Charles Halton
A respected stage actor -- he trained at the New York Academy of Dramatic Arts -- since the 1920s, birdlike Charles Halton's thinning hair, rimless glasses and officious manner were familiar to generations of moviegoers. Whether playing the neighborhood busybody, a stern government bureaucrat or weaselly attorney, you could count on Halton to try to drive the "immoral influences" out of the neighborhood, foreclose on the orphanage, evict the poor widow and her children from their apartment, or any other number of dastardly deeds, all justified by "I'm sorry but that's my job." His 40-year film career ended with High School Confidential! (1958), after which he retired.
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- Born:
- Mar 16, 1876 In Washington - District of Columbia - USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 148
- First Appeared:
- In the movie The Adventurer 1917-02-15
- Latest Project:
- Movie Friendly Persuasion 1956-11-25
Known For
Filmography
| Series | The Adventures of Jim Bowie | Unknown | 1956-09-07 |
| Movie | Friendly Persuasion | Brother Cope - Elder (uncredited) | 1956-11-25 |
| Movie | A Star Is Born | Paymaster (uncredited) | 1954-10-01 |
| Series | General Electric Theater | Unknown | 1953-02-01 |
| Movie | A Slight Case of Larceny | Willard Maibrunn | 1953-06-05 |
| Movie | The Moonlighter | Clemmons Usqubaugh | 1953-09-19 |
| Series | City Detective | Unknown | 1953-09-07 |
| Movie | The Affairs of Dobie Gillis | The Dean (uncredited) | 1953-08-14 |
| Movie | Carrie | Factory Foreman | 1952-07-17 |
| Movie | Here Comes the Groom | Cusick | 1951-09-20 |
| Movie | Gasoline Alley | S.D. Pettit | 1951-01-02 |
| Series | The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok | Unknown | 1951-04-15 |
| Movie | The Nevadan | Red Sand Bank Manager (uncredited) | 1950-01-11 |
| Movie | The Traveling Saleswoman | Clumhill | 1950-02-15 |
| Movie | Joe Palooka in the Squared Circle | Merkle - the Shyster | 1950-11-04 |
| Movie | When Willie Comes Marching Home | Mr. Fettles (uncredited) | 1950-02-17 |
| Movie | Hideout | Gabriel Wotter | 1949-03-08 |
| Movie | The Sickle or the Cross | Dr. Short | 1949-07-01 |
| Movie | The Daring Caballero | Ed J. Hodges | 1949-06-13 |
| Movie | Summer Holiday | Mr. Lipska (uncredited) | 1948-04-15 |
| Movie | If You Knew Susie | Pringle (uncredited) | 1948-02-07 |
| Movie | 3 Godfathers | Oliver Latham | 1948-12-31 |
| Movie | My Dear Secretary | Mr. Kilbride (uncredited) | 1948-11-05 |
| Movie | The Ghost Goes Wild | T. O'Connor Scott | 1947-08-08 |
| Movie | The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer | Mr. Mittwick - High School Principal (uncredited) | 1947-09-01 |
| Movie | Because of Him | Mr. Dunlap | 1946-01-18 |
| Movie | Three Little Girls in Blue | Hoskins | 1946-09-03 |
| Movie | The Fighting Guardsman | Picot | 1946-01-04 |
| Movie | Singin' in the Corn | Obediah Davis | 1946-12-26 |
| Movie | Sister Kenny | Mr. Smith (uncredited) | 1946-10-10 |
| Movie | The Best Years of Our Lives | Prew | 1946-12-25 |
| Movie | It's a Wonderful Life | Carter (uncredited) | 1946-12-20 |
| Movie | A Tree Grows in Brooklyn | Mr. Barker (uncredited) | 1945-02-28 |
| Movie | Rhapsody in Blue | Mr. Kast | 1945-06-27 |
| Movie | Midnight Manhunt | Henry Miggs | 1945-07-27 |
| Movie | She Went to the Races | Dr. Collyer | 1945-11-04 |
| Movie | Rationing | Ezra Weeks | 1944-03-24 |
| Movie | Up in Arms | Dr. Freyheisen | 1944-02-17 |
| Movie | It Happened Tomorrow | Doctor (uncredited) | 1944-03-31 |
| Movie | Address Unknown | Censorial Pipsqueak | 1944-06-01 |
| Movie | The Town Went Wild | Mr. Tweedle | 1944-12-15 |
| Movie | Wilson | Colonel House | 1944-08-01 |
| Movie | Shadows in the Night | Doc Stacey | 1944-07-27 |
| Movie | Government Girl | Wilkins - Hotel Clerk (uncredited) | 1943-11-05 |
| Movie | Whispering Footsteps | Harry Hammond | 1943-12-30 |
| Movie | In Old California | Mr. Hayes | 1942-05-31 |
| Movie | The Spoilers | Stuve | 1942-06-11 |
| Movie | Whispering Ghosts | Mark Gruber | 1942-05-17 |
| Movie | Saboteur | Second Sheriff (uncredited) | 1942-04-24 |
| Movie | The Adventures of Martin Eden | Mr. Cotton | 1942-02-26 |
| Movie | To Be or Not to Be | Producer Dobosh | 1942-03-05 |
| Movie | Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die | Dan Crane | 1942-06-13 |
| Movie | There's One Born Every Minute | Trumbull | 1942-06-26 |
| Movie | You Can't Escape Forever | Charley Gates (uncredited) | 1942-10-10 |
| Movie | That Other Woman | Smith | 1942-11-13 |
| Movie | Across the Pacific | A.V. Smith | 1942-09-04 |
| Movie | My Sister Eileen | Mr. Hawkins - Newspaper Editor (uncredited) | 1942-09-24 |
| Movie | Priorities on Parade | 2nd Examiner | 1942-07-23 |
| Movie | Henry Aldrich, Editor | Elias Noonan | 1942-09-01 |
| Movie | Million Dollar Baby | John Parkinson | 1941-05-31 |
| Movie | Dance Hall | Mr. Frederick Newmeyer | 1941-07-18 |
| Movie | Mr. District Attorney | Hazelton - Barrett's Aide | 1941-03-27 |
| Movie | A Very Young Lady | Oliver Brixton | 1941-06-27 |
| Movie | Blonde Inspiration | Mr. Packer (uncredited) | 1941-02-07 |
| Movie | Mr. & Mrs. Smith | Mr. Deever | 1941-01-31 |
| Movie | Three Sons o' Guns | Claude Haddock | 1941-08-02 |
| Movie | The Great Mr. Nobody | Mr. Bixby | 1941-02-15 |
| Movie | Tobacco Road | Mayor | 1941-02-20 |
| Movie | The Lady from Cheyenne | Judge | 1941-04-11 |
| Movie | Unholy Partners | Phil Kaper | 1941-11-01 |
| Movie | Look Who's Laughing | Cudahy | 1941-11-21 |
| Movie | The Body Disappears | Professor Moggs | 1941-11-22 |
| Movie | I Was a Prisoner on Devil's Island | Commandant | 1941-08-04 |
| Movie | One Foot in Heaven | Haskins (uncredited) | 1941-11-01 |
| Movie | H.M. Pulham, Esq. | Walter Kaufman | 1941-12-04 |
| Movie | Three Girls About Town | Doc - Coroner | 1941-10-23 |
| Movie | The Smiling Ghost | Ames Bentley | 1941-09-06 |
| Movie | Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime | Rufus Smith (auctioneer) | 1941-08-14 |
| Movie | Lady Scarface | Mr. Pinchback | 1941-09-26 |
| Movie | The Doctor Takes a Wife | Dr. Streeter | 1940-04-25 |
| Movie | 20 Mule Team | Henry Adams | 1940-05-03 |
| Movie | Gangs of Chicago | Bromo | 1940-05-18 |
| Movie | The Man with Nine Lives | Doctor in Front Row in Final Scene (uncredited) | 1940-04-18 |
| Movie | The Ghost Comes Home | Mr. Stark - Steamship Official (uncredited) | 1940-03-08 |
| Movie | Lillian Russell | Dr' Dobbins | 1940-05-24 |
| Movie | The Shop Around the Corner | Detective | 1940-01-12 |
| Movie | Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet | Sensenbrenner | 1940-02-23 |
| Movie | Virginia City | Ralston - Virginia City Banker (uncredited) | 1940-03-23 |
| Movie | Dr. Cyclops | Dr. Rupert Bulfinch | 1940-04-09 |
| Movie | Lucky Partners | Chamber of Commerce Official (uncredited) | 1940-08-02 |
| Movie | The Westerner | Mort Borrow | 1940-09-18 |
| Movie | Tugboat Annie Sails Again | Alec Severn | 1940-10-26 |
| Movie | They Drive by Night | Farnsworth (uncredited) | 1940-07-26 |
| Movie | Behind the News | Neil Saunders | 1940-12-20 |
| Movie | Calling All Husbands | Hadley Weaver | 1940-09-07 |
| Movie | Little Nellie Kelly | Second Judge (uncredited) | 1940-11-22 |
| Movie | Young People | Moderator | 1940-08-30 |
| Movie | Stranger on the Third Floor | Albert Meng | 1940-08-16 |
| Movie | I Love You Again | Mr. Leonard Harkspur Sr. (uncredited) | 1940-08-09 |
| Movie | Foreign Correspondent | Bradley | 1940-08-16 |
| Movie | Ex-Champ | Trilby | 1939-05-11 |
| Movie | They Asked For It | Dr. Tyler | 1939-05-20 |
| Movie | They Made Her a Spy | Beldon | 1939-04-14 |
| Movie | Young Mr. Lincoln | Hawthorne (uncredited) | 1939-06-09 |
| Movie | Nancy Drew... Reporter | Newspaper Publicity Man (uncredited) | 1939-02-18 |
| Movie | Jesse James | Heywood | 1939-01-14 |
| Movie | Sudden Money | Mr. Wixby | 1939-03-31 |
| Movie | Dodge City | Surrett's Lawyer | 1939-04-08 |
| Movie | News Is Made at Night | Lt. Governor Elmer Hinge | 1939-07-20 |
| Movie | Reno | Augustus Welch | 1939-12-01 |
| Movie | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Printer (uncredited) | 1939-12-29 |
| Movie | Indianapolis Speedway | Mayor | 1939-08-05 |
| Movie | No Place to Go | Ben Bradford | 1939-09-23 |
| Movie | Swanee River | Pond | 1939-12-29 |
| Movie | Dust Be My Destiny | Pawnshop Owner (uncredited) | 1939-09-16 |
| Movie | Charlie Chan at Treasure Island | Uncle Redley | 1939-08-31 |
| Movie | Lady of the Tropics | Manager of Rubber Company | 1939-08-11 |
| Movie | Penrod's Double Trouble | Mr. Bitts | 1938-07-23 |
| Movie | The Saint in New York | Vincent Nather | 1938-05-25 |
| Movie | Bluebeard's Eighth Wife | Monsieur de la Coste (uncredited) | 1938-03-25 |
| Movie | Penrod and His Twin Brother | Mr. Rodney H. Bitts, Sr. | 1938-02-26 |
| Movie | I'll Give a Million | Mayor | 1938-07-27 |
| Movie | Gold Is Where You Find It | Turner (uncredited) | 1938-02-12 |
| Movie | The Girl Downstairs | Ambassador (uncredited) | 1938-12-23 |
| Movie | I Am the Law | George Leander | 1938-08-25 |
| Movie | The Mad Miss Manton | Popsie (uncredited) | 1938-10-21 |
| Movie | Federal Man-Hunt | Damon Lauber | 1938-12-27 |
| Movie | A Man to Remember | Atty. Clyde Perkins (uncredited) | 1938-10-14 |
| Movie | Room Service | Dr. Glass | 1938-09-21 |
| Movie | Penrod and Sam | Mr. Rodney H. Bitts | 1937-02-28 |
| Movie | Ready, Willing and Able | Brockman | 1937-03-06 |
| Movie | Stolen Holiday | Le Grande | 1937-02-06 |
| Movie | Pick a Star | Julius Klawheimer | 1937-05-21 |
| Movie | Black Legion | Osgood | 1937-01-30 |
| Movie | Woman Chases Man | Mr. Judd | 1937-05-07 |
| Movie | Talent Scout | M.B. Carter | 1937-07-24 |
| Movie | Blossoms On Broadway | Dr. Gilgallon | 1937-11-19 |
| Movie | Trouble at Midnight | Everett Benson | 1937-10-16 |
| Movie | Dead End | Whitey (Uncredited) | 1937-08-27 |
| Movie | Partners in Crime | Silas Wagon | 1937-10-08 |
| Movie | More Than a Secretary | Mr. Crosby | 1936-12-10 |
| Movie | Come and Get It | Jed Hewitt | 1936-11-06 |
| Movie | Sing Me a Love Song | Mr. Willard (uncredited) | 1936-12-25 |
| Movie | Gold Diggers of 1937 | Dr. Bell | 1936-12-28 |
| Movie | Storm at Daybreak | Villager (uncredited) | 1933-06-14 |
| Movie | Honor Among Lovers | Wilkes | 1931-02-28 |
| Movie | Laughter | Winslow, Gibson's Secretary (Uncredited) | 1930-09-24 |
| Movie | The Adventurer | Austin | 1917-02-15 |