Charles Cahill Wilson
Acting
Born 1894-07-28
Died 1948-01-07
New York City, New York, USA
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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).
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Acting
56 credits
It's a Wonderful Life
It Happened One Night
Scarlet Street
Meet John Doe
You Only Live Once
Batman
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
The Roaring Twenties
This Gun for Hire
Gentleman Jim
Gold Diggers of 1933
They Drive by Night
The 9th Guest
Knute Rockne All American
Road to Utopia
Dressed to Kill
City for Conquest
Invisible Stripes
Big Brown Eyes
Satan Met a Lady
The Gilded Lily
The Face Behind the Mask
The Great O'Malley
He Married His Wife
The Country Doctor
Sally, Irene and Mary
Passkey to Danger
Lady with Red Hair
Broadway Melody of 1938
The Return of Doctor X
Name the Woman
Gateway
The Mayor of Hell
Smashing the Money Ring
Private Detective 62
Dr. Broadway
Here Is My Heart
The Kennel Murder Case
Elmer, the Great
Hard to Handle
Mary Burns, Fugitive
I Believed in You
Female
Lady Gangster
Public Deb No. 1
Baby Face Harrington
The Hell Cat
Earthworm Tractors
Murder in the Fleet
Silver Spurs
Broadway Limited
Tin Pan Alley
Millionaires in Prison
A Gun in His Hand
Crime by Night
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