Charles Bickford

Charles Bickford

December 31, 1890

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Charles Bickford (January 1, 1891 – November 9, 1967) was an American actor best known for his supporting roles.  He was nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, for The Song of Bernadette (1943), The Farmer's Daughter (1947), and…

Known For

21 titles
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The Big Country

The Big Country

1958 · 2h 46m · Movie

A New England sea captain in the 1880s arrives at his fiancée's sprawling Texas ranch, where he becomes embroiled in a feud between two families over a valuable patch of land.

7.9
2
A Star Is Born

A Star Is Born

1954 · 2h 34m · Movie

In George Cukor's remake, fading matinee idol Norman Maine helps young singer and actress Esther Blodgett find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career on a downward spiral.

7.5
3
Brute Force

Brute Force

1947 · 1h 38m · Movie

At a tough penitentiary, prisoner Joe Collins plans to rebel against Captain Munsey, the power-mad chief guard.

7.5
4
The Unforgiven

The Unforgiven

1960 · 2h 5m · Movie

The neighbors of a frontier family turn on them when it is suspected that their adopted daughter was stolen from the local Kiowa tribe.

6.5
5
Duel in the Sun

Duel in the Sun

1946 · 2h 9m · Movie

Beautiful, biracial Pearl Chavez becomes the ward of her dead father's first love and finds herself torn between two brothers, one good and the other bad.

6.7
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The Song of Bernadette

The Song of Bernadette

1943 · 2h 36m · Movie

14-year-old Bernadette Soubirous, living in a small town in the south of 1850s France, claims to have seen a divine vision, prompting extreme skepticism, concern from her family, and religious and political turmoil.

7.6
7
Of Mice and Men

Of Mice and Men

1939 · 1h 46m · Movie

A mentally disabled giant and his level headed guardian find work at a sadistic cowboy's ranch in depression era America.

7.8
8
Johnny Belinda

Johnny Belinda

1948 · 1h 42m · Movie

A kind doctor volunteers to tutor a deaf-mute woman, but scandal starts to swirl when his pupil is raped and falls pregnant.

7.7
9
Mr. Lucky

Mr. Lucky

1943 · 1h 40m · Movie

A gambler has plans to swindle money from a charity program, but starts to have second thoughts when he falls for a rich society girl.

7.1
10
The Farmer's Daughter

The Farmer's Daughter

1947 · 1h 37m · Movie

After leaving her family's farm to study nursing in the city, a young woman finds herself on an unexpected path towards politics.

7.2
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The Woman on the Beach

The Woman on the Beach

1947 · 1h 11m · Movie

A Coast Guardsman suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder becomes involved with a beautiful and enigmatic seductress married to a blind painter.

6.4
12
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell

The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell

1955 · 1h 40m · Movie

A dramatization of the American general and his court martial for publically complaining about High Command's dismissal and neglect of the aerial fighting forces.

6.8
13
Little Miss Marker

Little Miss Marker

1934 · 1h 20m · Movie

Bookie Sorrowful Jones receives a little girl as an IOU.

6.9
14
Four Faces West

Four Faces West

1948 · 1h 29m · Movie

In New Mexico, a cowpoke forces a banker at gunpoint to give him a loan without collateral in exchange for an IOU, but the marshal and his posse chase after him.

7.0
15
Branded

Branded

1950 · 1h 44m · Movie

A gunfighter takes part in a scheme to bilk a wealthy cattle family out of half a million dollars by pretending to be their son, who was kidnapped as child.

6.7
16
You Can't Run Away from It

You Can't Run Away from It

1956 · 1h 35m · Movie

Ellen (June Allyson) is kidnapped by her father (Charles Bickford) after she ran off and got married to someone he thinks is a gold digger. She escapes and starts an adventurous trip back to Houston to be with her husband. Her fat...

5.9
17
The Last Posse

The Last Posse

1953 · 1h 13m · Movie

After a disgruntled rancher and his sons rob at gun-point a rival rancher, the town forms a posse to go after the culprits but the ensuing events are muddled by unclear facts, false testimony, old scores, secrets, murder and stole...

6.5
18
The Farmer Takes a Wife

The Farmer Takes a Wife

1935 · 1h 31m · Movie

Charming love story set on the Erie Canal in the mid-19th Century. A farmer works on the canal to earn money to buy a farm. He meets a cook on a canal boat, but she can't even consider leaving the exciting life on the canal for a ...

6.4
19
High, Wide and Handsome

High, Wide and Handsome

1937 · 1h 50m · Movie

Pennsylvania, 1859. Railroad tycoon Brennan (Alan Hale) is muscling in on oil-drilling farmers, led by Peter Cortland (Randolph Scott). Cortland must try to save their oil business, while also saving his marriage to Sally (Irene D...

6.4
20
White Woman

White Woman

1933 · 1h 8m · Movie

A nightclub singer marries the rich owner of a rubber plantation. When she returns with him to his estate in Malaysia, she finds out that he is cruel, vicious and insanely jealous. She and the plantation's overseer develop a mutua...

6.1
21
This Day and Age

This Day and Age

1933 · 1h 26m · Movie

High school students band together to dispense vigilante justice against a vicious gangland boss.

6.3