Charles Trowbridge
{{Short description|American actor (1882–1958)}}
{{About||the Detroit businessman and mayor|Charles Christopher Trowbridge|the New York politician|Charles T. Trowbridge}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Charles Trowbridge
| image = Charles Trowbridge 2.jpg
| caption = Trowbridge in 1920
| birth_name = Charles Silas Richard Trowbridge
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1882|01|10}}
| birth_place = Veracruz, Mexico
| death_date = {{death date and age|1967|04|30|1882|01|10|mf=y}}
| death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
| resting_place =
| 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.{{cite news |last1=Nunan |first1=Thomas |title=How a young architect with stage ambitions has achieved success |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/43012819/the_san_francisco_examiner/ |access-date=January 26, 2020 |work=The San Francisco Examiner |date=September 3, 1916 |location=California, San Francisco |page=44|via = Newspapers.com}}
Trowbridge ran a coffee plantation in Hawaii{{cite news|title=It Seems He's Seen Life, as They Say|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/8531638/the_brooklyn_daily_eagle/|work=The Brooklyn Daily Eagle|date=May 6, 1934|location=New York, Brooklyn|page=54|via = Newspapers.com|access-date= January 23, 2017}} {{Open access}} and worked in architecture before venturing into acting.{{cite book |last1=Feramisco |first1=Thomas M. |title=The Mummy Unwrapped: Scenes Left on Universal's Cutting Room Floor |date=2007 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-3734-4 |pages=181–182 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dCv2ybddW9EC&q=%22Charles+Trowbridge%22+actor&pg=PA181 |access-date=January 26, 2020 |language=en}}
In 1920, Trowbridge — with several Broadway credits — got his first credits as a Leading Man as part of Elitch Theatre's summer stock cast.{{Cite web |last=R |first=Greg |title=1920 |url=https://historicelitchtheatre.org/year1920/ |access-date=2023-02-27 |website=Historic Elitch Theatre |language=en-US}}
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),{{cite web|title=("Charles Trowbridge" search results)|url=http://www.playbill.com/searchpage/search?q=Charles%20Trowbridge&shows=on&qasset=00000150-ac7e-d16d-a550-ec7e92c00002&p=1|website=Playbill Vault|publisher=Playbill|access-date=January 24, 2017}} Why Worry? (1918), This Way Out (1917), Come Out of the Kitchen (1916) and Daddy Long Legs (1914).{{cite web|title=("Charles Trowbridge" search results continued)|url=http://www.playbill.com/searchpage/search?q=Charles%20Trowbridge&shows=on&qasset=00000150-ac7e-d16d-a550-ec7e92c00002&p=1|website=Playbill Vault|publisher=Playbill|access-date=January 24, 2017}}
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
Filmography
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Film ! Role ! Director ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1915
| The Fight | Joe Keeler | | |
| 1915
| Prohibition | Richard 'Dick' Larkin | | |
| 1915
| Sunday | Jacky | |
| 1915
| The Siren's Song | John Wayne/John Gray | | |
| 1917
| Thais | Nicias | | |
| 1919
| The Eternal Magdalene | Paul Bradshaw | | |
| 1920
| Harry Kellogg | |
| 1922
| Jimmy | |
| 1931
| Damaged Love | Ned Indicott | | |
| 1931
| Cunningham, Craig's Attorney | uncredited |
| 1931
| Mr. Dowling | |
| 1931
| Phil Roberts | | |
| 1931
| Silence | Mallory | |
| 1935
| Mr. Lansell | |
| 1935
| District Attorney | uncredited |
| 1935
| Mad Love | Dr. Marbeau | uncredited |
| 1935
| Assistant District Attorney | uncredited |
| 1935
| Minister at Wedding | uncredited |
| 1935
| Alfred Drake | |
| 1935
| William K. Howard | |
| 1935
| Whipsaw | Doctor Treating Ross | Sam Wood | uncredited |
| 1935
| Mine Superintendent | uncredited |
| 1936
| Inspector Colby | |
| 1936
| James Witherspoon Sr. | |
| 1936
| Hal Harrington | uncredited |
| 1936
| Ramon de la Cuesta | |
| 1936
| Julian Mitchell | uncredited |
| 1936
| Stage Manager | |
| 1936
| Doctor | uncredited |
| 1936
| Speed | Doctor Attending Gadget | uncredited |
| 1936
| President Tomlin | |
| 1936
| Martin Van Buren | |
| 1936
| Doctor | uncredited |
| 1936
| Graham | |
| 1936
| Ship's Doctor | uncredited |
| 1936
| Paris Bureau Chief | uncredited |
| 1936
| Model Home Spokesman | uncredited |
| 1936
| Coroner | uncredited |
| 1936
| Ballistics Man | uncredited |
| 1937
| Hotel Manager | |
| 1937
| Man at Hearing | uncredited |
| 1937
| American Consul | uncredited |
| 1937
| Doyle | |
| 1937
| Judge | |
| 1937
| Dr. Mason | |
| 1937
| Dr. Dick Walsh | uncredited |
| 1937
| Dr. Wilmerding | Sam Wood | uncredited |
| 1937
| H. M. Hastings | uncredited |
| 1937
| Maxwell Gordon | |
| 1937
| Dr. James | |
| 1937
| Mr. Marshall | |
| 1937
| President Horace C. Mitchell | |
| 1937
| Warden Jackson | |
| 1937
| B.L. Martin | |
| 1937
| Walters | |
| 1938
| Daniel Carroll | uncredited |
| 1938
| Pierson | uncredited |
| 1938
| Dr. Balman | |
| 1938
| Dr. Brooks | |
| 1938
| Doctor Attending Capt. Griggs | uncredited |
| 1938
| Winthrop Lawyer | |
| 1938
| Dr. Ashburn | uncredited |
| 1938
| Judge Clinton | |
| 1938
| District Attorney Lucas | |
| 1938
| Marvin | |
| 1938
| Martin's Trial | uncredited |
| 1938
| Alcott | uncredited |
| 1938
| Judge Thomas Knott | uncredited |
| 1938
| Dr. Ives | uncredited |
| 1938
| Grand Juryman | uncredited |
| 1938
| | uncredited |
| 1938
| District Attorney Meredith | Otis Garrett | |
| 1938
| Rear Admiral Joseph Maitland | |
| 1938
| Dexter Wayne | |
| 1938
| Hollister | |
| 1938
| Norton J. White | uncredited |
| 1938
| Draft Doctor | | |
| 1938
| Kentucky | Doctor | |
| 1939
| Committee Spokesman | uncredited |
| 1939
| San Francisco Doctor | scenes deleted |
| 1939
| Dr. Ryan | |
| 1939
| Henry Jameson | |
| 1939
| Capt. Tyler | |
| 1939
| Mr. Tatum | |
| 1939
| Mr. Tiller, the Lawyer | uncredited |
| 1939
| Dr. Jones | |
| 1919
| Commissioner in 1919 | |
| 1939
| Trial Judge | uncredited |
| 1939
| On Trial | Henry Dean | |
| 1939
| The Story of Alexander Graham Bell | George Pollard | |
| 1939
| Charles Butler | uncredited |
| 1939
| Maj. Williams | uncredited |
| 1939
| Lt. Watson | |
| 1939
| Mr. Halliday | uncredited |
| 1939
| Judge H. Franklin Scott | uncredited |
| 1939
| Judge | |
| 1939
| Gen. Fremont | |
| 1939
| Foley | uncredited |
| 1939
| Alfred Z. Harrison | |
| 1939
| Judge Bowman | | |
| 1939
| Reform School Superintendent | uncredited |
| 1939
| Dr. Taylor | |
| 1939
| First Doctor | uncredited |
| 1939
| Judge B.A. Royer | uncredited |
| 1939
| Dean | |
| 1939
| Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President | Cabinet Member | |
| 1939
| Mr. Foster | |
| 1940
| Judge | uncredited |
| 1940
| John T. Forbes | |
| 1940
| Dr. Morris | | uncredited |
| 1940
| The House of the Seven Gables | Judge | Joe May | |
| 1940
| Judge | |
| 1940
| Aide to Jefferson Davis | uncredited |
| 1940
| Dr. Harvey | |
| 1940
| Clark | uncredited |
| 1940
| Our Town | Dr. Ferguson | Sam Wood | |
| 1940
| Aide | uncredited |
| 1940
| Davis, Fowler's Butler | uncredited |
| 1940
| Dr. Downey | |
| 1940
| Atkinson | |
| 1940
| Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum | Judge | uncredited |
| 1940
| Judge Braden | Nick Grinde (ad Nick Grindé) | uncredited |
| 1940
| Dr. Petrie | |
| 1940
| Professor | Lloyd Bacon | uncredited |
| 1940
| Sen. Cross | |
| 1940
| Executive Assistant | uncredited |
| 1940
| Priest | |
| 1940
| John Thornton | | |
| 1940
| Gov. Bronson | | Serial, Ch. 1 |
| 1940
| Bit Part | uncredited |
| 1941
| Festival Committee Member | uncredited |
| 1941
| Doctor | uncredited |
| 1941
| Ship Capt. Anderson | uncredited |
| 1941
| Grover Dillon | |
| 1941
| Rector | scenes deleted |
| 1941
| | |
| 1941
| Senator Ted Greenfield | |
| 1941
| Governor Phelps | |
| 1941
| John V. Burton | uncredited |
| 1941
| Arthur Glenn | |
| 1941
| British Medical Major | uncredited |
| 1941
| |
| 1941
| Mark Harris | |
| 1941
| Prosecutor | |
| 1941
| David Earle | |
| 1941
| Colonel Bright | |
| 1941
| Defense Attorney | |
| 1941
| Robert Crawford [Chs. 2as6,10,12] | Serial |
| 1941
| Col. Ridley | |
| 1941
| Col. Bradley | |
| 1941
| Northcott's Aide | uncredited |
| 1942
| Capt. Brown | |
| 1942
| Medical officer | Otto Brower (medical footage) | Short |
| 1942
| Judge Rossiter | | |
| 1942
| Sweetheart of the Fleet | Cmdr. Hawes | | |
| 1942
| Mr. Martin, Country Club Lunch Guest | uncredited |
| 1942
| Ten Gentlemen from West Point | George Clinton | vice president |
| 1942
| Examining Doctor | uncredited |
| 1942
| George Nielson | uncredited |
| 1942
| Linkletter | |
| 1942
| Honest Tom Mardley | |
| 1942
| Lansbury | |
| 1943
| Immigration Officer | uncredited |
| 1943
| Secretary of State Cordell Hull | uncredited |
| 1943
| Action in the North Atlantic | Rear Adm. Hartridge | uncredited |
| 1943
| Palmer's Doctor | | uncredited |
| 1943
| Mr. Selkirk | uncredited |
| 1943
| Adventures of the Flying Cadets | Maj. William Elliott | Serial, Ch. 1 |
| 1943
| Husband | scenes deleted |
| 1943
| Dr. Folsom | | |
| 1943
| Board Member | uncredited |
| 1944
| Randolph | uncredited |
| 1944
| Dryden | Serial |
| 1944
| General Willis | |
| 1944
| Captain of the 'Surabaya' | uncredited |
| 1944
| Doctor | |
| 1944
| Cmdr. L.M. Hale, Medical Officer | uncredited |
| 1944
| Alvin Clark | uncredited |
| 1944
| Mr. White | |
| 1945
| Youth for the Kingdom | Mr. Webber | | |
| 1945
| Keep Your Powder Dry | | | |
| 1945
| Gov. Edward Rice | uncredited |
| 1945
| Mrs. Forrester's lawyer | uncredited |
| 1945
| Admiral Blackwell | |
| 1945
| Prentiss | |
| 1946
| Shock | Dr. H.J. Harvey | |
| 1946
| Bank President | uncredited |
| 1946
| Fletcher Holliday | |
| 1946
| Uncle Joe Lorrison | |
| 1946
| Dr. Rufus Maynard | |
| 1946
| Warren Creighton | |
| 1946
| Dr. Winthrop | uncredited |
| 1946
| Justice Putnam | |
| 1946
| Mr, Riley, Glen Cove Stud Farm | uncredited |
| 1947
| Walter S. Carpenter Jr. | |
| 1947
| Longfield | uncredited |
| 1947
| Banker John Nash | |
| 1947
| George Cameron | |
| 1947
| John Forsythe | |
| 1947
| Mr. Quince | |
| 1947
| King Farrod | |
| 1947
| The Private Affairs of Bel Ami | Lawyer | uncredited |
| 1947
| Judge Riberol | uncredited |
| 1947
| The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | Dr. Renshaw | uncredited |
| 1947
| Judge Wilson | |
| 1947
| John Ballin | |
| 1947
| Attorney Brewster | uncredited |
| 1947
| Tycoon | Señor Tobar | |
| 1948
| Jurgensen | |
| 1948
| Police Capt. Webb | |
| 1948
| Deputy | |
| 1948
| Deputy Commissioner | uncredited |
| 1948
| Gov. Johnson | |
| 1949
| Dr. Gage | uncredited |
| 1949
| Bad Boy | Dr. Fletcher | uncredited |
| 1949
| Director | uncredited |
| 1949
| Judge Fuller | uncredited |
| 1950
| Unmasked | Dr. Lowell | |
| 1950
| When Willie Comes Marching Home | Gen. Merrill | uncredited |
| 1950
| Jewelry Salesman | uncredited |
| 1950
| Peggy | Dean William Stockwell | |
| 1951
| Texas Governor | uncredited |
| 1952
| Justin Stone | |
| 1952
| Commissioner Garrison | uncredited |
| 1957
| Adm. Crown | uncredited |
| 1958
| Plymouth Club Member at Front Door | uncredited |
References
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External links
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Category:American male film actors
Category:20th-century American male actors