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- Commotion on the Ocean → J.L. Cameron - Managing Editor (archive footage)
- Big Town Scandal → Editor of the Chronicle (uncredited)
- Blazing Across the Pecos → Mayor Ace Brockway
- Crime on Their Hands → J.L. Cameron
- The Secret Life of Walter Mitty → Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
- Key Witness → Warden (uncredited)
- Meet Mr. Mischief → Harry's Boss
- It's a Wonderful Life → Charlie (uncredited)
- Road to Utopia → Official Policeman (uncredited)
- Larceny in Her Heart → Chief Gentry (as Charles Wilson)
- Blonde for a Day → Chief of Police Will Gentry (as Charles Wilson)
- Crime of the Century → Police Lieutenant
- Passkey to Danger → Police Sergeant
- Gas House Kids → Inspector Shannon
- Scarlet Street → Watchman (uncredited)
- Two O'Clock Courage → Brant - City Editor (uncredited)
- A Gun in His Hand → Chief of Police (uncredited)
- Week-End at the Waldorf → Hi Johns
- The Missing Juror → Mac Ellis (uncredited)
- Crime by Night → District Attorney Hyatt
- Hey, Rookie → Sam Jonas
- Batman → Captain Arnold
- Silver Spurs → Mr. Hawkins
- Gentleman Jim → Gurney (uncredited)
- This Gun for Hire → Police Captain
- Dr. Broadway → District Attorney McNamara
- Rings on Her Fingers
- Blondie Goes to College → Police Sergeant
- Lady Gangster → Detective
- The Secret Code → Desk Sgt. Cullen
- Escape from Crime → C.L. Reardon - Managing Editor (as Charles Wilson)
- The Man Who Returned to Life → Inspector Mensil
- Meet John Doe → Charlie Dawson
- The Face Behind the Mask → Chief O'Brien
- Out of the Fog
- Dressed to Kill → Newspaper Editor
- Broadway Limited → Detective (as Charles Wilson)
- The Officer and the Lady → Police Captain Hart
- Federal Fugitives → Bruce Lane
- They Drive by Night → Mike Williams (uncredited)
- City for Conquest → Bill - Man Behind MacPherson at Fight (uncredited)
- Knute Rockne All American → Gambler (uncredited)
- Lady with Red Hair → George Martin (uncredited)
- Tin Pan Alley → Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
- He Married His Wife → Warden
- Millionaires in Prison → R.J. Reynolds, Sunday Editor (uncredited)
- Public Deb No. 1 → Sergeant
- Charter Pilot → Owen
- Gangs of Chicago
- Girl in 313 → Vincent Brady, Commissioner of Police
- Sandy Is a Lady → Sergeant
- The Roaring Twenties → Policeman (uncredited)
- Invisible Stripes → Arresting Officer (uncredited)
- The Return of Doctor X → Det. Kincaid
- Rose of Washington Square → Mike Cavanaugh
- The House of Fear → Police Chief
- Here I Am a Stranger → Managing Editor
- The Cowboy Quarterback → Coach Hap Farrell
- Smashing the Money Ring → Capt. Kilrane
- Hotel for Women → Albert
- Fighting Thoroughbreds → Spencer Bogart
- Angels with Dirty Faces
- Gateway → Inspector
- When Were You Born → Inspector Jim C. Gregg
- Sally, Irene and Mary → Covered Wagon Cafe Manager
- The Spider's Web → Chase
- Hold That Co-ed → Coach Burke
- Prison Farm → Reardon
- Little Miss Thoroughbred → Becker
- State Police → Captain Halstead
- The Night Hawk → Lonigan
- Tenth Avenue Kid → Commissioner
- You Only Live Once → Police Inspector (uncredited)
- The Great O'Malley → Policeman Chiding School Bus Driver (uncredited)
- Broadway Melody of 1938 → Horse Auctioneer (uncredited)
- Partners in Crime → Inspector Simpson
- Midnight Court → Police Chief
- Daughter of Shanghai → Schwartz (uncredited)
- Murder Goes to College → Police Inspector Simpson
- Night Key → Police Capt. Wallace (uncredited)
- One Mile from Heaven → Fletcher
- The Adventurous Blonde → Mortimer Gray
- Woman in Distress → Editor Herbert Claxton
- Roaring Timber → Sam Garvin
- The Case of the Stuttering Bishop → Hamilton Burger
- Find the Witness → Charley Blair (uncredited)
- They Wanted to Marry → Clark
- Life Begins in College → Tom Burke
- That’s My Story → Cummings
- Mr. Deeds Goes to Town → County Hospital Guard (uncredited)
- Show Boat
- Satan Met a Lady → Detective Pollock
- Big Brown Eyes → Prosecuting Attorney (Uncredited)
- Murder with Pictures → Assistant Editor (uncredited)
- The Country Doctor → George the Boat Captain (uncredited)
- 36 Hours to Kill → F.B.I. Chief
- Mind Your Own Business → Detective
- Panic on the Air → Chief Inspector Fitzgerald
- Legion of Terror → Colonel McCollum (as Charles Wilson)
- Strike Me Pink → Hardie
- The Magnificent Brute → Murphy
- I'd Give My Life → Warden
- Earthworm Tractors → H.J. Russell
- Down the Stretch → Tex Reardon
- The Mine with the Iron Door → Pitkins
- Grand Jury → City Editor
- The Return of Jimmy Valentine → Kelley
- The Gentleman from Louisiana → Diamond Jim Brady
- The Gilded Lily → Managing Editor
- Smart Girl → Morgan (uncredited)
- Waterfront Lady → Jim McFee aka Mac
- We're Only Human → Editor of The Daily Star
- Four Hours to Kill! → Taft
- Car 99 → Trooper Captain Ryan
- Music Is Magic → Decker - Theatre Manager (uncredited)
- The Great Hotel Murder → Anthony Wilson
- Mary Burns, Fugitive → G-Man at dancehall
- The Perfect Clue → District Attorney
- Murder in the Fleet → Commander Brown (Uncredited)
- The Nitwits → Police Captain Jennings
- Show Them No Mercy! → Clifford
- The Glass Key → District Attorney Edward J. Farr
- Air Hawks → Newspaper editor
- Baby Face Harrington → City Editor (uncredited)
- After the Dance → Chief of Police
- The Case of the Lucky Legs → Police Officer Ricker
- Men of the Hour → Harper
- White Lies → Defense Attorney (uncredited)
- The Case of the Curious Bride → Ferry Captain (uncredited)
- The Public Menace → First Detective
- Hitch Hike Lady → Mike - a Racketeer
- It Happened One Night → Joe Gordon
- Men of the Night → Benson
- Fog Over Frisco → Detective Sergeant O'Hagen
- Cross Country Cruise → Detective (Uncredited)
- Here Is My Heart → Captain Dodge (uncredited)
- The Dragon Murder Case → Det. Hennessey
- I Believed in You → Magistrate
- Name the Woman → Joel Walker
- Affairs of a Gentleman → Inspector Quillan
- The Circus Clown → Sheldon
- Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen → Chief of Police
- The St. Louis Kid → Mr. Harris
- The 9th Guest → Burke (Uncredited)
- The Human Side → Furniture Buyer (uncredited)
- The Hell Cat → Graham
- Murder in the Clouds → Lackey
- Port of Lost Dreams → Warden
- Embarrassing Moments → Attorney
- Gold Diggers of 1933 → Deputy (uncredited)
- The Kennel Murder Case → Detective Hennessy (uncredited)
- Female → Private Detective Falihee (Uncredited)
- Private Detective 62 → Club Bartender (Uncredited)
- Hard to Handle → Jailer (uncredited)
- Havana Widows → Mr. Timberg
- Mary Stevens, M.D. → Walter Rising
- The Mayor of Hell → Wilson (uncredited)
- Disgraced! → Thompson, Assistant District Attorney
- College Coach → Charles Hauser
- Elmer, the Great → Mr. Wade (as Charles Wilson)
- No Marriage Ties → Red Moran, City Desk Editor
- Shadows of Sing Sing
- The Trans-Atlantic Mystery → Detective Doyle (uncredited)
- The Campus Mystery → Detective Reardon
- My Sin → Guest in Pool Party
- Hot News Margie → Newspaper Editor (uncredited)
- Stolen Heaven → Detective
- Insurance → Doctor (uncredited)
- Getting a Ticket → Motorcycle Cop
- Broadway Scandals → Jack
- Song of Love → Traveling Salesman
- Acquitted → Nelson