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Charles Trowbridge (1882–1967)

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This veteran character and his younger brother, western actor Jack Rockwell, were born to American parents south of the border in Vera Cruz, Mexico in 1882. Charles Trowbridge was educated in Napa, California and Hawaii, then studied for his degree at Stanford University. He forsook a thriving career as an architect in his twenties for stage acting... See full bio »

Born:

Charles Silas Richard Trowbridge
in Veracruz, Mexico

Died:

(age 85) in Los Angeles, California, USA
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1958 The Last Hurrah
Member of Plymouth Club at Front Door (uncredited)
 
1957 The Wings of Eagles
Adm. Crown (uncredited)
 
1952 Hoodlum Empire
Commissioner Garrison (uncredited)
 
1951 The Bushwhackers
Justin Stone
 
1951 The Texas Rangers
Texas Governor (uncredited)
 
1950 Peggy
Dean William Stockwell
 
1950 A Woman of Distinction
Jewelry Salesman (uncredited)
 
1950 When Willie Comes Marching Home
Gen. Merrill (uncredited)
 
1950 Unmasked
Dr. Lowell
 
1949 Mr. Soft Touch
Judge Fuller
 
1949 The Fountainhead
Director (uncredited)
 
1949 Bad Boy
Dr. Fletcher (uncredited)
 
1949 The Sun Comes Up
Dr. Gage (uncredited)
 
1948 The Paleface
Gov. Johnson
 
1948 For the Love of Mary
Deputy Commissioner (uncredited)
 
1948 Hollow Triumph
Deputy
 
1948 Stage Struck
Police Capt. Webb
 
1948 Song of My Heart
Jurgensen
 
1947 Tycoon
Señor Tobar
 
1947 Her Husband's Affairs
Attorney Brewster (uncredited)
 
1947 Key Witness
John Ballin
 
1947 Black Gold
Judge Wilson
 
1947 The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Dr. Renshaw (uncredited)
 
1947 Honeymoon
Judge Riberol (uncredited)
 
1947 The Private Affairs of Bel Ami
Lawyer (uncredited)
 
1947 Tarzan and the Huntress
King Farrod
 
1947 Buck Privates Come Home
J.P. Quince (banker)
 
1947 Shoot to Kill
District Attorney John Forsythe
 
1947 The Sea of Grass
George Cameron
 
1947 The Michigan Kid
Banker John Nash
 
1947 Mr. District Attorney
Longfield (uncredited)
 
1947 The Beginning or the End
Walter S. Carpenter Jr.
 
1946 Gallant Bess
Mr, Riley, Glen Cove Stud Farm (uncredited)
 
1946 Undercurrent
Justice Putnam
 
1946 The Secret of the Whistler
Dr. Winthrop (uncredited)
 
1946 Don't Gamble with Strangers
Creighton
 
1946 Valley of the Zombies
Dr. Rufus Maynard
 
1946 The Hoodlum Saint
Uncle Joe Lorrison
 
1946 Smooth as Silk
Fletcher Holliday
 
1946 Colonel Effingham's Raid
Bank President Sterling Tignor (uncredited)
 
1946 Shock
Dr. H.J. Harvey
 
1945 The Red Dragon
Prentiss
 
1945 They Were Expendable
Admiral Blackwell
 
1945 Mildred Pierce
Mr. Williams (uncredited)
 
1945 Within These Walls
Gov. Edward Rice (uncredited)
 
1945 Keep Your Powder Dry (scenes deleted)
 
1945 Youth for the Kingdom
Mr. Webber
 
1944 Faces in the Fog
Mr. White
 
1944 Heavenly Days
Alvin Clark (uncredited)
 
1944 Wing and a Prayer
Cmdr. L.M. Hale, Medical Officer (uncredited)
 
1944 Summer Storm
Doctor (uncredited)
 
1944 Easy Life (short)
Coroner/Narrator (uncredited)
 
1944 Hey, Rookie
Gen. Willis
 
1944 Captain America
Commissioner Dryden
 
1944 The Fighting Seabees
Randolph (uncredited)
 
1943 Madame Curie
Board Member (uncredited)
 
1943 She's for Me
Dr. Folsom
 
1943 Sweet Rosie O'Grady
Husband (scenes deleted)
 
1943 Adventures of the Flying Cadets
Maj. William Elliott [Ch. 1]
 
1943 Salute to the Marines
Mr. Selkirk - Neighbor (uncredited)
 
1943 The Falcon in Danger
Palmer's Doctor (uncredited)
 
1943 Action in the North Atlantic
Rear Adm. Hartridge (uncredited)
 
1943 Mission to Moscow
Secretary of State Cordell Hull (uncredited)
 
1943 The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
Immigration Officer
 
1942 Tennessee Johnson
Lansbury
 
1942 Over My Dead Body
Honest Tom Mardley
 
1942 That Other Woman
Linkletter
 
1942 Just Off Broadway
Defense Attorney (scenes deleted)
 
1942 Wake Island
George Nielson (uncredited)
 
1942 The Magnificent Dope
Examining Doctor (uncredited)
 
1942 Ten Gentlemen from West Point
Senate president
 
1942 Meet the Stewarts
Mr. Martin, Country Club Lunch Guest (uncredited)
 
1942 Sweetheart of the Fleet
Cmdr. Hawes
 
1942 Who Is Hope Schuyler?
Judge Rossiter
 
1942 Sex Hygiene (short)
Medical officer
 
1942 Blue, White and Perfect
Capt. Brown
 
1941 Design for Scandal
Northcott's Aide (uncredited)
 
1941 Cadet Girl
Col. Bradley
 
1941 Great Guns
Col. Ridley
 
1941 King of the Texas Rangers
Mr. Robert Crawford [Chs. 2-6,10,12]
 
1941 We Go Fast
Lawyer
 
1941 Belle Starr
Colonel Bright
 
1941 Dressed to Kill
David Earle
 
1941 Rags to Riches
Prosecutor
 
1941 Hurricane Smith
Mark Harris
 
1941 Sergeant York
Cordell Hull
 
1941 They Met in Bombay
British Medical Major (uncredited)
 
1941 The Nurse's Secret
Arthur Glenn, an Attorney
 
1941 Too Many Blondes
John V. Burton (uncredited)
 
1941 Meet John Doe
Bit Part (uncredited)
 
1941 Strange Alibi
Gov. Phelps
 
1941 The Great Lie
Sen. Ted Greenfield
 
1941 Tobacco Road
Rector (scenes deleted)
 
1941 The Great Mr. Nobody
Grover Dillon
 
1941 Back Street
Ship Capt. Anderson (uncredited)
 
1941 Life with Henry
Executive Assistant (uncredited)
 
1941 Let's Make Music
Doctor (uncredited)
 
1941 Four Mothers
Festival Committee Member (uncredited)
 
1940 This Thing Called Love
Bit Part (uncredited)
 
1940 Mysterious Doctor Satan
Gov. Bronson [Ch. 1]
 
1940 Trail of the Vigilantes
John Thornton
 
1940 The Son of Monte Cristo
Priest
 
1940 Cherokee Strip
Senator Cross
 
1940 Knute Rockne All American
Professor (uncredited)
 
1940 The Mummy's Hand
Dr. Petrie
 
1940 Before I Hang
Judge Braden (uncredited)
 
1940 Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum
Judge (uncredited)
 
1940 Dr. Kildare Goes Home
Judge Atkinson
 
1940 My Love Came Back
Dr. Downey, the Music Critic
 
1940 Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
Davis, Fowler's Butler (uncredited)
 
1940 Sailor's Lady
Aide (uncredited)
 
1940 Our Town
Dr. Ferguson
 
1940 Edison, the Man
Clark (uncredited)
 
1940 The Man with Nine Lives
Dr. Harvey
 
1940 Virginia City
Seddon - Aide to Jefferson Davis (uncredited)
 
1940 Johnny Apollo
Judge
 
1940 The House of the Seven Gables
Judge
 
1940 I Take This Woman
Dr. Morris (uncredited)
 
1940 The Fatal Hour
John T. Forbes
 
1940 The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
Judge (uncredited)
 
1939 Swanee River
Mr. Foster
 
1939 Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
Cabinet Member
 
1939 Disputed Passage
Dean
 
1939 Smashing the Money Ring
Judge B.A. Royer (uncredited)
 
1939 Full Confession
First Doctor (uncredited)
 
1939 Tropic Fury
Dr. Taylor
 
1939 The Angels Wash Their Faces
Reform School Superintendent (uncredited)
 
1939 The Man They Could Not Hang
Judge Bowman
 
1939 Lady of the Tropics
Alfred Z. Harrison
 
1939 Hotel for Women
Foley (uncredited)
 
1939 Mutiny on the Blackhawk
Gen. Fremont
 
1939 Each Dawn I Die
Judge
 
1939 Waterfront
Judge H. Franklin Scott (uncredited)
 
1939 Grand Jury Secrets
Mr. Halliday (uncredited)
 
1939 Undercover Doctor
Lt. Watson
 
1939 Confessions of a Nazi Spy
Maj. Williams (uncredited)
 
1939 The Lady's from Kentucky
Charles Butler (uncredited)
 
1939 While America Sleeps (short)
Barton
 
1939 On Trial
Henry Dean (uncredited)
 
1939 The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
George Pollard
 
1939 Let Us Live
Trial Judge (uncredited)
 
1939 Sergeant Madden
Commissioner in 1919
 
1939 King of Chinatown
Dr. Jones
 
1939 Cafe Society
Mr. Tiller, the Lawyer (uncredited)
 
1939 Boy Trouble
Mr. Tatum
 
1939 Pride of the Navy
Capt. Tyler
 
1939 Risky Business
Henry Jameson
 
1939 King of the Underworld
Dr. Ryan
 
1939 Pacific Liner
San Francisco Doctor (scenes deleted)
 
1939 Homicide Bureau
Henley - Committee Spokesman (uncredited)
 
1938 Kentucky
Dr. Holt
 
1938 Thanks for Everything
Draft Doctor
 
1938 Angels with Dirty Faces
Norton J. White (uncredited)
 
1938 Nancy Drew -- Detective
Hollister
 
1938 Gang Bullets
Dexter Wayne
 
1938 Submarine Patrol
RAdm. Joseph Maitland
 
1938 The Last Express
Dist. Atty. Meredith
 
1938 The Mad Miss Manton
Minor Role (uncredited)
 
1938 Four's a Crowd
Dr. Ives (uncredited)
 
1938 Little Tough Guy
Judge Thomas Knott (uncredited)
 
1938 Men with Wings
Alcott (uncredited)
 
1938 Racket Busters
Second Judge - Martin's Trial (uncredited)
 
1938 Crime Ring
Marvin - the Seer
 
1938 Holiday
Banker (scenes deleted)
 
1938 Gangs of New York
District Attorney Lucas
 
1938 Crime School
Judge Clinton
 
1938 College Swing
Dr. Ashburn (uncredited)
 
1938 No Time to Marry
Winthrop Lawyer
 
1938 Of Human Hearts
Doctor attending Capt. Griggs (uncredited)
 
1938 The Invisible Menace
Dr. Brooks
 
1938 The Patient in Room 18
Dr. Bahman
 
1938 City Girl
Pierson (uncredited)
 
1938 The Buccaneer
Daniel Carroll (uncredited)
 
1937 Exiled to Shanghai
Walters
 
1937 That's My Story!
B.L. Martin
 
1937 Alcatraz Island
Warden Jackson
 
1937 Saturday's Heroes
President Horace C. Mitchell
 
1937 That Certain Woman
Dr. 'Doc' James
 
1937 Fit for a King
Mr. Marshall
 
1937 Sea Racketeers
Maxwell Gordon
 
1937 Reported Missing
H. M. Hastings (uncredited)
 
1937 Ever Since Eve
Doctor (scenes deleted)
 
1937 A Day at the Races
Dr. Wilmerding (uncredited)
 
1937 Captains Courageous
Dr. Dick Walsh (uncredited)
 
1937 The Thirteenth Chair
Dr. Mason
 
1937 They Gave Him a Gun
Judge
 
1937 Servant of the People: The Story of the Constitution of the United States (short)
Representative
 
1937 Espionage
Doyle
 
1937 Mama Steps Out
American Consul (uncredited)
 
1937 Man of the People
Man at Hearing (uncredited)
 
1937 Dangerous Number
Hotel Manager
 
1937 Torture Money (short)
Dr. Morgan (uncredited)
 
1936 After the Thin Man
Ballistics Man (uncredited)
 
1936 Sinner Take All
Coroner (uncredited)
 
1936 Born to Dance
Model Home Spokesman (uncredited)
 
1936 Love on the Run
James Cooke - Paris Bureau Chief (uncredited)
 
1936 Mad Holiday
Doctor (uncredited)
 
1936 Libeled Lady
Graham
 
1936 The Devil Is a Sissy
Doctor (uncredited)
 
1936 The Gorgeous Hussy
Martin Van Buren
 
1936 We Went to College
President Tomlin
 
1936 Speed
Doctor Attending Gadget (uncredited)
 
1936 Absolute Quiet
Doctor (uncredited)
 
1936 Moonlight Murder
Ryan, Stage manager
 
1936 The Great Ziegfeld
Julian Mitchell (uncredited)
 
1936 The Robin Hood of El Dorado
Ramon de la Cuesta
 
1936 Important News (short)
Ed Rollins (uncredited)
 
1936 Wife vs. Secretary
Hal Harrington (uncredited)
 
1936 The Garden Murder Case
Inspector Colby
 
1936 Exclusive Story
James Witherspoon Sr.
 
1935 Last of the Pagans
Mine Superintendant (uncredited)
 
1935 Whipsaw
Doctor Treating Ross (uncredited)
 
1935 Rendezvous
Secretary of War
 
1935 It's in the Air
Alfred Drake
 
1935 I Live My Life
Minister at Wedding (uncredited)
 
1935 Alibi Racket (short)
Inspector Charles Mackaye (uncredited)
 
1935 Woman Wanted
Assistant District Attorney (uncredited)
 
1935 Mad Love
Dr. Marbeau (uncredited)
 
1935 The Murder Man
District Attorney (uncredited)
 
1935 Calm Yourself
Mr. Lansell
 
1931 Silence
Mallory
 
1931 The Secret Call
Phil Roberts
 
1931 I Take This Woman
Mr. Dowling
 
1931 Honor Among Lovers
Cunningham, Craig's Attorney (uncredited)
 
1931 Damaged Love
Ned Indicott
 
1922 Island Wives
Jimmy
 
1920 The Fortune Hunter
Harry Kellogg
 
1919 The Eternal Magdalene
Paul Bradshaw
 
1917/I Thais
Nicias
 
1915 The Siren's Song
John Wayne
 
1915 Sunday
Jacky
 
1915 Prohibition
Richard 'Dick' Larkin
 
1915 The Fight
Joe Keeler
 
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1936 The Great Ziegfeld (performer: "Look for the Silver Lining" 1921 - uncredited)
 
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1999 Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed (video documentary short)
Dr. Petrie
 
1982 Henry Fonda: The Man and His Movies (TV documentary)
Actor in 'Let Us Live' (uncredited)
 
1966 Dr. Satan's Robot (TV movie)
Gov. Bronson
 
1943 Don't You Believe It (short)
Politician (uncredited)
 
1942 The Mummy's Tomb
Dr. Petrie (flashback from 'The Mummy's Hand') (uncredited)
 

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(1925) Stage: Appeared (as "Bruce Armstrong") in "It All Depends" on Broadway. Comedy. Written by Kate L. McLaurin. Directed by John Cromwell. Vanderbilt Theatre: 10 Aug 1925-Aug 1925 (closing date unknown/16 performances). Cast: Katharine Alexander (as "Shirley Lane"), Grace Andrews... See more »
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Brother of Jack Rockwell, who was a Columbia and Republic Film Studios character actor, mostly in westerns. See more »

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