Charles Trowbridge


Biography

Filmography

 

Cast (Feature Film)

The Last Hurrah (1958)
The Wings of Eagles (1957)
Admiral Crown
Hoodlum Empire (1952)
Comm. Garrison
The Bushwackers (1952)
The Texas Rangers (1951)
Governor Coke
The Bushwhackers (1951)
Justin Stone
Unmasked (1950)
Dr. Lowell
Peggy (1950)
Dean Stockwell
When Willie Comes Marching Home (1950)
General Merrill
A Woman of Distinction (1950)
Jewelry salesman
Mr. Soft Touch (1949)
Judge Fuller
The Sun Comes Up (1949)
Dr. Gage
The Fountainhead (1949)
Director
Bad Boy (1949)
Dr. Fletcher
Hollow Triumph (1948)
Deputy
Song of My Heart (1948)
Jurgensen
Stage Struck (1948)
Captain Webb
The Paleface (1948)
Governor Johnson
For the Love of Mary (1948)
Deputy commissioner
Her Husband's Affairs (1947)
Brewster
The Sea of Grass (1947)
George Cameron
Honeymoon (1947)
Judge Riberol
Shoot to Kill (1947)
John Forsythe
Key Witness (1947)
John Ballin
Tarzan and the Huntress (1947)
King Farrod
Buck Privates Come Home (1947)
Mr. Quince
Mr. District Attorney (1947)
Longfield
Black Gold (1947)
Senator Watkins
Tycoon (1947)
Senor Tobar
Michigan Kid (1947)
Nash
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947)
Dr. Renshaw
The Beginning or the End (1947)
Walter S. Carpenter, Jr.
Gallant Bess (1947)
Mr. Riley
Colonel Effingham's Raid (1946)
Sterling Tignor
Valley of the Zombies (1946)
Dr. Rufus Maynard
Don't Gamble with Strangers (1946)
Warren Creighton
Smooth as Silk (1946)
Fletcher Holiday
The Secret of the Whistler (1946)
Dr. Winthrop
Shock (1946)
Dr. Franklyn Harvey
Undercurrent (1946)
Justice Putnam
The Red Dragon (1946)
Prentiss
The Hoodlum Saint (1946)
Uncle Joe Lorrison
They Were Expendable (1945)
Admiral Blackwell
Youth for the Kingdom (1945)
Mr. Webber
Mildred Pierce (1945)
Mr. Williams
Within These Walls (1945)
Governor Edward Rice
Faces in the Fog (1944)
Mr. White
Madame Curie (1944)
Board member
Summer Storm (1944)
Doctor
Hey, Rookie (1944)
General Willis
Heavenly Days (1944)
Alvin Clark
The Story of Dr. Wassell (1944)
Captain USN, Surabaya
Wing and a Prayer (1944)
Medical officer
The Fighting Seabees (1944)
Randolph
Captain America (1944)
Over My Dead Body (1943)
Tom Mardley
She's for Me (1943)
Dr. Folsom
Wintertime (1943)
Mr. Prentice
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday (1943)
Immigration officer
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
Rear Admiral Williams
The Falcon in Danger (1943)
Palmer's doctor
Mission to Moscow (1943)
Secretary of State Cordell Hull
Salute to the Marines (1943)
Mr. Selkirk
Sweet Rosie O'Grady (1943)
Husband
Blue, White and Perfect (1942)
Captain Brown
That Other Woman (1942)
Linkletter
Who Is Hope Schuyler? (1942)
[Judge] Rossiter
Sweetheart of the Fleet (1942)
Commander Hawes
Dr. Kildare's Victory (1942)
Baxter
Wake Island (1942)
George Nielson
Just Off Broadway (1942)
Defense attorney
Tennessee Johnson (1942)
Lansbury
Ten Gentlemen from West Point (1942)
Senate president
Cadet Girl (1941)
Colonel Bradley
We Go Fast (1941)
Lawyer
Great Guns (1941)
Colonel Ridley
Strange Alibi (1941)
Governor Phelps
The Great Mr. Nobody (1941)
Grover Dillon
The Great Lie (1941)
Senator Greenfield
The Nurse's Secret (1941)
Arthur Glenn
Hurricane Smith (1941)
Mark Harris
Rags to Riches (1941)
Prosecutor
Dressed to Kill (1941)
David Earle
Belle Starr (1941)
Colonel Bright
Sergeant York (1941)
Cordell Hull
Let's Make Music (1941)
Doctor
Meet John Doe (1941)
They Met in Bombay (1941)
Doctor
Life with Henry (1941)
Executive associate
The Son of Monte Cristo (1941)
Priest
Too Many Blondes (1941)
Barton
Back Street (1941)
Captain
King of the Texas Rangers (1941)
Dr. Kildare Goes Home (1940)
Atkinson
Our Town (1940)
Mr. Ferguson
Johnny Apollo (1940)
Judge
Swanee River (1940)
Mr. Foster
The Fighting 69th (1940)
Chaplain Holmes
The Fatal Hour (1940)
Forbes
The Mummy's Hand (1940)
Dr. Petrie
The Man with Nine Lives (1940)
Dr. Harvey
Trail of the Vigilantes (1940)
[John] Thornton
Cherokee Strip (1940)
Senator Cross
The House of the Seven Gables (1940)
Judge
My Love Came Back (1940)
Dr. Downey
Knute Rockne--All American (1940)
Professor
Sailor's Lady (1940)
Rear Admiral Chief of Staff
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante (1940)
Davis, butler
Before I Hang (1940)
Judge Braden
Virginia City (1940)
Seddon
Edison, the Man (1940)
Clark
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk (1940)
Judge
I Take This Woman (1940)
Dr. Morris
Mysterious Dr. Satan (1940)
King of Chinatown (1939)
Dr. Jones
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939)
George Pollard
Sergeant Madden (1939)
Commissioner, 1919
Boy Trouble (1939)
Mr. Tatum
Undercover Doctor (1939)
Lieutenant Watson
On Trial (1939)
Henry Dean
Tropic Fury (1939)
Doctor Taylor
Lady of the Tropics (1939)
Alfred Z. Harrison
The Man They Could Not Hang (1939)
Judge Bowman
Pride of the Navy (1939)
Captain Tyler
Cafe Society (1939)
Mr. Tiller
Mutiny on the Blackhawk (1939)
General [John] Fremont
Let Us Live (1939)
Judge
Risky Business (1939)
[Henry] Jameson
Disputed Passage (1939)
Dean
The Lady's from Kentucky (1939)
Charles Butler
Waterfront (1939)
Judge
Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939)
Major Williams
Smashing the Money Ring (1939)
Judge
Elsa Maxwell's Hotel for Women (1939)
Foley
Grand Jury Secrets (1939)
Mr. Halliday
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President (1939)
Cabinet member
Each Dawn I Die (1939)
Judge
King of the Underworld (1939)
Dr. Ryan
Submarine Patrol (1938)
Rear Admiral Joseph Maitland
Crime Ring (1938)
Marvin
Thanks for Everything (1938)
Draft doctor
Gang Bullets (1938)
Dexter Wayne
The Patient in Room 18 (1938)
Dr. Bolman
The Invisible Menace (1938)
Dr. Brooks
Nancy Drew: Detective (1938)
Hollister
Gangs of New York (1938)
District Attorney Lucas
Holiday (1938)
Banker
Crime School (1938)
Judge Clinton
No Time to Marry (1938)
Wintrop lawyer
The Last Express (1938)
District attorney [Meredith]
Men with Wings (1938)
Alcott
The Buccaneer (1938)
Daniel Carroll
The Mad Miss Manton (1938)
Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
White, Press editor
Kentucky (1938)
Doctor
Little Tough Guy (1938)
Judge
College Swing (1938)
Dr. Ashburn
City Girl (1938)
Pierson
A Day at the Races (1937)
Doctor
Alcatraz Island (1937)
Warden Jackson
Saturday's Heroes (1937)
President Horace C. Mitchell
They Gave Him a Gun (1937)
Judge
Sea Racketeers (1937)
Maxwell Gordon
Dangerous Number (1937)
Hotel manager
Reported Missing (1937)
Hasting
Exiled to Shanghai (1937)
Walters
That's My Story (1937)
B. L. Martin
The Thirteenth Chair (1937)
Dr. Mason
That Certain Woman (1937)
Dr. James
Espionage (1937)
Doyle
Fit for a King (1937)
Mr. Marshall
Man of the People (1937)
Man in courtroom
Captains Courageous (1937)
Dr. Walsh
Sinner Take All (1936)
Coroner
Wife Vs. Secretary (1936)
"Hal" Harrington
The Garden Murder Case (1936)
Inspector Colby
Absolute Quiet (1936)
Doctor
Moonlight Murder (1936)
Stage manager
Mad Holiday (1936)
Doctor
We Went to College (1936)
President Tomlin
Speed (1936)
Doctor
Love on the Run (1936)
Paris bureau chief
Exclusive Story (1936)
James Witherspoon, Sr.
Robin Hood of El Dorado (1936)
Ramon de la Cuesta
Libeled Lady (1936)
Graham
The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
Julian Mitchell
Mad Love (1935)
Dr. Marbeau
It's in the Air (1935)
Alfred Drake
Rendezvous (1935)
Secretary of War [Baker]
Calm Yourself (1935)
Lansell
Grand Hotel (1932)
Concierge
The Secret Call (1931)
Senator Phil Roberts
I Take This Woman (1931)
Mr. Dowling
Silence (1931)
Mallory
Damaged Love (1930)
Ned Endicott
Island Wives (1922)
Jimmy
The Fortune Hunter (1920)
Harry Kellogg
The Eternal Magdalene (1919)
Paul, his son
Thais (1917)
Nicias
Sunday (1915)
Jacky
Prohibition (1915)
Richard "Dick" Larkin
The Siren's Song (1915)
John Wayne
The Fight (1915)
Joe Keeler

Cast (Short)

Easy Life (1944)
Torture Money (1937)
"Servant of the People" The Story of the Constitution of the United States (1937)
Important News (1936)
Alibi Racket (1935)

Life Events

Videos

Movie Clip

Sea Of Grass, The (1947) -- (Movie Clip) Vast Grazing Empire Aiming for grandeur in director Elia Kazan's opening, late 1800's St. Louis, Lutie (Katharine Hepburn) with father (Charles Trowbridge), then travel to New Mexico, meeting the Halls (Ruth Nelson, James Bell), in The Sea Of Grass, 1947, from a Conrad Richter novel, co-starring Spencer Tracy.
Hoodlum Saint, The (1946) -- (Movie Clip) Everything Is Sweetness And Love Crashing a Baltimore society wedding in 1919, out-of-work WWI vet reporter Terry (William Powell) has charmed Kay (Esther Williams), whom he learns is the niece of the publisher (Charles Trowbridge) and friend of the financier Malbery (Henry O’Neill) he hoped to meet, in The Hoodlum Saint, 1946.
They Were Expendable (1945) -- (Movie Clip) Those Boats Of Yours Director John Ford framing the predicament, torpedo boat pilots Brickley (Robert Montgomery) and Ryan (John Wayne) put on a terrific show in Manila Bay, then get dissed by an admiral, early in They Were Expendable, 1946.
They Were Expendable (1945) -- (Movie Clip) Lay Down That Sacrifice Hopes are raised when Ryan (John Wayne) and fellow P-T boat captains see a chance for action, then dashed when Brickley (Robert Montgomery) gets orders from the admiral (Charles Trowbridge), in John Ford's They Were Expendable, 1945.
Captains Courageous (1937) -- (Movie Clip) I Had To Fight My Way Out Harvey (Freddie Bartholemew) is conning his magnate father (Melvyn Douglas) after fleeing school on a ruse, soon exposed by the visiting headmaster (Walter Kingsford) and teacher Tyler (Donald Briggs), in Captains Courageous, 1937.
Grand Hotel (1932) -- (Movie Clip) I Have A Complaint Epic take by director Edmund Goulding, at the front desk, mostly Kringelein (Lionel Barrymore) griping, meeting the Baron (brother John Barrymore), Dr. Otternschlag (Lewis Stone) and concierge (Charles Trowbridge), then Joan Crawford's entrance, in MGM's all-star Grand Hotel, 1932.
Tarzan And The Huntress (1947) -- (Movie Clip) Killer Lion Jungle intrigue as the king (Charles Trowbridge) gets shot in a staged stampede, his son (Ted Hecht) distraught, guests (Barton MacLane, Carl Marley, Patricia Morison) alarmed, creepy Suli (Maurice Tauzin) faking concern and Johnny Weissmuller arriving, in Tarzan And The Huntress, 1947.
Paleface, The (1948) -- (Movie Clip) Calamity Jane Opening scene introducing the heroine, Jane Russell as "Calamity Jane," sprung from jail and delivered to the governor (Charles Trowbridge) and commissioner (Stanley Andrews), in the Bob Hope vehicle The Paleface, 1948.
Before I Hang -- (Movie Clip) I Am A Murderer Opening scene with the automatic Boris Karloff (as Dr. Garth) making a persuasive case before his death sentence (by judge Charles Trowbridge), with support from Evelyn Keyes and Bruce Bennett, in Before I Hang, 1940.
Man They Could Not Hang, The -- (Movie Clip) Scram Outa This Place! Newsman "Scoop" Foley (Robert Wilcox) and assembled parties (Charles Trowbridge, Roger Pryor, Dick Curtis, Ann Doran, Don Beddoe et al) are greeted by not-dead-after-all Doctor Savaard (Boris Karloff) in The Man They Could Not Hang, 1939.

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