Career
Life and Halton trained at the New York Academy of Dramatic Arts. He made his Broadway debut in 1901, where he appeared in about 35 productions during the next 50 years until 1950. From the 1920s, birdlike Charles Halton"s thinning hair, rimless glasses and officious manner were also familiar to generations of moviegoers.
Among his highest profile roles were Mr.
Carter, the bank examiner in Frank Capra"s lieutenant"s a Wonderful Life (1946), the Polish theatre producer Dobosh in Ernst Lubitsch"s, and a county official from Idaho in Alfred Hitchcock"s Mr. (1941). Although his career slowed down in the 1950s, he also played roles in numerous television series.
His 40-year film career ended with High School Confidential (1958), after which he retired. Halton died on April 16, 1959 from hepatitis related illness.
He was 83. His cremated remains were interred in a columbarium of a southern California Forest Lawn cemetery, but it was reported that his family later exhumed his ashes.
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