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Charles Halton

Actor

Charles Halton

Born March 16, 1876 in Washington, District of Columbia, USADied April 16, 1959155 films

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

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It's a Wonderful Life posterFirst watchIt's a Wonderful Life19468.3as Carter (uncredited)George Bailey has spent his entire life giving to the people of Bedford Falls. All that prevents rich skinflint Mr. Potter from taking over the entire town is George's modest building and…View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
The Shop Around the Corner poster8.1The Shop Around the Corner1940To Be or Not to Be poster7.8To Be or Not to Be1942The Best Years of Our Lives poster7.7The Best Years of Our Lives1946Saboteur poster6.9Saboteur1942Foreign Correspondent poster7.0Foreign Correspondent1940A Star Is Born poster7.1A Star Is Born1954The Hunchback of Notre Dame poster7.3The Hunchback of Notre Dame1939Young Mr. Lincoln poster7.2Young Mr. Lincoln1939

Filmography

155 films as actor
  1. 1956Friendly PersuasionBrother Cope - Elder (uncredited)
  2. 1954A Star Is BornPaymaster (uncredited)
  3. 1953The Fabulous Oliver ChantryAtwater
  4. 1953The MoonlighterClemmons Usqubaugh
  5. 1953The Affairs of Dobie GillisThe Dean (uncredited)
  6. 1953A Slight Case of LarcenyWillard Maibrunn
  7. 1952CarrieFactory Foreman
  8. 1951Here Comes the GroomCusick (uncredited)
  9. 1951Gasoline AlleyPettit
  10. 1950Joe Palooka in the Squared CircleMerkle - the Shyster
  11. 1950When Willie Comes Marching HomeMr. Fettles (uncredited)
  12. 1950The Traveling SaleswomanClumhill
  13. 1950The NevadanRed Sand Bank Manager (uncredited)
  14. 1949The Sickle or the CrossDr. Short
  15. 1949The Daring CaballeroEd J. Hodges
  16. 1949HideoutGabriel Wotter
  17. 19483 GodfathersOliver Latham
  18. 1948My Dear SecretaryMr. Kilbride (uncredited)
  19. 1948Summer HolidayMr. Lipska (uncredited)
  20. 1948If You Knew SusiePringle (uncredited)
  21. 1947The Bachelor and the Bobby-SoxerMr. Mittwick (uncredited)
  22. 1947The Ghost Goes WildT. O'Connor Scott
  23. 1946Singin' in the CornObediah Davis
  24. 1946It's a Wonderful LifeCarter (uncredited)
  25. 1946The Best Years of Our LivesPrew
  26. 1946Sister KennyMr. Smith (uncredited)
  27. 1946Three Little Girls in BlueHoskins
  28. 1946Because of HimMr. Dunlap
  29. 1945She Went to the RacesDr. Collyer
  30. 1945Mama Loves PapaAppleby
  31. 1945Midnight ManhuntHenry Miggs
  32. 1945Rhapsody in BlueMr. Kast
  33. 1945The Fighting GuardsmanPicot
  34. 1945A Tree Grows in BrooklynMr. Barker (uncredited)
  35. 1944The Thin Man Goes HomeR.T. Tatum (uncredited)
  36. 1944The Town Went WildMr. Tweedle
  37. 1944WilsonColonel House
  38. 1944Shadows in the NightDoc Stacey
  39. 1944Address UnknownCensorial Pipsqueak
  40. 1944It Happened TomorrowDoctor (uncredited)
  41. 1944RationingEzra Weeks
  42. 1944Up in ArmsDr. Freyheisen
  43. 1943Whispering FootstepsHarry Hammond
  44. 1943Government GirlWilkins - Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
  45. 1942That Other WomanSmith
  46. 1942You Can't Escape ForeverCharley Gates (uncredited)
  47. 1942My Sister EileenMr. Hawkins - Newspaper Editor (uncredited)
  48. 1942Across the PacificA.V. Smith
  49. 1942Henry Aldrich, EditorElias Noonan
  50. 1942Priorities on Parade2nd Examiner
  51. 1942There's One Born Every MinuteTrumbull
  52. 1942Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to DieDan Crane
  53. 1942The SpoilersStuve
  54. 1942In Old CaliforniaMr. Hayes
  55. 1942Whispering GhostsMark Gruber
  56. 1942SaboteurSecond Sheriff (uncredited)
  57. 1942To Be or Not to BeProducer Dobosh
  58. 1942The Adventures of Martin EdenMr. Cotton
  59. 1942The Lady Is WillingDr. Jones (uncredited)
  60. 1941H.M. Pulham, Esq.Walter Kaufman
  61. 1941The Body DisappearsProfessor Moggs
  62. 1941Look Who's LaughingCudahy
  63. 1941Unholy PartnersPhil Kaper
  64. 1941One Foot in HeavenHaskins (uncredited)
  65. 1941Three Girls About TownDoc - Coroner
  66. 1941Lady ScarfaceMr. Pinchback
  67. 1941The Smiling GhostAmes Bentley
  68. 1941Ellery Queen and the Perfect CrimeRufus Smith (auctioneer)
  69. 1941I Was a Prisoner on Devil's IslandCommandant
  70. 1941Three Sons o' GunsClaude Haddock
  71. 1941Dance HallMr. Frederick Newmeyer
  72. 1941A Very Young LadyOliver Brixton
  73. 1941Million Dollar BabyJohn Parkinson
  74. 1941The Lady from CheyenneJudge
  75. 1941Mr. District AttorneyHazelton - Barrett's Aide
  76. 1941Tobacco RoadMayor
  77. 1941The Great Mr. NobodyMr. Bixby
  78. 1941Blonde InspirationMr. Packer (uncredited)
  79. 1941Mr. & Mrs. SmithMr. Deever
  80. 1940Behind the NewsNeil Saunders
  81. 1940Little Nellie KellySecond Judge (uncredited)
  82. 1940Tugboat Annie Sails AgainAlec Severn
  83. 1940The WesternerMort Borrow
  84. 1940Calling All HusbandsHadley Weaver
  85. 1940Young PeopleModerator
  86. 1940Stranger on the Third FloorAlbert Meng
  87. 1940Foreign CorrespondentBradley
  88. 1940I Love You AgainMr. Leonard Harkspur Sr. (uncredited)
  89. 1940Lucky PartnersChamber of Commerce Official (uncredited)
  90. 1940They Drive by NightFarnsworth (uncredited)
  91. 1940Lillian RussellDr' Dobbins
  92. 1940Gangs of ChicagoBromo
  93. 194020 Mule TeamHenry Adams
  94. 1940The Doctor Takes a WifeDr. Streeter
  95. 1940The Man with Nine LivesDoctor in Front Row in Final Scene (uncredited)
  96. 1940Dr. CyclopsDr. Rupert Bulfinch
  97. 1940Virginia CityRalston - Virginia City Banker (uncredited)
  98. 1940The Ghost Comes HomeMr. Stark - Steamship Official (uncredited)
  99. 1940Dr. Ehrlich's Magic BulletSensenbrenner
  100. 1940The Shop Around the CornerDetective
  101. 1939Swanee RiverPond
  102. 1939RenoAugustus Welch
  103. 1939No Place to GoBen Bradford
  104. 1939Dust Be My DestinyPawnshop Owner (uncredited)
  105. 1939Charlie Chan at Treasure IslandUncle Redley
  106. 1939The Hunchback of Notre DamePrinter (uncredited)
  107. 1939Lady of the TropicsManager of Rubber Company
  108. 1939Indianapolis SpeedwayMayor
  109. 1939News Is Made at NightLt. Governor Elmer Hinge
  110. 1939Young Mr. LincolnHawthorne (uncredited)
  111. 1939They Asked For ItDr. Tyler
  112. 1939Ex-ChampTrilby
  113. 1939They Made Her a SpyBeldon
  114. 1939Dodge CitySurrett's Lawyer
  115. 1939I'm from MissouriHenry Couch
  116. 1939Sudden MoneyMr. Wixby
  117. 1939Nancy Drew... ReporterNewspaper Publicity Man (uncredited)
  118. 1939Jesse JamesHeywood
  119. 1938Federal Man-HuntDamon Lauber
  120. 1938The Girl DownstairsAmbassador (uncredited)