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