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Charles Wilson was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Early on in his acting career, Wilson landed roles in various films, including "Broadway Scandals" (1929), "Acquitted" (1929) and "The Kennel Murder Case" (1933) with William Powell. He also appeared in "No Marriage Ties" (1933) with Richard Dix, "Elmer the Great" (1933) and "Footlight Parade" (1933). He continued t...

Filmography

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An Evening With Batman and Robin (1965)

Assistant Director

The Devil's in Love (1933)

Dialogue Director

Lucky Boy (1929)

An Evening With Batman and Robin (1965)

Blazing Across the Pecos (1948)

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947)

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Elmer The Great (1933) -- (Movie Clip) Don't Tell Nobody!

Mr. Deeds Goes To Town (1936) -- (Movie Clip) I'm Really Just Nobody

Biography

Charles Wilson was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Early on in his acting career, Wilson landed roles in various films, including "Broadway Scandals" (1929), "Acquitted" (1929) and "The Kennel Murder Case" (1933) with William Powell. He also appeared in "No Marriage Ties" (1933) with Richard Dix, "Elmer the Great" (1933) and "Footlight Parade" (1933). He continued to work steadily in film throughout the thirties, appearing in the Claudette Colbert comedy "The Gilded Lily" (1935), "The Nitwits" (1935) with Bert Wheeler and the George Raft crime feature "The Glass Key" (1935). He also appeared in "The Perfect Clue" (1935). Film continued to be his passion as he played roles in "The Cowboy Quarterback" (1939), the crime picture "Smashing the Money Ring" (1939) with Ronald Reagan and "He Married His Wife" (1940). He also appeared in the Pat O'Brien biopic "Knute Rockne - All American" (1940) and the Gary Cooper drama "Meet John Doe" (1941). Wilson last acted in the comedy "Her Husband's Affairs" (1947) with Lucille Ball. Wilson passed away in January 1948 at the age of 54.

Filmography

Director (Feature Film)

An Evening With Batman and Robin (1965)

Assistant Director

The Devil's in Love (1933)

Dialogue Director

Lucky Boy (1929)

Cast (Feature Film)

An Evening With Batman and Robin (1965)

Blazing Across the Pecos (1948)

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947)

Her Husband's Affairs (1947)

Key Witness (1947)

Crime of the Century (1946)

Police lieutenant

I Ring Doorbells (1946)

Gas House Kids (1946)

Because of Him (1946)

Passkey to Danger (1946)

Police sergeant

Blonde for a Day (1946)

Larceny in Her Heart (1946)

Bringing Up Father (1946)

If I'm Lucky (1946)

Suspense (1946)

Road to Utopia (1946)

It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

The Phantom Thief (1946)

Police lieutenant

Dangerous Business (1946)

Police sergeant

Week-End at the Waldorf (1945)

Two O'Clock Courage (1945)

Eadie Was a Lady (1945)

Incendiary Blonde (1945)

Scarlet Street (1945)

My Buddy (1944)

Chief detective

Roger Touhy, Gangster (1944)

Irish Eyes Are Smiling (1944)

Kansas City Kitty (1944)

Hey, Rookie (1944)

Shadows in the Night (1944)

Crime by Night (1944)

District Attorney Hyatt

Man from Frisco (1944)

Silent Partner (1944)

North Hollywood policeman

The Missing Juror (1944)

The Big Noise (1944)

Shine on Harvest Moon (1944)

Silver Spurs (1943)

A Scream in the Dark (1943)

Is Everybody Happy? (1943)

Two Senoritas from Chicago (1943)

Chester T. Allgood

Gentleman Jim (1942)

All Through the Night (1942)

My Heart Belongs to Daddy (1942)

Escape from Crime (1942)

Lady Gangster (1942)

Dr. Broadway (1942)

District Attorney McNamara

Rings on Her Fingers (1942)

Young America (1942)

This Gun for Hire (1942)

Blondie Goes to College (1942)

The Man Who Returned to Life (1942)

Ride, Kelly, Ride (1941)

Racing secretary

Blues in the Night (1941)

Knockout (1941)

The Face Behind the Mask (1941)

The Officer and the Lady (1941)

Broadway Limited (1941)

Out of the Fog (1941)

Federal Fugitives (1941)

Dressed to Kill (1941)

Meet John Doe (1941)

Two in a Taxi (1941)

Strange Alibi (1941)

Las Vegas Nights--"The Last Frontier Town" (1941)

Knute Rockne--All American (1940)

He Married His Wife (1940)

Charter Pilot (1940)

Sandy Is a Lady (1940)

Enemy Agent (1940)

They Drive by Night (1940)

So You Won't Talk (1940)

Elsa Maxwell's Public Deb No. 1 (1940)

South of Suez (1940)

Girl in 313 (1940)

The Lady's from Kentucky (1939)

Invisible Stripes (1939)

First detective

Rose of Washington Square (1939)

Cowboy Quarterback (1939)

The Return of Dr. X (1939)

Detective Ray Kincaid

Fighting Thoroughbreds (1939)

Here I Am a Stranger (1939)

Managing editor [Phillip Deane]

The Forgotten Woman (1939)

Pardon Our Nerve (1939)

Boxing commissioner

The Roaring Twenties (1939)

Elsa Maxwell's Hotel for Women (1939)

Smashing the Money Ring (1939)

Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)

Five of a Kind (1938)

The Night Hawk (1938)

State Police (1938)

Captain Halstead

Tenth Avenue Kid (1938)

Little Miss Thoroughbred (1938)

When Were You Born (1938)

Taurus, Apr 22-May 21 [Inspector Gregg]

There's That Woman Again (1938)

Sally, Irene and Mary (1938)

Little Orphan Annie (1938)

Hold That Co-Ed (1938)

Daughter of Shanghai (1938)

Prison Farm (1938)

The Spider's Web (1938)

You Only Live Once (1937)

Torchy Blane, the Adventurous Blonde (1937)

That's My Story (1937)

Woman in Distress (1937)

Herbert Glaxton

Partners in Crime (1937)

Inspector Simpson

They Wanted to Marry (1937)

[Charles] Clark

Roaring Timber (1937)

Find the Witness (1937)

Murder Goes to College (1937)

Inspector Simpson

One Mile from Heaven (1937)

Girl Overboard (1937)

Woman-Wise (1937)

Life Begins in College (1937)

The Case of the Stuttering Bishop (1937)

Hamilton Burger

The Great O'Malley (1937)

The Devil Is Driving (1937)

Murder with Pictures (1936)

Adventure in Manhattan (1936)

Small Town Girl (1936)

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)

Earthworm Tractors (1936)

Grand Jury (1936)

Satan Met a Lady (1936)

Down the Stretch (1936)

The Gentleman from Louisiana (1936)

Diamond Jim Brady

The Mine with the Iron Door (1936)

J. Horace Pitkins

Legion of Terror (1936)

Panic on the Air (1936)

Pennies From Heaven (1936)

The Magnificent Brute (1936)

Educating Father (1936)

Three Married Men (1936)

Train conductor

Mind Your Own Business (1936)

The Return of Jimmy Valentine (1936)

Big Brown Eyes (1936)

Prosecuting attorney

Show Boat (1936)

Strike Me Pink (1936)

Ticket to Paradise (1936)

Pigskin Parade (1936)

Rose Bowl (1936)

White Hunter (1936)

I'd Give My Life (1936)

Thanks a Million (1935)

Sergeant of motor policemen

The Gilded Lily (1935)

Managing editor

The Case of the Lucky Legs (1935)

Smart Girl (1935)

Another Face (1935)

Captain Spellman

The Nitwits (1935)

Captain Jennings

Men of the Hour (1935)

We're Only Human (1935)

Rendezvous (1935)

This Is the Life (1935)

Theater manager

Murder in the Fleet (1935)

Commander Brown

Fighting Youth (1935)

Mary Burns, Fugitive (1935)

G-man in dance hall

The Public Menace (1935)

First detective

The Perfect Clue (1935)

District Attorney

The Great Hotel Murder (1935)

Show Them No Mercy! (1935)

Air Hawks (1935)

Baby Face Harrington (1935)

The Glass Key (1935)

The Little Colonel (1935)

Dante's Inferno (1935)

Police inspector

Waterfront Lady (1935)

Hitch Hike Lady (1935)

Four Hours to Kill! (1935)

Black Fury (1935)

The Case of the Curious Bride (1935)

Music Is Magic (1935)

Theatre manager

Princess O'Hara (1935)

Embarrassing Moments (1934)

The St. Louis Kid (1934)

The Lemon Drop Kid (1934)

Port of Lost Dreams (1934)

Circus Clown (1934)

Murder in the Clouds (1934)

The Hell Cat (1934)

Name the Woman (1934)

Harold Teen (1934)

Here Is My Heart (1934)

Captain of yacht

Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen (1934)

Chief of police

Affairs of a Gentleman (1934)

Inspector Quillan

Fog over Frisco (1934)

The Dragon Murder Case (1934)

I've Got Your Number (1934)

The Crosby Case (1934)

Broadway Bill (1934)

Men of the Night (1934)

It Happened One Night (1934)

The Human Side (1934)

Furniture buyer

White Lies (1934)

Defense attorney

Behold My Wife! (1934)

Beyond the Law (1934)

Prosecuting attorney

The Girl from Missouri (1934)

I Believed in You (1934)

The Secret Bride (1934)

Lieutenant Forrest

Havana Widows (1933)

Shadows of Sing Sing (1933)

Elmer the Great (1933)

No Marriage Ties (1933)

Mary Stevens, M.D. (1933)

The Kennel Murder Case (1933)

Footlight Parade (1933)

The Mayor of Hell (1933)

Roman Scandals (1933)

Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)

College Coach (1933)

Broadway Scandals (1929)

Jack, radio announcer

Acquitted (1929)

The Song of Love (1929)

Traveling salesman

Cast (Short)

A Gun in His Hand (1945)

The Trans-Atlantic Mystery (1932)

Hot News Margie (1931)

Life Events

Videos

Elmer The Great (1933) -- (Movie Clip) Don't Tell Nobody! Donna Mae Roberts on the switchboard, Charles Wilson the big-shot calling from Chicago, Patricia Ellis as Nellie at the store, various other characters in the Indiana home town, in a script based on a Broadway play by Ring Lardner and George M. Cohan, opening the First National Joe E. Brown vehicle, Elmer The Great, 1933.

Mr. Deeds Goes To Town (1936) -- (Movie Clip) I'm Really Just Nobody Planning his first unsupervised evening in New York, newly super-rich Vermonter Gary Cooper ducks his minders (Charles Wilson, Harry Holden) then falls completely for the act staged by reporter Babe (Jean Arthur), their first meeting, in Frank Capra’s Mr. Deeds Goes To Town, 1936.

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