Charles Halton(1876-1959)
- Actor
- Soundtrack
A respected stage actor -- he trained at the New York Academy of
Dramatic Arts -- since the 1920s, birdlike Charles Halton's thinning
hair, rimless glasses and officious manner were familiar to generations
of moviegoers. Whether playing the neighborhood busybody, a stern
government bureaucrat or weaselly attorney, you could count on Halton
to try to drive the "immoral influences" out of the neighborhood,
foreclose on the orphanage, evict the poor widow and her children from
their apartment, or any other number of dastardly deeds, all justified
by "I'm sorry but that's my job." His 40-year film career ended with
Jeunesse Droguée! (1958),
after which he retired.
