Charles D. Brown

Jun 30, 1887 - Nov 25, 1948 (61 years old) in Council Bluffs, Iowa, USA

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

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Railroaded!

Police Captain MacTaggart

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The Big Sleep

Norris the Butler

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Maisie Was a Lady

'Doctor' in Sideshow (Uncredited)

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Sweater Girl

Police Lt. McGill

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Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman

Mike Dawson

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Destroyer

Doctor, finding Boley unfit for further sea duty

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The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

McCarthy

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I Walk Alone

Lt. Hollaran (uncredited)

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Kid Nightingale

Charles Paxton

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Boom Town

U.S. Marshal Stebbins (uncredited)

Credits

Follow Me Quietly 1949

Police Insp. Mulvaney

★ 6.2
In This Corner 1948

Victor 'Doc' Fuller

★ NR
I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes 1948

Inspector Stevens

★ 5.5
Let's Live Again 1948

Psychiatrist

★ 5
On Our Merry Way 1948

Mr. Sadd

★ 5.5
The Senator Was Indiscreet 1947

Dinty

★ 5.4
I Walk Alone 1947

Lt. Hollaran (uncredited)

★ 6.5
Merton of the Movies 1947

Jeff Baird

★ 6.8
Railroaded! 1947

Police Captain MacTaggart

★ 6.6
Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman 1947

Mike Dawson

★ 6.1
Undercover Maisie 1947

Captain Mead

★ 8
Wake Up and Dream 1946

Lt. Commander

★ 6.5
The Killers 1946

Packy Robinson - Ole's Manager

★ 7.3
The Big Sleep 1946

Norris the Butler

★ 7.6
Notorious 1946

Judge (uncredited)

★ 7.7
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers 1946

McCarthy

★ 7.1
The Last Crooked Mile 1946

Dietrich, Bank President

★ 5.1
The Searching Wind 1946

Carter

★ NR
Danger Woman 1946

Inspector Pepper

★ NR
In Fast Company 1946

Father Donovan

★ 6.3
The Man Who Dared 1946

D. A. Darrell Tyson

★ 3
The Hoodlum Saint 1946

Ed Collner - Chronicle Reporter

★ 5.2
Night Editor 1946

Crane Stewart

★ 5.4
Just Before Dawn 1946

Insp. Burns

★ 6.3
Tomorrow Is Forever 1946

Immigration Officer

★ 6.1
Sunbonnet Sue 1945

Father Hurley

★ 5
Apology for Murder 1945

Ward McGee

★ 4.6
Having Wonderful Crime 1945

Mr. Winslow

★ 6.3
Eve Knew Her Apples 1945

Joe Gordon

★ 5.2
Secret Command 1944

James Thane

★ 6.8
Jam Session 1944

Raymond Stuart

★ 6
Up in Arms 1944

Mr. Campbell

★ 5.6
The Fighting Seabees 1944

Capt. Squires (uncredited)

★ 6.2
The Racket Man 1944

Editor Clark

★ 7
Minesweeper 1943

Commander Lane

★ 5
Swing Shift Maisie 1943

Curtis Glenby (Uncredited)

★ 6.5
A Lady Takes a Chance 1943

Dr. G.W. Humboldt

★ 5.6
Destroyer 1943

Doctor, finding Boley unfit for further sea duty

★ 6.6
Bombardier 1943

Officer at Briefing

★ 5.6
Sweater Girl 1942

Police Lt. McGill

★ 4
Fingers at the Window 1942

Police Inspector Gallagher

★ 5.5
Roxie Hart 1942

Charles E. Murdock

★ 6.9
Glamour Boy 1941

Martin Carmichael

★ 6
Devil Pays Off 1941

Capt. Jonathan Hunt

★ 3.4
International Lady 1941

Tetlow

★ 6.5
Reaching for the Sun 1941

Johnson

★ 6
Ride, Kelly, Ride 1941

Bob Martin

★ NR
Tall, Dark and Handsome 1941

District Attorney

★ 5.7
Maisie Was a Lady 1941

'Doctor' in Sideshow (Uncredited)

★ 6.8
Santa Fe Trail 1940

Major Sumner

★ 5.7
The Old Swimmin' Hole 1940

Doc Elliott

★ NR
The Leather Pushers 1940

J.R. Stevens

★ NR
Boom Town 1940

U.S. Marshal Stebbins (uncredited)

★ 6.8
Buyer Beware 1940

Police Insp. William C. Thomas (uncredited)

★ 6
Pier 13 1940

Police Captain Blake

★ 5
Sailor's Lady 1940

Capt. Roscoe

★ 4
Brother Orchid 1940

Brother Wren

★ 6.4
Florian 1940

New York Police Lt.

★ 1
Johnny Apollo 1940

Sergeant Putting Pinch on Mickey and Johnny (uncredited)

★ 6.8
The Grapes of Wrath 1940

Wilkie

★ 7.8
Forgotten Girls 1940

Editor Linton

★ 4.5
I Take This Woman 1940

Police Lieutenant (uncredited)

★ 5.6
Know Your Money 1940

George D. Waldron

★ 9
Wolf of New York 1940

Nolan

★ 7
He Married His Wife 1940

Detective

★ 5.1
City of Chance 1940

District Attorney

★ 5.2
Kid Nightingale 1939

Charles Paxton

★ 5.5
Little Accident 1939

Jeff Collins

★ 2
Smashing the Money Ring 1939

Parker

★ 5
Babes in Arms 1939

Larry Randall (uncredited)

★ 6.4
Charlie Chan in Reno 1939

Police Chief King

★ 6.3
Tell No Tales 1939

Police Lt. Brandt (uncredited)

★ 4.6
Mr. Moto in Danger Island 1939

Capt. Thomas Castle

★ 6.6
The Ice Follies of 1939 1939

Barney

★ 5.6
Inside Story 1939

J.B. Douglas

★ NR
Disbarred 1939

Jackson

★ 6
The Duke of West Point 1938

Ann's Father

★ 4
Up the River 1938

Warden Harris

★ NR
Exposed 1938

Steve Conway

★ 5
Flight to Fame 1938

Major Loy

★ 5
The Crowd Roars 1938

Bill Thorne

★ 6.5
Barefoot Boy 1938

Calvin Whittaker

★ 4.8
Think It Over 1938

Fire Inspector Wilson

★ 6.3
The Shopworn Angel 1938

McGonigle

★ 6.7
Speed to Burn 1938

Pop Williams

★ 6
Mr. Moto's Gamble 1938

Editor

★ 6.3
Island in the Sky 1938

Inspector Whitehead

★ 7
Algiers 1938

Max

★ 6.2
Thoroughbreds Don't Cry 1937

Click Donovan

★ 5.7
Gold Diggers of 1937 1936

Hugo

★ 5.8
The False Madonna 1931

Peter Angel

★ 6.3
Touchdown! 1931

Harrigan

★ NR
The Road to Reno 1931

Jim

★ 3.2
The Secret Call 1931

Bob Barnes

★ 7
The Dance of Life 1929

Lefty Miller

★ 5.5
The Way of a Maid 1921

Gordon Witherspoon

★ NR
A Man of Stone 1921

Lord Reggie

★ NR