Charles Cahill Wilson
Acting
1894-07-28 · New York City, New York, USA
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).
Filmography
Commotion on the Ocean
1956 · Movie
Crime on Their Hands
1948 · Movie
Blazing Across the Pecos
1948 · Movie
Big Town Scandal
1948 · Movie
Key Witness
1947 · Movie
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
1947 · Movie
Meet Mr. Mischief
1947 · Movie
It's a Wonderful Life
1946 · Movie
Gas House Kids
1946 · Movie
Blonde for a Day
1946 · Movie
Larceny in Her Heart
1946 · Movie
Passkey to Danger
1946 · Movie
Crime of the Century
1946 · Movie
Road to Utopia
1946 · Movie
Scarlet Street
1945 · Movie
Week-End at the Waldorf
1945 · Movie
A Gun in His Hand
1945 · Movie
Two O'Clock Courage
1945 · Movie
The Missing Juror
1944 · Movie
Crime by Night
1944 · Movie
Hey, Rookie
1944 · Movie
Silver Spurs
1943 · Movie
Batman
1943 · Movie
Gentleman Jim
1942 · Movie
The Secret Code
1942 · Movie
Escape from Crime
1942 · Movie
Dr. Broadway
1942 · Movie
This Gun for Hire
1942 · Movie
Lady Gangster
1942 · Movie
Rings on Her Fingers
1942 · Movie
The Man Who Returned to Life
1942 · Movie
Blondie Goes to College
1942 · Movie
The Officer and the Lady
1941 · Movie
Dressed to Kill
1941 · Movie
Out of the Fog
1941 · Movie
Broadway Limited
1941 · Movie
Federal Fugitives
1941 · Movie
Meet John Doe
1941 · Movie
The Face Behind the Mask
1941 · Movie
Charter Pilot
1940 · Movie
Lady with Red Hair
1940 · Movie
Tin Pan Alley
1940 · Movie
Knute Rockne All American
1940 · Movie
City for Conquest
1940 · Movie
Public Deb No. 1
1940 · Movie
They Drive by Night
1940 · Movie
Millionaires in Prison
1940 · Movie
Girl in 313
1940 · Movie
Sandy Is a Lady
1940 · Movie
Gangs of Chicago
1940 · Movie
He Married His Wife
1940 · Movie
Invisible Stripes
1939 · Movie
The Return of Doctor X
1939 · Movie
The Roaring Twenties
1939 · Movie
Smashing the Money Ring
1939 · Movie
Here I Am a Stranger
1939 · Movie
Hotel for Women
1939 · Movie
The Cowboy Quarterback
1939 · Movie
The House of Fear
1939 · Movie
Rose of Washington Square
1939 · Movie
Fighting Thoroughbreds
1939 · Movie
Angels with Dirty Faces
1938 · Movie
The Spider's Web
1938 · Movie
The Night Hawk
1938 · Movie
Hold That Co-ed
1938 · Movie
Tenth Avenue Kid
1938 · Movie
Gateway
1938 · Movie
When Were You Born
1938 · Movie
Prison Farm
1938 · Movie
Little Miss Thoroughbred
1938 · Movie
State Police
1938 · Movie
Sally, Irene and Mary
1938 · Movie
Daughter of Shanghai
1937 · Movie
The Adventurous Blonde
1937 · Movie
That’s My Story
1937 · Movie
Partners in Crime
1937 · Movie
Life Begins in College
1937 · Movie
Broadway Melody of 1938
1937 · Movie
One Mile from Heaven
1937 · Movie
Roaring Timber
1937 · Movie
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
1937 · Movie
Night Key
1937 · Movie
Midnight Court
1937 · Movie
Murder Goes to College
1937 · Movie
The Great O'Malley
1937 · Movie
They Wanted to Marry
1937 · Movie
You Only Live Once
1937 · Movie
Woman in Distress
1937 · Movie
Find the Witness
1937 · Movie
Mind Your Own Business
1936 · Movie
Legion of Terror
1936 · Movie
The Magnificent Brute
1936 · Movie
Murder with Pictures
1936 · Movie
Down the Stretch
1936 · Movie
The Gentleman from Louisiana
1936 · Movie
I'd Give My Life
1936 · Movie
Grand Jury
1936 · Movie
Earthworm Tractors
1936 · Movie
36 Hours to Kill
1936 · Movie
Satan Met a Lady
1936 · Movie
Show Boat
1936 · Movie
The Mine with the Iron Door
1936 · Movie
Panic on the Air
1936 · Movie
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936 · Movie
Big Brown Eyes
1936 · Movie
The Country Doctor
1936 · Movie
The Return of Jimmy Valentine
1936 · Movie
Strike Me Pink
1936 · Movie
Hitch Hike Lady
1935 · Movie
We're Only Human
1935 · Movie
White Lies
1935 · Movie
Show Them No Mercy!
1935 · Movie
Mary Burns, Fugitive
1935 · Movie
Music Is Magic
1935 · Movie
The Case of the Lucky Legs
1935 · Movie
Waterfront Lady
1935 · Movie
The Public Menace
1935 · Movie
Smart Girl
1935 · Movie
After the Dance
1935 · Movie
The Glass Key
1935 · Movie
The Nitwits
1935 · Movie
Murder in the Fleet
1935 · Movie
Air Hawks
1935 · Movie
Men of the Hour
1935 · Movie
The Case of the Curious Bride
1935 · Movie
Baby Face Harrington
1935 · Movie
Four Hours to Kill!
1935 · Movie
The Perfect Clue
1935 · Movie
Car 99
1935 · Movie
The Great Hotel Murder
1935 · Movie
The Gilded Lily
1935 · Movie
Here Is My Heart
1934 · Movie
Murder in the Clouds
1934 · Movie
Men of the Night
1934 · Movie
The St. Louis Kid
1934 · Movie
Port of Lost Dreams
1934 · Movie
Embarrassing Moments
1934 · Movie
The Human Side
1934 · Movie
The Dragon Murder Case
1934 · Movie
Name the Woman
1934 · Movie
The Circus Clown
1934 · Movie
The Hell Cat
1934 · Movie
Fog Over Frisco
1934 · Movie
Affairs of a Gentleman
1934 · Movie
I Believed in You
1934 · Movie
It Happened One Night
1934 · Movie
The 9th Guest
1934 · Movie
Cross Country Cruise
1934 · Movie
Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen
1934 · Movie
Shadows of Sing Sing
1933 · Movie
Havana Widows
1933 · Movie
Female
1933 · Movie
College Coach
1933 · Movie
The Kennel Murder Case
1933 · Movie
No Marriage Ties
1933 · Movie
Mary Stevens, M.D.
1933 · Movie
Disgraced!
1933 · Movie
The Mayor of Hell
1933 · Movie
Private Detective 62
1933 · Movie
Gold Diggers of 1933
1933 · Movie
Elmer, the Great
1933 · Movie
Hard to Handle
1933 · Movie
The Trans-Atlantic Mystery
1932 · Movie
The Campus Mystery
1932 · Movie
Hot News Margie
1931 · Movie
My Sin
1931 · Movie
Stolen Heaven
1931 · Movie
Insurance
1930 · Movie
Getting a Ticket
1930 · Movie
Acquitted
1929 · Movie
Song of Love
1929 · Movie
Broadway Scandals
1929 · Movie
Lucky Boy
1929 · Movie