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Charles Tannen

Date of birth: 1915-10-22

Place of birth: New York City, New York, New York, USA

Known for: Acting

Also known as:

Charles Tannen

Biography

Movie Credits

The Grapes of Wrath
3.9

The Grapes of Wrath

1940-03-15

Tom Joad returns to his home after a jail sentence to find his family kicked out of their farm due t

You're in the Navy Now
2.2

You're in the Navy Now

1951-02-23

When Lt. John Harkness is assigned as the new skipper of a submarine chaser equipped with an experim

Ma Barker's Killer Brood
3

Ma Barker's Killer Brood

1960-02-03

Ma Barker and her four sons terrorize the 1930s South and Midwest with a string of kidnappings, robb

Green Grass of Wyoming
3.4

Green Grass of Wyoming

1948-06-03

The romance of a rancher's niece and a rival rancher's son parallels that of a stallion and a mare.

Love Is News
3

Love Is News

1937-02-26

When a crafty reporter uses false pretenses to get a story out of heiress Tony Gateson, she turns th

Without Warning!
3

Without Warning!

1952-05-08

Los Angeles is paralysed with terror when a lovesick murderer takes to the streets with a pair of ga

Quiet Please, Murder
3.4

Quiet Please, Murder

1943-03-19

A forger steals and kills for a rare book from a library in order to make forgeries to sell to rich

Don't Be a Sucker!
3.4

Don't Be a Sucker!

1943-07-04

Propaganda short film depicting the rise of Nazism in Germany and how political propaganda is simila

The Spider
2.6

The Spider

1945-12-01

An ex-cop is suspected of murder after he is found with a dead woman. The private detective is on th

Behind Green Lights
2.7

Behind Green Lights

1946-02-15

An unscrupulous private investigator with a penchant for blackmail is found dead in a car and the le

The Street with No Name
3.1

The Street with No Name

1948-07-14

After two gang-related killings in "Center City," a suspect (who was framed) is arrested, released o

You're My Everything
1.9

You're My Everything

1949-07-22

In 1924, stage-struck Boston blueblood Hannah Adams picks up musical star Tim O'Connor and takes him

Kentucky Moonshine
2.6

Kentucky Moonshine

1938-05-20

The Ritz Brothers pretend to be Kentucky hillbillies in order to get a booking on a radio show.

Love Before Breakfast
2.9

Love Before Breakfast

1936-03-09

Scott is a very rich businessman who hangs out with a snooty, silly Countess, but has the hots for K

Stagecoach to Dancers' Rock
1.9

Stagecoach to Dancers' Rock

1962-10-01

Five passengers in a stagecoach are abandoned by their driver in the desert. Trying to survive, they

Doll Face
2.1

Doll Face

1945-12-31

Burlesque queen Doll Face Carroll is dismissed from an audition for a legitimate Broadway show becau

The Jones Family in Hollywood
0

The Jones Family in Hollywood

1939-06-02

Father goes to an American Legion convention in Hollywood and the family goes along, visiting a stud

Dangerous Crossing
3.1

Dangerous Crossing

1953-07-22

A honeymoon aboard an ocean liner is cut short when the bride finds herself suddenly alone, and unab

The Perfect Snob
3.1

The Perfect Snob

1941-12-19

When a small town veterinarian discovers that his just-graduated daughter is a gold-digging elitist,

A Letter to Three Wives
3.6

A Letter to Three Wives

1949-01-20

A letter is addressed to three wives from their "best friend" Addie Ross, announcing that she is run

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
3.6

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

1953-07-14

Lorelei Lee is a beautiful showgirl engaged to be married to the wealthy Gus Esmond, much to the dis

Jesse James
3.2

Jesse James

1939-01-14

After railroad agents forcibly evict the James family from their family farm, Jesse and Frank turn t

The Return of Frank James
3.1

The Return of Frank James

1940-08-10

Farmer Frank and his ward hunt brother Jesse's killers, the back-shooting Fords.

The Harder They Fall
3.5

The Harder They Fall

1956-05-08

Jobless sportswriter Eddie Willis is hired by corrupt fight promoter Nick Benko to promote his curre

Love and Hisses
0

Love and Hisses

1937-12-21

As part of their public feud, Bandleader Bernie pretends a girl singer is no good so columnist Winch

I'll Give a Million
2.9

I'll Give a Million

1938-07-27

After saving a tramp from suicide, a millionaire takes his clothing and disappears. Word is out that

The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
3

The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

1939-04-04

Alexander Graham Bell falls in love with deaf girl Mabel Hubbard while teaching the deaf and trying

Rose of Washington Square
2.9

Rose of Washington Square

1939-05-05

Rose Sargent, a Roaring '20s singer, becomes a Ziegfeld Follies star as her criminal husband gets de

Young Mr. Lincoln
3.6

Young Mr. Lincoln

1939-06-09

In this dramatized account of his early law career in Illinois, Abraham Lincoln is born into a modes

Second Fiddle
2.5

Second Fiddle

1939-06-30

Studio publicist discovers Minnesota skating teacher and takes her to Hollywood. She goes back to Mi

The Lady Escapes
0

The Lady Escapes

1937-07-22

A young husband schemes to regain his wife, who earlier had left him and now is involved with a Euro

Sitting Pretty
3.6

Sitting Pretty

1948-03-10

Tacey and Harry King are a suburban couple with three sons and a serious need of a babysitter. Tacey

Charlie Chan at Treasure Island
3.3

Charlie Chan at Treasure Island

1939-08-31

Charlie Chan's investigation of a blackmail-induced suicide as a case of murder leads him into a wor

Drums Along the Mohawk
3.2

Drums Along the Mohawk

1939-11-10

Albany, New York, 1776. After marrying, Gil and Lana travel north to settle on a small farm in the M

Swanee River
3.4

Swanee River

1939-12-29

Swanee River is a 1940 American biopic about Stephen Foster, a songwriter from Pittsburgh who falls

Vice Squad
3

Vice Squad

1953-07-31

A Los Angeles police captain (Edward G. Robinson) ties the case of a slain policeman to a bank robbe

Thunder Birds
2.7

Thunder Birds

1942-10-28

On a secluded base in Arizona, veteran World War I pilot Steve Britt trains flyers to fight in World

Lucky Cisco Kid
2.8

Lucky Cisco Kid

1940-06-28

Cisco and Gordito arrive to find there is an outlaw operating in the area who is assumed to be the C

The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
2

The Man Who Wouldn't Talk

1940-01-11

A man involved in a crime (Nolan) kills his key witness by mistake and resigns himself to death. He

When Willie Comes Marching Home
3.4

When Willie Comes Marching Home

1950-02-17

When Willie leaves home to join the war effort he is all ready to become a hero, but he is only frus

Submarine Patrol
3.3

Submarine Patrol

1938-11-25

A naval officer is demoted for negligence and put in command of a run-down submarine chaser with a m

Sins of Man
0

Sins of Man

1936-06-19

Austrian church bell ringer Freyman loves music and wants his two sons (both played by Ameche) to lo

Red Skies of Montana
2.6

Red Skies of Montana

1952-01-23

When a large forest fire breaks out in the mountains of Montana, a squad of 'Smoke Jumpers', the par

Murder Over New York
3

Murder Over New York

1940-12-13

When Charlie's old friend from Scotland Yard is murdered when they attend a police convention in New

I Married a Woman
2.9

I Married a Woman

1958-03-01

Advertising executive Marshall Briggs finds his work in conflict with his love-life with fashion mod

Manila Calling
3.5

Manila Calling

1942-10-16

During WWII, a group of brave Americans spy on the Japanese after their invasion of the Philippines

Where the Sidewalk Ends
3.6

Where the Sidewalk Ends

1950-07-07

A police detective's violent nature keeps him from being a good cop.

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
2.8

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

1961-07-12

The crew of an atomic submarine battle to save the world from global destruction.

Lillian Russell
3

Lillian Russell

1940-05-24

Alice Faye plays the title role in this 1940 film biography of the early-20th-century stage star.

Gateway
3.3

Gateway

1938-08-05

Irish immigrant meets returning war correspondent on a liner bound for New York. When she resists th

The Monster That Challenged the World
2.8

The Monster That Challenged the World

1957-06-14

Giants Mollusks are released from the earth by an earthquake and start killing people.

Barricade
2.6

Barricade

1939-12-08

In China, a singer and a journalist meet while traveling on a train attacked by bandits.

Young People
2.3

Young People

1940-08-30

Wendy Ballantine's parents decide to retire from show biz so she can have a normal life. They are un

Johnny Apollo
3.4

Johnny Apollo

1940-04-19

Wall Street broker Robert Cain, Sr., is jailed for embezzling. His college graduate son Bob then tur

Footlight Serenade
0

Footlight Serenade

1942-08-01

Conceited World Champion boxer Tommy Lundy decides to test his popularity in a Broadway show. Tommy

Don't You Believe It
2.5

Don't You Believe It

1943-07-03

This Passing Parade entry looks at several historical "truths" that just aren't so: Steve Brodie nev

Sing, Baby, Sing
2.9

Sing, Baby, Sing

1936-08-21

The "Caliban-Ariel" romance of fiftysomething John Barrymore and teenager Elaine Barrie is spoofed i

Sundown Jim
0

Sundown Jim

1942-03-27

US marshal Sundown Jim Majors main purpose in life is to bring a deadly frontier feud to a peaceful

Fair Warning
3

Fair Warning

1937-03-05

In California's Death Valley a chemistry whiz-kid helps a sheriff track the man who murdered a wealt

Remember the Day
3.3

Remember the Day

1941-12-25

Elderly schoolteacher Nora Trinell, waiting to meet presidential nominee Dewey Roberts, recalls him

Walking Down Broadway
2.9

Walking Down Broadway

1938-03-11

Five closely knit showgirls sign a pact to reunite one year after the closing of their Broadway prod

Dead Men Tell
3.1

Dead Men Tell

1941-03-28

When the elderly woman sponsoring a treasure hunt is murdered on board her docked ship, Charlie Chan

Big Town Girl
3

Big Town Girl

1937-12-03

When a department store songstress becomes a radio star she keeps her identity secret, as the "Maske

Blue, White, and Perfect
3.1

Blue, White, and Perfect

1942-01-06

In order to win back his girlfriend, Mike Shayne promises to give up his detective practice and get

Careful, Soft Shoulders
3

Careful, Soft Shoulders

1942-09-18

In this espionage movie, set in Washington during WW II, the daughter of an ex-senator has become a

Eyes Aloft
0

Eyes Aloft

1943-01-24

In this documentary short film, a woman volunteer for the civilian aviation observer corps in World

Photographic Intelligence for Bombardment Aviation
1.5

Photographic Intelligence for Bombardment Aviation

1943-01-25

When naval Lieutenant Phil Bowen encounters his friend, Air Forces Captain Grover, he inquires as to

Land and Live in the Jungle
4

Land and Live in the Jungle

1944-03-14

In this World War II military training film, a B-25 crew bails out over the jungle, and the pilot is

Crash Dive
3.2

Crash Dive

1943-04-22

A US Navy submarine, the USS Corsair, is operating in the North Atlantic, hunting German merchant ra

Public Deb No. 1
2.2

Public Deb No. 1

1940-09-13

When a waiter gives a society girl a public spanking for attending a Communist rally, her soup-tycoo

December 7th
2.9

December 7th

1943-03-01

"Docudrama" about the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941 and its results, the recovering

Dancing in the Dark
2.5

Dancing in the Dark

1949-12-02

Emery Slade was one of the brightest stars in Hollywood in 1932, but by 1949 his career has hit the

Educating Father
0

Educating Father

1936-05-23

Jones family romp with father trying to convince son to follow him as a druggist, rather than becomi

Your Next Job
0

Your Next Job

1945-12-09

In this documentary short film, a U.S. Army lieutenant instructs soldiers in how to prepare for new

Cry of the City
3.4

Cry of the City

1948-09-29

Petty crook and cop-killer Martin Rome, in bad shape from wounds in the hospital prison ward, still

The Proud Ones
3.2

The Proud Ones

1956-05-15

Robert Ryan plays an aging sheriff responsible for law and order in a frontier cattle town. Virginia

Moontide
3.2

Moontide

1942-05-29

After a drunken night out, a longshoreman thinks he may have killed a man.

A Blueprint for Murder
3

A Blueprint for Murder

1953-07-24

Whitney Cameron is in a quandary: he's attracted to his beautiful sister-in-law, Lynn, but also harb

Night Without Sleep
2.7

Night Without Sleep

1952-09-26

Upon awaking in the morning, a man finds his thoughts clouded by the possibility that he committed a

Shock
3

Shock

1946-02-01

In this thriller, psychiatrist Dr. Cross kills his wife and expects to get away with murder, until h

Sleepers West
3.1

Sleepers West

1941-03-14

Private eye Mike Shayne encounters a large amount of trouble while attempting to guard a murder witn

Cadet Girl
0

Cadet Girl

1941-11-28

A West Point cadet and his bandleader brother fall for a singer in the band.

Leave Her to Heaven
3.7

Leave Her to Heaven

1945-12-25

A socialite marries a prominent novelist, which spurs a violent, obsessive, and dangerous jealousy i

Bloodhounds of Broadway
3.5

Bloodhounds of Broadway

1952-11-14

A musical comedy based on several Damon Runyon short stories. When a bookie on the run, Robert 'Numb

Johnny Comes Flying Home
0

Johnny Comes Flying Home

1946-04-05

Three World War II fliers face financial obstacles threatening to ground their fledgling air-freight

The Fly
3.5

The Fly

1958-07-16

Industrialist François Delambre is called late at night by his sister-in-law, Helene Delambre, who t

The Dark Corner
3.3

The Dark Corner

1946-04-09

Ex-con turned private investigator Bradford Galt suspects someone is following him and maybe even tr

Inferno
3.1

Inferno

1953-08-12

When selfish and arrogant millionaire Donald Carson fractures his leg during a desert vacation, his

The Country Girl
3.5

The Country Girl

1954-12-15

An actor on the skids is given one more chance to regain his stardom, as well as his self-respect, y