Charles C. Wilson
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).
172 acting credits · 1 directing credit
Acting · 172
It's a Wonderful Life
1946
It Happened One Night
1934
Scarlet Street
1945
The Roaring Twenties
1939
Gold Diggers of 1933
1933
Batman
1943
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
1947
Angels with Dirty Faces
1938
Gentleman Jim
1942
This Gun for Hire
1942
Meet John Doe
1941
They Drive by Night
1940
The Return of Doctor X
1939
City for Conquest
1940
Broadway Melody of 1938
1937
Out of the Fog
1941
Private Detective 62
1933
Female
1933
Silver Spurs
1943
Big Brown Eyes
1936
Invisible Stripes
1939
Two O'Clock Courage
1945
You Only Live Once
1937
Satan Met a Lady
1936
The Gilded Lily
1935
Girl in 313
1940
Road to Utopia
1946
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
1937
Night Key
1937
Hard to Handle
1933
Gateway
1938
Waterfront Lady
1935
The Kennel Murder Case
1933
Fog Over Frisco
1934
Fighting Thoroughbreds
1939
Rose of Washington Square
1939
Week-End at the Waldorf
1945
The Hell Cat
1934
The St. Louis Kid
1934
State Police
1938
Show Boat
1936
When Were You Born
1938
The Country Doctor
1936
Knute Rockne All American
1940
The Mayor of Hell
1933
Crime of the Century
1946
Lady Gangster
1942
The Face Behind the Mask
1941
The Cowboy Quarterback
1939
Smart Girl
1935
Here Is My Heart
1934
My Sin
1931
The Spider's Web
1938
The Missing Juror
1944
The Dragon Murder Case
1934
Prison Farm
1938
Mary Stevens, M.D.
1933
College Coach
1933
The Case of the Curious Bride
1935
Murder with Pictures
1936
Broadway Limited
1941
Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen
1934
Elmer, the Great
1933
Embarrassing Moments
1934
The Secret Code
1942
Show Them No Mercy!
1935
Lady with Red Hair
1940
Public Deb No. 1
1940
Havana Widows
1933
Smashing the Money Ring
1939
We're Only Human
1935
Murder Goes to College
1937
Port of Lost Dreams
1934
Dr. Broadway
1942
One Mile from Heaven
1937
Charter Pilot
1940
Car 99
1935
Key Witness
1947
36 Hours to Kill
1936
The Adventurous Blonde
1937
Escape from Crime
1942
Hotel for Women
1939
Earthworm Tractors
1936
The Nitwits
1935
A Gun in His Hand
1945
Four Hours to Kill!
1935
Millionaires in Prison
1940
Roaring Timber
1937
Midnight Court
1937
Blondie Goes to College
1942
Name the Woman
1934
Daughter of Shanghai
1937
No Marriage Ties
1933
Legion of Terror
1936
The Case of the Lucky Legs
1935
Big Town Scandal
1948
The Glass Key
1935
Murder in the Fleet
1935
Here I Am a Stranger
1939
Hot News Margie
1931
Rings on Her Fingers
1942
Air Hawks
1935
Dressed to Kill
1941
Woman in Distress
1937
White Lies
1935
Hey, Rookie
1944
Gas House Kids
1946
Murder in the Clouds
1934
Affairs of a Gentleman
1934
Cross Country Cruise
1934
Broadway Scandals
1929
Grand Jury
1936
Sally, Irene and Mary
1938
The Gentleman from Louisiana
1936
Blonde for a Day
1946
Hold That Co-ed
1938
I Believed in You
1934
The Trans-Atlantic Mystery
1932
Tin Pan Alley
1940
The House of Fear
1939
They Wanted to Marry
1937
The Officer and the Lady
1941
Gangs of Chicago
1940
The Mine with the Iron Door
1936
Partners in Crime
1937
Tenth Avenue Kid
1938
Mind Your Own Business
1936
The Man Who Returned to Life
1942
Stolen Heaven
1931
The Great Hotel Murder
1935
He Married His Wife
1940
The Great O'Malley
1937
Baby Face Harrington
1935
Larceny in Her Heart
1946
After the Dance
1935
Little Miss Thoroughbred
1938
The Human Side
1934
Disgraced!
1933
Men of the Night
1934
The Perfect Clue
1935
Panic on the Air
1936
Song of Love
1929
Commotion on the Ocean
1956
Music Is Magic
1935
Meet Mr. Mischief
1947
That’s My Story
1937
Men of the Hour
1935
The Magnificent Brute
1936
Insurance
1930
The Night Hawk
1938
Strike Me Pink
1936
Mary Burns, Fugitive
1935
Federal Fugitives
1941
Down the Stretch
1936
The 9th Guest
1934
Find the Witness
1937
Acquitted
1929
The Circus Clown
1934
Sandy Is a Lady
1940
Hitch Hike Lady
1935
Crime by Night
1944
I'd Give My Life
1936
Passkey to Danger
1946
Blazing Across the Pecos
1948
Crime on Their Hands
1948
Life Begins in College
1937
The Campus Mystery
1932
Shadows of Sing Sing
1933
The Return of Jimmy Valentine
1936
The Public Menace
1935
Getting a Ticket
1930
