Charles Williams
Charles Williams
Charles Williams looked like a mature Beaver Cleaver. Short of stature, high-pitched of voice, and usually sporting a toothbrush mustache and coke-bottle glasses, Williams was the perfect nerd/buttinsky in many a Hollywood film. Williams began his career at Paramount's New York studios in 1922, dabbling in everything from writing to assistant directing. When talkies arrived, Williams found his true calling as a supporting actor; he was seemingly cast as a nosey reporter or press photographer in every other picture released by Hollywood. In one film, Hold That Co-Ed (1938), gentleman-of-the-press Williams is so obstreperous that, as a comic punchline, he is run over by a car and killed! Charles B. Williams will be instantly recognizable to Yuletide TV viewers as Cousin Eustace in the Frank Capra classic It's a Wonderful Life (1946). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Filmography of Charles Williams:
- Just Around the Corner with Shirley Temple , Joan Davis , Charles Farrell , Amanda Duff , Bert Lahr , Franklin Pangborn , Cora Witherspoon , Claude Sr. Gillingwater , Bennie Bartlett , Hal K. Dawson , J. Anthony Hughes , Orville B. Caldwell , Marilyn Knowlden , Eddie Conrad , Bill "Bojangles" Robinson , Charles Anthony Hughes
- Love on the Dole with Deborah Kerr , Clifford Evans , Geoffrey Hibbert , Mary Merrall , George Carney , Joyce Howard , Frank Cellier , Martin Walker , Maire O'Neill , Iris vandeleur , Marie Ault , Marjorie Rhodes , Dennis Wyndham , Peter Gawthorne , A. Bromley Davenport , Muriel George , Kenneth Griffith , Charles Groves , James Harcourt , John Slater , Jordan Lawrence , Terry Conlin , Philip Godfrey
- Little Miss Broadway with Shirley Temple , George Murphy , Jimmy Durante , Phyllis Brooks , Edna May Oliver , George Barbier , Edward Ellis , Jane Darwell , El Brendel , Donald Meek , Patricia Wilder , Claude Sr. Gillingwater , Charles Coleman , Russell Hicks , Claire DuBrey , Robert Gleckler , C. Montague Shaw , Frank Dae , Clarence H. Wilson , Eddie Collins , Sid Saylor , Jerry Colonna , George & Olive Brasno , Brewster Twins , Charles "Heinie" Conklin , Brian Sisters , Ben Welden
- A Lawless Street with Randolph Scott , Angela Lansbury , Warner Anderson , Jean Parker , Wallace Ford , John Emery , James Bell , Ruth Donnelly , Michael Pate , Don Megowan , Jeanette Nolan , Peter Ortiz , Don Carlos , Frank S. Hagney , Frank Ferguson , Harry Tyler , Harry Antrim , Stanley Blystone , Barry Brooks , George Pat Collins , Hal K. Dawson , Reed Howes , Frank Scannell , Jay Lawrence , Guy Teague , Edwin Chandler
- Doll Face with Vivian Blaine , Dennis O'Keefe , Perry Como , Carmen Miranda , Martha Stewart , Michael Dunne , Reed Hadley , Stanley Prager , Charles Tannen , George E. Stone , Frank Orth , Ciro Rimao , Hal K. Dawson , Edgar Norton , Boyd Davis , Alvin Hammer , Lex Barker , Stephen Dunne , Donald MacBride , Lili Marlene , Philip Morris , Sandy Summers , Eric Edwards
- Since You Went Away with Claudette Colbert , Jennifer Jones , Joseph Cotten , Shirley Temple , Agnes Moorehead , Monty Woolley , Lionel Barrymore , Robert Walker , Hattie R. McDaniel , Jane Devlin , Lloyd Corrigan , Gordon Oliver , Robert Anderson , Irving Bacon , Aileen Pringle , Wallis Clark , Leo Mostovoy , James Carlisle , George Chandler , Ann Gillis , Grady Sutton , Ruth Valmy , Jackie Moran , Buddy Gorman , Andrew V. McLaglen , Addison W. Richards , George H. Lloyd , Barbara Pepper , Guy Madison , Jill Warren , Byron K. Foulger , Harry Hayden , Edwin Maxwell , Russell Hoyt , Florence Bates , Conrad Binyon , Theodore vonEltz , Adeline De Walt Reynolds , Robert Cherry , Kirk Barron , Jack Gardner , Doodles Weaver , Dorothy Adams , James Westerfield , Warren B. Hymer , Ralph Reed , Peggy Maley , Rob Johnson , Shelby Bacon , Eddie Hall , Eilene Janssen , Harlan Miller , Neyle Marx , Johnny Bond , Ruth Roman , Steve Wayne , Marilyn Hare , Jonathan Hale , Walter S. Baldwin , Eric Sinclair , Craig Stevens , Albert Basserman , Jimmy Clemons , Keenan Wynn , Rhonda Fleming , Lela Bliss , Dorothy Dandridge , William B. Davidson , Jimmie Dodd , Dorothy Garner , Neil Hamilton , Alla Nazimova , John Derek , Terry Moore , Tom Dawson , Janelle Johnson Dolenz
- Dancing Lady with Joan Crawford , Clark Gable , Franchot Tone , May Robson , Winnie Lightner , Fred Astaire , Robert Benchley , Ted Healy , Gloria Foy , Art Jarrett , Grant Mitchell , Maynard Holmes , Nelson Eddy , Curly Howard , Moe Howard , Larry Fine , Sterling Holloway , Jean Howard , Pat Somerset , Charles Sullivan , Larry Steers , C. Montague Shaw , John Sheehan , Charles Wilson , Matt McHugh , William "Wild Bill" Elliott , Ferdinand Gottschalk , Frank S. Hagney , Eve Arden , Lynn Bari , Jack Baxley , Stanley Blystone , Harry C. Bradley , Cecil Cunningham , Florine McKinney , Marion Weldon
- Alexander's Ragtime Band with Tyrone Power , Alice Faye , Don Ameche , Ethel Merman , Jack Sr. Haley , Jean Hersholt , Helen Westley , John Carradine , Paul C. Hurst , Wally Vernon , Ruth Terry , Douglas Fowley , Chick Chandler , Eddie Collins , Joseph Crehan , Robert Gleckler , Dixie Dunbar , Joe King , Charles Coleman , Stanley Andrews , Jane Jones , Otto H. Fries , Grady Sutton , Selmer Jackson , Tyler Brooke , Donald Douglas , Sam Ash , A.S. Byron , Lon Jr. Chaney , Ralph Dunn , James Flavin , Edward Keane , King's Men , Robert Lowery , Paul McVey , Arthur Rankin , Cully Richards , Edwin Stanley , Charles Tannen , Eleanor Wesselhoeft , Cecil Weston , Jack Pennick , Kay Griffith , Harold Goodwin
- Greenwich Village with Carmen Miranda , Don Ameche , William Bendix , Vivian Blaine , Felix Bressart , Sally DeMarco , B.S. Pully , Four Step Bros. , Emil Rameau , Frank Orth , Torben Meyer , Hal K. Dawson , William B. Davidson , Eddie Dunn , Sherry Hall , Paul C. Hurst , Tom Dugan , Billy Wayne , Charles Arnt , Oliver Blake , Jason Evers , Alvin Hammer , Judy Holliday , John Farrell MacDonald , Revuers , Betty Comden , Adolph Green , Step Brothers , Bando Da Lua , Tony DeMarco
- It's a Wonderful Life with James Stewart , Donna Reed , Lionel Barrymore , Thomas Mitchell , Henry Travers , Beulah Bondi , Ward Bond , Carol Coomes , William Edmunds , Gloria Grahame , Argentina Brunetti , Sarah Edwards , Frank Faylen , Jean Gale , Karolyn Grimes , Frank S. Hagney , Jimmy Hawkins , Samuel S. Hinds , Todd Karns , Sheldon Leonard , Virginia Patton , Ronnie Ralph , Lillian Randolph , Larry Simms , Mary Louise Treen , H.B. Warner , Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer , Frank Albertson , Stanley Andrews , Al Bridge , Marian Carr , Lane R. Chandler , Harry V. Cheshire , Ellen Corby , Dick Elliott , Tom Fadden , Eddie Fetherstone , Charles Halton , Harry Holman , Edward Keane , Harold Landon , John Farrell MacDonald , Bert Moorhouse , Danny Mummert , George Nokes , Garry Owen , Almira Sessions , Ray W. Walker , Charles Lane , Robert Peyton , Bob Scott , Bob Anderson
- Texas, Brooklyn and Heaven with Guy Madison , Diana Lynn , James Dunn , Lionel Stander , Florence Bates , Michael Chekhov , Margaret Hamilton , Irene Ryan , Colin Campbell , Clem Bevans , Roscoe Karns , William Frawley , Alvin Hammer , Erskine Sanford , James Burke , Guy Wilkerson , Audie Murphy , Tom Dugan , John Gallaudet , Jody Gilbert , Moyna MacGill , Ralph Peters , Dewey Robinson , Frank Scannell , Mary Louise Treen , Herb Vigran , Jesse White
- Roxie Hart with Ginger Rogers , Adolphe Menjou , George Montgomery , Lynne Overman , Nigel Bruce , Phil Silvers , Sara Allgood , William Frawley , Spring Byington , Ted North , Helene Reynolds , George Chandler , Charles D. Brown , Morris Ankrum , George Lessey , Iris Adrian , Milton Parsons , Arthur Aylesworth , Leon Belasco , Stanley Blystone , Harry Carter , Edward Clark , Jeff Corey , Alec Craig , Frank Darien , Leonard Kibrick , Philip Morris , Jack Norton , Pat O'Malley , Frank Orth , Bob Perry , James Pierce , Margaret Seddon , Lee Shumway , Mary Louise Treen , Billy Wayne , Larry Lawson
- The Man Who Walked Alone with Dave O'Brien , Katharine Aldridge , Walter Catlett , Isabel Randolph , Smith Ballew , Nancy June Robinson , Ruth Lee , Chester Clute , Vivien Oakland , Don Brodie , William B. Davidson , Dick Elliott , Charles Jordan , Donald Kerr , Elmo Lincoln , Frank Melton , Jack Mulhall , Paul "Tiny" Newlan , Eddy C. Waller , Guinn "Big Boy" Williams , Lloyd Ingraham , Tom Dugan , Tom Kennedy , Jack Raymond
- Hollywood and Vine with James Ellison , Wanda McKay , June Clyde , Ralph Morgan , Franklin Pangborn , Leon Belasco , Emmett Lynn , Vera Lewis , Robert Greig , Ray Whitley , Dewey Robinson , Cyril Ring , Grandon Rhodes , William Benedict , Donald Kerr , Lillian Bronson , John Elliott , Jack Raymond , Charles Jordan , Hal Taggart , Karin Vengay
- Without Reservations with Claudette Colbert , John Wayne , Don DeFore , Dona Drake , Anne Triola , Phil Brown , Louella Parsons , Thurston Hall , Frank Puglia , Fernando Alvarado , Charles Arnt , Eric Alden , Ernest Anderson , Lois Austin , Griff Barnett , William Benedict , Lee Bennett , John Bleifer , Lela Bliss , Raymond Burr , William Challee , Tom Chatterton , Fred Coby , Frank Dae , Dudley Dickerson , Michael Economides , Joel Fluellen , Lisa Golm , Cary Grant , Jesse Graves , Grayce Hampton , Henry Hastings , Joe Haworth , Harry Hayden , Harry Holman , Esther Howard , J. Louis Johnson , John G. Kellogg , Cyrus W. Kendall , Leona Maricle , Junius Matthews , Sam McDaniel , Joseph Milani , Art Miles , Marvin Miller , Henry Mirelez , Charles Moore , Dolores Moran , Billy O'Leary , Oscar O'Shea , Lorin Raker , Ruth Roman , Erskine Sanford , Wallace Scott , Bill Shannon , Robin Short , Houseley Sr. Stevenson , Harry Strang , Minerva Urecal , Nanette Vallon , Blanca Vischer , Frank Wilcox , Jan Wiley , Ian Wolfe , Will Wright , Harold Davis , Thomas G. Hubbard , Mervyn LeRoy , Jack Parker , Warren Smith , Marilyn Buford , Roger Creed , Peter Michael , Russ Whiteman , Jean Wong , John Crawford , Jose Alvarado , Tay Dunn , Harry Evans , Jon Gilbreath , June Glory , Paul Gustine , Rose Marie Lopez , Bob Pepper , Henry Vroom , Charles Evans , Charlie Hall , Robert Anderson
- Vogues of 1938 with Warner Baxter , Joan Bennett , Helen Vinson , Mischa Auer , Alan Mowbray , Jerome Cowan , Alma Kruger , Marjorie Gateson , Polly Rowles , Marla Shelton , Hedda Hopper , Roman Bohnen , Irving Bacon , Hal K. Dawson , Dick Elliott , Rex Evans , Dorothy McNulty , Dick Wessel , Wiere Brothers , Fred Lawrence
- The Thin Man with William Powell , Myrna Loy , Maureen O'Sullivan , Nat Pendleton , Minna Gombell , Porter Hall , Henry Wadsworth , William Henry , Harold Huber , Cesar Romero , Natalie Moorhead , Edward S. Brophy , Edward Ellis , Cyril Thornton , Polly Bailey , Arthur Belasco , Ruth Channing , Clay Clement , Nick Copeland , Pat Flaherty , Kenneth Gibson , Creighton Hale , Sherry Hall , Edward Hearn , Robert Emmett Homans , Walter Long , Fred Malatesta , Garry Owen , Bert Roach , Rolfe Sedan , Gertrude Short , Ben Taggart , Phil Tead , Dink Templeton , Harry Tenbrook , Huey White , Leo White , Douglas Fowley , John Larkin , Raymond Brown , Thomas E. Jackson
- A Star Is Born with Janet Gaynor , Fredric March , Adolphe Menjou , May Robson , Andy Devine , Lionel Stander , Elizabeth Jenns , Edgar Kennedy , Owen Moore , Clara Blandick , A.W. Sweatt , Peggy Wood , Arthur Hoyt , Vince Barnett , Irving Bacon , Jane Barnes , Wade Boteler , Helene Chadwick , George Chandler , Billy Dooley , Pat Flaherty , Trixie Friganza , Carlton Elliott Griffin , Jonathan Hale , Harry Hayden , Robert Emmett Homans , Kenneth Howell , Olin Howland , I. Stanford Jolley , Eddie Kane , Claude King , Carole Landis , Chris-Pin Martin , Edwin Maxwell , Ferdinand Munier , David Newell , J.C. Nugent , Robert Emmett O'Connor , Franklin Pangborn , Lee Phelps , Jed Prouty , Adrian Rosley , Paul Stanton , Fred "Snowflake" Toones , Lana Turner , Gayne Whitman , Guinn "Big Boy" Williams , Clarence H. Wilson , Francis Ford , Marshall Sr. Neilan , Dennis O'Keefe , Ursula Kent , Leonard Walker , Billy Coe
- Sadie McKee with Joan Crawford , Gene Raymond , Franchot Tone , Edward Arnold , Esther Ralston , Earl Oxford , Akim Tamiroff , Jean Dixon , Leo G. Carroll , Zelda Sears , Helen Ware , Gene Austin , Harry C. Bradley , Mary Forbes , Ethel Griffies , Francis J. McDonald , Lee Phelps , Wyndham Standing , Minerva Urecal
- The Postman Always Rings Twice with Lana Turner , John Garfield , Cecil Kellaway , Hume Cronyn , Audrey Totter , Alan Sr. Reed , Leon Ames , Jeff York , Morris Ankrum , Betty Blythe , Wally Cassell , Jack Chefe , Dick Crockett , Edward Earle , James Farley , Byron K. Foulger , Joel Friedkin , William Halligan , Paul Kruger , Frank Mayo , Harold Miller , Howard M. Mitchell , Garry Owen , Dorothy Phillips , Paula Ray , Jeffrey Sayre , Reginald Simpson , John Maurice Sullivan , Oliver Cross , Philip Ahlm , Brick Sullivan , Virginia Randolph , John Alban , James Darrell , George Noisom , Dan Quigg , Walter Ridge , Edgar Sherrod , Tom Dillon , Cameron Grant , Paul Bradley
- Night and Day with John Alvin , Cary Grant , Eve Arden , Alexis Smith , Herman Bing , Monty Woolley , Paul Cavanagh , Jane Wyman , Tom D'Andrea , Dorothy Malone , Mary Martin , Victor Francen , Howard Freeman , Alan Sr. Hale , Milada Mladova , Clarence Muse , Carlos Ramirez , George Riley , Selena Royle , Sig Rumann , Ginny Simms , Henry Stephenson , Bobby Watson , Donald Woods , George Zoritch , Lynne Baggett , Edward Biby , George Boyce , Harlan Briggs , Peter Camlin , Hobart Cavanaugh , Chester Clute , John Compton , Joyce Compton , Harry Crocker , Frank Dae , Boyd Davis , Fern Emmett , Herbert Evans , Frank Ferguson , Sam Flint , Gene Garrick , Lisa Golm , Buddy Gorman , Creighton Hale , Edna Mae Harris , Hans Herbert , Rune Hultman , Boyd Irwin , Gladden James , Eddie Kane , Colin Kenny , George Kirby , Joe Jr. Kirkwood , Ellen Lowe , Frank Marlowe , Jo Ann Marlowe , Tom McGuire , Robert McKenzie , Claire Meade , George Meader , Bert Moorhouse , Jack Mower , Gregory Muradian , George Nokes , Vivien Oakland , Garry Owen , Albert Petit , Gordon Richards , Jack Richardson , Cyril Ring , Marshall Ruth , Virginia Sale , Fred Santley , Wallace Scott , Almira Sessions , Harry Seymour , Nick Stewart , Laura Treadwell , Elizabeth Valentine , Philip vanZandt , John Vosper , Regina Wallace , Crane Whitley , Eric Wilton , Joan Winfield , Richard Erdman , Edward Kelly , John Miles , Rebel Randall , John W. Goldsworthy , Richard Bartell , Maurice Brierre , Henri DeSoto , Rudy Friml , Michael Lally , Mayo Newhall , Harold deBecker , Robert Arthur , Edgar Caldwell , Bernard DeRoux , Dick Earle , Ernest Golm , Paul Gustine , Jack W. Johnston , Marie Melesch , Helen O'Hara , Helen Pender , Dorothy Reisner , Susanne Rosser , George Suzanne , George Volk , Pat Gleason , Charles Miller
- The Lullaby of Broadway with Doris Day , Gene Nelson , S.Z. Sakall , Billy DeWolfe , Gladys George , Florence Bates , Anne Triola , Hanley Stafford , Murray Alper , Jimmy Aubrey , DeMattiazas , Elizabeth Flournoy , Bess Flowers , Hans Herbert , Sheldon Jett , Donald Kerr , Edith Leslie , Philo McCullough , Page Cavanaugh Trio , Arlyn Roberts , Herschel Daugherty
Charles Williams Trivia
When was Charles Williams born?
Charles Williams was born on September 27, 1898
Who did Charles Williams play in A Boy, a Girl, and A Dog?
Charles Williams was Mr. Stone in A Boy, a Girl, and A Dog
Who did Charles Williams portray in Born to Be Wild?
Charles Williams was Spotter in Born to Be Wild
Who did Charles Williams play in The Girl from Monterey?
Charles Williams was Harry in The Girl from Monterey
Who did Charles Williams portray in The Flying Fists?
Charles Williams was Meggs in The Flying Fists
Who did Charles Williams play in Hollywood Stadium Mystery?
Charles Williams was Jake in Hollywood Stadium Mystery
Who did Charles Williams portray in Parole, Inc.?
Charles Williams was Titus Jones in Parole, Inc.
Who did Charles Williams portray in Heading for Heaven?
Charles Williams was Eddie in Heading for Heaven
Who did Charles Williams portray in Jim Hanvey, Detective?
Charles Williams was Brackett in Jim Hanvey, Detective
Who did Charles Williams portray in Just Around the Corner?
Charles Williams was Candid Cameraman in Just Around the Corner
What role did Charles Williams portray in The Judge?
Charles Williams played Reporter in The Judge
Who did Charles Williams play in Identity Unknown?
Charles Williams was Auctioneer in Identity Unknown
Who did Charles Williams portray in Love on the Dole?
Charles Williams was Bill Simmons in Love on the Dole
Who did Charles Williams play in Little Miss Broadway?
Charles Williams was Mike Brody in Little Miss Broadway
Who did Charles Williams play in A Lawless Street?
Charles Williams was Willis in A Lawless Street
Who did Charles Williams play in Doll Face?
Charles Williams was Drug Store Clerk in Doll Face
Who did Charles Williams portray in Dancing Lady?
Charles Williams was Man Arrested in Burlesque House in Dancing Lady
Who did Charles Williams play in Alexander's Ragtime Band?
Charles Williams was Agent in Alexander's Ragtime Band
Who did Charles Williams portray in Greenwich Village?
Charles Williams was Amber in Greenwich Village
What role did Charles Williams play in It's a Wonderful Life?
Charles Williams played Cousin Eustace in It's a Wonderful Life
Who did Charles Williams portray in Texas, Brooklyn and Heaven?
Charles Williams was Reporter in Texas, Brooklyn and Heaven
Who did Charles Williams portray in Roxie Hart?
Charles Williams was Photographer in Roxie Hart
Who did Charles Williams portray in Hollywood and Vine?
Charles Williams was Chick in Hollywood and Vine
What role did Charles Williams play in Without Reservations?
Charles Williams played Louis Burt in Without Reservations
Who did Charles Williams play in The Thin Man?
Charles Williams was Fight Manager in The Thin Man
What role did Charles Williams play in A Star Is Born?
Charles Williams played Assistant Cameraman in A Star Is Born
Who did Charles Williams play in Sadie McKee?
Charles Williams was Cafe Pest in Sadie McKee
Who did Charles Williams portray in The Postman Always Rings Twice?
Charles Williams was Doctor in The Postman Always Rings Twice
Who did Charles Williams portray in Night and Day?
Charles Williams was Customer in Night and Day
Who did Charles Williams play in The Lullaby of Broadway?
Charles Williams was Reporter in The Lullaby of Broadway
