Charles Wagenheim
Charles Wagenheim
Diminutive, frequently mustached character actor Charles Wagenheim made the transition from stage to screen in or around 1940. Wagenheim's most memorable role was that of "The Runt" in Meet Boston Blackie (1941), a part taken over by George E. Stone in the subsequent "Boston Blackie" B-films. Generally cast in unsavory bit parts, Wagenheim's on-screen perfidy extended from Hitchcock's Foreign Correspondent (1940) to George Stevens' Diary of Anne Frank (1959), in which, uncredited, he played the sneak thief who nearly gave away the hiding place of the Frank family. Wagenheim kept his hand in the business into the 1970s in films like The Missouri Breaks (1976). In 1979, 83-year-old Charles Wagenheim was bludgeoned to death by an intruder in his Hollywood apartment, five days before another veteran actor, Victor Kilian, met the same grisly fate. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Filmography of Charles Wagenheim:
- Vicki with Jeanne Crain , Jean Peters , Richard Boone , Alex D'Arcy , Carl Betz , Aaron Spelling , Parley Baer , Stuart Randall , John Dehner , Harry Seymour , Al Hill
- Suddenly with Frank Sinatra , Sterling Hayden , James Gleason , Paul H. Frees , Dan White
- The Song of Bernadette with Jennifer Jones , Charles Bickford , Gladys Cooper , Vincent Price , Lee J. Cobb , Anne Revere , Blanche Yurka , Mary Anderson , William Eythe , Sig Rumann , Fortunio Bonanova , Marcel Dalio , Davison Clark , Jerome Cowan , Linda Darnell , Charles Dingle , Frank Lackteen , Mae Marsh , Alphonse Martell , Louis Mercier , Belle Mitchell , Dickie Moore , Patricia Morison , Alan Napier , Alla Nazimova , Ruth Robinson , George Sorel , Edwin Stanley , Minerva Urecal , Edward vanSloan , Ruth Warren , Cecil Weston , Ian Wolfe
- Joan of Arc with Ingrid Bergman , Jose Ferrer , Ward Bond , Jimmy Lydon , Francis L. Sullivan , Cecil Kellaway , Irene Rich , Ray Teal , George Coulouris , John Emery , Gene Lockhart , Leif Erickson , John Ireland , Henry Brandon , Ethan Laidlaw , Dennis Hoey , Roy Roberts , J. Carrol Naish , Alan Napier , Herbert Rudley , William Conrad , Houseley Sr. Stevenson , Jeff Corey , Bob Crosby , James Garner , Greta Granstedt , Frank S. Hagney , Chuck Hamilton , James Sr. Kirkwood , George Magrill , Frank Marlowe , Matt Moore , Harry Hays Morgan , Frances Morris , Herbert Rawlinson , Arthur Space , Minerva Urecal , Henry Wills , George Zucco , Mary Field
- Jezebel with Bette Davis , Henry Fonda , George Brent , Margaret Lindsay , Donald Crisp , Fay Bainter , Henry O'Neill , Spring Byington , John Litel , Janet Shaw , Eddie "Rochester" Anderson , Davison Clark , Ann Codee , Sam McDaniel , Edward McWade , Louis Mercier , Charles B. Middleton , Georges Renavent , George Guhl
- Foreign Correspondent with Joel D. McCrea , Laraine Day , Herbert Marshall , George Sanders , Albert Basserman , Robert Benchley , Edmund Gwenn , Harry Davenport , Eduardo Ciannelli , E.E. Clive , James Finlayson , Colin Kenny , Terence Kilburn , Joan Leslie , Eily Malyon , Ted Mapes , Harry Semels , Dorothy Vaughan , Ian Wolfe
- The Cincinnati Kid with Steve McQueen , Edward G. Robinson , Ann-Margret , Karl Malden , Tuesday Weld , Joan Blondell , Rip Torn , Jack Weston , Cab Calloway , Jeff Corey , Karl Swenson , Dub Taylor , Robert DoQui , John Hart
Charles Wagenheim Trivia
Who did Charles Wagenheim portray in The House on 92nd Street?
Charles Wagenheim was Gus Huzmann in The House on 92nd Street
What role did Charles Wagenheim portray in The House on Telegraph Hill?
Charles Wagenheim played Man At Accident in The House on Telegraph Hill
Who did Charles Wagenheim portray in Beneath the 12-Mile Reef?
Charles Wagenheim was Paul in Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
Who did Charles Wagenheim portray in The Girl Next Door?
Charles Wagenheim was Junkman in The Girl Next Door
Who did Charles Wagenheim play in The Dark Corner?
Charles Wagenheim was Foss in The Dark Corner
What role did Charles Wagenheim play in Vicki?
Charles Wagenheim played Seedy man in Vicki
What role did Charles Wagenheim play in Colonel Effingham's Raid?
Charles Wagenheim played Young Man in Colonel Effingham's Raid
What role did Charles Wagenheim play in The Prodigal?
Charles Wagenheim played Zubeir in The Prodigal
Who did Charles Wagenheim portray in Three Little Words?
Charles Wagenheim was Johnny in Three Little Words
What role did Charles Wagenheim play in Suddenly?
Charles Wagenheim played Kaplan in Suddenly
What role did Charles Wagenheim portray in The Spiral Staircase?
Charles Wagenheim played Desk Clerk in The Spiral Staircase
Who did Charles Wagenheim portray in The Song of Bernadette?
Charles Wagenheim was Peasant in The Song of Bernadette
Who did Charles Wagenheim portray in The Set-Up?
Charles Wagenheim was Hamburger Man in The Set-Up
Who did Charles Wagenheim play in Monsieur Verdoux?
Charles Wagenheim was Friend in Monsieur Verdoux
What role did Charles Wagenheim portray in The Missouri Breaks?
Charles Wagenheim played Freighter in The Missouri Breaks
What role did Charles Wagenheim portray in Joan of Arc?
Charles Wagenheim played Taxpayer in Joan of Arc
Who did Charles Wagenheim portray in Jezebel?
Charles Wagenheim was Customer in Jezebel
Who did Charles Wagenheim portray in Foreign Correspondent?
Charles Wagenheim was Assassin in Foreign Correspondent
Who did Charles Wagenheim portray in Executive Suite?
Charles Wagenheim was Luigi Cassoni in Executive Suite
What role did Charles Wagenheim play in The Diary of Anne Frank?
Charles Wagenheim played Sneak Thief in The Diary of Anne Frank
Who did Charles Wagenheim portray in Criss Cross?
Charles Wagenheim was Waiter in Criss Cross
Who did Charles Wagenheim portray in The Cincinnati Kid?
Charles Wagenheim was Old Man in The Cincinnati Kid
Who did Charles Wagenheim portray in Cat Ballou?
Charles Wagenheim was James in Cat Ballou
