Acting

Charles Morton

Born January 28, 1908 · Illinois, USA

Died October 26, 1966 · aged 58

No biography available.

Known For

Sex and the Single Girl · 1964

Sex and the Single Girl

★ 6.51964

MovieComedyRomance

A womanizing reporter for a sleazy tabloid magazine impersonates his hen-pecked neighbor in order to get an expose on renowned psychologist Helen Gurley Brown.

To Kill a Mockingbird · 1962

To Kill a Mockingbird

★ 8.01962

MovieDrama

Scout Finch, 6, and her older brother Jem live in sleepy Maycomb, Alabama, spending much of their time with their friend Dill and spying on their reclusive and mysterious neighbor, Boo Radley. When Atticus, their widowed father and a respected lawyer, defends a black man named Tom Robinson against fabricated rape charges, the trial and tangent events expose the children to evils of racism and stereotyping.

Friendly Persuasion · 1956

Friendly Persuasion

★ 6.61956

MovieDramaWar

The story of a family of Quakers in Indiana in 1862. Their religious sect is strongly opposed to violence and war. It's not easy for them to meet the rules of their religion in everyday life but when Southern troops pass the area they are in real trouble. Should they fight, despite their peaceful attitude?

Former buffalo hunter and entrepreneur Wyatt Earp arrives in the lawless cattle town of Wichita Kansas. His skill as a gun-fighter makes him a perfect candidate for Marshal, but he refuses the job until he feels morally obligated to bring law and order to this wild town.

The War of the Worlds · 1953

The War of the Worlds

★ 6.81953

MovieScience FictionAction

The residents of a small town are excited when a flaming meteor lands in the hills, until they discover it is the first of many transport devices from Mars bringing an army of invaders invincible to any man-made weapon, even the atomic bomb.

The Invisible Man · 1933

The Invisible Man

★ 7.51933

MovieHorrorScience Fiction

After experimenting on himself and becoming invisible, scientist Jack Griffin, now aggressive due to the drug's effects, seeks a way to reverse the experiment at any cost.

Slick lawyer Thomas Farrell has made a career of defending mobsters in trials. It's not until he meets a lovely showgirl at a mob party that he realizes that there's more to life than winning trials. Farrell tries to quit the racket, but mob boss Rico Angelo threatens to hurt the showgirl if Farrell leaves him.

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance · 1962

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

★ 7.81962

MovieWestern

Questions arise when Senator Stoddard attends the funeral of a local man named Tom Doniphon in a small Western town. Flashing back, we learn Doniphon saved Stoddard, then a lawyer, when he was roughed up by a crew of outlaws terrorizing the town, led by Liberty Valance. As the territory's safety hung in the balance, Doniphon and Stoddard, two of the only people standing up to him, proved to be very important, but different, foes to Valance.

Filmography

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Sex and the Single Girl · 1964

Sex and the Single Girl

★ 6.51964

MovieComedyRomance

A womanizing reporter for a sleazy tabloid magazine impersonates his hen-pecked neighbor in order to get an expose on renowned psychologist Helen Gurley Brown.

Board Member (uncredited)

To Kill a Mockingbird · 1962

To Kill a Mockingbird

★ 8.01962

MovieDrama

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Friendly Persuasion · 1956

Farmer (uncredited)

Bartender (uncredited)

The War of the Worlds · 1953

The War of the Worlds

★ 6.81953

MovieScience FictionAction

Stunts

The Invisible Man · 1933

The Invisible Man

★ 7.51933

MovieHorrorScience Fiction

After experimenting on himself and becoming invisible, scientist Jack Griffin, now aggressive due to the drug's effects, seeks a way to reverse the experiment at any cost.

Party Guest (uncredited)

Juror (uncredited)

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance · 1962

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

★ 7.81962

MovieWestern

Drummer (uncredited)

Around the World in 80 Days · 1956

Around the World in 80 Days

★ 6.71956

MovieAdventureComedy

Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a very short period for those days.

Extra (uncredited)

River of No Return · 1954

River of No Return

★ 6.71954

MovieAdventureWestern

An itinerant farmer and his young son help a heart-of-gold saloon singer search for her estranged husband.

Prospector (uncredited)

A Star Is Born · 1954

A Star Is Born

★ 7.11954

MovieDramaMusic

A movie star helps a young singer-actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.

Shrine Auditorium Photographer (uncredited)

The Far Country · 1954

The Far Country

★ 6.91954

MovieWestern

During the Klondike Gold Rush, a misanthropic cattle driver and his talkative elderly partner run afoul of the law in Alaska and are forced to work for a saloon owner to take her supplies into a newly booming but lawless Canadian town.

Miner (uncredited)

Guys and Dolls · 1955

Guys and Dolls

★ 6.61955

MovieComedyCrime

In New York, a gambler is challenged to take a Salvation Army missionary to Havana, and unexpectedly they fall for each other. And the bet has a hidden motive ... classic song and dance ensues!

Bartender (uncredited)

Indian scout Tom Jeffords is sent out to stem the war between the American settlers and Apaches in the late 1870s Arizona. He learns that the Indians kill only to protect themselves, or out of retaliation for white atrocities.

Townsman (uncredited)

My Man Godfrey · 1957

My Man Godfrey

★ 6.51957

MovieComedy

The eccentric Bullock household again need a new butler. Daughter Irene encounters bedraggled Godfrey Godfrey at the docks and, fancying him and noticing his obviously good manners, gets him the job. He proves a great success, but keeps his past to himself. When an old flame turns up Irene's sister Cordelia starts making waves.

Dockhand (uncredited)

Bullet for a Badman · 1964

Bullet for a Badman

★ 6.31964

MovieWestern

Former Texas Rangers Sam Ward and Logan Keliher become enemies when Sam turns bank robber and Logan marries Sam's ex-wife.

Bartender (uncredited)

Ride, Vaquero! · 1953

Ride, Vaquero!

★ 6.11953

MovieWesternDrama

Two Mexican outlaws, Rio and Esqueda, raised as stepbrothers, have a showdown over the issue of whether to evict new settlers from their Texas border territory.

Townsman (uncredited)

Sharpshooter Calamity Jane takes it upon herself to recruit a famous actress and bring her back to the local saloon, but jealousy soon gets in the way.

Barfly (uncredited)

An Affair to Remember · 1957

An Affair to Remember

★ 7.41957

MovieDramaRomance

A couple falls in love and agrees to meet in six months at the Empire State Building - but will it happen?

Elevator Passenger (uncredited)

The Hanging Tree · 1959

The Hanging Tree

★ 6.71959

MovieWestern

Joseph "Doc" Frail is a doctor with a past he's trying to outrun. While in Montana, he comes across a mining camp with a hanging tree and rescues a man named Rune from the noose. With Rune as his servant, Frail decides to settle down, and he takes over as town doctor. He meets Elizabeth, who is suffering from shock, and the two soon fall in love. But when Elizabeth is attacked, Frail's attempt to help her lands them both in trouble.

Townsman (uncredited)

A charismatic charlatan begins a business — and eventually romantic — relationship with a roadside evangelist to sell religion to 1920s America. Based on Sinclair Lewis' novel of the same name.

Man Destroying Revival Tent (uncredited)

Rancho Notorious · 1952

Rancho Notorious

★ 6.51952

MovieDramaWestern

A man in search of revenge infiltrates a ranch, hidden in an inhospitable region, where its owner, Altar Keane, gives shelter to outlaws fleeing from the law in exchange for a price.

Bartender with Gunder (uncredited)

It's Always Fair Weather · 1955

It's Always Fair Weather

★ 7.01955

MovieComedyRomance

Three World War II buddies promise to meet at a specified place and time 10 years after the war. They keep their word only to discover how far apart they've grown. But the reunion sparks memories of youthful dreams that haven't been fulfilled -- and slowly, the three men reevaluate their lives and try to find a way to renew their friendship.

Bartender (uncredited)

Cheyenne Autumn · 1964

Cheyenne Autumn

★ 6.71964

MovieWestern

A reluctant cavalry Captain must track a defiant tribe of migrating Cheyenne.

Bartender (uncredited)

Bonanza · 1959

Bonanza

★ 7.51959

SeriesWesternAction & Adventure

The High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch while helping the surrounding community.

Miner (uncredited)

The Maverick boys - Bret, Bart, Beau and Brent - are a clan of well-dressed dandies, gamblers who'd much rather make their money playing cards than messing up their fine clothing with actual work. Sly and clever, none of the Mavericks are much for acts of derring do, but they can be courageous when the situation calls for it. Most often, however, they live by their wits and considerable charm.

Bartender (uncredited)

Have Gun, Will Travel · 1957

Have Gun, Will Travel

★ 7.31957

SeriesWesternAction & Adventure

Have Gun – Will Travel is an American Western television series that aired on CBS from 1957 through 1963. It was rated number three or number four in the Nielsen ratings every year of its first four seasons. It was one of the few television shows to spawn a successful radio version. The radio series debuted November 23, 1958. The television show is presently shown on the Encore-Western channel. Have Gun – Will Travel was created by Sam Rolfe and Herb Meadow and produced by Frank Pierson, Don Ingalls, Robert Sparks, and Julian Claman. There were 225 episodes of the TV series, 24 written by Gene Roddenberry. Other contributors included Bruce Geller, Harry Julian Fink, Don Brinkley and Irving Wallace. Andrew McLaglen directed 101 episodes and 19 were directed by series star Richard Boone.

Barfly (uncredited)

The story of a young intern in a large metropolitan hospital trying to learn his profession, deal with the problems of his patients, and win the respect of the senior doctor in his specialty, internal medicine.

Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited)

Cheyenne Bodie was a big man, a former army scout who went west after the American Civil War and drifted from job to job, here a cowboy, there a lawman, and always a larger-than-life hero. CHEYENNE is an American western television series of 108 black-and-white episodes broadcast on ABC from 1955 to 1963. The show was the first hour-long western, and in fact the first hour-long dramatic series of any kind, with continuing characters, to last more than one season. It was also the first series to be made by a major Hollywood film studio which did not derive from its established film properties, and the first of a long chain of Warner Brothers original series produced by William T. Orr.

Barfly (uncredited)

The Untouchables · 1959

The Untouchables

★ 8.01959

SeriesDramaCrime

Special Agent Eliot Ness and his elite team of incorruptible agents battle organized crime in 1930s Chicago.

Drunk at Club (uncredited)

Wanted: Dead or Alive · 1958

Wanted: Dead or Alive

★ 7.11958

SeriesWesternAction & Adventure

Wanted: Dead or Alive is an American Western television series starring Steve McQueen as the bounty hunter Josh Randall. It aired on CBS for three seasons from 1958–61. The black-and-white program was a spin-off of a March 1958 episode of Trackdown, a 1957–59 western series starring Robert Culp. Both series were produced by Four Star Television in association with CBS Television. The series launched McQueen into becoming the first television star to cross over into comparable status on the big screen.

Townsman (uncredited)

Bronco is a Western series on ABC from 1958 through 1962. It was shown by the BBC in the United Kingdom. The program starred Ty Hardin as Bronco Layne, a former Confederate officer who wandered the Old West, meeting such well-known individuals as Wild Bill Hickok, Billy the Kid, Jesse James, Theodore Roosevelt, Belle Starr, Cole Younger, and John Wesley Hardin.

Bartender (uncredited)

Tombstone Territory · 1957

Tombstone Territory

★ 6.91957

SeriesWestern

Tombstone Territory is an American Western series starring Pat Conway and Richard Eastham. The series' first two seasons aired on ABC from 1957 to 1959. The third and final season aired in syndication from 1959 until 1960.

Barfly (uncredited)

Startime, an anthology of drama, comedy and variety, was one of the first American television shows broadcast in color.

Wine Merchant

The Deputy is an American western series that aired on NBC from September 1959, to July 1961. The series stars Henry Fonda as Chief Marshal Simon Fry of the Arizona Territory and Allen Case as Deputy Clay McCord, a storekeeper who tried to avoid using a gun.

Councilman (uncredited)

Further Adventures of Spin and Marty · 1956

Further Adventures of Spin and Marty

★ 8.51956

SeriesWesternFamily

About a freckle-faced Spin and wealthy city kid Marty at the Triple R Ranch summer camp. Adding to the fun are exclusive interviews with the original cast members and a special tour of the original filming site.

Freddie's Father