Charles Halton
Date of birth: 1876-03-16
Place of birth: Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as:
Biography
Charles Halton was an American stage, screen, and television character actor.
Movie Credits
To Be or Not to Be
1942-03-06
During the Nazi occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier's effor
Dr. Cyclops
1940-04-09
Four explorers are summoned to Peru by the brilliant physicist Dr Thorkel. They discover a rich sour
The Shop Around the Corner
1940-01-12
Two employees at a gift shop can barely stand one another, without realising that they are falling i
Bluebeard's 8th Wife
1938-03-25
American multi-millionaire Michael Brandon marries his eighth wife, Nicole, the daughter of a broke
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
1941-01-31
Happily married for three years, Ann and David Smith live in New York. One morning Ann asks David if
My Sister Eileen
1942-09-24
Sisters Ruth and Eileen Sherwood move from Ohio to New York in the hopes of building their careers.
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
3 Godfathers
1948-12-31
Three outlaws on the run discover a dying woman and her baby. They swear to bring the infant to safe
Stranger on the Third Floor
1940-08-16
Newspaper reporter Michael Ward plunges into a nightmare of guilt, fearing that his "evidence" has s
Mama Loves Papa
1945-08-08
A loose remake of the 1935 comedy of the same name. Thanks to the efforts of his social-climbing wif
The Westerner
1940-09-18
Drifter Cole Harden is accused of stealing a horse and faces hanging by self-appointed Judge Roy Bea
Whispering Footsteps
1943-12-30
An Ohio bank clerk's life becomes a nightmare when his descriptions is a fit of a maniac killer.
The Saint in New York
1938-05-25
A crime spree in New York forces the police commissioner to turn to Englishman Simon Templar, who fi
Saboteur
1942-04-24
Aircraft factory worker Barry Kane flees across the United States after he is wrongly accused of sta
Across the Pacific
1942-09-04
Rick Leland makes no secret of the fact he has no loyalty to his home country after he is court-mart
Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime
1941-08-14
Several days after one of his company's dams burst, ruining the life savings of several investors, a
The Ghost Goes Wild
1947-08-08
Young artist Monte Crandell is being sued for an unauthorized caricature. To escape arrest, he disgu
Hideout
1949-03-08
Philip Ford's crime thriller stars Lloyd Bridges as a city attorney who comes to the dawning realiza
The Smiling Ghost
1941-09-06
Elinor Bentley Fairchild's previous three grooms-to-be have either died or been maimed. Her aunt hir
The Nevadan
1950-01-11
A mysterious stranger crosses paths with an outlaw bank robber and a greedy rancher.
Unholy Partners
1941-11-01
A crusading newsman starts up a tabloid with a gangster as his 50-50 partner.
Million Dollar Baby
1941-05-31
A sudden windfall has unexpected consequences on a working class girl during the Great Depression.
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
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
1940-02-23
True story of the doctor who considered it was not immoral to search for a drug that would cure syph
Whispering Ghosts
1942-05-17
A detective (Milton Berle) who solves cases on the radio investigates the mysterious decade-old murd
I Am the Law
1938-08-25
With the aid of his former law students, a professor-turned-prosecutor battles corruption and organi
Sing Me a Love Song
1936-12-25
A young playboy inherits a financially-troubled New York City department store. To learn the busines
Pick a Star
1937-05-21
A Cinderella story of a young country girl who comes to Hollywood and achieves movie stardom with th
Mr. District Attorney
1941-03-27
An assistant prosecutor and his spunky friend investigate a suddenly hot case.
A Slight Case of Larceny
1953-06-05
Two nitwits decide to open a gas station.
Stolen Holiday
1937-02-06
A young model is set up with her own fashion business by a crooked financier, who sells worthless bo
The Affairs of Dobie Gillis
1953-08-14
Grainbelt University has one attraction for Dobie Gillis - women, especially Pansy Hammer. Pansy's f
The Girl Downstairs
1938-12-23
A wealthy playboy surreptitiously romances a scullery maid to gain access to her mistress with whom
Blossoms On Broadway
1937-11-19
A young singer hopes to become a success on Broadway.
Rationing
1944-03-24
A small-town butcher has problems coping with meat rationing.
Tugboat Annie Sails Again
1940-10-26
Two rival tugboat captains compete for local business.
Gasoline Alley
1951-01-02
A young man tries to get rich by opening a diner. Comedy based on the popular comic strip.
Behind the News
1940-12-20
As suggested by its title, Behind the News was a "stop the presses!" yarn set in a big-city newsroom
Three Little Girls in Blue
1946-09-03
Three sisters go to Atlantic City with hopes of finding rich husbands.
No Place to Go
1939-09-23
An elderly war veteran feels lonely and unwanted while living with his son and daughter-in-law, but
Indianapolis Speedway
1939-08-05
A champion auto racer who unhappily learns his kid brother wants to enter the same profession rather
Federal Man-Hunt
1938-12-27
By a daring ruse and inside help, Pete Rennick, a noted criminal behind bars on federal charges, esc
Reno
1939-12-01
A divorce lawyer prospers as a gambling tycoon.
Partners in Crime
1937-10-08
Detective Hank Hyer investigates a blackmail case involving a candidate for mayor.
More Than a Secretary
1936-12-10
When the co-owner of a secretarial school visits a magazine editor to find out why he runs through s
She Went to the Races
1945-11-04
A group of scientists develop a system to pick winners at the racetrack. Comedy.
H.M. Pulham, Esq.
1941-12-04
A middle-aged businessman who has lived a conservative life according to the routine conventions of
The Mad Miss Manton
1938-10-21
When the murdered body discovered by beautiful, vivacious socialite Melsa Manton disappears, police
That Other Woman
1942-11-13
A secretary by the name of Emily Borden comes up with a convoluted plan to get her boss to marry her
Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die
1942-06-13
Uneven version of Wyatt Earp vs. the Clanton Gang with a little romance thrown in haphazardly.
The Sickle or the Cross
1949-07-01
Reverend John Burnside, American missionary in the Far East, prepares to return home after twenty ye
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
Woman Chases Man
1937-05-07
A pretty architect devises a wild scheme to convince a handsome millionaire to fund a new housing de
Up in Arms
1944-02-17
Hypochondriac Danny Weems gets drafted and accidentally smuggles his girlfriend aboard his Pacific-b
Wilson
1944-08-01
The political career of Woodrow Wilson is chronicled, beginning with his decision to leave his post
The Doctor Takes a Wife
1940-04-25
A best-selling author of women's issues and a medical academic find it is to their mutual advantage
20 Mule Team
1940-05-03
It is 1892 in Death Valley and the yields from the Borax ore are getting so small that refining it i
Gasoline Alley
1951-01-02
A young man tries to get rich by opening a diner. Comedy based on the popular comic strip.
Ready, Willing and Able
1937-03-06
Two starving songwriters will only get funding if they get British actress Jane Clarke to star in th
A Man to Remember
1938-10-14
On the day of his funeral, a dedicated smalltown doctor is remembered by his neighbors and patients.
A Star Is Born
1954-10-01
A movie star helps a young singer-actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career
Storm at Daybreak
1933-06-14
Sarajevo June 28, 1914. Dushan, the Serbian mayor of a Hungarian town, has come to see the parade of
Calling All Husbands
1940-09-07
A henpecked husband and his bossy wife are due for a surprise when the wife's former boyfriend unexp
Jesse James
1939-01-14
After railroad agents forcibly evict the James family from their family farm, Jesse and Frank turn t
Carrie
1952-07-17
In the late 1890s, the ambitious, innocent Carrie arrives in Chicago’s South Side and stays with her
Nancy Drew... Reporter
1939-02-18
While participating in a contest at a local newspaper in which school children are asked to submit a
Dodge City
1939-04-08
In this epic Western, Wade Hatton, a wagon master turned sheriff, tames a cow town at the end of a r
They Made Her a Spy
1939-04-14
When her brother is killed by sabotage, Irene Eaton (Sally Eilers) joins the secret service and goes
Three Sons o' Guns
1941-08-02
Three reckless brothers dodge the draft then sign up and become men.
Young Mr. Lincoln
1939-06-09
In this dramatized account of his early law career in Illinois, Abraham Lincoln is born into a modes
News Is Made at Night
1939-07-20
Newspaper editor (Foster) will do almost anything to increase circulation. He campaigns to free a co
Lady of the Tropics
1939-08-11
American playboy Bill Carey woos a half-caste beauty in French Indochina, but her second-class legal
Swanee River
1939-12-29
Swanee River is a 1940 American biopic about Stephen Foster, a songwriter from Pittsburgh who falls
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1939-08-31
Paris, France, 1482. Frollo, Chief Justice of benevolent King Louis XI, gets infatuated by the beaut
Dust Be My Destiny
1939-09-16
Embittered after serving time for a burglary he did not commit, Joe Bell is soon back in jail, on a
The Traveling Saleswoman
1950-02-15
The daughter of a soap manufacturer heads to the wild and woolly west to sell her daddy's product.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
1945-02-28
In Brooklyn circa 1900, the Nolans manage to enjoy life on pennies despite great poverty and Papa's
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
Sister Kenny
1946-10-10
An Australian nurse discovers an effective new treatment for infantile paralysis, but experiences gr
My Dear Secretary
1948-11-05
A budding young writer thinks it's her lucky day when she is chosen to be the new secretary for Owen
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 Daring Caballero
1949-06-13
Daring Cabellero was the third of producer Phil Krasne's Cisco Kid "B" westerns. Duncan Renaldo and
Gangs of Chicago
1940-05-18
A criminal uses his knowledge of the law for his not-very-legal purposes, betraying friends along th
The Moonlighter
1953-09-19
Wes Anderson (Fred MacMurray) is caught cattle rustling and promptly jailed. The public is outraged,
The Body Disappears
1941-11-22
Wealthy scion Peter DeHaven, about to marry socialite Christine Lunceford, wakes up after bachelor p
It Happened Tomorrow
1944-03-31
A young turn-of-the-century newspaper man finds he can get hold of the next day's paper. This brings
Joe Palooka in the Squared Circle
1950-11-04
Joe Palooka encounters gangsters and tries to alert the law.
Foreign Correspondent
1940-08-16
American crime reporter John Jones is reassigned to Europe as a foreign correspondent to cover the i
Talent Scout
1937-07-24
A Hollywood heartthrob helps a small-town girl achieve stardom.
The Town Went Wild
1944-12-15
Comedy concerning two feuding fathers dealing with the shocking news that their sons were switched a
There's One Born Every Minute
1942-06-26
A nine-year-old Elizabeth Taylor made her film debut in this lively comedy. She plays the spoiled-br
They Asked For It
1939-05-20
In this crime drama, the owner and chief editor of a newspaper gets together with two college pals a
Penrod's Double Trouble
1938-07-23
When a young boy disappears, a man desperate for the offered reward money turns up with an identical
The Lady from Cheyenne
1941-04-11
Fictionalized story of the 1869 adoption of women's suffrage in Wyoming Territory. In the new-founde
Virginia City
1940-03-23
Union officer Kerry Bradford escapes from a Confederate prison and races to intercept $5 million in
Henry Aldrich, Editor
1942-09-01
Appointed editor of his high school newspaper, hapless Henry becomes intrigued by a series of myster
Friendly Persuasion
1956-10-30
The story of a family of Quakers in Indiana in 1862. Their religious sect is strongly opposed to vio
Midnight Manhunt
1945-07-27
Two reporters search for a missing body in a wax museum.
In Old California
1942-05-31
Boston pharmacist Tom Craig comes to Sacramento, where he runs afoul of local political boss Britt D
Summer Holiday
1948-04-15
Danville, Connecticut at the turn of the century. Young Richard Miller lives in a middle-class neigh
Here Comes the Groom
1951-09-20
Foreign correspondent Pete Garvey has 5 days to win back his former fiancée, or he'll lose the orpha
Government Girl
1943-11-05
An aviation engineer and a government secretary are thrown together by the war effort.
If You Knew Susie
1948-02-07
In the small town of Brookford, everybody can trace their ancestors back to the Revolutionary War, e
Lillian Russell
1940-05-24
Alice Faye plays the title role in this 1940 film biography of the early-20th-century stage star.
Little Nellie Kelly
1940-11-22
Nellie Kelly, the daughter of Irish immigrants, patches up differences between her father and matern
The Man with Nine Lives
1940-04-18
Dr. Leon Kravaal develops a potential cure for cancer, which involves freezing the patient. But an e
They Drive by Night
1940-07-26
Joe and Paul Fabrini are Wildcat, or independent, truck drivers who have their own small one-truck b
I Love You Again
1940-08-09
Boring businessman Larry Wilson recovers from amnesia and discovers he's really a con man...and love
Lucky Partners
1940-08-02
Two strangers split a sweepstake prize to go on a fake honeymoon with predictable results.
Look Who's Laughing
1941-11-21
Fibber McGee enlists the help of Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy in enticing an aircraft manufactu
Dance Hall
1941-07-18
Singer Lili Brown is attracted to dance hall manager Duke till she realizes he does that to all the
Three Girls About Town
1941-10-23
Faith and Hope Banner, sisters, are "convention hostesses" in a hotel. A body is discovered next doo
The Spoilers
1942-06-11
When honest ship captain Roy Glennister gets swindled out of his mine claim, he turns to saloon sing
Blonde Inspiration
1941-02-07
A writer of pulp Westerns cranks out more words than his editor and publisher want to pay for.
Gold Diggers of 1937
1936-12-28
The partners of stage-producer J. J. Hobart gamble away the money for his new show. They enlist a go
The Adventurer
1917-02-15
A young girl is trying to live an honest life in a crooked city. Caught up with a crook that might b
Sudden Money
1939-03-31
Promises of happier times dawn for the financially distressed Patterson family when father Sweeney a
The Great Mr. Nobody
1941-02-15
A publicity man promotes his newspaper, but finds his boss always steals the credit.
Penrod and His Twin Brother
1938-02-26
Penrod Schofield's mischievous dog, Duke, is falsely accused of biting Penrod's spoiled friend, Rodn
I Was a Prisoner on Devil's Island
1941-08-04
A ship's officer is sentenced to Devil's Island for murder after a fatal brawl.
Tobacco Road
1941-02-20
Shiftless Jeeter Lester and his family of sharecroppers live in rural Georgia where their ancestors
Come and Get It
1936-11-06
An ambitious lumberjack abandons his saloon girl lover so that he can marry into wealth, but years l
The Best Years of Our Lives
1946-12-25
It's the hope that sustains the spirit of every GI: the dream of the day when he will finally return
Room Service
1938-09-21
Broke Gordon Miller tries to land a backer for his new play while he has to deal with with the hotel
Shadows in the Night
1944-07-27
A criminal psychologist tries to help a beautiful heiress going mad in a haunted mansion.
Honor Among Lovers
1931-03-21
Jerry Stafford falls for his secretary, Julia Traynor, but instead she marries a shady character who
Penrod and Sam
1937-02-28
A boy and his gang catch bank robbers using their clubhouse as a hide-out.
Priorities on Parade
1942-07-23
Band leader Johnny Draper auditions his band, the Dixie Pixies, at the Eagle Aircraft Co., hoping to
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
1947-09-01
Teenager Susan Turner, with a severe crush on playboy artist Richard Nugent, sneaks into his apartme
Lady Scarface
1941-09-26
A Chicago gang led by Slade carries out an audacious brokerage robbery. Lieutenant Bill Mason takes
Ex-Champ
1939-05-11
A former prizefighter tries to help his son pay off his gambling debts.
Singin' in the Corn
1946-12-26
Judy McCoy, a fortune teller with a circus, learns she has inherited some property and heads west to
The Fighting Guardsman
1945-04-24
A French Baron robs Louis XVI like Robin Hood.
Address Unknown
1944-06-01
When a German art dealer living in the US returns to his native country he finds himself attracted t
Black Legion
1937-01-30
When a hard-working machinist loses a promotion to a Polish-born worker, he is seduced into joining
A Very Young Lady
1941-06-27
A tomboy is sent to a private school to become a refined young woman, but her innocent crush on the
Rhapsody in Blue
1945-06-27
Fictionalized biography of George Gershwin and his fight to bring serious music to Broadway.
Dead End
1937-08-27
Mobster "Baby Face" Martin returns home to visit the New York neighborhood where he grew up, droppin
Laughter
1930-09-24
Zeigfeld Follies beauty Peggy marries an older man, C. Morton Gibson. Although she soon grows tired
Gold Is Where You Find It
1938-02-12
Colonel Ferris, a wealthy farmer in northern California, is strongly opposed to hydraulic mining, a
Broadway Ballyhoo
1935-12-28
In this musical short, three barkers for a New York City sightseeing bus drum up customers with song
The Ghost Comes Home
1940-03-08
Comic mayhem results when a small town pet store owner, mistakenly believed killed during a sea voya
Trouble at Midnight
1937-10-16
Noah Beery Jr. stars as Kirk Cameron in the modern-day western Trouble at Midnight. Freshly discharg
Because of Him
1946-01-18
A young woman who wants to break into the theater schemes to become the protege of a famous Broadway
You Can't Escape Forever
1942-10-10
A demoted reporter (George Brent) and his girlfriend (Brenda Marshall) seek to expose a crime kingpi
Penitentiary
1938-02-05
The story of a D.A. who becomes a prison warden and winds up overseeing the sentence of a man he pro
One Foot in Heaven
1941-11-01
Episodic look at the life of a minister and his family as they move from one parish to another.
The Adventures of Martin Eden
1942-02-26
Author writes about his experiences sailing at sea, struggles to get his work published.
Behind the Mask
1917-09-03
Financier Mark Harrold is responsible for the financial ruin and subsequent suicide of Stanton. Foll
The Fabulous Oliver Chantry
1953-12-13
A newspaper columnist, critic and novelist suddenly becomes caretaker to an infant boy left by his p
The Lady Is Willing
1942-02-12
Bold, eccentric Broadway performer Elizabeth Madden befuddles her handlers by coming home with a bab
I'm from Missouri
1939-04-06
Sweeney Bliss, champion mule raiser in Missouri, takes his prize mule Samson to London, where the Br
The Thin Man Goes Home
1944-12-24
On a trip to visit his parents, detective Nick Charles gets mixed up in a murder investigation.
The Tower of Jewels
1919-12-08
Emily Cottrell, one of the most respected members of a large gang of crooks headed by Fraser Grimste
The Climbers
1919-11-08
To keep his social-climbing wife and daughters in the lifestyle to which they are accustomed, wealth