# Charles 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 | | |
| 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 |