Personal Info
Birth date
1887-06-30 (138 Years)
Day of death
1948-11-25
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Council Bluffs, Iowa, USA
Also known as
Chas. D. Brown
C.D. Brown
Charles Brown
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.
Filmography
Destroyer
6.6
Overview:
Flagwaving story of a new American destroyer, the JOHN PAUL JONES, from the day her keel is laid, to what was very nearly her last voyage. Among the crew, is Steve Boleslavski, a shipyard welder that helped build her, who reenlists, with his old rank of Chief bosuns mate. After failing her sea trials, she is assigned to the mail run, until caught up in a disparate battle with a Japanese sub. After getting torpedoed, and on the verge of sinking, the Captain, and crew hatch a plan to try and save the ship, and destroy the sub.Let's Live Again
5
Overview:
The brother of a nuclear scientist dies but is reincarnated as a dog so he can return to Earth to protect his brother.Devil Pays Off
3.444
Overview:
A former Navy man attempts to redeem his honor by exposing a shipping tycoon's dealings with the enemy.The Big Sleep
7.6
Overview:
Private Investigator Philip Marlowe is hired by wealthy General Sternwood regarding a matter involving his youngest daughter Carmen. Before the complex case is over, Marlowe sees murder, blackmail, deception, and what might be love.The Dance of Life
5.5
Overview:
A vaudeville comic and a pretty young dancer aren't having much luck in their separate careers, so they decide to combine their acts. In order to save money on the road, they get married. Soon their act begins to catch on, and they find themselves booked onto Broadway. They also realize that they actually are in love with each other, but just when things are starting to look up, the comic starts to let success go to his head.The Man Who Dared
3
Overview:
A crusading reporter plans his own arrest and conviction for first degree murder, trying to show that the death sentence should be outlawed when based on circumstantial evidence alone, but his plan goes awry.The Duke of West Point
4
Overview:
A cocky new West Point cadet from Cambridge is given the cold shoulder by his classmates because of his rule-breaking antics.The Senator Was Indiscreet
5.4
Overview:
A bumbling, long-winded and crooked Southern senator, considered by some as a dark horse for the Presidency, panics his party when his tell-all diary is stolen.The Last Crooked Mile
5.1
Overview:
A mystery grows after a bank robbery car leads investigators to a carnival sideshow.Tomorrow Is Forever
6.1
Overview:
In 1918, Elizabeth MacDonald learns that her husband, John Andrew, has been killed in the war. Elizabeth bears John's son and eventually marries her kindly boss. Unknown to her, John has survived but is horribly disfigured and remains in Europe. Years later, on the eve of World War II, Elizabeth refuses to agree to her son's request to enlist and is stunned when an eerily familiar stranger named Kessler arrives from abroad and becomes involved.The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
7.059
Overview:
Three childhood friends, Martha, Walter and Sam, share a terrible secret. Over time, the ambitious Martha and the pusillanimous Walter have married. She is a cold businesswoman; he is the district attorney: a perfect combination to dominate the corrupt city of Iverstown at will. But the unexpected return of Sam, after years of absence, deeply disturbs the life of the odd couple.Johnny Apollo
6.8
Overview:
Wall Street broker Robert Cain, Sr., is jailed for embezzling. His college graduate son Bob then turns to crime to raise money for his father's release. As assistant to mobster Mickey Dwyer, then falls for Dwyer's girl Lucky. He winds up in the same prison as his father.Island in the Sky
7
Overview:
A secretary (Gloria Stuart) solves a murder for her boyfriend (Michael Whalen) in the district attorney's office.Inside Story
NYR
Overview:
A good-hearted reporter attempts to find the loneliest woman in New York so he can give her an old-fashioned Christmas on a farm..A Lady Takes a Chance
5.6
Overview:
A city girl on a bus tour of the West encounters a handsome rodeo cowboy who helps her forget her city suitors.Wake Up and Dream
6.5
Overview:
Aided by her eccentric friends, a young woman goes looking for her missing brother.City of Chance
5.2
Overview:
Texas girl goes to New York, becomes a newspaper reporter, and tries to get her gambler boyfriend to come home.On Our Merry Way
5.5
Overview:
Oliver Pease gets a dose of courage from his wife Martha and tricks the editor of the paper (where he writes lost pet notices) into assigning him the day's roving question. Martha suggests, "Has a little child ever changed your life?" Oliver gets answers from two slow-talking musicians, an actress whose roles usually feature a sarong, and an itinerant cardsharp. In each case the "little child" is hardly innocent: in the first, a local auto mechanic's "baby" turns out to be fully developed as a woman and a musician; in the second, a spoiled child star learns kindness; in the third, the family of a lost brat doesn't want him returned. And Oliver, what becomes of him?Notorious
7.75
Overview:
In order to help bring Nazis to justice, U.S. government agent T.R. Devlin recruits Alicia Huberman, the American daughter of a convicted German war criminal, as a spy. As they begin to fall for one another, Alicia is instructed to win the affections of Alexander Sebastian, a Nazi hiding out in Brazil. When Sebastian becomes serious about his relationship with Alicia, the stakes get higher, and Devlin must watch her slip further undercover.Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman
6.1
Overview:
A nightclub singer uses alcohol in excess to sooth her painful life.Gold Diggers of 1937
5.778
Overview:
The partners of stage-producer J. J. Hobart gamble away the money for his new show. They enlist a gold-digging chorus girl to help get it back by conning an insurance company. But they don’t count on the persistence of insurance man Rosmer Peck and his secretary Norma Perry.Tell No Tales
4.6
Overview:
A newspaper editor turns a kidnapping into the banner headlines and exclusive story that could save his publication.The Fighting Seabees
6.2
Overview:
Construction workers in World War II in the Pacific are needed to build military sites, but the work is dangerous and they doubt the ability of the Navy to protect them. After a series of attacks by the Japanese, something new is tried, Construction Battalions (CBs=Seabees). The new CBs have to both build and be ready to fight.The Grapes of Wrath
7.816
Overview:
Tom Joad returns to his home after a jail sentence to find his family kicked out of their farm due to foreclosure. He catches up with them on his Uncle’s farm, and joins them the next day as they head for California and a new life... Hopefully.Mr. Moto in Danger Island
6.643
Overview:
In Puerto Rico to investigate a glut of contraband diamonds that are flooding the world's jewel market, Mr. Moto and his sidekick, a wrestler, find themselves involved in murders by thrown daggers, the frame-up of an overstressed Army colonel, and a pirate gang led by an unknown boss who has inside knowledge of the ensuing investigation.The Crowd Roars
6.5
Overview:
A young boxer gets caught between a no-good father and a crime boss when he starts dating the boss's daughter, although she doesn't know what daddy does for a living.Wolf of New York
7
Overview:
A New York attorney defends a young man with a criminal past who has been accused of murdering a police inspector.Acting
1949Follow Me Quietly as Police Insp. Mulvaney
1948In This Corner as Victor 'Doc' Fuller
1948I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes as Inspector Stevens
1948Let's Live Again as Psychiatrist
1948On Our Merry Way as Mr. Sadd
1947The Senator Was Indiscreet as Dinty
1947I Walk Alone as Lt. Hollaran (uncredited)
1947Merton of the Movies as Jeff Baird
1947Railroaded! as Police Captain MacTaggart
1947Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman as Mike Dawson
1947Undercover Maisie as Captain Mead
1946Wake Up and Dream as Lt. Commander
1946The Killers as Packy Robinson - Ole's Manager
1946The Big Sleep as Norris the Butler
1946Notorious as Judge (uncredited)
1946The Strange Love of Martha Ivers as McCarthy
1946The Last Crooked Mile as Dietrich, Bank President
1946The Searching Wind as Carter
1946Danger Woman as Inspector Pepper
1946In Fast Company as Father Donovan
1946The Man Who Dared as D. A. Darrell Tyson
1946The Hoodlum Saint as Ed Collner - Chronicle Reporter
1946Night Editor as Crane Stewart
1946Just Before Dawn as Insp. Burns
1946Tomorrow Is Forever as Immigration Officer
1945Sunbonnet Sue as Father Hurley
1945Apology for Murder as Ward McGee
1945Having Wonderful Crime as Mr. Winslow
1945Eve Knew Her Apples as Joe Gordon
1944Secret Command as James Thane
1944Follow the Boys as Col. Starret (uncredited)
1944Jam Session as Raymond Stuart
1944Up in Arms as Mr. Campbell
1944The Fighting Seabees as Capt. Squires (uncredited)
1944The Racket Man as Editor Clark
1943Minesweeper as Commander Lane
1943Swing Shift Maisie as Curtis Glenby (Uncredited)
1943A Lady Takes a Chance as Dr. G.W. Humboldt
1943Destroyer as Doctor, finding Boley unfit for further sea duty
1943Bombardier as Officer at Briefing
1942Sweater Girl as Police Lt. McGill
1942Fingers at the Window as Police Inspector Gallagher
1942Roxie Hart as Charles E. Murdock
1941Glamour Boy as Martin Carmichael
1941Devil Pays Off as Capt. Jonathan Hunt
1941International Lady as Tetlow
1941Reaching for the Sun as Johnson
1941Ride, Kelly, Ride as Bob Martin
1941Tall, Dark and Handsome as District Attorney
1941Maisie Was a Lady as 'Doctor' in Sideshow (Uncredited)
1940Santa Fe Trail as Major Sumner
1940The Old Swimmin' Hole as Doc Elliott
1940The Leather Pushers as J.R. Stevens
1940Boom Town as U.S. Marshal Stebbins (uncredited)
1940Buyer Beware as Police Insp. William C. Thomas (uncredited)
1940Pier 13 as Police Captain Blake
1940Sailor's Lady as Capt. Roscoe
1940Brother Orchid as Brother Wren
1940Florian as New York Police Lt.
1940Johnny Apollo as Sergeant Putting Pinch on Mickey and Johnny (uncredited)
1940The Grapes of Wrath as Wilkie
1940Forgotten Girls as Editor Linton
1940I Take This Woman as Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
1940Know Your Money as George D. Waldron
1940Wolf of New York as Nolan
1940He Married His Wife as Detective
1940City of Chance as District Attorney
1939Kid Nightingale as Charles Paxton
1939Little Accident as Jeff Collins
1939Smashing the Money Ring as Parker
1939Babes in Arms as Larry Randall (uncredited)
1939Charlie Chan in Reno as Police Chief King
1939Tell No Tales as Police Lt. Brandt (uncredited)
1939Mr. Moto in Danger Island as Capt. Thomas Castle
1939The Ice Follies of 1939 as Barney
1939Inside Story as J.B. Douglas
1939Disbarred as Jackson
1938The Duke of West Point as Ann's Father
1938Up the River as Warden Harris
1938Exposed as Steve Conway
1938Flight to Fame as Major Loy
1938The Crowd Roars as Bill Thorne
1938Barefoot Boy as Calvin Whittaker
1938Think It Over as Fire Inspector Wilson
1938The Shopworn Angel as McGonigle
1938Speed to Burn as Pop Williams
1938Mr. Moto's Gamble as Editor
1938Island in the Sky as Inspector Whitehead
1938Algiers as Max
1937Thoroughbreds Don't Cry as Click Donovan
1936Gold Diggers of 1937 as Hugo
1931The False Madonna as Peter Angel
1931Touchdown! as Harrigan
1931The Road to Reno as Jim
1931The Secret Call as Bob Barnes
1929The Dance of Life as Lefty Miller
1921The Way of a Maid as Gordon Witherspoon
1921A Man of Stone as Lord Reggie