Tod Butler — The Woman on the Beach Character Profile

About Tod Butler

Retired painter who lost his sight. He struggles with his artistic identity, believing his work will appreciate because he is now 'dead' as a painter. He orchestrates psychological tests of Peggy and Scott.

Character Facts

Played by

Charles Bickford

Appears in

The Woman on the Beach (1947)

Role

Supporting

More characters from The Woman on the Beach

• Peggy Butler (Joan Bennett)
• Scott Burnett (Robert Ryan)
• Eve Geddes (Nan Leslie)
• Johnnie (uncredited) (Jackie Jackson)
• Otto Wernecke (Walter Sande)
• Nurse Jennings (uncredited) (Maria Dodd)
• Lenny (uncredited) (Carl Armstrong)
• Girl at Party (uncredited) (Carol Donell)
• Young Fisherman (uncredited) (Hugh Chapman)
• Donnie (uncredited) (Donald Gordon)
• Old Fisherman (uncredited) (Carl Faulkner)
• Coast Guardsman (uncredited) (Robert Andersen)