Acting

Chuck Hamilton

Born December 9, 1903 · Vallejo, California, USA

Died December 24, 1978 · aged 75

No biography available.

Known For

Sunset Boulevard · 1950

Sunset Boulevard

★ 8.31950

MovieDrama

A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.

Gone with the Wind · 1939

Gone with the Wind

★ 7.91939

MovieDramaWar

The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical profiteer during the American Civil War and Reconstruction Era.

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.

A bumbling tramp desires to build a home with a young woman, yet is thwarted time and time again by his lack of experience and habit of being in the wrong place at the wrong time...

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.

Rebel Without a Cause · 1955

Rebel Without a Cause

★ 7.51955

MovieDrama

After moving to a new town, troublemaking teen Jim Stark is supposed to have a clean slate, although being the new kid in town brings its own problems. While searching for some stability, Stark forms a bond with a disturbed classmate, Plato, and falls for local girl Judy. However, Judy is the girlfriend of neighborhood tough, Buzz. When Buzz violently confronts Jim and challenges him to a drag race, the new kid's real troubles begin.

After two years in Paris, chauffeur's daughter Sabrina returns home elegantly transformed and immediately catches the attention of David, the playboy son of her father's rich employers. David woos and wins Sabrina, who has always been in love with him, however their romance is threatened by David's serious older brother Linus, who runs the family business and is relying on David to marry an heiress in order for a crucial merger to take place.

Hold That Ghost · 1941

Hold That Ghost

★ 6.81941

MovieComedyHorror

Two bumbling service station attendants are left as the sole beneficiaries in a gangster's will. Their trip to claim their fortune is sidetracked when they are stranded in a haunted house along with several other strangers.

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Sunset Boulevard · 1950

Sunset Boulevard

★ 8.31950

MovieDrama

A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.

Grip on DeMille Set (uncredited)

Gone with the Wind · 1939

Gone with the Wind

★ 7.91939

MovieDramaWar

The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical profiteer during the American Civil War and Reconstruction Era.

Yankee Soldier in Shantytown (uncredited)

To Kill a Mockingbird · 1962

To Kill a Mockingbird

★ 8.01962

MovieDrama

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

A bumbling tramp desires to build a home with a young woman, yet is thwarted time and time again by his lack of experience and habit of being in the wrong place at the wrong time...

Worker (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.

(uncredited)

Rebel Without a Cause · 1955

Rebel Without a Cause

★ 7.51955

MovieDrama

Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

Gardener-Caretaker (uncredited)

Hold That Ghost · 1941

Hold That Ghost

★ 6.81941

MovieComedyHorror

Police Car Driver (uncredited)

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.

Statehood Audience Member (uncredited)

The Black Shield of Falworth · 1954

The Black Shield of Falworth

★ 6.21954

MovieAdventureHistory

In the days of King Henry IV, stalwart young Myles and his sister Meg have been raised as peasants, without any knowledge of who their father really was. But one day, they journey to Macworth Castle. There, Myles falls in love with Lady Anne Macworth, makes friends and enemies, and learns to be a knight.

Court Observer (uncredited)

The Big Country · 1958

The Big Country

★ 7.61958

MovieDramaWestern

Retired wealthy sea captain Jim McKay arrives in the Old West, where he becomes embroiled in a feud between his future father-in-law, Major Terrill, and the rough and lawless Hannasseys over a valuable patch of land.

Party Guest (uncredited)

Twilight of Honor · 1963

Twilight of Honor

★ 6.51963

MovieDrama

A young lawyer defends a drifter accused of a murder that he has already confessed to. He asks his mentor, a retired, legendary lawyer for help.

Juror (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)

Seven Days in May · 1964

Seven Days in May

★ 7.41964

MovieDramaThriller

A U.S. Marine Corps colonel alerts the president of a planned military coup against him.

Reporter (uncredited)

You Can't Take It with You · 1938

You Can't Take It with You

★ 7.51938

MovieComedyRomance

Alice, the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love with Tony Kirby, but his wealthy banker father and snobbish mother strongly disapprove of the match. When the Kirbys are invited to dinner to become better acquainted with their future in-laws, things don't turn out the way Alice had hoped.

Guard (uncredited)

The Greatest Show on Earth · 1952

The Greatest Show on Earth

★ 6.41952

MovieDramaRomance

To ensure a full profitable season, circus manager Brad Braden engages The Great Sebastian, though this moves his girlfriend Holly from her hard-won center trapeze spot. Holly and Sebastian begin a dangerous one-upmanship duel in the ring, while he pursues her on the ground.

Ambulance Driver (uncredited)

A sideshow bally girl sets out to seduce the naive son of the show's manager to get even with him for a friend that he jilted.

Stunts

The Naked City · 1948

The Naked City

★ 7.21948

MovieCrimeMystery

After a former model is drowned in her bathtub, Detective James Halloran and Lieutenant Dan Muldoon attempt to piece together her murder.

Cop (uncredited)

Flame of Barbary Coast · 1945

Flame of Barbary Coast

★ 5.51945

MovieRomanceWestern

Duke Fergus falls for Ann 'Flaxen' Tarry in the Barbary Coast in turn-of-the-century San Francisco. He loses money to crooked gambler Boss Tito Morell, goes home, learns to gamble, and returns. After he makes a fortune, he opens his own place with Flaxen as the entertainer; but the 1906 quake destroys his place.

Barfly

George Stroud, a crime magazine's crusading editor, has to postpone a vacation with his wife - again - when a glamorous blonde is murdered and he is assigned by his publishing boss to find the killer. As the investigation proceeds to its conclusion, Stroud must try to disrupt his ordinarily brilliant investigative team as they increasingly build evidence that he is the killer.

Guard at Janoth Building (uncredited)

Flying Leathernecks · 1951

Flying Leathernecks

★ 5.81951

MovieWarAction

Major Daniel Kirby takes command of a squadron of Marine fliers just before they are about to go into combat. While the men are well meaning, he finds them undisciplined and prone to always finding excuses to do what is easy rather than what is necessary. The root of the problem is the second in command, Capt. Carl 'Griff' Griffin. Griff is the best flier in the group but Kirby finds him a poor commander who is not prepared to make the difficult decision that all commanders have to make - to put men in harm's way knowing that they may be killed.

Where the Sidewalk Ends · 1950

Where the Sidewalk Ends

★ 7.21950

MovieCrimeDrama

A police detective's violent nature keeps him from being a good cop.

Detective at Staff Meeting (uncredited)

A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.

Policeman (uncredited)

One of the last bills signed by President Lincoln authorizes pushing the Union Pacific Railroad across the wilderness to California. But financial opportunist Asa Barrows hopes to profit from obstructing it. Chief troubleshooter Jeff Butler has his hands full fighting Barrows' agent, gambler Sid Campeau; Campeau's partner Dick Allen is Jeff's war buddy and rival suitor for engineer's daughter Molly Monahan. Who will survive the effort to push the railroad through at any cost?

Card Player (uncredited)

Gunsmoke · 1955

Gunsmoke

★ 6.71955

SeriesWesternAction & Adventure

Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take place in and around Dodge City, Kansas, during the settlement of the American West. The central character is lawman Marshal Matt Dillon, played by William Conrad on radio and James Arness on television.

Townsman (uncredited)

After the end of the Civil War, a former Confederate Army private roams the Wild West, and, as a rogue drifter, gets involved in helping out various settlers threatened by various bad guys... THE REBEL is a 76-episode American western television series starring Nick Adams that debuted on the ABC network from 1959 to 1961. The Rebel was one of the few Goodson-Todman Productions outside of their game show ventures. Beginning in December 2011, The Rebel reruns began to air Saturday mornings on Me-TV.

Townsman (uncredited)