Charles D. Brown

Biography

Charles D. Brown was an American stage and screen actor. His Broadway career spanned the years 1911 through 1937, while his film career, that included more than 100 movies, stretched from 1921 to his death in 1948. Brown additionally, in 1914, wrote and directed one short film, The Bank Burglar's Fate.

Known For

The Big Sleep

The Grapes of Wrath

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

The Killers

Undercover Maisie

The Shopworn Angel

Notorious

Know Your Money

Acting

1946

The Big Sleep

as

Norris the Butler

1940

The Grapes of Wrath

as

Wilkie

1940

Santa Fe Trail

as

Major Sumner

1949

Follow Me Quietly

as

Police Insp. Mulvaney

1946

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

as

McCarthy

1940

Brother Orchid

as

Brother Wren

1945

Apology for Murder

as

Ward McGee

1939

Charlie Chan in Reno

as

Police Chief King

1946

Night Editor

as

Crane Stewart

1946

The Killers

as

Packy Robinson - Ole's Manager

1947

Railroaded!

as

Police Captain MacTaggart

1947

The Senator Was Indiscreet

as

Dinty

1940

The Old Swimmin' Hole

as

Doc Elliott

1938

Barefoot Boy

as

Calvin Whittaker

1942

Fingers at the Window

as

Police Inspector Gallagher

1948

I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes

as

Inspector Stevens

1947

Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman

as

Mike Dawson

1946

The Last Crooked Mile

as

Dietrich, Bank President

1944

Secret Command

as

James Thane

1946

Danger Woman

as

Inspector Pepper

1943

Minesweeper

as

Commander Lane

1942

Roxie Hart

as

Charles E. Murdock

1941

Tall, Dark and Handsome

as

District Attorney

1939

Mr. Moto in Danger Island

as

Capt. Thomas Castle

1948

In This Corner

as

Victor 'Doc' Fuller

1947

Merton of the Movies

as

Jeff Baird

1938

Think It Over

as

Fire Inspector Wilson

1938

The Duke of West Point

as

Ann's Father

1940

Wolf of New York

as

Nolan

1945

Having Wonderful Crime

as

Mr. Winslow

1941

Devil Pays Off

as

Capt. Jonathan Hunt

1947

Undercover Maisie

as

Captain Mead

1939

The Ice Follies of 1939

as

Barney

1946

In Fast Company

as

Father Donovan

1940

He Married His Wife

as

Detective

1946

Wake Up and Dream

as

Lt. Commander

1946

The Searching Wind

as

Carter

1938

Exposed

as

Steve Conway

1939

Disbarred

as

Jackson

1942

Sweater Girl

as

Police Lt. McGill

1946

The Man Who Dared

as

D. A. Darrell Tyson

1931

The False Madonna

as

Peter Angel

1938

Algiers

as

Max

1938

The Crowd Roars

as

Bill Thorne

1939

Inside Story

as

J.B. Douglas

1945

Sunbonnet Sue

as

Father Hurley

1929

The Dance of Life

as

Lefty Miller

1939

Tell No Tales

as

Police Lt. Brandt (uncredited)

1939

Kid Nightingale

as

Charles Paxton

1939

Smashing the Money Ring

as

Parker

1939

Babes in Arms

as

Larry Randall (uncredited)

1941

Ride, Kelly, Ride

as

Bob Martin

1940

I Take This Woman

as

Police Lieutenant (uncredited)

1938

The Shopworn Angel

as

McGonigle

1938

Mr. Moto's Gamble

as

Editor

1946

Notorious

as

Judge (uncredited)

1945

Eve Knew Her Apples

as

Joe Gordon

1940

The Leather Pushers

as

J.R. Stevens

1946

Just Before Dawn

as

Insp. Burns

1940

Boom Town

as

U.S. Marshal Stebbins (uncredited)

1944

Up in Arms

as

Mr. Campbell

1946

The Hoodlum Saint

as

Ed Collner - Chronicle Reporter

1940

Florian

as

New York Police Lt.

1940

Johnny Apollo

as

Sergeant Putting Pinch on Mickey and Johnny (uncredited)

1940

City of Chance

as

District Attorney

1937

Thoroughbreds Don't Cry

as

Click Donovan

1944

The Fighting Seabees

as

Capt. Squires (uncredited)

1940

Know Your Money

as

George D. Waldron

1940

Buyer Beware

as

Police Insp. William C. Thomas (uncredited)

1944

The Racket Man

as

Editor Clark

1931

The Road to Reno

as

Jim

1931

The Secret Call

as

Bob Barnes

1943

A Lady Takes a Chance

as

Dr. G.W. Humboldt

1936

Gold Diggers of 1937

as

Hugo

1941

International Lady

as

Tetlow

1948

On Our Merry Way

as

Mr. Sadd

1943

Bombardier

as

Officer at Briefing

1938

Speed to Burn

as

Pop Williams

1943

Destroyer

as

Doctor, finding Boley unfit for further sea duty

1941

Reaching for the Sun

as

Johnson

1946

Tomorrow Is Forever

as

Immigration Officer

1921

The Way of a Maid

as

Gordon Witherspoon

1944

Jam Session

as

Raymond Stuart

1940

Pier 13

as

Police Captain Blake

1940

Sailor's Lady

as

Capt. Roscoe

1940

Forgotten Girls

as

Editor Linton

1938

Island in the Sky

as

Inspector Whitehead

1938

Up the River

as

Warden Harris

1938

Flight to Fame

as

Major Loy

1939

Little Accident

as

Jeff Collins

1931

Touchdown!

as

Harrigan

1947

I Walk Alone

as

Lt. Hollaran (uncredited)

1943

Swing Shift Maisie

as

Curtis Glenby (Uncredited)

1941

Maisie Was a Lady

as

'Doctor' in Sideshow (Uncredited)

1941

Glamour Boy

as

Martin Carmichael

1948

Let's Live Again

as

Psychiatrist

1921

A Man of Stone

as

Lord Reggie

Production

Crew

Directing