Emerging from a diplomatic family in Veracruz, Mexico, Charles Silas Richard Trowbridge initially worked in architecture and operated a coffee plantation in Hawaii before entering the performing arts. After several Broadway appearances-including productions such as Dinner at Eight (1932) and Craig's Wife (1925)-he joined Elitch Theatre’s summer stock in 1920 as a leading man, establishing a footho… Read more
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Known for Mildred Pierce 1945 Angels with Dirty Faces 1938 Meet John Doe 1941 Sergeant York 1941 ★ 7.7 Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum 1940
Judge ★ 7.6 Mildred Pierce 1945
Mrs. Forrester's Lawyer (uncredited) ★ 7.4 Captains Courageous 1937
Dr. Dick Walsh (uncredited) ★ 7.3 Meet John Doe 1941
(uncredited) ★ 7.3 Libeled Lady 1936
Graham ★ 7.2 The Last Hurrah 1958
Plymouth Club Member (uncredited) ★ 7.2 Madame Curie 1943
Board Member (uncredited) ★ 7.2 Sergeant York 1941
Cordell Hull ★ 7.2 They Met in Bombay 1941
Doctor (uncredited) ★ 7.1 Action in the North Atlantic 1943
Rear Adm. Hartridge (uncredited) ★ 7 The Great Lie 1941
Senator Ted Greenfield ★ 7 The House of the Seven Gables 1940
Judge ★ 7 Mad Love 1935
Dr. Marbeau ★ 6.9 Each Dawn I Die 1939
Judge ★ 6.8 The Fountainhead 1949
Director (uncredited) ★ 6.8 Edison, the Man 1940
Clark ★ 6.8 Johnny Apollo 1940
Judge Penrose ★ 6.7 Wife vs. Secretary 1936
Hal Harrington (uncredited) ★ 6.6 Hollow Triumph 1948
Deputy ★ 6.6 The Man They Could Not Hang 1939
Judge Bowman ★ 6.5 They Were Expendable 1945
Admiral Blackwell ★ 6.5 Nancy Drew… Detective 1938
Hollister ★ 6.4 Buck Privates Come Home 1947
Mr. Quince ★ 6.4 King of the Underworld 1939
Dr. Ryan ★ 6.4 Crime School 1938
Judge Robert E. Clinton ★ 6.4 The Mad Miss Manton 1938
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) ★ 6.3 The Wings of Eagles 1957
Adm. Crown (uncredited) ★ 6.3 Dressed to Kill 1941
David Earle ★ 6.3 The Man with Nine Lives 1940
Dr. Harvey ★ 6.3 Virginia City 1940
Seddon - Aide to Jefferson Davis (uncredited) ★ 6.3 Before I Hang 1940
Judge Braden ★ 6.3 The Story of Alexander Graham Bell 1939
George Pollard ★ 6.3 The Great Ziegfeld 1936
Julian Mitchell (uncredited) ★ 6.2 The Private Affairs of Bel Ami 1947
★ 6.2 The Fighting Seabees 1944
Randolph (uncredited) ★ 6.1 The Paleface 1948
Gov. Johnson ★ 6.1 The Sea of Grass 1947
George Cameron ★ 6.1 Knute Rockne All American 1940
Professor (uncredited) ★ 6.1 Confessions of a Nazi Spy 1939
Maj. Williams (uncredited) ★ 6 Great Guns 1941
Col. Ridley ★ 5.9 Shock 1946
Franklin Harvey ★ 5.9 Undercurrent 1946
Justice Putnam ★ 5.9 Our Town 1940
Dr. Ferguson, the wedding minister ★ 5.8 Wake Island 1942
★ 5.7 Tarzan and the Huntress 1947
King Farrod ★ 5.7 Mission to Moscow 1943
Secretary of State Cordell Hull (uncredited) ★ 5.7 The Fatal Hour 1940
John T. Forbes ★ 5.6 Tycoon 1947
Señor Tobar ★ 5.6 That Certain Woman 1937
Dr. 'Doc' James ★ 5.3 Captain America 1944
Police Commissioner Dryden ★ 4.9 Shoot to Kill 1947
District Attorney John Forsythe Start from another title 
