Charles Halton

Biography

Charles Halton was an American stage, screen, and television character actor.

Career Overview

Charles Halton has 152 screen credits in a career dating back to 1917. Their work spans 9 cinematic universes — most prominently Penrod (Billy Mauch) Collection with 3 titles. Signature works include Mama Loves Papa, Across the Pacific, Behind the Mask. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Acting

Gender

male

Known Credits

152

Birth Date

1876-03-16 00:00:00

Birth Place

Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Known For

• 

  Mama Loves Papa
• 

  Across the Pacific
• 

  Behind the Mask
• The Fabulous Oliver Chantry
• 

  The Daring Caballero
• 

  Whispering Footsteps

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 9 universes

• Penrod (Billy Mauch) Collection (3 titles)
• The Thin Man Collection (1 titles)
• Henry Aldrich Collection (1 titles)
• Ellery Queen Collection (1 titles)
• Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) Collection (1 titles)
• Nancy Drew Collection (1 titles)
• James Brothers Collection (1 titles)
• The Saint (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

• Leon Errol (1 collaborations)
• Elisabeth Risdon (1 collaborations)
• Edwin Maxwell (1 collaborations)
• Emory Parnell (1 collaborations)
• Paul Harvey (1 collaborations)
• Charlotte Wynters (1 collaborations)
• Ruth Lee (1 collaborations)
• Lawrence Tierney (1 collaborations)
• Humphrey Bogart (1 collaborations)
• Mary Astor (1 collaborations)

Credits

• actors (152 credits)

  • Friendly Persuasion

    Brother Cope - Elder (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • A Star Is Born

    Paymaster (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • The Fabulous Oliver Chantry

    Atwater

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • The Moonlighter

    Clemmons Usqubaugh

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • The Affairs of Dobie Gillis

    The Dean (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • A Slight Case of Larceny

    Willard Maibrunn

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • Here Comes the Groom

    Cusick (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • Gasoline Alley

    Pettit

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • Joe Palooka in the Squared Circle

    Merkle - the Shyster

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • When Willie Comes Marching Home

    Mr. Fettles (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • The Traveling Saleswoman

    Clumhill

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • The Nevadan

    Red Sand Bank Manager (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • The Sickle or the Cross

    Dr. Short

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • The Daring Caballero

    Ed J. Hodges

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • Hideout

    Gabriel Wotter

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • 3 Godfathers

    Oliver Latham

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • My Dear Secretary

    Mr. Kilbride (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • Summer Holiday

    Mr. Lipska (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • If You Knew Susie

    Pringle (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

    Mr. Mittwick (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • The Ghost Goes Wild

    T. O'Connor Scott

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • Singin' in the Corn

    Obediah Davis

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • The Best Years of Our Lives

    Prew

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • It's a Wonderful Life

    Carter (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • Sister Kenny

    Mr. Smith (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • Three Little Girls in Blue

    Hoskins

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • Because of Him

    Mr. Dunlap

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • She Went to the Races

    Dr. Collyer

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • Mama Loves Papa

    Appleby

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • Midnight Manhunt

    Henry Miggs

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • Rhapsody in Blue

    Mr. Kast

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • The Fighting Guardsman

    Picot

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

    Mr. Barker (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • The Thin Man Goes Home

    R.T. Tatum (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • The Town Went Wild

    Mr. Tweedle

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • Wilson

    Colonel House

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • Shadows in the Night

    Doc Stacey

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • Address Unknown

    Censorial Pipsqueak

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • It Happened Tomorrow

    Doctor (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • Rationing

    Ezra Weeks

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • Up in Arms

    Dr. Freyheisen

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • Whispering Footsteps

    Harry Hammond

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Government Girl

    Wilkins - Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • That Other Woman

    Smith

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • You Can't Escape Forever

    Charley Gates (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • My Sister Eileen

    Mr. Hawkins - Newspaper Editor (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Across the Pacific

    A.V. Smith

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Henry Aldrich, Editor

    Elias Noonan

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Priorities on Parade

    2nd Examiner

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • There's One Born Every Minute

    Trumbull

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die

    Dan Crane

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • The Spoilers

    Stuve

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • In Old California

    Mr. Hayes

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Whispering Ghosts

    Mark Gruber

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Saboteur

    Second Sheriff (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • To Be or Not to Be

    Producer Dobosh

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • The Adventures of Martin Eden

    Mr. Cotton

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • The Lady Is Willing

    Dr. Jones (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • H.M. Pulham, Esq.

    Walter Kaufman

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • The Body Disappears

    Professor Moggs

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Look Who's Laughing

    Cudahy

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Unholy Partners

    Phil Kaper

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • One Foot in Heaven

    Haskins (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Three Girls About Town

    Doc - Coroner

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Lady Scarface

    Mr. Pinchback

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • The Smiling Ghost

    Ames Bentley

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime

    Rufus Smith (auctioneer)

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • I Was a Prisoner on Devil's Island

    Commandant

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Three Sons o' Guns

    Claude Haddock

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Dance Hall

    Mr. Frederick Newmeyer

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • A Very Young Lady

    Oliver Brixton

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Million Dollar Baby

    John Parkinson

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • The Lady from Cheyenne

    Judge

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Tobacco Road

    Mayor

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • The Great Mr. Nobody

    Mr. Bixby

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Blonde Inspiration

    Mr. Packer (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Mr. & Mrs. Smith

    Mr. Deever

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Behind the News

    Neil Saunders

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Little Nellie Kelly

    Second Judge (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Tugboat Annie Sails Again

    Alec Severn

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • The Westerner

    Mort Borrow

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Calling All Husbands

    Hadley Weaver

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Young People

    Moderator

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Foreign Correspondent

    Bradley

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Stranger on the Third Floor

    Albert Meng

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • I Love You Again

    Mr. Leonard Harkspur Sr. (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Lucky Partners

    Chamber of Commerce Official (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • They Drive by Night

    Farnsworth (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Lillian Russell

    Dr' Dobbins

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Gangs of Chicago

    Bromo

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • 20 Mule Team

    Henry Adams

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • The Doctor Takes a Wife

    Dr. Streeter

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • The Man with Nine Lives

    Doctor in Front Row in Final Scene (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Dr. Cyclops

    Dr. Rupert Bulfinch

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Virginia City

    Ralston - Virginia City Banker (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • The Ghost Comes Home

    Mr. Stark - Steamship Official (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet

    Sensenbrenner

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • The Shop Around the Corner

    Detective

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Swanee River

    Pond

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Reno

    Augustus Welch

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • No Place to Go

    Ben Bradford

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Dust Be My Destiny

    Pawnshop Owner (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • The Hunchback of Notre Dame

    Printer (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Charlie Chan at Treasure Island

    Uncle Redley

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Lady of the Tropics

    Manager of Rubber Company

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Indianapolis Speedway

    Mayor

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • News Is Made at Night

    Lt. Governor Elmer Hinge

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Young Mr. Lincoln

    Hawthorne (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • They Asked For It

    Dr. Tyler

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Ex-Champ

    Trilby

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Dodge City

    Surrett's Lawyer

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • I'm from Missouri

    Henry Couch

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Sudden Money

    Mr. Wixby

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Nancy Drew... Reporter

    Newspaper Publicity Man (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Jesse James

    Heywood

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Federal Man-Hunt

    Damon Lauber

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • The Girl Downstairs

    Ambassador (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • The Mad Miss Manton

    Popsie (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • A Man to Remember

    Atty. Clyde Perkins (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Room Service

    Dr. Glass

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • I Am the Law

    George Leander

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • I'll Give a Million

    Mayor

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Penrod's Double Trouble

    Mr. Bitts

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • The Saint in New York

    Vincent Nather

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Bluebeard's 8th Wife

    Monsieur de la Coste (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Penrod and His Twin Brother

    Mr. Bitts

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Gold Is Where You Find It

    Turner (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Penitentiary

    Leonard Nettleford

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Blossoms On Broadway

    Dr. Gilgallon

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Trouble at Midnight

    Everett Benson

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Partners in Crime

    Silas Wagon

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Dead End

    Whitey (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Talent Scout

    M.B. Carter

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Pick a Star

    Julius Klawheimer

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Woman Chases Man

    Mr. Judd

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Ready, Willing and Able

    Brockman

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Penrod and Sam

    Mr. Bitts

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Stolen Holiday

    Le Grande

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Black Legion

    Osgood

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Gold Diggers of 1937

    Dr. Bell

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Sing Me a Love Song

    Mr. Willard (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • More Than a Secretary

    Mr. Crosby

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Come and Get It

    Jed Hewitt

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Broadway Ballyhoo

    Optometrist (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • His Double Life

    Newsman on Phone (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Storm at Daybreak

    Villager (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Honor Among Lovers

    Wilkes (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1931
  • Laughter

    Winslow, Gibson's Secretary (Uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1930
  • The Tower of Jewels

    Jimmy the Rat

    actor

    actors
    1919
  • The Climbers

    Jordan

    actor

    actors
    1919
  • Behind the Mask

    Larrabee

    actor

    actors
    1917
  • The Adventurer

    Austin

    actor

    actors
    1917