Acting

Charles Wagenheim

Born February 21, 1896 · Newark, New Jersey, USA

Died March 6, 1979 · aged 83

No biography available.

Known For

A Streetcar Named Desire · 1951

A Streetcar Named Desire

★ 7.61951

MovieDramaThriller

A disturbed, aging Southern belle moves in with her sister for solace — but being face-to-face with her brutish brother-in-law accelerates her downward spiral.

Dolly Levi is a strong-willed matchmaker who travels to Yonkers, New York in order to see the miserly "well-known unmarried half-a-millionaire" Horace Vandergelder. In doing so, she convinces his niece, his niece's intended, and Horace's two clerks to travel to New York City.

Foreign Correspondent · 1940

Foreign Correspondent

★ 7.01940

MovieThrillerMystery

American crime reporter John Jones is reassigned to Europe as a foreign correspondent to cover the imminent war. When he walks into the middle of an assassination and stumbles on a spy ring, he seeks help from a beautiful politician’s daughter and an urbane English journalist to uncover the truth.

The Cincinnati Kid · 1965

The Cincinnati Kid

★ 7.01965

MovieDrama

An up-and-coming poker player tries to prove himself in a high-stakes match against a long-time master of the game.

The tranquility of a small town is marred only by sheriff Tod Shaw's unsuccessful courtship of widow Ellen Benson, a pacifist who can't abide guns and those who use them. But violence descends on Ellen's household willy-nilly when the U.S. President passes through town... and slightly psycho hired assassin John Baron finds the Benson home ideal for an ambush.

A guilt-ridden man blames himself for his wife's death and secretly pays an assassin to kill him. But then he finds out that his wife isn't dead at all. And now the assassin is on his trail, with no way to call off the hit.

Inherit the Wind · 1960

Inherit the Wind

★ 7.71960

MovieDrama

Schoolteacher Bertram Cates is arrested for teaching his students Darwin's theory of evolution. The case receives national attention and one of the newspaper reporters, E.K. Hornbeck, arranges to bring in renowned defense attorney and atheist Henry Drummond to defend Cates. The prosecutor, Matthew Brady is a former presidential candidate, famous evangelist, and old adversary of Drummond.

In 1850s Louisiana, the willfulness of a tempestuous Southern belle threatens to destroy all who care for her.

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A Streetcar Named Desire · 1951

A Streetcar Named Desire

★ 7.61951

MovieDramaThriller

A disturbed, aging Southern belle moves in with her sister for solace — but being face-to-face with her brutish brother-in-law accelerates her downward spiral.

Passerby (uncredited)

Pushcart Man (uncredited)

Foreign Correspondent · 1940

Foreign Correspondent

★ 7.01940

MovieThrillerMystery

Assassin

The Cincinnati Kid · 1965

The Cincinnati Kid

★ 7.01965

MovieDrama

An up-and-coming poker player tries to prove himself in a high-stakes match against a long-time master of the game.

Old Man (uncredited)

Iz Kaplan (uncredited)

Man at Flophouse (Uncredited)

Inherit the Wind · 1960

Inherit the Wind

★ 7.71960

MovieDrama

Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

In 1850s Louisiana, the willfulness of a tempestuous Southern belle threatens to destroy all who care for her.

Customer (uncredited)

Mystery Street · 1950

Mystery Street

★ 6.81950

MovieCrimeThriller

When a young woman's skeletal remains turn up on a Massachusetts beach, Barnstable cop Peter Moralas teams with Boston police and uses forensics, with the help of a Harvard professor, to determine the woman's identity, how she died, and who killed her.

Baggage Clerk (uncredited)

The Company She Keeps · 1951

The Company She Keeps

★ 6.21951

MovieDrama

A lady con artist sets out to steal her parole officer's fiance.

Pete (uncredited)

The Jungle Captive · 1945

The Jungle Captive

★ 5.61945

MovieHorrorScience Fiction

Once again Paula the ape woman is brought back to life, this time by a mad doctor and his disfigured assistant, who also kidnaps a nurse in order to have a female blood donor.

Fred

The Diary of Anne Frank · 1959

The Diary of Anne Frank

★ 7.21959

MovieDramaHistory

The true, harrowing story of a young Jewish girl who, with her family and their friends, is forced into hiding in an attic in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam.

Sneaky Thief (uncredited)

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves · 1944

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

★ 6.21944

MovieActionAdventure

Orphaned as a young child and adopted by a band of notorious thieves, now-grown Ali Baba sets out to avenge his father’s murder, reclaim the royal throne, and rescue his beloved Amara from the iron fist of his treacherous enemy.

Barber (uncredited)

An armored-car guard must join a robbery after being caught with his ex-wife by her gangster husband.

Waiter (uncredited)

Monsieur Verdoux · 1947

Monsieur Verdoux

★ 7.71947

MovieComedyCrime

The film is about an unemployed banker, Henri Verdoux, and his sociopathic methods of attaining income. While being both loyal and competent in his work, Verdoux has been laid-off. To make money for his wife and child, he marries wealthy widows and then murders them. His crime spree eventually works against him when two particular widows break his normal routine.

Bank Manager's Friend (uncredited)

I Love You Again · 1940

I Love You Again

★ 7.21940

MovieComedyRomance

Boring businessman Larry Wilson recovers from amnesia and discovers he's really a con man...and loves his soon-to-be-ex wife.

Malavinksy - Fingerprint Man (uncredited)

A wealthy young Hebrew traveling in Damascus renounces his faith after he is seduced by an alluring pagan priestess and cheated of his fortune by the High Priest as well.

Zubeir

A jailed cop befriends a mob chieftain and stages a breakout with him.

Hutch / Hoodlum in Montage

Lonely are the Brave · 1962

Lonely are the Brave

★ 7.41962

MovieWestern

A fiercely independent cowboy arranges to have himself locked up in jail in order to then escape with an old friend who has been sentenced to the penitentiary.

Vagrant Convict (uncredited)

Expecting the usual loss, a boxing manager takes bribes from a betting gangster without telling his fighter.

Hamburger Man (uncredited)

The House on Telegraph Hill · 1951

The House on Telegraph Hill

★ 6.41951

MovieThrillerDrama

Concentration camp survivor Victoria Kowelska finds herself involved in mystery, greed, and murder when she assumes the identity of a dead friend in order to gain passage to America.

Man At Accident

The Missouri Breaks · 1976

The Missouri Breaks

★ 6.51976

MovieWesternDrama

When vigilante land baron David Braxton hangs one of the best friends of cattle rustler Tom Logan, Logan's gang decides to get even by purchasing a small farm next to Braxton's ranch. From there the rustlers begin stealing horses, using the farm as a front for their operation. Determined to stop the thefts at any cost, Braxton retains the services of eccentric sharpshooter Robert E. Lee Clayton, who begins ruthlessly taking down Logan's gang.

Freighter

Executive Suite · 1954

Executive Suite

★ 7.11954

MovieDrama

When the head of a large manufacturing firm dies suddenly from a stroke, his vice-presidents vie to see who will replace him.

Luigi Cassoni (uncredited)

The Killer Is Loose · 1956

The Killer Is Loose

★ 6.71956

MovieCrimeThriller

A savings-and-loan bank is robbed; later, a police wiretap identifies meek bank teller Leon Poole as the inside man. In capturing him, detective Sam Wagner accidentally kills Poole's young wife, and at his trial Poole swears vengeance against Wagner. Poole begins his plans to get revenge when he escapes his captors.

Clothing Store Owner (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.

Donovan

The Fugitive · 1963

The Fugitive

★ 7.31963

SeriesAction & AdventureDrama

Richard Kimble is falsely convicted of his wife's murder and given the death penalty. En route to death row, Kimble's train derails and crashes, allowing him to escape and begin a cross-country search for the real killer, a "one-armed man". At the same time, Dr. Kimble is hounded by the authorities, most notably dogged by Police Lieutenant Philip Gerard.

Fisherman

The Six Million Dollar Man · 1974

The Six Million Dollar Man

★ 7.31974

SeriesSci-Fi & FantasyAction & Adventure

Follow the adventures of Steve Austin, cybernetically enhanced astronaut turned secret agent, employed by the OSI, under the command of Oscar Goldman and supervised by the scientist who created his cybernetics, Rudy Wells. Steve uses the superior strength and speed provided by his bionic arm and legs, and the enhanced vision provided by his artificial eye, to fight enemy agents, aliens, mad scientists, and a wide variety of other villains.

Farmer

Adam-12 is a television police drama that followed two police officers of the Los Angeles Police Department, Pete Malloy and Jim Reed, as they patrolled the streets of Los Angeles in their patrol unit, 1-Adam-12.

Bill Barlow

Leave It to Beaver · 1957

Leave It to Beaver

★ 6.91957

SeriesComedyFamily

An inquisitive and often naïve boy, Theodore 'The Beaver' Cleaver, has adventures at home, in school, and around his suburban neighborhood. The show also starred Barbara Billingsley and Hugh Beaumont as Beaver's parents, June and Ward Cleaver, and Tony Dow as Beaver's brother Wally. The show has attained an iconic status in the US, with the Cleavers exemplifying the idealized suburban family of the mid-20th century.

Painter

The Addams Family · 1964

The Addams Family

★ 8.01964

SeriesComedyFamily

A satirical inversion of the ideal of the perfect American nuclear family, they are an eccentric wealthy family who delight in everything grotesque and macabre, and are never really aware that people find them bizarre or frightening. In fact, they themselves are often terrified by "normal" people.

Mr. Boswell

Alfred Hitchcock Presents · 1955

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

★ 7.81955

SeriesMysteryDrama

A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.

Henlein

A bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in New York City.

Hepplewhite

Honey West · 1965

Honey West

★ 7.21965

SeriesAction & AdventureDrama

After her father's death, Honey West takes over his high-tech private-detective firm, assisted by rugged Sam Bolt--and her pet ocelot Bruce.

Desk Clerk

What's Happening!! · 1976

What's Happening!!

★ 7.41976

SeriesComedy

Buddies Raj, Rerun and Dwayne come of age in 1970s Los Angeles. The trio have a penchant for mischief and trying to find ways of getting rich quick. Almost always the trio's schemes wind up getting them into trouble and it's up to Raj's mother Mabel to get them out of it. Also, half of the time, the guys get into trouble because of Raj's bratty sister Dee.

Lefty