Charles C. Wilson
Biography
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).
Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1894-07-28
Place of birth
New York City, New York, USA
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Cast
It Happened One Night
1934
7.80
The Return of Doctor X
1939
5.90
Lady Gangster
1942
5.80
Name the Woman
1934
0.00
Gold Diggers of 1933
1933
7.16
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
1947
6.70
Satan Met a Lady
1936
5.90
The Face Behind the Mask
1941
6.50
The Officer and the Lady
1941
6.00
The Glass Key
1935
6.42
Broadway Melody of 1938
1937
6.20
Earthworm Tractors
1936
5.00
The Perfect Clue
1935
5.50
Elmer, the Great
1933
4.90
This Gun for Hire
1942
6.90
Show Boat
1936
6.73
The Dragon Murder Case
1934
5.80
Escape from Crime
1942
5.20
Murder Goes to College
1937
3.00
Gas House Kids
1946
6.00
Week-End at the Waldorf
1945
6.00
The Mayor of Hell
1933
7.20
Smart Girl
1935
0.00
Four Hours to Kill!
1935
5.00
The Cowboy Quarterback
1939
5.50
Tenth Avenue Kid
1938
5.00
Crime on Their Hands
1948
6.70
Crime by Night
1944
5.80
The Case of the Lucky Legs
1935
6.00
Hard to Handle
1933
6.87
College Coach
1933
4.20
Show Them No Mercy!
1935
7.00
I'd Give My Life
1936
6.00
Commotion on the Ocean
1956
4.00
Broadway Scandals
1929
6.00
Mary Stevens, M.D.
1933
6.00
Air Hawks
1935
5.60
Grand Jury
1936
7.00
He Married His Wife
1940
5.10
The Trans-Atlantic Mystery
1932
4.33
Getting a Ticket
1930
5.20
Federal Fugitives
1941
5.40
When Were You Born
1938
5.20
Havana Widows
1933
5.80
Hold That Co-ed
1938
6.33
Car 99
1935
5.00
The Spider's Web
1938
6.00
Here I Am a Stranger
1939
7.00
Partners in Crime
1937
0.00
The Gilded Lily
1935
6.42
The Circus Clown
1934
6.00
Sally, Irene and Mary
1938
6.00
Hitch Hike Lady
1935
6.80
Silver Spurs
1943
3.50
We're Only Human
1935
6.50
Stolen Heaven
1931
5.00
Gangs of Chicago
1940
5.30
The St. Louis Kid
1934
5.80
They Wanted to Marry
1937
5.00
Port of Lost Dreams
1934
6.00
The Night Hawk
1938
0.00
The Hell Cat
1934
6.00
Big Brown Eyes
1936
6.30
Broadway Limited
1941
5.10
Blazing Across the Pecos
1948
4.00
Meet Mr. Mischief
1947
0.00
Disgraced!
1933
0.00
Rose of Washington Square
1939
5.70
After the Dance
1935
6.00
Fog Over Frisco
1934
6.24
36 Hours to Kill
1936
5.30
Music Is Magic
1935
4.00
Baby Face Harrington
1935
4.80
The Gentleman from Louisiana
1936
0.00
Crime of the Century
1946
5.00
Key Witness
1947
4.60
Smashing the Money Ring
1939
5.00
Affairs of a Gentleman
1934
2.00
Strike Me Pink
1936
6.60
The Nitwits
1935
6.10
Little Miss Thoroughbred
1938
4.00
The Man Who Returned to Life
1942
6.00
Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen
1934
5.00
The House of Fear
1939
6.50
Dr. Broadway
1942
5.00
Hot News Margie
1931
6.00
The Roaring Twenties
1939
7.50
Murder in the Fleet
1935
5.00
Big Town Scandal
1948
5.00
Midnight Court
1937
4.80
The Country Doctor
1936
6.00
The Great O'Malley
1937
6.70
It's a Wonderful Life
1946
8.30
No Marriage Ties
1933
4.80
Scarlet Street
1945
7.60
The Magnificent Brute
1936
6.30
Dressed to Kill
1941
6.33
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936
7.50
Life Begins in College
1937
0.00
Murder with Pictures
1936
5.10
Legion of Terror
1936
6.00
Fighting Thoroughbreds
1939
0.00
Charter Pilot
1940
6.00
Two O'Clock Courage
1945
6.10
Larceny in Her Heart
1946
6.00
Sandy Is a Lady
1940
0.00
Down the Stretch
1936
5.50
The Mine with the Iron Door
1936
0.00
Mary Burns, Fugitive
1935
0.00
One Mile from Heaven
1937
6.70
Gentleman Jim
1942
7.20
Prison Farm
1938
5.70
Gateway
1938
6.50
Waterfront Lady
1935
5.50
Tin Pan Alley
1940
5.00
City for Conquest
1940
6.80
Hotel for Women
1939
6.00
They Drive by Night
1940
6.90
Knute Rockne All American
1940
6.00
Lady with Red Hair
1940
6.50
Millionaires in Prison
1940
6.00
Girl in 313
1940
5.60
Blonde for a Day
1946
5.00
Here Is My Heart
1934
6.80
Passkey to Danger
1946
0.00
Blondie Goes to College
1942
6.40
Private Detective 62
1933
6.00
Men of the Night
1934
2.00
The Secret Code
1942
5.10
Roaring Timber
1937
5.00
Mind Your Own Business
1936
0.00
Murder in the Clouds
1934
4.70
Woman in Distress
1937
6.00
The Kennel Murder Case
1933
6.20
A Gun in His Hand
1945
5.70
The Adventurous Blonde
1937
5.40
Batman
1943
6.40
Public Deb No. 1
1940
4.20
State Police
1938
6.00
The Human Side
1934
0.00
Panic on the Air
1936
5.50
Rings on Her Fingers
1942
6.50
Road to Utopia
1946
6.60
The Great Hotel Murder
1935
6.00
Meet John Doe
1941
7.30
You Only Live Once
1937
7.10
Invisible Stripes
1939
6.30
Female
1933
6.33
Cross Country Cruise
1934
6.00
The 9th Guest
1934
5.75
Embarrassing Moments
1934
0.00
The Public Menace
1935
5.00
Insurance
1930
8.00
The Missing Juror
1944
6.00
Night Key
1937
6.20
Out of the Fog
1941
6.40
Acquitted
1929
0.00
Hey, Rookie
1944
0.00
My Sin
1931
5.80
Daughter of Shanghai
1937
5.40
Angels with Dirty Faces
1938
7.53