Portrait of Charles Halton

Acting

Charles Halton

Career

Active from 1917 to 1973, with a break from 1954 to 1972, busiest in 1940 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles
1
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score61/100
Highest rated
Poster for Across the Pacific
Across the Pacific
GoodWatch score72/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 80 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.8 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.7 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.7 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Charles Halton Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.9, average 5.4
  • Scare
    1.3, average 2.6
  • Psychological
    4.3, average 5.5
  • Violence
    2.9, average 4.1

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Classic Hollywood 5
  • Mystery 2
  • Historical Setting 2
  • Pulp Fiction Aesthetic 2
  • Charming 2
  • Nostalgic 2
  • Social Commentary 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

164
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1970s

1 title
Up The Workers
Up The Workers (1973)

TV show ยท as Mick Briggs

1950s

21 titles ยท average score 63
Shirley Temple's Storybook
Shirley Temple's Storybook (1958)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show ยท as Sulkpot Ben Nag-Nag

The Adventures of Jim Bowie
The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1956)
GoodWatch score 61

TV show

Friendly Persuasion
Friendly Persuasion (1956)
GoodWatch score 72

as Brother Cope - Elder (uncredited)

Crossroads
Crossroads (1955)

TV show ยท as Judge

A Star Is Born
A Star Is Born (1954)
GoodWatch score 85

as Paymaster (uncredited)

City Detective
City Detective (1953)

TV show ยท as Bricker

General Electric Theater
General Electric Theater (1953)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show ยท as Welfare Man

The Abbott and Costello Show
The Abbott and Costello Show (1952)
GoodWatch score 51

TV show ยท as Jones

The Ford Television Theatre
The Ford Television Theatre (1952)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show ยท as Mr. Traeger - Pawnbroker

Carrie
Carrie (1952)
GoodWatch score 70

as Factory Foreman

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1951)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show

The Traveling Saleswoman
The Traveling Saleswoman (1950)

as Clumhill

1940s

87 titles ยท average score 65
The Daring Caballero
The Daring Caballero (1949)

as Ed J. Hodges

It's a Wonderful Life
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
GoodWatch score 89

as Carter (uncredited)

Singin' in the Corn
Singin' in the Corn (1946)

as Obediah Davis

Midnight Manhunt
Midnight Manhunt (1945)
GoodWatch score 33

as Henry Miggs

Mama Loves Papa
Mama Loves Papa (1945)

as Appleby

Across the Pacific
Across the Pacific (1942)
GoodWatch score 72

as A.V. Smith

To Be or Not to Be
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
GoodWatch score 87

as Producer Dobosh

Stranger on the Third Floor
Stranger on the Third Floor (1940)
GoodWatch score 70

as Albert Meng

Dr. Cyclops
Dr. Cyclops (1940)
GoodWatch score 69

as Dr. Rupert Bulfinch

Calling All Husbands
Calling All Husbands (1940)

as Hadley Weaver

Tugboat Annie Sails Again
Tugboat Annie Sails Again (1940)
GoodWatch score 58

as Alec Severn

The Shop Around the Corner
The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
GoodWatch score 90

as Detective

1930s

51 titles ยท average score 64
No Place to Go
No Place to Go (1939)

as Ben Bradford

The Hunchback of Notre Dame
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
GoodWatch score 75

as Printer (uncredited)

News Is Made at Night
News Is Made at Night (1939)

as Lt. Governor Elmer Hinge

Young Mr. Lincoln
Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)
GoodWatch score 85

as Hawthorne (uncredited)

Penrod and His Twin Brother
Penrod and His Twin Brother (1938)

as Mr. Bitts

Penrod's Double Trouble
Penrod's Double Trouble (1938)

as Mr. Bitts

Bluebeard's Eighth Wife
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938)
GoodWatch score 57

as Monsieur de la Coste (uncredited)

Room Service
Room Service (1938)
GoodWatch score 63

as Dr. Glass

Federal Man-Hunt
Federal Man-Hunt (1938)

as Damon Lauber

Talent Scout
Talent Scout (1937)

as M.B. Carter

Trouble at Midnight
Trouble at Midnight (1937)

as Everett Benson

More Than a Secretary
More Than a Secretary (1936)
GoodWatch score 69

as Mr. Crosby

1910s

4 titles
The Climbers
The Climbers (1919)

as Jordan

The Tower of Jewels
The Tower of Jewels (1919)

as Jimmy the Rat

The Adventurer
The Adventurer (1917)

as Austin

Behind the Mask
Behind the Mask (1917)

as Larrabee