Charles Cahill Wilson
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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).
Known for
Credits
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
as Charlie (uncredited)
It Happened One Night (1934)
as Joe Gordon
The 9th Guest (1934)
as Burke (Uncredited)
Batman (1943)
as Captain Arnold
Knute Rockne All American (1940)
as Gambler (uncredited)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
as Policeman (uncredited)
Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
Actor
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
as County Hospital Guard (uncredited)
Scarlet Street (1945)
as Watchman (uncredited)
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947)
as Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Meet John Doe (1941)
as Charlie Dawson
Rings on Her Fingers (1942)
Actor
That’s My Story (1937)
as Cummings
They Drive by Night (1940)
as Mike Williams (uncredited)
Invisible Stripes (1939)
as Arresting Officer (uncredited)
He Married His Wife (1940)
as Warden
Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
as Deputy (uncredited)
You Only Live Once (1937)
as Police Inspector (uncredited)
Sally, Irene and Mary (1938)
as Covered Wagon Cafe Manager
Fog Over Frisco (1934)
as Detective Sergeant O'Hagen
Satan Met a Lady (1936)
as Detective Pollock
Dressed to Kill (1941)
as Newspaper Editor
The Kennel Murder Case (1933)
as Detective Hennessy (uncredited)
The Return of Jimmy Valentine (1936)
as Kelley
This Gun for Hire (1942)
as Police Captain
The Face Behind the Mask (1941)
as Chief O'Brien
Find the Witness (1937)
as Charley Blair (uncredited)
City for Conquest (1940)
as Bill - Man Behind MacPherson at Fight (uncredited)
A Gun in His Hand (1945)
as Chief of Police (uncredited)
Week-End at the Waldorf (1945)
as Hi Johns
Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937)
as Horse Auctioneer (uncredited)
The Gilded Lily (1935)
as Managing Editor
The Case of the Curious Bride (1935)
as Ferry Captain (uncredited)
The Mayor of Hell (1933)
as Wilson (uncredited)
Show Boat (1936)
Actor
Song of Love (1929)
as Traveling Salesman
The Cowboy Quarterback (1939)
as Coach Hap Farrell
Private Detective 62 (1933)
as Club Bartender (Uncredited)
The Return of Doctor X (1939)
as Det. Kincaid
Big Brown Eyes (1936)
as Prosecuting Attorney (Uncredited)
Rose of Washington Square (1939)
as Mike Cavanaugh
Silver Spurs (1943)
as Mr. Hawkins
Gentleman Jim (1942)
as Gurney (uncredited)
Mary Burns, Fugitive (1935)
as G-Man at dancehall
Out of the Fog (1941)
Actor
Daughter of Shanghai (1937)
as Schwartz (uncredited)
Blonde for a Day (1946)
as Chief of Police Will Gentry (as Charles Wilson)
Lady with Red Hair (1940)
as George Martin (uncredited)
Here I Am a Stranger (1939)
as Managing Editor
Public Deb No. 1 (1940)
as Sergeant
Girl in 313 (1940)
as Vincent Brady, Commissioner of Police
Legion of Terror (1936)
as Colonel McCollum (as Charles Wilson)
The Dragon Murder Case (1934)
as Det. Hennessey
Name the Woman (1934)
as Joel Walker
Road to Utopia (1946)
as Official Policeman (uncredited)
Life Begins in College (1937)
as Tom Burke
Waterfront Lady (1935)
as Jim McFee aka Mac
The Secret Code (1942)
as Desk Sgt. Cullen
The Hell Cat (1934)
as Graham
The Missing Juror (1944)
as Mac Ellis (uncredited)
Murder with Pictures (1936)
as Assistant Editor (uncredited)
We're Only Human (1935)
as Editor of The Daily Star
Tin Pan Alley (1940)
as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Crime by Night (1944)
as District Attorney Hyatt
Strike Me Pink (1936)
as Hardie
Blondie Goes to College (1942)
as Police Sergeant
Murder in the Fleet (1935)
as Commander Brown (Uncredited)
When Were You Born (1938)
as Inspector Jim C. Gregg
Night Key (1937)
as Police Capt. Wallace (uncredited)
Elmer, the Great (1933)
as Mr. Wade (as Charles Wilson)
Here Is My Heart (1934)
as Captain Dodge (uncredited)
Escape from Crime (1942)
as C.L. Reardon - Managing Editor (as Charles Wilson)
Mary Stevens, M.D. (1933)
as Walter Rising
Broadway Limited (1941)
as Detective (as Charles Wilson)
Men of the Hour (1935)
as Harper
Big Town Scandal (1948)
as Editor of the Chronicle (uncredited)
36 Hours to Kill (1936)
as F.B.I. Chief
The Nitwits (1935)
as Police Captain Jennings
Shadows of Sing Sing (1933)
Actor
The Case of the Lucky Legs (1935)
as Police Officer Ricker
Hotel for Women (1939)
as Albert
Air Hawks (1935)
as Newspaper editor
Millionaires in Prison (1940)
as R.J. Reynolds, Sunday Editor (uncredited)
Lady Gangster (1942)
as Detective
The Great O'Malley (1937)
as Policeman Chiding School Bus Driver (uncredited)
The Officer and the Lady (1941)
as Police Captain Hart
Murder in the Clouds (1934)
as Lackey
Partners in Crime (1937)
as Inspector Simpson
Panic on the Air (1936)
as Fitzgerald
Smart Girl (1935)
as Morgan (uncredited)
Gateway (1938)
as Inspector
The House of Fear (1939)
as Police Chief
Smashing the Money Ring (1939)
as Capt. Kilrane
Hitch Hike Lady (1935)
as Mike - a Racketeer
Down the Stretch (1936)
as Tex Reardon
College Coach (1933)
as Charles Hauser
Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen (1934)
as Chief of Police
Key Witness (1947)
as Warden (uncredited)
Men of the Night (1934)
as Benson
Federal Fugitives (1941)
as Bruce Lane
The Human Side (1934)
as Furniture Buyer (uncredited)
Prison Farm (1938)
as Reardon
Murder Goes to College (1937)
as Police Inspector Simpson
Two O'Clock Courage (1945)
as Brant - City Editor (uncredited)
One Mile from Heaven (1937)
as Fletcher
Cross Country Cruise (1934)
as Detective (Uncredited)
Hard to Handle (1933)
as Jailer (uncredited)
Stolen Heaven (1931)
as Detective
Crime of the Century (1946)
as Police Lieutenant
Car 99 (1935)
as Trooper Captain Ryan
Female (1933)
as Private Detective Falihee (Uncredited)
Show Them No Mercy! (1935)
as Clifford
The Circus Clown (1934)
as Sheldon
Broadway Scandals (1929)
as Jack
Affairs of a Gentleman (1934)
as Inspector Quillan
The Adventurous Blonde (1937)
as Mortimer Gray
The St. Louis Kid (1934)
as Mr. Harris
Dr. Broadway (1942)
as District Attorney McNamara
The Great Hotel Murder (1935)
as Anthony Wilson
Four Hours to Kill! (1935)
as Taft
No Marriage Ties (1933)
as Red Moran, City Desk Editor
The Spider's Web (1938)
as Chase
Earthworm Tractors (1936)
as H.J. Russell
Roaring Timber (1937)
as Sam Garvin
The Country Doctor (1936)
as George the Boat Captain (uncredited)
Music Is Magic (1935)
as Decker - Theatre Manager (uncredited)
Larceny in Her Heart (1946)
as Chief Gentry (as Charles Wilson)
Baby Face Harrington (1935)
as City Editor (uncredited)
Grand Jury (1936)
as City Editor
Gangs of Chicago (1940)
Actor
Tenth Avenue Kid (1938)
as Commissioner
Midnight Court (1937)
as Police Chief
State Police (1938)
as Captain Halstead
The Public Menace (1935)
as First Detective
Crime on Their Hands (1948)
as J.L. Cameron
I Believed in You (1934)
as Magistrate
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop (1937)
as Hamilton Burger
The Gentleman from Louisiana (1936)
as Diamond Jim Brady
Embarrassing Moments (1934)
as Attorney
After the Dance (1935)
as Chief of Police
My Sin (1931)
as Guest in Pool Party
Acquitted (1929)
as Nelson
Blazing Across the Pecos (1948)
as Mayor Ace Brockway
Hey, Rookie (1944)
as Sam Jonas
The Magnificent Brute (1936)
as Murphy
Passkey to Danger (1946)
as Police Sergeant
The Glass Key (1935)
as District Attorney Edward J. Farr
The Mine with the Iron Door (1936)
as Pitkins
The Man Who Returned to Life (1942)
as Inspector Mensil
Hold That Co-ed (1938)
as Coach Burke
Gas House Kids (1946)
as Inspector Shannon
Commotion on the Ocean (1956)
as J.L. Cameron - Managing Editor (archive footage)
Disgraced! (1933)
as Thompson, Assistant District Attorney
Woman in Distress (1937)
as Editor Herbert Claxton
Sandy Is a Lady (1940)
as Sergeant
Hot News Margie (1931)
as Newspaper Editor (uncredited)
The Night Hawk (1938)
as Lonigan
Port of Lost Dreams (1934)
as Warden
They Wanted to Marry (1937)
as Clark
The Perfect Clue (1935)
as District Attorney
I'd Give My Life (1936)
as Warden
Havana Widows (1933)
as Mr. Timberg
Fighting Thoroughbreds (1939)
as Spencer Bogart
Mind Your Own Business (1936)
as Detective
Insurance (1930)
as Doctor (uncredited)
Charter Pilot (1940)
as Owen
The Campus Mystery (1932)
as Detective Reardon
White Lies (1935)
as Defense Attorney (uncredited)
Little Miss Thoroughbred (1938)
as Becker
Meet Mr. Mischief (1947)
as Harry's Boss
The Trans-Atlantic Mystery (1932)
as Detective Doyle (uncredited)
Getting a Ticket (1930)
as Motorcycle Cop