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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 28, 1894
Died
January 7, 1948
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
- Charles Cahill Wilson
- Charles Wilson
- Чарльз Кэхилл Уилсон
- Чарльз Кэхилл Вильсон
- Чарльз К. Уилсон
- Чарльз К. Вильсон
Charles C. Wilson
1.2 Popularity
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).
Known For
4.2
J.L. Cameron - Managing Editor (archive footage)
Commotion on the Ocean
1956
7.1
J.L. Cameron
Crime on Their Hands
1948
4.0
Mayor Ace Brockway
Blazing Across the Pecos
1948
5.0
Editor of the Chronicle (uncredited)
Big Town Scandal
1948
4.5
Warden (uncredited)
Key Witness
1947
6.8
Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
1947
🎬
0.0
Harry's Boss
Meet Mr. Mischief
1947
8.3
Charlie (uncredited)
It's a Wonderful Life
1946
6.0
Inspector Shannon
Gas House Kids
1946
5.0
Chief of Police Will Gentry (as Charles Wilson)
Blonde for a Day
1946
Credits
Commotion on the Ocean
as J.L. Cameron - Managing Editor (archive footage)
1956
4.2
Crime on Their Hands
as J.L. Cameron
1948
7.1
Blazing Across the Pecos
as Mayor Ace Brockway
1948
4.0
Big Town Scandal
as Editor of the Chronicle (uncredited)
1948
5.0
Key Witness
as Warden (uncredited)
1947
4.5
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
as Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
1947
6.8
🎬
Meet Mr. Mischief
as Harry's Boss
1947
0.0
It's a Wonderful Life
as Charlie (uncredited)
1946
8.3
Gas House Kids
as Inspector Shannon
1946
6.0
Blonde for a Day
as Chief of Police Will Gentry (as Charles Wilson)
1946
5.0
Larceny in Her Heart
as Chief Gentry (as Charles Wilson)
1946
6.0
Passkey to Danger
as Police Sergeant
1946
0.0
Crime of the Century
as Police Lieutenant
1946
5.0
Road to Utopia
as Official Policeman (uncredited)
1946
6.7
Scarlet Street
as Watchman (uncredited)
1945
7.6
Week-End at the Waldorf
as Hi Johns
1945
6.0
A Gun in His Hand
as Chief of Police (uncredited)
1945
5.8
Two O'Clock Courage
as Brant - City Editor (uncredited)
1945
6.1
The Missing Juror
as Mac Ellis (Uncredited)
1944
6.0
Crime by Night
as District Attorney Hyatt
1944
6.0
Hey, Rookie
as Sam Jonas
1944
0.0
Silver Spurs
as Mr. Hawkins
1943
3.8
Batman
as Captain Arnold
1943
6.4
Gentleman Jim
as Gurney (uncredited)
1942
7.1
The Secret Code
as Desk Sgt. Cullen
1942
5.1
Escape from Crime
as C.L. Reardon - Managing Editor (as Charles Wilson)
1942
5.2
Dr. Broadway
as District Attorney McNamara
1942
5.6
This Gun for Hire
as Police Captain
1942
7.0
Lady Gangster
as Detective
1942
5.5
Rings on Her Fingers
1942
6.5
The Man Who Returned to Life
as Inspector Mensil
1942
6.0
Blondie Goes to College
as Police Sergeant
1942
6.4
The Officer and the Lady
as Police Captain Hart
1941
6.0
Dressed to Kill
as Newspaper Editor
1941
6.3
Out of the Fog
1941
6.2
Broadway Limited
as Detective (as Charles Wilson)
1941
4.6
Federal Fugitives
as Bruce Lane
1941
5.4
Meet John Doe
as Charlie Dawson
1941
7.3
The Face Behind the Mask
as Chief O'Brien
1941
6.5
Charter Pilot
as Owen
1940
6.0
Lady with Red Hair
as George Martin (uncredited)
1940
6.5
Tin Pan Alley
as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
1940
5.1
Knute Rockne All American
as Gambler (uncredited)
1940
6.1
City for Conquest
as Bill - Man Behind MacPherson at Fight (uncredited)
1940
6.8
Public Deb No. 1
as Sergeant
1940
4.4
They Drive by Night
as Mike Williams (uncredited)
1940
6.9
Millionaires in Prison
as R.J. Reynolds, Sunday Editor (uncredited)
1940
6.0
Girl in 313
as Vincent Brady, Commissioner of Police
1940
5.4
Sandy Is a Lady
as Sergeant
1940
0.0
Gangs of Chicago
1940
5.3
He Married His Wife
as Warden
1940
5.1
Invisible Stripes
as Arresting Officer (uncredited)
1939
6.1
The Return of Doctor X
as Det. Kincaid
1939
5.9
The Roaring Twenties
as Policeman (uncredited)
1939
7.5
Smashing the Money Ring
as Capt. Kilrane
1939
5.0
Here I Am a Stranger
as Managing Editor
1939
7.0
Hotel for Women
as Albert
1939
6.0
The Cowboy Quarterback
as Coach Hap Farrell
1939
5.5
The House of Fear
as Police Chief
1939
6.5
Rose of Washington Square
as Mike Cavanaugh
1939
5.8
🎬
Fighting Thoroughbreds
as Spencer Bogart
1939
0.0
Angels with Dirty Faces
1938
7.5
The Spider's Web
as Chase
1938
6.0
The Night Hawk
as Lonigan
1938
0.0
Hold That Co-ed
as Coach Burke
1938
6.3
Tenth Avenue Kid
as Commissioner
1938
5.0
Gateway
as Inspector
1938
6.5
When Were You Born
as Inspector Jim C. Gregg
1938
5.0
Prison Farm
as Reardon
1938
5.7
Little Miss Thoroughbred
as Becker
1938
4.0
State Police
as Captain Halstead
1938
6.0
Sally, Irene and Mary
as Covered Wagon Cafe Manager
1938
6.0
Daughter of Shanghai
as Schwartz (uncredited)
1937
5.1
The Adventurous Blonde
as Mortimer Gray
1937
5.0
Partners in Crime
as Inspector Simpson
1937
0.0
Life Begins in College
as Tom Burke
1937
0.0
Broadway Melody of 1938
as Horse Auctioneer (uncredited)
1937
6.2
One Mile from Heaven
as Fletcher
1937
6.7
Roaring Timber
as Sam Garvin
1937
5.0
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
as Hamilton Burger
1937
6.8
Night Key
as Police Capt. Wallace (uncredited)
1937
6.2
Midnight Court
as Police Chief
1937
4.4
Murder Goes to College
as Police Inspector Simpson
1937
3.0
The Great O'Malley
as Policeman Chiding School Bus Driver (uncredited)
1937
6.7
They Wanted to Marry
as Clark
1937
5.0
You Only Live Once
as Police Inspector (uncredited)
1937
7.1
Woman in Distress
as Editor Herbert Claxton
1937
6.0
Mind Your Own Business
as Detective
1936
0.0
Legion of Terror
as Colonel McCollum (as Charles Wilson)
1936
6.0
The Magnificent Brute
as Murphy
1936
6.5
Murder with Pictures
as Assistant Editor (uncredited)
1936
5.1
Down the Stretch
as Tex Reardon
1936
5.5
The Gentleman from Louisiana
as Diamond Jim Brady
1936
0.0
🎬
I'd Give My Life
as Warden
1936
6.0
Grand Jury
as City Editor
1936
7.0
Earthworm Tractors
as H.J. Russell
1936
5.0
36 Hours to Kill
as F.B.I. Chief
1936
5.3
Satan Met a Lady
as Detective Pollock
1936
5.7
Show Boat
1936
6.8
The Mine with the Iron Door
as Pitkins
1936
0.0
Panic on the Air
as Chief Inspector Fitzgerald
1936
5.3
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
as County Hospital Guard (uncredited)
1936
7.5
Big Brown Eyes
as Prosecuting Attorney (Uncredited)
1936
6.3
The Country Doctor
as George the Boat Captain (uncredited)
1936
6.0
Strike Me Pink
as Hardie
1936
6.6
Hitch Hike Lady
as Mike - a Racketeer
1935
6.8
White Lies
as Defense Attorney (uncredited)
1935
6.0
We're Only Human
as Editor of The Daily Star
1935
6.5
Show Them No Mercy!
as Clifford
1935
7.0
Mary Burns, Fugitive
as G-Man at dancehall
1935
0.0
Music Is Magic
as Decker - Theatre Manager (uncredited)
1935
4.0
The Case of the Lucky Legs
as Police Officer Ricker
1935
5.6
Waterfront Lady
as Jim McFee aka Mac
1935
4.0
The Public Menace
as First Detective
1935
5.0
Smart Girl
as Morgan (uncredited)
1935
5.0
After the Dance
as Chief of Police
1935
6.0
The Glass Key
as District Attorney Edward J. Farr
1935
6.4
The Nitwits
as Police Captain Jennings
1935
6.1
Murder in the Fleet
as Commander Brown (Uncredited)
1935
5.0
Air Hawks
as Newspaper editor
1935
6.1
The Case of the Curious Bride
as Ferry Captain (uncredited)
1935
6.0
Baby Face Harrington
as City Editor (uncredited)
1935
4.8
Four Hours to Kill!
as Taft
1935
5.0
The Perfect Clue
as District Attorney
1935
5.5
Car 99
as Trooper Captain Ryan
1935
5.0
The Great Hotel Murder
as Anthony Wilson
1935
5.8
The Gilded Lily
as Managing Editor
1935
6.5
Here Is My Heart
as Captain Dodge (uncredited)
1934
6.8
Murder in the Clouds
as Lackey
1934
4.7
Men of the Night
as Benson
1934
2.0
The St. Louis Kid
as Mr. Harris
1934
5.8
Port of Lost Dreams
as Warden
1934
6.5
The Human Side
as Furniture Buyer (uncredited)
1934
0.0
Embarrassing Moments
as Attorney
1934
0.0
The Dragon Murder Case
as Det. Hennessey
1934
5.7
Name the Woman
as Joel Walker
1934
0.0
The Circus Clown
as Sheldon
1934
6.0
The Hell Cat
as Graham
1934
6.0
Fog Over Frisco
as Detective Sergeant O'Hagen
1934
6.2
Affairs of a Gentleman
as Inspector Quillan
1934
3.4
I Believed in You
as Magistrate
1934
0.0
It Happened One Night
as Joe Gordon
1934
7.8
The 9th Guest
as Burke (Uncredited)
1934
5.9
Cross Country Cruise
as Detective (Uncredited)
1934
6.0
Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen
as Chief of Police
1934
5.0
Havana Widows
as Mr. Timberg
1933
5.8
Female
as Private Detective Falihee (Uncredited)
1933
6.2
College Coach
as Charles Hauser
1933
4.1
The Kennel Murder Case
as Detective Hennessy (uncredited)
1933
6.0
No Marriage Ties
as Red Moran, City Desk Editor
1933
4.2
Mary Stevens, M.D.
as Walter Rising
1933
5.9
Disgraced!
as Thompson, Assistant District Attorney
1933
6.0
The Mayor of Hell
as Wilson (uncredited)
1933
7.1
Private Detective 62
as Club Bartender (Uncredited)
1933
5.9
Gold Diggers of 1933
as Deputy (uncredited)
1933
7.2
Elmer, the Great
as Mr. Wade (as Charles Wilson)
1933
4.9
Hard to Handle
as Jailer (uncredited)
1933
6.9
🎬
The Trans-Atlantic Mystery
as Detective Doyle (uncredited)
1932
4.5
🎬
The Campus Mystery
as Detective Reardon
1932
0.0
Hot News Margie
as Newspaper Editor (uncredited)
1931
6.0
My Sin
as Guest in Pool Party
1931
5.4
Stolen Heaven
as Detective
1931
5.0
Insurance
as Doctor (uncredited)
1930
8.0
Getting a Ticket
as Motorcycle Cop
1930
5.2
Acquitted
as Nelson
1929
0.0
Broadway Scandals
as Jack
1929
6.0