Charles Trowbridge

For the Detroit businessman and mayor, see Charles Christopher Trowbridge. For the New York politician, see Charles T. Trowbridge.

Charles Trowbridge
Trowbridge in 1920
Born	Charles Silas Richard Trowbridge (1882-01-10)January 10, 1882 Veracruz, Mexico
Died	April 30, 1967(1967-04-30) (aged 85) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
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.

Biography

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. He was the older brother of character actor Jack Rockwell, and a cousin of 19th century author John Townsend Trowbridge.

Trowbridge ran a coffee plantation in Hawaii and worked in architecture before venturing into acting.

In 1920, Trowbridge — with several Broadway credits — got his first credits as a Leading Man as part of Elitch Theatre's summer stock cast.

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).

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.

Death

On October 30, 1967, Trowbridge died at age 85 in Los Angeles, California.

Filmography

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

External links

• Charles Trowbridge at IMDb
• Charles Trowbridge at the Internet Broadway Database