Charles MacArthur

Career Overview

Charles MacArthur has 44 screen credits in a career dating back to 1930. Signature works include His Girl Friday, Wuthering Heights, The Front Page. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Writing

Gender

male

Known Credits

44

Birth Date

1895-11-05

Birth Place

Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA

Known For

• 

  His Girl Friday
• 

  Wuthering Heights
• 

  The Front Page
• 

  Angels with Dirty Faces
• 

  Switching Channels
• 

  Billy Rose's Jumbo

Frequent Collaborators

• Megan Smith-Harris (2 collaborations)
• Cheryl Wilson (2 collaborations)
• Cary Grant (1 collaborations)
• Rosalind Russell (1 collaborations)
• Ralph Bellamy (1 collaborations)
• Gene Lockhart (1 collaborations)
• Clarence Kolb (1 collaborations)
• John Qualen (1 collaborations)
• Helen Mack (1 collaborations)
• Billy Gilbert (1 collaborations)

Credits

• writing (30 credits)

  • Switching Channels

    writer

    writing
    1988
  • The Front Page

    theatre play

    writing
    1974
  • Billy Rose's Jumbo

    theatre play

    writing
    1962
  • Perfect Strangers

    theatre play

    writing
    1950
  • The Twentieth Century

    writer

    writing
    1949
  • The Front Page

    writer

    writing
    1948
  • Lulu Belle

    theatre play

    writing
    1948
  • The Senator Was Indiscreet

    writer

    writing
    1947
  • The Front Page

    writer

    writing
    1945
  • I Take This Woman

    story

    writing
    1940
  • His Girl Friday

    theatre play

    writing
    1940
  • Wuthering Heights

    screenplay

    writing
    1939
  • Gunga Din

    story

    writing
    1939
  • Angels with Dirty Faces

    writer

    writing
    1938
  • Soak the Rich

    writer

    writing
    1936
  • Barbary Coast

    writer

    writing
    1935
  • Spring Tonic

    theatre play

    writing
    1935
  • Once in a Blue Moon

    writer

    writing
    1935
  • The Scoundrel

    story

    writing
    1935
  • The President Vanishes

    writer

    writing
    1934
  • Crime Without Passion

    screenplay

    writing
    1934
  • Twentieth Century

    screenplay

    writing
    1934
  • Rasputin and the Empress

    screenplay

    writing
    1932
  • The Sin of Madelon Claudet

    writer

    writing
    1931
  • The Unholy Garden

    story

    writing
    1931
  • New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford

    adaptation

    writing
    1931
  • The Front Page

    writer

    writing
    1931
  • Paid

    adaptation

    writing
    1930
  • The Girl Said No

    writer

    writing
    1930
  • Street of Chance

    writer

    writing
    1930

• production (3 credits)

  • Soak the Rich

    producer

    production
    1936
  • The Scoundrel

    producer

    production
    1935
  • Crime Without Passion

    producer

    production
    1934

• directing (4 credits)

  • Soak the Rich

    director

    directing
    1936
  • Once in a Blue Moon

    director

    directing
    1935
  • The Scoundrel

    director

    directing
    1935
  • Crime Without Passion

    director

    directing
    1934

• actors (4 credits)

  • Mission: Impossible

    - Two Thousand (1972) ... actor actors
    1966
  • Gunsmoke

    - The Bobsy Twins (1960) ... Taylor actor actors
    1955
  • The Scoundrel

    Flop House Bum

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Crime Without Passion

    Second Interviewer (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1934

• sound (1 credits)

  • Love in Every Port

    adr coordinator

    sound
    1931

• crew (2 credits)

  • Way for a Sailor

    additional dialogue

    crew
    1930
  • Billy the Kid

    additional dialogue

    crew
    1930