Charles Williams
Date of birth: 1898-09-27
Place of birth: Albany, New York, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: C.B. Williams, Charles B. Williams, Charley Williams, Charlie Williams
Biography
Charles Williams was born on September 27, 1898 in Albany, New York. He was an actor and writer, known for It's a Wonderful Life (1946), Hollywood and Vine (1945) and Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938). He was married to Isabel and Virginia Josephine Evans. He died on January 3, 1958 in Hollywood, California.
Movie Credits
It's a Wonderful Life
1946-12-20
A holiday favourite for generations... George Bailey has spent his entire life giving to the people
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
1942-03-27
A New York radio personality travels to the small town of Fernville to oversee a contest to identify
End of the Road
1944-11-10
A crime writer believes that a man imprisoned for committing the notorious "Flower Shop Murder" is i
Hitchhike to Happiness
1945-07-16
An aspiring playwright gets a job in a New York City restaurant favored by celebrities in hopes of g
Main Street to Broadway
1953-10-12
In New York, a surly, down-on-his-heels playwright meets a country girl who's giving up trying to ac
Strangers of the Evening
1932-05-14
Bodies start mysteriously disappearing from the city morgue. An investigator tries to determine what
Undercover Doctor
1939-06-09
Dr. Bartley Morgan covers up his profitable illegalities with the respectable veneer of a posh, high
Without Reservations
1946-05-13
Kit Madden is traveling to Hollywood, where her best-selling novel is to be filmed. Aboard the train
Charlie Chan on Broadway
1937-09-22
Returning from European exile where she avoided testifying against her criminal associates, a former
The Judge
1949-01-31
A study of an amoral and sleazy defense lawyer who suddenly tries to "go straight" when he finds out
Moon Over Manhattan
1935-02-15
A musical short about a young couple, an artist for an advertising firm and a hopeful model. They tr
Fighting Trouble
1956-09-16
An overambitious shutterbug almost gets his lights put out permanently when he decides to snap a pic
Hip Zip Hooray
1933-03-31
Sheriff Bell inadvertently ends up as owner of a lingerie salon.
Call of the Canyon
1942-08-17
A radio saleswoman helps a singing cattleman trap a shady meat buyer with a bogus broadcast.
Wedding Present
1936-10-09
Charlie Mason and Rusty Fleming are star reporters on a Chicago tabloid who are romantically involve
Blossoms On Broadway
1937-11-19
A young singer hopes to become a success on Broadway.
Night and Day
1946-07-02
When his first stage show fails, songwriter Cole Porter goes off to fight in WWI until, injured, he
Those High Grey Walls
1939-09-21
Dr. MacAuley, a kindly, beloved country doctor, is sent to Fillmore Prison. His crime was for removi
Task Force
1949-08-30
After learning the finer points of carrier aviation in the 1920s, career officer Jonathan Scott and
Song of the Open Road
1944-06-21
A beautiful child star tires of life in the spotlight and so disguises herself and sneaks off to joi
The Old Homestead
1922-10-08
Silent drama film based upon the play of the same name by Denman Thompson.
Mr. Moto's Gamble
1938-04-07
Celebrated as supersleuth, Mr. Moto comes out fighting when a brutal boxing match turns into cold-bl
The Mad Genius
1931-09-30
A crippled puppeteer rescues an abused young boy and turns the boy into a great ballet dancer. Compl
The Nuisance
1933-06-03
Fast-talker extraordinaire Tracy gives one of his quintessential wiseguy performances as a conniving
Career Girl
1944-01-11
Joan Terry, from Kansas City, comes to New York to get a job on the stage. But until she finds an op
The Girl from Monterrey
1943-10-04
Mexican club singer Lita Valdez is amazed to find that her younger brother Alberto is a talented box
Stand-In
1937-10-29
An east coast efficiency expert, who stakes his reputation on his ability to turn around a financial
The Magnetic Monster
1953-02-18
The Office of Scientific Investigations tracks down the source of increased magnetism and radioactiv
The Pride of the Yankees
1942-07-14
The story of the life and career of the baseball hall of famer, Lou Gehrig.
Heading for Heaven
1947-12-06
A fake swami and his crooked business partner, hoping to buy the land that's targeted for a new airp
Woman in the Dark
1934-11-08
A recently released prisoner lives alone in his cabin so that his bad temper won't get him back in a
Queen of Burlesque
1946-07-24
Various performers and backstage crew come under suspicion when a dancer is found murdered at a burl
Amateur Crook
1937-12-10
Jerry Cummings, a mining engineer, has pledged a large diamond on a short-term note to a pair of cro
Flying Fists
1937-07-01
A lumberjack knocks out a champion boxer in a brawl, gets drawn into the boxing world where he is un
Alexander's Ragtime Band
1938-05-24
Classical violinist Roger Grant disappoints his family and teacher when he organizes a jazz band, bu
Born to Be Wild
1938-02-16
Truck drivers Steve Hackett and Bill Purvis are fired from their jobs with the West Coast Trucking c
A Boy, a Girl and a Dog
1946-07-01
During World War II, a young boy and girl, living with their respective families in an apartment hou
Little Miss Broadway
1938-07-29
An orphan is provisionally adopted by the manager of a hotel populated by show business people. The
The Flying Irishman
1939-04-07
This is the story of the historic 1938 flight of Douglas 'Wrong Way' Corrigan. Mr. Corrigan starred
Sleepless Hollow
1936-05-08
Newlywed Harry Gribbon brings his wife home to meet his country family which includes their perspect
Girls' Town
1942-03-06
A West Coast version of "Stage Door", set at a Hollywood boarding house for young women hoping for m
Love and Hisses
1937-12-21
As part of their public feud, Bandleader Bernie pretends a girl singer is no good so columnist Winch
The Accused
1949-01-12
A prim psychology professor fights to hide a murder she committed in self-defense.
History Is Made at Night
1937-03-05
An American woman falls in love with a romantic Parisian head waiter who tries to save her from her
Primrose Path
1940-03-22
Ellie Mae lives on Primrose Hill with her good-hearted and fancy free mother, her drunken father, he
Women Without Names
1940-03-14
Joyce and Fred MacNeil's honeymoon comes to an abrupt and unsatisfying halt when Fred is accused of
Rhythm on the Range
1936-07-01
Cowboy Jeff Larabee returns from the east and meets Doris Halloway, a young girl, that he regards as
Girl in 313
1940-05-31
A priceless necklace goes missing at a plush party. Police close in on the jewel thieves but is one
Gasoline Alley
1951-01-02
A young man tries to get rich by opening a diner. Comedy based on the popular comic strip.
Strictly Unreliable
1932-04-30
Zasu inadvertently turns Thelma's vaudeville act into a shambles.
Vogues of 1938
1937-08-18
An early Technicolor musical that concentrates on the fashions of the late 1930s, this film was reis
A Very Honorable Guy
1934-04-18
Well respected local good guy, "Feet" Samuels finds himself heavily in debt due to an uncharacterist
Johnny Apollo
1940-04-19
Wall Street broker Robert Cain, Sr., is jailed for embezzling. His college graduate son Bob then tur
Whispering Footsteps
1943-12-30
An Ohio bank clerk's life becomes a nightmare when his descriptions is a fit of a maniac killer.
Greenwich Village
1944-09-27
In 1922, a would-be classical composer gets involved with people putting on a musical revue.
Wife, Husband and Friend
1939-03-03
Woman hopes to be a great singer and is encouraged by her scheming teacher. After she flops her husb
Wedlock Deadlock
1947-12-18
Newlyweds Eddie (Joe DeRita) and Betty (Christine McIntyre) barely moved into their new house before
One Thrilling Night
1942-06-05
A honeymoon couple in New York for one night of wedded bliss before he's to join the army, become in
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
Lady Chaser
1946-11-25
A poisoned aspirin creates headaches for a woman who received the deadly pill from a stranger, then
Forgotten Women
1931-11-25
Acting on a tip from former stage actress Fern Madden, who is now working as a movie extra, Jimmy Bu
Kentucky Jubilee
1951-05-18
A film director travels to Kentucky to seek out local talent for a hillbilly musical film. There, he
According to Mrs. Hoyle
1951-05-20
A retired teacher sells her apartment to a group of gangsters.
Four Days Wonder
1936-12-03
Jeanne Dante stars as precocious 13-year-old Judy Widdell, a devoted fan of dime-novel detective sto
The Thin Man
1934-05-25
A husband and wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get killed f
Marked Men
1940-09-30
A man accused of planning a prison break turns the tables on escaped cons by leading the group into
Days of Jesse James
1939-12-20
Days of Jesse James is a 1939 American film directed by Joseph Kane and starring Roy Rogers. Bank ro
Lullaby of Broadway
1951-03-26
Pretty Melinda Howard has been abroad singing with a musical troupe. She decides to return home to s
Trade Winds
1938-12-28
After committing a murder, Kay assumes a new identity and boards a ship. But, Kay is unaware that Sa
Parole, Inc.
1948-11-24
A federal agent's life is in danger when he's exposed while investigating a parole scheme.
Men with Wings
1938-07-16
Reporter Nicholas Ranson is jubilant when, on 17 Dec 1903, in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Orville an
It Happened in Hollywood
1937-09-07
A silent Western star has trouble adjusting to the coming of sound.
Hollywood Boulevard
1936-08-20
With a full Hollywood background and settings but more an expose of scandal-and-gossip magazines of
Hazard
1948-05-28
A compulsive gambler bets her freedom against a $16,000 debt to a crime boss…and loses. But before h
The Lady from Cheyenne
1941-04-11
Fictionalized story of the 1869 adoption of women's suffrage in Wyoming Territory. In the new-founde
Espionage
1937-02-26
Two reporters pose as man and wife in order to get the goods on a munitions supplier and the rumours
Charlie McCarthy, Detective
1939-12-22
Scotty Hamilton is a reporter who works for a crooked editor. Bill Banning is another reporter who i
Hollywood Stadium Mystery
1938-02-21
A boxer is killed in the ring, and the only clue is a tune that a man was whistling.
Call of the Rockies
1944-07-14
Cowboy Sunset Carson teams up with Frog Millhouse on a routine supply trip to Placer City. Before lo
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
Dance Team
1932-01-17
Jimmy Mulligan and Poppy Kirk, both out of work, strike up a conversation outside a radio shop and d
Jim Hanvey, Detective
1937-04-05
Jim Hanvey is a genial but top-notch detective who has retired to his country home. An insurance com
Gateway
1938-08-05
Irish immigrant meets returning war correspondent on a liner bound for New York. When she resists th
Gambling Ship
1933-06-23
Tired of the dangerous life as gambling boss, Ace Corbin 'retires' from the racket and travels cross
Big Business
1937-06-18
A small town drugstore owner (Jed Prouty) hopes to strike it rich by investing his savings in an oil
Grand Ole Opry
1940-06-25
Aided by musicians at the Grand Ole Opry, a small-town mayor in the Ozarks takes on a group of crook
The Trespasser
1947-07-03
Stevie Carson, a newspaper reporter, and Danny Butler, the "morgue" manager on the same newspaper, s
Passkey to Danger
1946-05-11
An advertising man's new campaign for a fashion designer attracts the attention of mysterious charac
Atlantic City
1944-09-15
In 1915, Atlantic City is a sleepy seaside resort, but Brad Taylor, son of a small hotel and vaudevi
Redhead from Manhattan
1943-05-06
Lupe Vélez plays a dual role, twin sisters Rita and Elaine. After escaping a torpedoed ship, Rita sh
Sinner Take All
1936-12-18
A young lawyer is determined to identify who is murdering members of a wealthy New York publishing f
The Missourians
1950-11-25
In the little town of Dorado, widely known as a town with no crime and no bank to rob, young Polish-
Sabotage
1939-10-13
The night before his grandson, Tommy Grayson, a mechanic at the Midland Aircraft Corporation, is to
Saddle Pals
1947-06-05
Autry is drawn into the plot when he's given power of attorney in a property settlement involving hi
Fair Warning
1937-03-05
In California's Death Valley a chemistry whiz-kid helps a sheriff track the man who murdered a wealt
The Fleet's In
1942-01-24
Shy sailor Casey Kirby suddenly becomes known as a sea wolf when his picture is taken with a famous
Sky Racket
1937-10-01
A government agent sets out to capture a gang of airmail bandits who use a death ray to blow planes
Marshal of Amarillo
1948-07-15
Nugget, Underwood and Short walk to the Half-Way House after the driver purposely wrecks the stage.
The Great Man's Lady
1941-10-31
In Hoyt City, a statue of founder Ethan Hoyt is dedicated, and 100 year old Hannah Sempler Hoyt (who
The Strange Mrs. Crane
1948-10-07
Hoping to bury her criminal past, Jenny Hadley settles into a comfortable existence as Gina, the wif
Blondie of the Follies
1932-09-01
New York City tenement dwelling neighbors Blondie and Lottie are longtime best friends. When Lottie
Mr. District Attorney
1941-03-27
An assistant prosecutor and his spunky friend investigate a suddenly hot case.
My Favorite Spy
1942-06-12
The Army takes a bandleader (Kay Kyser) away from his bride (Ellen Drew) and sends him on a spy miss
Sweethearts of the U.S.A.
1944-03-07
A WW-II defense plant worker gets knocked out and dreams about helping the war effort in various way
Time to Kill
1942-12-24
Lloyd Nolan is back as detective Michael Shayne who's in search of a stolen coin.
Central Airport
1933-04-15
Aviator Jim Blaine and his brother Neil are rivals not only as daredevil flyers, but also for the lo
The West Side Kid
1943-08-23
Millionaire Sam Winston is an unhappy man. His wife Constance lives a gay life, devoting all her tim
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987-03-13
Documentary about James Stewart's long career as an actor and positive personal life.
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964-09-02
Film clips highlight the funniest scenes and brightest comic stars in MGM's history.
Night in New Orleans
1942-07-01
A policeman's family helps to exonerate him of murder charges in the death of a man he had under int
Identity Unknown
1945-04-02
A soldier survives a bombing in which his three fellow soldiers were killed. When he recovers he dis
Hollywood and Vine
1945-04-25
A young girl arrives in Hollywood determined to become a star in the movies but finds that attaining
The Man Who Walked Alone
1945-03-15
A war hero returns home following a medical discharge and ends up entangled with a young woman speed
The Ice Follies of 1939
1939-03-10
Mary and Larry are are a modestly successful skating team. Shortly after their marriage, Mary gets a
Wake Up and Live
1937-08-23
Satire on radio, built around the supposed feud between bandleader Ben Bernie and journalist Walter
A Lawless Street
1955-11-15
A Marshal must face unpleasant facts about his past when he attempts to run a criminal gang out of t
I Escaped from the Gestapo
1943-05-14
A forger is forced to work for a Nazi spy ring. His conscience gets the better of him, though, and h
The Gay Nighties
1933-06-22
This short features two women who run around in their nighties. Paul McCullough spends most of the p
Merry Go Round of 1938
1937-11-14
Two screwy characters travel to Hollywood and cause mischief.
The Postman Always Rings Twice
1946-05-02
A married woman and a drifter fall in love, then plot to murder her husband.
Flying Cadets
1941-10-24
Story of test pilots at a school that trains new flyers.
Scared Stiff
1945-06-22
A meek reporter happens upon a murder, an escaped gangster and a stolen jade chess set.
Sadie McKee
1934-05-09
A maid has romances with a two-timer, a boozing millionaire and the master of the house.
Made on Broadway
1933-05-19
A satire about the power of publicity. Robert Montgomery plays Jeff Bidwell, a dashing Broadway pre
Trifles of Importance
1940-07-13
Part of John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series, this short shows how three seemingly unimportant thing
The Devil Is Driving
1932-12-09
Gabby Denton, a hard-drinking, down-on-his-luck drifter, seems to get a chance at redemption when hi