American actor (1882–1958)
Charles Trowbridge
Trowbridge in 1920
Born Charles Silas Richard Trowbridge
(1882-01-10 ) January 10, 1882Died April 30, 1967(1967-04-30) (aged 85) Years active 1915–1958 Relatives John Townsend Trowbridge
Charles Silas Richard Trowbridge (January 10, 1882 – October 30, 1967) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 230 films from 1915 to 1958 principally playing patrician authority figures.
Trowbridge was born in Veracruz, Mexico, where his father served in the diplomatic corps of the United States and his grandfather was the American consul-general.[ 1] He was the older brother of character actor Jack Rockwell , and
a cousin of 19th century author John Townsend Trowbridge .[ 1]
Trowbridge ran a coffee plantation in Hawaii[ 2] and worked in architecture before venturing into acting.[ 3]
In 1920, Trowbridge — with several Broadway credits — got his first credits as a Leading Man as part of Elitch Theatre 's summer stock cast.[ 4]
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),[ 5] Why Worry? (1918), This Way Out (1917), Come Out of the Kitchen (1916) and Daddy Long Legs (1914).[ 6]
Prematurely gray, with patrician looks and manners, Trowbridge made a career in Hollywood playing governors, generals, admirals, lawyers, bankers, commissioners, deans, ambassadors, senators, rectors, and other authority figures.
On October 30, 1967, Trowbridge died at age 85 in Los Angeles, California.[ 3]
Year
Film
Role
Director
Notes
1915
The Fight
Joe Keeler
1915
Prohibition
Richard 'Dick' Larkin
1915
Sunday
Jacky
George W. Lederer
1915
The Siren's Song
John Wayne/John Gray
1917
Thais
Nicias
1919
The Eternal Magdalene
Paul Bradshaw
1920
The Fortune Hunter
Harry Kellogg
Tom Terriss
1922
Island Wives
Jimmy
Webster Campbell
1931
Damaged Love
Ned Indicott
1931
Honor Among Lovers
Cunningham, Craig's Attorney
Dorothy Arzner
uncredited
1931
I Take This Woman
Mr. Dowling
Marion Gering
1931
The Secret Call
Phil Roberts
1931
Silence
Mallory
Max Marcin
1935
Calm Yourself
Mr. Lansell
George B. Seitz
1935
The Murder Man
District Attorney
Tim Whelan
uncredited
1935
Mad Love
Dr. Marbeau
Karl Freund
uncredited
1935
Woman Wanted
Assistant District Attorney
George B. Seitz
uncredited
1935
I Live My Life
Minister at Wedding
W. S. Van Dyke
uncredited
1935
It's in the Air
Alfred Drake
Charles Reisner
1935
Rendezvous
Secretary of War Baker
William K. Howard Sam Wood (uncredited)
1935
Whipsaw
Doctor Treating Ross
Sam Wood
uncredited
1935
Last of the Pagans
Mine Superintendent
Richard Thorpe
uncredited
1936
The Garden Murder Case
Inspector Colby
Edwin L. Marin
1936
Exclusive Story
James Witherspoon Sr.
George B. Seitz
1936
Wife vs. Secretary
Hal Harrington
Clarence Brown
uncredited
1936
The Robin Hood of El Dorado
Ramon de la Cuesta
William A. Wellman
1936
The Great Ziegfeld
Julian Mitchell
Robert Z. Leonard
uncredited
1936
Moonlight Murder
Stage Manager
Edwin L. Marin
1936
Absolute Quiet
Doctor
George B. Seitz
uncredited
1936
Speed
Doctor Attending Gadget
Edwin L. Marin
uncredited
1936
We Went to College
President Tomlin
Joseph Santley
1936
The Gorgeous Hussy
Martin Van Buren
Clarence Brown
1936
The Devil Is a Sissy
Doctor
Rowland Brown
uncredited
1936
Libeled Lady
Graham
Jack Conway
1936
Mad Holiday
Ship's Doctor
George B. Seitz
uncredited
1936
Love on the Run
Paris Bureau Chief
W.S. Van Dyke
uncredited
1936
Born to Dance
Model Home Spokesman
Roy Del Ruth
uncredited
1936
Sinner Take All
Coroner
Errol Taggart
uncredited
1936
After the Thin Man
Ballistics Man
W. S. Van Dyke
uncredited
1937
Dangerous Number
Hotel Manager
Richard Thorpe
1937
Man of the People
Man at Hearing
Edwin L. Marin
uncredited
1937
Mama Steps Out
American Consul
George B. Seitz
uncredited
1937
Espionage
Doyle
Kurt Neumann
1937
They Gave Him a Gun
Judge
W. S. Van Dyke
1937
The Thirteenth Chair
Dr. Mason
George B. Seitz
1937
Captains Courageous
Dr. Dick Walsh
Victor Fleming
uncredited
1937
A Day at the Races
Dr. Wilmerding
Sam Wood
uncredited
1937
Reported Missing
H. M. Hastings
Milton Carruth
uncredited
1937
Sea Racketeers
Maxwell Gordon
Hamilton MacFadden
1937
That Certain Woman
Dr. James
Edmund Goulding
1937
Fit for a King
Mr. Marshall
Edward Sedgwick
1937
Saturday's Heroes
President Horace C. Mitchell
Edward Killy
1937
Alcatraz Island
Warden Jackson
William C. McGann
1937
That's My Story
B.L. Martin
Sidney Salkow
1937
Exiled to Shanghai
Walters
Armand Schaefer
1938
The Buccaneer
Daniel Carroll
Cecil B. DeMille
uncredited
1938
City Girl
Pierson
Alfred L. Werker
uncredited
1938
The Patient in Room 18
Dr. Balman
Crane Wilbur
1938
The Invisible Menace
Dr. Brooks
John Farrow
1938
Of Human Hearts
Doctor Attending Capt. Griggs
Clarence Brown
uncredited
1938
No Time to Marry
Winthrop Lawyer
Harry Lachman
1938
College Swing
Dr. Ashburn
Raoul Walsh
uncredited
1938
Crime School
Judge Clinton
Lewis Seiler
1938
Gangs of New York
District Attorney Lucas
James Cruze
1938
Crime Ring
Marvin
Leslie Goodwins
1938
Racket Busters
Martin's Trial
Lloyd Bacon
uncredited
1938
Men with Wings
Alcott
William A. Wellman
uncredited
1938
Little Tough Guy
Judge Thomas Knott
Harold Young
uncredited
1938
Four's a Crowd
Dr. Ives
Michael Curtiz
uncredited
1938
Smashing the Rackets
Grand Juryman
Lew Landers
uncredited
1938
The Mad Miss Manton
Leigh Jason
uncredited
1938
The Last Express
District Attorney Meredith
Otis Garrett
1938
Submarine Patrol
Rear Admiral Joseph Maitland
John Ford
1938
Gang Bullets
Dexter Wayne
Lambert Hillyer
1938
Nancy Drew... Detective
Hollister
William Clemens
1938
Angels with Dirty Faces
Norton J. White
Michael Curtiz
uncredited
1938
Thanks for Everything
Draft Doctor
1938
Kentucky
Doctor
David Butler
1939
Homicide Bureau
Committee Spokesman
Charles C. Coleman
uncredited
1939
Pacific Liner
San Francisco Doctor
Lew Landers
scenes deleted
1939
King of the Underworld
Dr. Ryan
Lewis Seiler
1939
Risky Business
Henry Jameson
Arthur Lubin
1939
Pride of the Navy
Capt. Tyler
Charles Lamont
1939
Boy Trouble
Mr. Tatum
George Archainbaud
1939
Cafe Society
Mr. Tiller, the Lawyer
Edward H. Griffith
uncredited
1939
King of Chinatown
Dr. Jones
Nick Grinde
1919
Sergeant Madden
Commissioner in 1919
Josef von Sternberg
1939
Let Us Live
Trial Judge
John Brahm
uncredited
1939
On Trial
Henry Dean
Terry O. Morse
1939
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
George Pollard
Irving Cummings
1939
The Lady's from Kentucky
Charles Butler
Alexander Hall
uncredited
1939
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
Maj. Williams
Anatole Litvak
uncredited
1939
Undercover Doctor
Lt. Watson
Louis King
1939
Grand Jury Secrets
Mr. Halliday
James P. Hogan
uncredited
1939
Waterfront
Judge H. Franklin Scott
Terry O. Morse
uncredited
1939
Each Dawn I Die
Judge
William Keighley
1939
Mutiny on the Blackhawk
Gen. Fremont
Christy Cabanne
1939
Hotel for Women
Foley
Gregory Ratoff
uncredited
1939
Lady of the Tropics
Alfred Z. Harrison
Jack Conway
1939
The Man They Could Not Hang
Judge Bowman
1939
The Angels Wash Their Faces
Reform School Superintendent
Ray Enright
uncredited
1939
Tropic Fury
Dr. Taylor
Christy Cabanne
1939
Full Confession
First Doctor
John Farrow
uncredited
1939
Smashing the Money Ring
Judge B.A. Royer
Terry O. Morse
uncredited
1939
Disputed Passage
Dean
Frank Borzage
1939
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
Cabinet Member
Robert B. Sinclair
1939
Swanee River
Mr. Foster
Sidney Lanfield
1940
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
Judge
David Burton
uncredited
1940
The Fatal Hour
John T. Forbes
William Nigh
1940
I Take This Woman
Dr. Morris
uncredited
1940
The House of the Seven Gables
Judge
Joe May
1940
Johnny Apollo
Judge
Henry Hathaway
1940
Virginia City
Aide to Jefferson Davis
Michael Curtiz
uncredited
1940
The Man with Nine Lives
Dr. Harvey
Nick Grinde
1940
Edison, the Man
Clark
Clarence Brown
uncredited
1940
Our Town
Dr. Ferguson
Sam Wood
1940
Sailor's Lady
Aide
Allan Dwan
uncredited
1940
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
Davis, Fowler's Butler
George B. Seitz
uncredited
1940
My Love Came Back
Dr. Downey
Curtis Bernhardt
1940
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
Atkinson
Harold S. Bucquet
1940
Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum
Judge
Lynn Shores
uncredited
1940
Before I Hang
Judge Braden
Nick Grinde (ad Nick Grindé)
uncredited
1940
The Mummy's Hand
Dr. Petrie
Christy Cabanne
1940
Knute Rockne All American
Professor
Lloyd Bacon William K. Howard (uncredited)
uncredited
1940
Cherokee Strip
Sen. Cross
Lesley Selander
1940
Life with Henry
Executive Assistant
Theodore Reed
uncredited
1940
The Son of Monte Cristo
Priest
Rowland V. Lee
1940
Trail of the Vigilantes
John Thornton
1940
Mysterious Doctor Satan
Gov. Bronson
Serial, Ch. 1
1940
This Thing Called Love
Bit Part
Alexander Hall
uncredited
1941
Four Mothers
Festival Committee Member
William Keighley
uncredited
1941
Let's Make Music
Doctor
Leslie Goodwins
uncredited
1941
Back Street
Ship Capt. Anderson
Robert Stevenson
uncredited
1941
The Great Mr. Nobody
Grover Dillon
Benjamin Stoloff
1941
Tobacco Road
Rector
John Ford
scenes deleted
1941
Meet John Doe
Frank Capra
1941
The Great Lie
Senator Ted Greenfield
Edmund Goulding
1941
Strange Alibi
Governor Phelps
D. Ross Lederman
1941
Too Many Blondes
John V. Burton
Thornton Freeland
uncredited
1941
The Nurse's Secret
Arthur Glenn
Noel M. Smith
1941
They Met in Bombay
British Medical Major
Clarence Brown
uncredited
1941
Sergeant York
Cordell Hull
Howard Hawks
1941
Hurricane Smith
Mark Harris
Bernard Vorhaus
1941
Rags to Riches
Prosecutor
Joseph Kane
1941
Dressed to Kill
David Earle
Eugene J. Forde
1941
Belle Starr
Colonel Bright
Irving Cummings
1941
We Go Fast
Defense Attorney
William C. McGann
1941
King of the Texas Rangers
Robert Crawford [Chs. 2as6,10,12]
John English
Serial
1941
Great Guns
Col. Ridley
Monty Banks
1941
Cadet Girl
Col. Bradley
Ray McCarey
1941
Design for Scandal
Northcott's Aide
Norman Taurog
uncredited
1942
Blue, White and Perfect
Capt. Brown
Herbert I. Leeds
1942
Sex Hygiene
Medical officer
Otto Brower (medical footage)John Ford (dramatic sequences)
Short
1942
Who Is Hope Schuyler?
Judge Rossiter
1942
Sweetheart of the Fleet
Cmdr. Hawes
1942
Meet the Stewarts
Mr. Martin, Country Club Lunch Guest
Alfred E. Green
uncredited
1942
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
George Clinton
Henry Hathaway
vice president
1942
The Magnificent Dope
Examining Doctor
Walter Lang
uncredited
1942
Wake Island
George Nielson
John Farrow
uncredited
1942
That Other Woman
Linkletter
Ray McCarey
1942
Over My Dead Body
Honest Tom Mardley
Malcolm St. Clair
1942
Tennessee Johnson
Lansbury
William Dieterle
1943
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
Immigration Officer
Bruce Manning
uncredited
1943
Mission to Moscow
Secretary of State Cordell Hull
Michael Curtiz
uncredited
1943
Action in the North Atlantic
Rear Adm. Hartridge
Lloyd Bacon
uncredited
1943
The Falcon in Danger
Palmer's Doctor
uncredited
1943
Salute to the Marines
Mr. Selkirk
S. Sylvan Simon
uncredited
1943
Adventures of the Flying Cadets
Maj. William Elliott
Ray Taylor
Serial, Ch. 1
1943
Sweet Rosie O'Grady
Husband
Irving Cummings
scenes deleted
1943
She's for Me
Dr. Folsom
1943
Madame Curie
Board Member
Mervyn LeRoy
uncredited
1944
The Fighting Seabees
Randolph
Edward Ludwig
uncredited
1944
Captain America
Dryden
John English
Serial
1944
Hey, Rookie
General Willis
Charles Barton
1944
The Story of Dr. Wassell
Captain of the 'Surabaya'
Cecil B. DeMille
uncredited
1944
Summer Storm
Doctor
Douglas Sirk
1944
Wing and a Prayer
Cmdr. L.M. Hale, Medical Officer
Henry Hathaway
uncredited
1944
Heavenly Days
Alvin Clark
Howard Estabrook
uncredited
1944
Faces in the Fog
Mr. White
John English
1945
Youth for the Kingdom
Mr. Webber
1945
Keep Your Powder Dry
1945
Within These Walls
Gov. Edward Rice
H. Bruce Humberstone
uncredited
1945
Mildred Pierce
Mrs. Forrester's lawyer
Michael Curtiz
uncredited
1945
They Were Expendable
Admiral Blackwell
John Ford
1945
The Red Dragon
Prentiss
Phil Rosen
1946
Shock
Dr. H.J. Harvey
Alfred L. Werker
1946
Colonel Effingham's Raid
Bank President
Irving Pichel
uncredited
1946
Smooth as Silk
Fletcher Holliday
Charles Barton
1946
The Hoodlum Saint
Uncle Joe Lorrison
Norman Taurog
1946
Valley of the Zombies
Dr. Rufus Maynard
Philip Ford
1946
Don't Gamble with Strangers
Warren Creighton
William Beaudine
1946
The Secret of the Whistler
Dr. Winthrop
George Sherman
uncredited
1946
Undercurrent
Justice Putnam
Vincente Minnelli
1946
Gallant Bess
Mr, Riley, Glen Cove Stud Farm
Andrew Marton
uncredited
1947
The Beginning or the End
Walter S. Carpenter Jr.
Norman Taurog
1947
Mr. District Attorney
Longfield
Robert B. Sinclair
uncredited
1947
The Michigan Kid
Banker John Nash
Ray Taylor
1947
The Sea of Grass
George Cameron
Elia Kazan
1947
Shoot to Kill
John Forsythe
William Berke
1947
Buck Privates Come Home
Mr. Quince
Charles Barton
1947
Tarzan and the Huntress
King Farrod
Kurt Neumann
1947
The Private Affairs of Bel Ami
Lawyer
Albert Lewin
uncredited
1947
Honeymoon
Judge Riberol
William Keighley
uncredited
1947
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Dr. Renshaw
Norman Z. McLeod
uncredited
1947
Black Gold
Judge Wilson
Phil Karlson
1947
Key Witness
John Ballin
D. Ross Lederman
1947
Her Husband's Affairs
Attorney Brewster
S. Sylvan Simon
uncredited
1947
Tycoon
Señor Tobar
Richard Wallace
1948
Song of My Heart
Jurgensen
Benjamin Glazer
1948
Stage Struck
Police Capt. Webb
William Nigh
1948
Hollow Triumph
Deputy
Steve Sekely
1948
For the Love of Mary
Deputy Commissioner
Frederick de Cordova
uncredited
1948
The Paleface
Gov. Johnson
Norman Z. McLeod
1949
The Sun Comes Up
Dr. Gage
Richard Thorpe
uncredited
1949
Bad Boy
Dr. Fletcher
Kurt Neumann
uncredited
1949
The Fountainhead
Director
King Vidor
uncredited
1949
Mr. Soft Touch
Judge Fuller
Henry Levin
uncredited
1950
Unmasked
Dr. Lowell
George Blair
1950
When Willie Comes Marching Home
Gen. Merrill
John Ford
uncredited
1950
A Woman of Distinction
Jewelry Salesman
Edward Buzzell
uncredited
1950
Peggy
Dean William Stockwell
Frederick De Cordova
1951
The Texas Rangers
Texas Governor
Phil Karlson
uncredited
1952
The Bushwackers
Justin Stone
Rod Amateau
1952
Hoodlum Empire
Commissioner Garrison
Joseph Kane
uncredited
1957
The Wings of Eagles
Adm. Crown
John Ford
uncredited
1958
The Last Hurrah
Plymouth Club Member at Front Door
John Ford
uncredited
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