Charles D. Brown
Acting
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.
Born: June 30, 1887
Place of Birth: Council Bluffs, Iowa, USA
Known For
Know Your Money
This MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short tells the fictitious story of a bill counterfeiting ring and explores the government's attempt to curb counterfeiting.
Undercover Maisie
Maisie Revere, a showgirl stranded in Los Angeles, decides to join the local police department on the persuasion of Lieutenant Paul Scott who wants to use her as an undercover agent to expose a conman.
The Grapes of Wrath
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.
Notorious
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.
The Big Sleep
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 Killers
Two hit men walk into a diner asking for a man called "the Swede". When the killers find the Swede, he's expecting them and doesn't put up a fight. Since the Swede had a life insurance policy, an investigator, on a hunch, decides to look into the murder. As the Swede's past is laid bare, it comes to light that he was in love with a beautiful woman who may have lured him into pulling off a bank robbery overseen by another man.
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
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.
The Racket Man
A gangster is drafted into the Army and, soon realizing how wrong his life of crime has been, agrees to help the FBI break up a black market ring by pretending to have been kicked out of service and to have resumed his old life of crime.
The Secret Call
The Secret Call is adapted from The Woman, a play by William C. DeMille (brother of Cecil B.) Peggy Shannon plays Wanda Kelly, the daughter of a disgraced politician. Reduced to working as a switchboard operator, Wanda is privy to the many secrets and indiscretions of the clients of a big-city hotel. She also finds romance in the form of handsome Tom Blake (Richard Arlen). The huge cast of characters comes in handy for the film's multitude of subplots, none of which ever get their wires crossed. Peggy Shannon acquits herself nicely in her first major role, but by the end of the decade her career was in decline.
Island in the Sky
A secretary (Gloria Stuart) solves a murder for her boyfriend (Michael Whalen) in the district attorney's office.
Filmography
as Police Insp. Mulvaney
as Victor 'Doc' Fuller
as Inspector Stevens
as Psychiatrist
as Mr. Sadd
as Lt. Hollaran (uncredited)
as Dinty
as Jeff Baird
as Police Captain MacTaggart
as Captain Mead
as Mike Dawson
as Lt. Commander
as Packy Robinson - Ole's Manager
as Norris the Butler
as Judge (uncredited)
as McCarthy
as Dietrich, Bank President
as Carter
as Inspector Pepper
as Father Donovan
as D. A. Darrell Tyson
as Ed Collner - Chronicle Reporter
as Crane Stewart
as Insp. Burns
as Immigration Officer
as Father Hurley
as Ward McGee
as Mr. Winslow
as James Thane
as Col. Starret (uncredited)
as Raymond Stuart
as Mr. Campbell
as Capt. Squires (uncredited)
as Editor Clark
as Commander Lane
as Curtis Glenby (Uncredited)
as Doctor, finding Boley unfit for further sea duty
as Dr. G.W. Humboldt
as Officer at Briefing
as Police Lt. McGill
as Police Inspector Gallagher
as Charles E. Murdock
as Martin Carmichael
as Capt. Jonathan Hunt
as Tetlow
as Johnson
as Bob Martin
as District Attorney
as 'Doctor' in Sideshow (Uncredited)
as Major Sumner
as Doc Elliott
as J.R. Stevens
as U.S. Marshal Stebbins (uncredited)
as Police Insp. William C. Thomas (uncredited)
as Police Captain Blake
as Capt. Roscoe
as Brother Wren
as New York Police Lt.
as Sergeant Putting Pinch on Mickey and Johnny (uncredited)
as Wilkie
as Editor Linton
as Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
as George D. Waldron
as Detective
as District Attorney
as Charles Paxton
as Jeff Collins
as Parker
as Larry Randall (uncredited)
as Police Chief King
as Police Lt. Brandt (uncredited)
as Capt. Thomas Castle
as Barney
as J.B. Douglas
as Jackson
as Ann's Father
as Warden Harris
as Steve Conway
as Major Loy
as Bill Thorne
as Calvin Whittaker
as Fire Inspector Wilson
as McGonigle
as Pop Williams
as Editor
as Inspector Whitehead
as Max
as Click Donovan
as Hugo
as Peter Angel
as Harrigan
as Jim
as Bob Barnes
as Lefty Miller
as Gordon Witherspoon
as Lord Reggie