Charles Trowbridge
Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Charles Silas Richard Trowbridge (January 10, 1882 – October 30, 1967) was an American film actor. He appeared in 233 films between 1915 and 1958. Trowbridge was born in Veracruz, Mexico, where his father served in the diplomatic corps of the United States. He ran a coffee plantation in Hawaii before venturing into acting. Trowbridge's Broadway credits include Dinner at Eight (1932), Ladies of Creation (1931), Congai (1928), The Behavior of Mrs. Crane (1927), We Never Learn (1927), Craig's Wife (1925), It All Depends (1925), The Backslapper (1924), The Locked Door (1924), Sweet Seventeen (1923), The Lullaby (1923), The Last Warning (1922), The Night Call (1921), Just Because (1921), The Broken Wing (1920), Why Worry? (1918), This Way Out (1917), Come Out of the Kitchen (1916) and Daddy Long Legs (1914). Trowbridge died in Los Angeles, California.
Born: January 9, 1882
Place of Birth: Veracruz, Mexico
Known For
This Thing Called Love
Two professional people marry, but the wife insists that they be celibate for the first three months to make sure they are truly compatible.
Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum
A wax museum run by a demented doctor contains statues of such crime figures as Jack the Ripper and Bluebeard. In addition to making wax statues the doctor performs plastic surgery. It is here that an arch fiend takes refuge.
Mildred Pierce
A hard-working mother inches towards disaster as she divorces her husband and starts a successful restaurant business to support her spoiled daughter.
Angels with Dirty Faces
Childhood chums Rocky Sullivan and Jerry Connelly grow up on opposite sides of the fence: Rocky matures into a prominent gangster, while Jerry becomes a priest, tending to the needs of his old tenement neighborhood.
Silence
A gray-haired convict, within the shadows of the gallows, tells his story to the prison chaplain beginning twenty years earlier when he was sent to prison for a crime he did not commit.
Captains Courageous
Harvey, the arrogant and spoiled son of an indulgent absentee-father, falls overboard from a transatlantic steamship and is rescued by a fishing vessel on the Grand Banks. Harvey fails to persuade them to take him ashore, nor convince the crew of his wealth. The captain offers him a low-paid job, until they return to port, as part of the crew that turns him into a mature, considerate young man.
After the Thin Man
Nick and Nora Charles investigate when Nora's cousin reports her disreputable husband is missing, and find themselves in a mystery involving the shady owners of a popular nightclub, a singer and her dark brother, the cousin's forsaken true love, and Nora's bombastic and controlling aunt.
Meet John Doe
As a parting shot, fired reporter Ann Mitchell prints a fake letter from unemployed "John Doe," who threatens suicide in protest of social ills. The paper is forced to rehire Ann and hires John Willoughby to impersonate "Doe." Ann and her bosses cynically milk the story for all it's worth, until the made-up "John Doe" philosophy starts a whole political movement.
They Met in Bombay
A jewel thief and a con artist are rivals in the theft of a valuable diamond and gem necklace in Bombay and as the Japanese Army invades China.
Libeled Lady
When a major newspaper accuses wealthy socialite Connie Allenbury of being a home-wrecker, and she files a multi-million-dollar libel lawsuit, the publication's frazzled head editor, Warren Haggerty, must find a way to turn the tables on her. Soon Haggerty's harried fiancée, Gladys Benton, and his dashing friend Bill Chandler are in on a scheme that aims to discredit Connie, with amusing and unexpected results.
Filmography
as Plymouth Club Member (uncredited)
as Commissioner Garrison
as Justin Stone
as Governor of Texas (uncredited)
as Dean William Stockwell
as Gen. Merrill (uncredited)
as Dr. Lowell
as Judge Fuller (Uncredited)
as Director (uncredited)
as Dr. Fletcher
as Gov. Johnson
as Deputy
as Police Capt. Webb
as Jurgensen
as Señor Tobar
as John Ballin
as Judge Wilson
as Dr. Renshaw (uncredited)
as Banker John Nash
as George Cameron
as King Farrod
as Mr. Quince
as District Attorney John Forsythe
as Justice Putnam
as Creighton
as Dr. Rufus Maynard
as Uncle Joe Lorrison
as Dr. Franklin Harvey
as Fletcher Holliday
as Admiral Blackwell
as Mrs. Forrester's Lawyer (uncredited)
as Prentiss
as Mr. White
as Doctor
as General Willis
as Police Commissioner Dryden
as Randolph (uncredited)
as Board Member (uncredited)
as Maj. William Elliott [Ch. 1]
as Palmer's Doctor (uncredited)
as Politician
as Rear Adm. Hartridge (uncredited)
as Secretary of State Cordell Hull (uncredited)
as Lansbury
as Linkletter
as Dr. Petrie (archive footage / uncredited)
as Examining Doctor (uncredited)
as Senate President
as Mr. Martin (uncredited)
as Judge Rossiter
as Medical officer
as Honest Tom Mardley
as Capt. Brown
as Attorney (uncredited)
as Col. Bradley
as Col. Ridley
as Robert Crawford
as Cordell Hull
as Defense Attorney
as Colonel Bright
as David Earle
as Mark Harris
as Doctor (uncredited)
as Arthur Glenn
as Gov. Phelps
as Senator Ted Greenfield
as (uncredited)
as Grover Dillon
as Doctor
as Festival Committee Member (uncredited)
as Gov. Bronson
as John Thornton
as Priest
as Sen. Cross
as Professor (uncredited)
as Dr. Petrie
as Judge Braden
as Judge
as Atkinson
as Dr. Downey
as Davis (uncredited)
as Dr. Ferguson, the wedding minister
as Clark
as Judge Penrose
as Dr. Harvey
as Judge
as Seddon - Aide to Jefferson Davis (uncredited)
as Dr. Morris (uncredited)
as John T. Forbes
as Judge
as Mr. Foster
as Cabinet Member
as Judge B.A. Royer (uncredited)
as First Doctor (uncredited)
as Dr. Taylor
as Reform School Superintendent (uncredited)
as Judge
as Judge Bowman
as Alfred Z. Harrison
as Foley
as Gen. Fremont
as Lt. Watson
as Maj. Williams (uncredited)
as George Pollard
as Harry Dean
as Trial Judge (uncredited)
as Commissioner in 1919
as Dr. Jones
as Henry Jameson
as Mr. Tiller, the Lawyer (uncredited)
as Mr. Tatum
as Dr. Ryan
as Henley - Committee Spokesman
as Doctor
as RAdm. Joseph Maitland
as Hollister
as Dexter Wayne
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
as Grand Juryman
as Martin's Trial Judge #2 (uncredited)
as Alcott
as L. Marvin
as District Attorney Lucas
as Judge Robert E. Clinton
as Dr. Brooks
as Dr. Bahman
as Walters
as Alcatraz Warden
as Mr. Marshall
as Dr. 'Doc' James
as Dr. Dick Walsh (uncredited)
as Judge
as Dr Mason
as Doyle
as American Consul
as Man at Hearing (uncredited)
as Hotel Manager
as Dr. Morgan (uncredited)
as Ballistics Man (uncredited)
as Coroner (uncredited)
as Ship's Doctor (uncredited)
as Graham
as Doctor
as Martin Van Buren
as Doctor Attending Gadget
as Doctor (Uncredited)
as Julian Mitchell (uncredited)
as Stage Manager
as Ramon de la Cuesta
as Ed Rollins (uncredited)
as Inspector Colby
as James Witherspoon Sr.
as Mine Superintendant (uncredited)
as Secretary of War Baker
as Alfred Drake
as Minister (Uncredited)
as Assistant District Attorney (uncredited)
as Dr. Marbeau (Uncredited)
as District Attorney (uncredited)
as Mr. Lansell
as Mallory
as Phil Roberts
as Mr. Dowling
as Cunningham (uncredited)
as Ned Indicott
as Jimmy
as Harry Kellogg