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).
Acting (161 movies)
It Happened One Night
1934
The Return of Doctor X
1939
Lady Gangster
1942
Name the Woman
1934
Gold Diggers of 1933
1933
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
1947
Satan Met a Lady
1936
The Face Behind the Mask
1941
The Officer and the Lady
1941
The Glass Key
1935
Broadway Melody of 1938
1937
Earthworm Tractors
1936
The Perfect Clue
1935
Elmer, the Great
1933
This Gun for Hire
1942
Show Boat
1936
The Dragon Murder Case
1934
Escape from Crime
1942
Murder Goes to College
1937
Gas House Kids
1946
Week-End at the Waldorf
1945
The Mayor of Hell
1933
Smart Girl
1935
Four Hours to Kill!
1935
The Cowboy Quarterback
1939
Tenth Avenue Kid
1938
Crime on Their Hands
1948
Crime by Night
1944
The Case of the Lucky Legs
1935
Hard to Handle
1933
College Coach
1933
Show Them No Mercy!
1935
Commotion on the Ocean
1956
Broadway Scandals
1929
Mary Stevens, M.D.
1933
Air Hawks
1935
Grand Jury
1936
He Married His Wife
1940
Getting a Ticket
1930
Federal Fugitives
1941
When Were You Born
1938
Havana Widows
1933
Hold That Co-ed
1938
Car 99
1935
The Spider's Web
1938
Here I Am a Stranger
1939
Partners in Crime
1937
The Gilded Lily
1935
The Circus Clown
1934
Sally, Irene and Mary
1938
Hitch Hike Lady
1935
Silver Spurs
1943
We're Only Human
1935
Gangs of Chicago
1940
Stolen Heaven
1931
The St. Louis Kid
1934
They Wanted to Marry
1937
Port of Lost Dreams
1934
The Night Hawk
1938
The Hell Cat
1934
Big Brown Eyes
1936
Broadway Limited
1941
Blazing Across the Pecos
1948
Disgraced!
1933
Rose of Washington Square
1939
After the Dance
1935
Fog Over Frisco
1934
36 Hours to Kill
1936
Music Is Magic
1935
Baby Face Harrington
1935
The Gentleman from Louisiana
1936
Crime of the Century
1946
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
1937
Key Witness
1947
Smashing the Money Ring
1939
Affairs of a Gentleman
1934
Strike Me Pink
1936
The Nitwits
1935
Little Miss Thoroughbred
1938
The Man Who Returned to Life
1942
Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen
1934
The House of Fear
1939
Dr. Broadway
1942
Hot News Margie
1931
The Roaring Twenties
1939
Murder in the Fleet
1935
Big Town Scandal
1948
Midnight Court
1937
The Country Doctor
1936
The Great O'Malley
1937
It's a Wonderful Life
1946
No Marriage Ties
1933
Scarlet Street
1945
The Magnificent Brute
1936
Dressed to Kill
1941
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936
Life Begins in College
1937
Murder with Pictures
1936
Legion of Terror
1936
Charter Pilot
1940
Directing (1 movie)
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