
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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