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.
Series | The Adventures of Jim Bowie | Unknown | 1956-09-07 |
Movie | Friendly Persuasion | Village Elder | 1956-11-25 |
Movie | A Star Is Born | Paymaster (uncredited) | 1954-10-01 |
Series | General Electric Theater | Unknown | 1953-02-01 |
Movie | The Affairs of Dobie Gillis | The Dean (uncredited) | 1953-08-14 |
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 | Carrie | Factory Foreman | 1952-07-17 |
Movie | Gasoline Alley | S.D. Pettit | 1951-01-02 |
Movie | Here Comes the Groom | Cusick | 1951-09-20 |
Series | The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok | Unknown | 1951-04-15 |
Movie | The Traveling Saleswoman | Clumhill | 1950-02-15 |
Movie | The Nevadan | Red Sand Bank Manager (uncredited) | 1950-01-11 |
Movie | When Willie Comes Marching Home | Mr. Fettles (uncredited) | 1950-02-17 |
Movie | Joe Palooka in the Squared Circle | Merkle - the Shyster | 1950-11-04 |
Movie | Hideout | Gabriel Wotter | 1949-03-08 |
Movie | The Daring Caballero | Ed J. Hodges | 1949-06-13 |
Movie | If You Knew Susie | Pringle (uncredited) | 1948-02-07 |
Movie | Summer Holiday | Mr. Lipska (uncredited) | 1948-04-15 |
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 | The Fighting Guardsman | Picot | 1946-01-04 |
Movie | Three Little Girls in Blue | Hoskins | 1946-09-03 |
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 | Singin' in the Corn | Obediah Davis | 1946-12-26 |
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 | It Happened Tomorrow | Doctor (uncredited) | 1944-03-31 |
Movie | Rationing | Ezra Weeks | 1944-03-24 |
Movie | Address Unknown | Censorial Pipsqueak | 1944-06-01 |
Movie | Up in Arms | Dr. Roger B. Freyheisen | 1944-02-17 |
Movie | Shadows in the Night | Doc Stacey | 1944-07-27 |
Movie | The Town Went Wild | Mr. Tweedle | 1944-12-15 |
Movie | Wilson | Colonel House | 1944-08-01 |
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 | The Adventures of Martin Eden | Mr. Cotton | 1942-02-26 |
Movie | Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die | Dan Crane | 1942-06-13 |
Movie | To Be or Not to Be | Producer Dobosh | 1942-03-05 |
Movie | Saboteur | Second Sheriff (uncredited) | 1942-04-24 |
Movie | Priorities on Parade | 2nd Examiner | 1942-07-23 |
Movie | There's One Born Every Minute | Trumbull | 1942-06-26 |
Movie | That Other Woman | Smith | 1942-11-13 |
Movie | You Can't Escape Forever | Charley Gates (uncredited) | 1942-10-10 |
Movie | My Sister Eileen | Mr. Hawkins - Newspaper Editor (uncredited) | 1942-09-24 |
Movie | Henry Aldrich, Editor | Elias Noonan | 1942-09-01 |
Movie | Across the Pacific | A.V. Smith | 1942-09-04 |
Movie | Million Dollar Baby | John Parkinson | 1941-05-31 |
Movie | Dance Hall | Mr. Frederick Newmeyer | 1941-07-18 |
Movie | A Very Young Lady | Oliver Brixton | 1941-06-27 |
Movie | Mr. District Attorney | Hazelton - Barrett's Aide | 1941-03-27 |
Movie | Blonde Inspiration | Mr. Packer (uncredited) | 1941-02-07 |
Movie | Three Sons o' Guns | Claude Haddock | 1941-08-02 |
Movie | Mr. & Mrs. Smith | Mr. Deever | 1941-01-31 |
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 | The Man with Nine Lives | Doctor in Front Row in Final Scene (uncredited) | 1940-04-18 |
Movie | 20 Mule Team | Henry Adams | 1940-05-03 |
Movie | Dr. Cyclops | Dr. Rupert Bulfinch | 1940-04-09 |
Movie | Gangs of Chicago | Bromo | 1940-05-18 |
Movie | Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet | Sensenbrenner | 1940-02-23 |
Movie | Lillian Russell | Dr' Dobbins | 1940-05-24 |
Movie | The Shop Around the Corner | Detective | 1940-01-12 |
Movie | The Ghost Comes Home | Mr. Stark - Steamship Official (uncredited) | 1940-03-08 |
Movie | Virginia City | Ralston - Virginia City Banker (uncredited) | 1940-03-23 |
Movie | Lucky Partners | Chamber of Commerce Official | 1940-08-02 |
Movie | The Westerner | Mort Borrow | 1940-09-18 |
Movie | They Drive by Night | Farnsworth (uncredited) | 1940-07-26 |
Movie | Little Nellie Kelly | Second Judge (uncredited) | 1940-11-22 |
Movie | Behind the News | Neil Saunders | 1940-12-20 |
Movie | Calling All Husbands | Hadley Weaver | 1940-09-07 |
Movie | Tugboat Annie Sails Again | Alec Severn | 1940-10-26 |
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 | Indianapolis Speedway | Mayor | 1939-08-05 |
Movie | Reno | Augustus Welch | 1939-12-01 |
Movie | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Printer (uncredited) | 1939-12-29 |
Movie | News Is Made at Night | Lt. Governor Elmer Hinge | 1939-07-20 |
Movie | No Place to Go | Ben Bradford | 1939-09-23 |
Movie | Swanee River | Pond | 1939-12-29 |
Movie | Lady of the Tropics | Manager of Rubber Company | 1939-08-11 |
Movie | Dust Be My Destiny | Pawnshop Owner (uncredited) | 1939-09-16 |
Movie | Charlie Chan at Treasure Island | Uncle Redley | 1939-08-31 |
Movie | Penrod's Double Trouble | Mr. Bitts | 1938-07-23 |
Movie | The Saint in New York | Vincent Nather | 1938-05-25 |
Movie | Gold Is Where You Find It | Turner (uncredited) | 1938-02-12 |
Movie | I'll Give a Million | Mayor | 1938-07-27 |
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 Am the Law | George Leander | 1938-08-25 |
Movie | Federal Man-Hunt | Damon Lauber | 1938-12-27 |
Movie | The Mad Miss Manton | Popsie (uncredited) | 1938-10-21 |
Movie | The Girl Downstairs | Ambassador (uncredited) | 1938-12-23 |
Movie | A Man to Remember | Atty. Clyde Perkins (uncredited) | 1938-10-14 |
Movie | Room Service | Dr. Glass | 1938-09-21 |
Movie | Ready, Willing and Able | Brockman | 1937-03-06 |
Movie | Penrod and Sam | Mr. Rodney H. Bitts | 1937-02-28 |
Movie | Black Legion | Osgood | 1937-01-30 |
Movie | Stolen Holiday | Le Grande | 1937-02-06 |
Movie | Woman Chases Man | Mr. Judd | 1937-05-07 |
Movie | Pick a Star | Julius Klawheimer | 1937-05-21 |
Movie | Blossoms On Broadway | Dr. Gilgallon | 1937-11-19 |
Movie | Trouble at Midnight | Everett Benson | 1937-10-16 |
Movie | Talent Scout | M.B. Carter | 1937-07-24 |
Movie | Dead End | Whitey (Uncredited) | 1937-08-27 |
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 |