Charles Trowbridge
Date of birth: 1882-01-09
Place of birth: Veracruz, Mexico
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Charles Silas Richard Trowbridge
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Charles Silas Richard Trowbridge (January 10, 1882 – October 30, 1967) was an American film actor. He appeared in 233 films between 1915 and 1958. Trowbridge was born in Veracruz, Mexico, where his father served in the diplomatic corps of the United States. He ran a coffee plantation in Hawaii before venturing into acting. Trowbridge's Broadway credits include Dinner at Eight (1932), Ladies of Creation (1931), Congai (1928), The Behavior of Mrs. Crane (1927), We Never Learn (1927), Craig's Wife (1925), It All Depends (1925), The Backslapper (1924), The Locked Door (1924), Sweet Seventeen (1923), The Lullaby (1923), The Last Warning (1922), The Night Call (1921), Just Because (1921), The Broken Wing (1920), Why Worry? (1918), This Way Out (1917), Come Out of the Kitchen (1916) and Daddy Long Legs (1914). Trowbridge died in Los Angeles, California.
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The Mummy's Hand
1940-09-20
A couple of young, out-of-work archaeologists in Egypt discover evidence of the burial place of the
Our Town
1940-05-24
Change comes slowly to a small New Hampshire town in the early 20th century. We see birth, life and
Libeled Lady
1936-10-09
When a major newspaper accuses wealthy socialite Connie Allenbury of being a home-wrecker, and she f
Hoodlum Empire
1952-04-15
It's a deadly play for power when a Mafia chieftain's top gun goes straight and threatens to testify
Hollow Triumph
1948-08-18
Pursued by the big-time gambler he robbed, John Muller assumes a new identity—with unfortunate resul
The Man They Could Not Hang
1939-08-17
Dr. Henryk Savaard is a scientist working on experiments to restore life to the dead. When he is unj
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
1947-09-01
Walter Mitty, a daydreaming writer with an overprotective mother, likes to imagine that he is a hero
The House of the Seven Gables
1940-04-12
In 1828, the bankrupt Pyncheon family fight over Seven Gables, the ancestral mansion. To obtain the
Shock
1946-02-01
In this thriller, psychiatrist Dr. Cross kills his wife and expects to get away with murder, until h
Mysterious Doctor Satan
1940-12-13
A mad scientist named Dr. Satan plots to steal key pieces of technology to enable him to build an ar
Undercover Doctor
1939-06-09
Dr. Bartley Morgan covers up his profitable illegalities with the respectable veneer of a posh, high
Silence
1931-08-29
A gray-haired convict, within the shadows of the gallows, tells his story to the prison chaplain beg
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
1940-07-05
Judge Hardy takes his family to New York City, where Andy quickly falls in love with a socialite. He
The Mummy's Tomb
1942-10-23
A high priest of Karnak travels to America with the living mummy Kharis (Lon Chaney Jr.) to kill all
Undercurrent
1946-11-11
After a rapid engagement, a dowdy daughter of a chemist weds an industrialist, knowing little of his
The Red Dragon
1945-08-01
Chan is faced with suspects in a stolen atomic bomb formula case, that are being killed with bullets
Sergeant York
1941-09-27
Alvin York a hillbilly sharpshooter transforms himself from ruffian to religious pacifist. He is the
Don't Gamble with Strangers
1946-06-22
Two card sharks, pretending to be brother and sister, clean out a small-town banker, then take over
Great Guns
1941-10-10
Laurel and Hardy join the army. They are hardly soldiers, but they believe their employer, (Dick Nel
Nancy Drew… Detective
1938-11-19
After a wealthy dowager who has made a substantial donation to her alma mater suddenly disappears, N
Key Witness
1947-10-09
A man takes over the identity of a dead man while on the lam from a crime he didn't commit.
The Paleface
1948-12-17
Bob Hope stars in this laugh-packed wild west spoof co-starring Jane Russell as a sexy Calamity Jane
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
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
1943-02-19
A missionary tries to outwit the U.S. government and smuggle Chinese orphans into the country.
Mr. Soft Touch
1949-07-28
When he learns that a gangster has taken over his nightclub and murdered his partner, returning WWII
Tarzan and the Huntress
1947-04-05
A shortage of zoo animals after World War II brings beautiful animal trainer Tanya, her financial ba
Summer Storm
1944-07-14
It's a tale of power and passions when a Russian siren, who wants the finer things in life, sinks he
Strange Alibi
1941-04-19
An undercover cop finds himself on the wrong side of the law when the mob discovers his true identit
Shoot to Kill
1947-03-15
A gritty crime story involving a newspaper man and crooked politicians.
Belle Starr
1941-09-12
After her family's mansion is burned down by Yankee soldiers for hiding the rebel leader Captain Sam
The Fatal Hour
1940-01-15
When a police officer is murdered, Captain Street looks to Mr. Wong to catch the killer. Prime Suspe
Robin Hood of El Dorado
1936-03-17
In the 1840's Mexico has ceded California to the United States, making life nearly impossible for th
Crime School
1938-05-10
In the slums, teenager Frankie Warren hangs out with a rowdy gang who one day knock him out in a fig
That Certain Woman
1937-08-30
A gangster's widow fights for love despite society's disapproval.
Gang Bullets
1938-11-10
A Capone-like racketeer named Anderson, who after being chased out of one town by the authorities im
The Great Ziegfeld
1936-04-08
At the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, sideshow barker Florenz Ziegfeld turns the tables on his more-succ
The Murder Man
1935-07-12
Steve Grey, reporter for the Daily Star, has a habit of scooping all the other papers in town. When
Full Confession
1939-09-08
A Catholic priest must convince a man to step forward to save the wrong person from being sent to th
Valley of the Zombies
1946-05-26
A woman falls under the hypnotic spell of a resurrected madman.
Stage Struck
1948-06-13
A young woman's murder sheds light on a crooked talent agency.
They Gave Him a Gun
1937-05-07
With no other prospects, a World War I veteran puts the skills they taught him in the War to use.
The Gorgeous Hussy
1936-08-28
It's the early nineteenth century Washington. Young adult Margaret O'Neal, Peggy to most that know h
Smooth as Silk
1946-02-01
An attorney enraged over the prosecution of two innocent people goes on a killing spree.
Exclusive Story
1936-01-17
A reporter and his newspaper's attorney try to gather evidence that will put a notorious gangster be
The Thirteenth Chair
1937-05-07
A phony psychic tries to solve a murder that took place during her seance.
Mad Holiday
1936-11-13
A temperamental film star's vacation turns deadly when he uncovers a murder.
Sergeant Madden
1939-03-24
A dedicated police officer is torn between family and duty when his son turns to a life of crime.
My Love Came Back
1940-07-13
Amelia is a gifted violinist who is in danger of quitting the Brissac Academy of Music. Julius arran
King of the Texas Rangers
1941-10-03
Tom King Jr. seeks to discover who murdered his father, a Texas Ranger; the trail leads to a network
Sea Racketeers
1937-08-20
J. Carrol Naish plays a slimy villain again; this time he's running a casino on a ship and smuggling
Fit for a King
1937-09-01
Newspaper reporter "Scoops" is sent out on assignment, to investigate the failed assassination attem
The Private Affairs of Bel Ami
1947-04-25
A self-serving journalist uses influential women in late-1800s Paris and denies the one who truly lo
Boy Trouble
1939-01-27
A fussy shopkeeper's life drastically changes when his wife takes in two homeless boys.
We Go Fast
1941-09-19
A waitress falls for a foreign businessman (Mohr), while receiving attention from a pair of motorcyc
Exiled to Shanghai
1937-12-20
A fired cameraman by way of a girl's mistaken identity wins back his job through pioneering work in
Gangs of New York
1938-05-23
An undercover cop infiltrates a powerful New York based crime syndicate.
We Went to College
1936-06-19
Middle-aged couples try to reclaim their youth at a college homecoming.
Speed
1936-05-08
Terry is the chief car tester for Emery Motors and Frank is an Engineer. Jane has just been hired to
Crime Ring
1938-07-08
Fake fortunetellers win the confidence of clients and then get them to part with their money by buyi
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
King of Chinatown
1939-03-17
A Chinese-American surgeon faces a moral dilemma after operating on the mob boss in charge of vice a
Moonlight Murder
1936-03-27
An escaped lunatic, a mysterious swami, and various lovers all have designs on a famous opera singer
Risky Business
1939-03-03
Radio commentator Dan Clifford takes desperate chances to save the life of a young girl who has been
The Patient in Room 18
1938-01-08
Choreographer Bob Connolly and prolific screenwriter Crane Wilbur teamed up on the direction of Warn
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
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
Sex Hygiene
1942-02-01
Several servicemen relax by playing pool, but one of them goes off to spend time with a prostitute.
The Invisible Menace
1938-01-11
Army Private Eddie Pratt smuggles his new bride into camp in hopes of having a happy wedding night.
Man Of The People
1937-01-27
An Italian immigrant studying the law gets mixed up with crooks.
Smashing the Rackets
1938-08-08
Jim 'Socker' Conway, former boxer and FBI hero, is maneuvered for political reasons into a do-nothin
Racket Busters
1938-07-16
A trucker with a pregnant wife fights a New York mobster's protection racket.
Woman Wanted
1935-08-02
Just after a jury finds Ann Grey guilty of murder, the car carrying her to prison crashes into anoth
Angels Wash Their Faces
1939-08-26
A young man just released from a reformatory moves to a new neighborhood with his sister, intending
The Devil Is a Sissy
1936-09-18
A well-bred young English lad living in lower Manhattan tries to gain acceptance from his not-so-wel
The Texas Rangers
1951-06-03
It's 1874 and the Texas Rangers have been reorganized. But Sam Bass has assembled a group of notorio
Homicide Bureau
1939-01-05
After being criticized by the Citizens' League for his inability to cope with a crime wave, Police C
Smashing the Money Ring
1939-10-21
T-Man Brass Bancroft goes undercover in a prison which has a secret counterfeit operation set up in
Men with Wings
1938-07-16
Reporter Nicholas Ranson is jubilant when, on 17 Dec 1903, in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Orville an
The Nurse's Secret
1941-05-24
An apparent suicide by a rich woman leads her nurse and a policeman to an insurance scam.
Mama Steps Out
1937-02-05
A Fort Wayne, Indiana housewife (Alice Brady) drags her husband (Guy Kibbee) and daughter (Betty Fur
King of the Underworld
1939-01-14
Physician Carole Nelson, suspected of having ties to notorious gangster Joe Gurney, must prove her i
Let Us Live
1939-03-29
When a confused eyewitness identifies New York City cabbie Brick Tennant as a killer, he is sentence
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
1939-05-06
FBI agent Ed Renard investigates the pre-War espionage activities of the German-American Bund.
Each Dawn I Die
1939-08-19
A corrupt D.A. with governatorial ambitions is annoyed by an investigative reporter's criticism of h
Mutiny on the Blackhawk
1939-07-31
Story deals with slave-running between Hawaii and California in 1840, featuring a wild mutiny aboard
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
Kentucky
1938-12-30
Young lovers Jack and Sally are from families that compete to send horses to the 1938 Kentucky Derby
Let's Make Music
1941-01-17
An elderly schoolmarm makes a hit in New York after a bandleader jazzes up her corny song.
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
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
Prohibition
1915-01-01
Wake Island
1942-08-11
In late 1941, with no hope of relief or re-supply, a small band of United States Marines tries to ke
Espionage
1937-02-26
Two reporters pose as man and wife in order to get the goods on a munitions supplier and the rumours
The Last Hurrah
1958-12-31
In a changing world where television has become the main source of information, Adam Caulfield, a yo
The Magnificent Dope
1942-07-01
Dwight Dawson, who runs an unsuccessful success school, stages a contest to find the biggest failure
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
Dressed to Kill
1941-08-08
A detective's wedding is postponed when gunshots are heard nearby.
Mildred Pierce
1945-10-20
A hard-working mother inches towards disaster as she divorces her husband and starts a successful re
The Great Lie
1941-04-05
After a newlywed's husband apparently dies in a plane crash, she discovers that her rival for his af
The Great Mr. Nobody
1941-02-15
A publicity man promotes his newspaper, but finds his boss always steals the credit.
Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum
1940-09-06
A wax museum run by a demented doctor contains statues of such crime figures as Jack the Ripper and
I Take This Woman
1940-02-02
On return from Europe Dr. Decker foils glamour girl Georgi from jumping overboard. At Decker's sug
Unmasked
1950-01-30
The editor of a sleazy tabloid newspaper has been borrowing money from his lover, the wife of a rich
Edison, the Man
1940-05-10
In flashback, fifty years after inventing the light bulb, an 82-year-old Edison tells his story star
Pride of the Navy
1939-01-23
A disruptive Annapolis naval cadet refuses to tow the line and so gets booted out of the prestigious
Alcatraz Island
1937-10-13
A man who has been railroaded into prison is framed for the murder of a fellow inmate and must prove
Johnny Apollo
1940-04-19
Wall Street broker Robert Cain, Sr., is jailed for embezzling. His college graduate son Bob then tur
Cherokee Strip
1940-10-10
Richard Dix stars as Dave Morrell, the new marshal of Goliath, Oklahoma. Immediately upon arrival, M
Captains Courageous
1937-06-25
Harvey, the arrogant and spoiled son of an indulgent absentee-father, falls overboard from a transat
Trail of the Vigilantes
1940-12-13
A reporter goes undercover to break up an outlaw gang.
Virginia City
1940-03-23
Union officer Kerry Bradford escapes from a Confederate prison and races to intercept $5 million in
Last of the Pagans
1935-12-20
Two South Sea Islanders fall in love, followed by a hurricane.
The Bushwhackers
1951-12-07
Confederate veteran Jeff Waring arrives in Independence, Missouri shortly after the Civil War, inten
The Hoodlum Saint
1946-04-04
A former reporter comes back home after serving in the army during World War I and finds that it's m
Hotel for Women
1939-08-03
Guests at a women's residence club help a jilted small-town girl turn to modelling.
The Son of Monte Cristo
1940-12-05
Rightful owner of the kingdom, the Duchess of Zona, is engaged in a power struggle with the evil Gen
Before I Hang
1940-09-17
Dr. John Garth conducting an innovative medical experiment aimed at prolonging life and combating ag
It's in the Air
1935-10-10
Con men Calvin Churchill and Clip McGurk know how to fix a horse-race or boxing match. Calvin wants
Knute Rockne All American
1940-10-05
The story of legendary Notre Dame football player and coach Knute Rockne.
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
1940-09-06
A young doctor gives up big-city success to help his father set up a small-town clinic.
This Thing Called Love
1940-12-20
Two professional people marry, but the wife insists that they be celibate for the first three months
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
Meet John Doe
1941-03-14
As a parting shot, fired reporter Ann Mitchell prints a fake letter from unemployed "John Doe," who
Black Gold
1947-09-16
A Native American man trains a horse for the Kentucky Derby.
Faces in the Fog
1944-11-30
Tom and Cora Elliott love their active social life so much that they neglect their daughter Mary and
The Fighting Seabees
1944-01-27
Construction workers in World War II in the Pacific are needed to build military sites, but the work
I Live My Life
1935-10-04
A society girl tries to make a go of her marriage to an archaeologist.
Sinner Take All
1936-12-18
A young lawyer is determined to identify who is murdering members of a wealthy New York publishing f
Cafe Society
1939-03-03
A pampered heiress (Madeleine Carroll) elopes with a shipboard reporter (Fred MacMurray) just to get
Peggy
1950-07-01
Professor Brookfield along with daughters Peggy and Susan move to small town Pasadena, California. T
I Take This Woman
1931-06-26
A wealthy New York socialite falls for and marries a cowboy while out West. Her father disinherits h
Hurricane Smith
1941-07-20
Rodeo rider Hurricane Smith is wrongly convicted of murder and robbery, but escapes and creates a ne
Four Mothers
1941-01-04
Four married sisters face motherhood, financial, marital and family issues together.
The Secret Call
1931-07-24
The Secret Call is adapted from The Woman, a play by William C. DeMille (brother of Cecil B.) Peggy
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
1942-06-26
This historical drama tells the story of the first class to graduate from the U.S. Military Academy
Adventures of the Flying Cadets
1943-09-07
Four youthful cadets are implicated in a series of murders, and must attempt to clear themselves of
Important News
1936-02-29
In this short film, a small-town newspaper editor struggles with what to publish on his paper's fron
Dangerous Number
1937-01-22
Hank Medhill, artificial silk manufacturer, has returned to the U.S. from Japan to learn that his fo
Over My Dead Body
1942-01-15
Berle plays a mystery writer who forever writes himself into corners and is never able to finish a s
Design for Scandal
1941-12-01
A newsman (Walter Pidgeon) falls in love on Cape Cod with the judge (Rosalind Russell) his angry bos
Damaged Love
1931-01-24
Determined to land Jim as her husband, footloose Nita contrives to get herself pregnant by him. This
Rendezvous
1935-10-25
A decoding expert tangles with enemy spies.
Who Is Hope Schuyler?
1942-04-17
A girl reporter is trying to tack down the lady-in-the-title, as a key witness in a graft trial, whi
Absolute Quiet
1936-04-24
Escaped convicts Jack and Judy stumble upon an airstrip on the Western ranch of arrogant business ty
On Trial
1939-04-01
An ambitious attorney (Edward Norris) tries to prove a man (John Litel) who killed to protect his wi
They Were Expendable
1945-12-07
After a demonstration of new PT boats, navy brass are still unconvinced of their viability in combat
They Met in Bombay
1941-06-27
A jewel thief and a con artist are rivals in the theft of a valuable diamond and gem necklace in Bom
Action in the North Atlantic
1943-06-12
Merchant Marine sailors Joe Rossi (Humphrey Bogart) and Steve Jarvis (Raymond Massey) are charged wi
Bad Boy
1949-02-22
A lawman tries to find the source of a juvenile delinquent's bad behavior.
Honor Among Lovers
1931-03-21
Jerry Stafford falls for his secretary, Julia Traynor, but instead she marries a shady character who
Madame Curie
1943-12-16
Poor physics student Marie is studying at the Sorbonne in 1890s Paris. One of the few women studying
Mission to Moscow
1943-04-29
Ambassador Joseph Davies is sent by FDR to Russia to learn about the Soviet system and returns to th
Torture Money
1937-01-02
In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, police go after a fraud operation that stages automobil
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
1939-12-01
Joe and Ethel Turp are up in arms when their faithful old mailman is fired. Unable to get satisfacti
The Falcon in Danger
1943-07-17
Two industrialists disappear from an airplane while the plane is in the air. Also missing is $100,00
Song of My Heart
1948-01-31
The portrait of Russian composer Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky focuses on his failed love affair.
The Fountainhead
1949-06-25
An uncompromising, visionary architect struggles to maintain his integrity and individualism despite
Tycoon
1947-12-27
Engineer Johnny Munroe is enlisted to build a railroad tunnel through a mountain to reach mines. His
Buck Privates Come Home
1947-04-04
Two ex-soldiers return from overseas--one of them having smuggled into the country a French orphan g
The Mad Miss Manton
1938-10-21
When the murdered body discovered by beautiful, vivacious socialite Melsa Manton disappears, police
Michigan Kid
1947-08-11
A former U.S. marshal rescues an instant heiress from an outlaw's gang.
Cadet Girl
1941-11-28
A West Point cadet and his bandleader brother fall for a singer in the band.
Tennessee Johnson
1942-12-01
The tumultuous presidency of 19th-president Andrew Johnson is chronicled in this biopic. The story b
The Garden Murder Case
1936-02-21
Two people with ties to rich murdered socialite Lowe Hammle die from unusual suicides—but Vance susp
Mad Love
1935-07-12
An insane surgeon's obsession with an actress leads him to replace her wounded pianist husband's han
Tropic Fury
1939-09-01
An investigator checks into the rumors of harsh working conditions on an Amazon rubber plantation.
Captain America
1944-02-05
Superhero Captain America battles the evil forces of the archvillain called The Scarab, who poisons
The Sea of Grass
1947-04-25
On America's frontier, a St. Louis woman marries a New Mexico cattleman who is seen as a tyrant by t
Meet the Stewarts
1942-05-28
A young, newlywed couple learns to make their marriage work—on a budget.
Hey, Rookie
1944-04-06
Musical comedy star Jimmy Leighter wants to get away from show biz and his leading lady Winnie Clark
Calm Yourself
1935-06-28
A recently-fired advertising executive starts his own company, Confidential Services, to help client
The Secret of the Whistler
1946-11-07
A deranged artist who may have murdered his wife is investigated by the Whistler.
Angels with Dirty Faces
1938-11-26
Childhood chums Rocky Sullivan and Jerry Connelly grow up on opposite sides of the fence: Rocky matu
After the Thin Man
1936-12-25
Nick and Nora Charles investigate when Nora's cousin reports her disreputable husband is missing, an
Island Wives
1922-03-12
Elsa, a young wife living on an isolated South Seas island, is restless, bored and wants to leave. T