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.

Filmography

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