930

River's End

as Keith / Conniston

1931

Men in Her Life

as Flashy Madden

1933

Red Wagon

as Joe Prince

1956

Forbidden Area

as Gen. Keaton

1932

1935

Under Pressure

as Nipper Moran

1932

Vanity Street

as Brian Murphy

1950

Guilty of Treason

as Cardinal Joszef Mindszenty

1939

Mutiny in the Big House

as Father Joe Collins

1940

1937

Night Club Scandal

as Det. Capt. McKinley

1936

Rose of the Rancho

as Joe Kincaid

1939

1937

Thunder Trail

as Lee Tate

1941

Burma Convoy

as Cliff Weldon

1939

Street of Missing Men

as Cash Darwin

1939

Thou Shalt Not Kill

as Rev. Chris Saunders

1941

1933

Song of the Eagle

as Joe (Nails) Anderson

1929

South Sea Rose

as Capt. Briggs

1939

1945

Captain Eddie

as William Rickenbacker

1955

Prince of Players

as Dave Prescott

1948

Command Decision

as Elmer Brockhurst

1938

The Storm

as Bob "Sparks" Roberts

2003

Complicated Women

as Self (archive footage)

1936

Pride of the Marines

as Steve Riley

1935

East of Java

as Red McGovern / Harvey Bowers

1958

Days of Wine and Roses

as Ellis Arnesen

1940

South to Karanga

as Jeff Worthing

1939

One Hour To Live

as Insp. Sid Brady

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