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name: "Charles Paton"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/charles-paton"
fi1m_id: "charles-paton"
imdb_id: "nm0665715"
tmdb_id: 7382
wikidata_id: "Q5081525"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "31 July 1874"
died: "10 April 1970"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T00:23:10.482378+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Charles Paton

## Identity

Charles Paton

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/charles-paton
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** charles-paton
- **IMDb ID:** nm0665715
- **TMDB ID:** 7382
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5081525
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Paton, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5081525, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0665715/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7382

Actor. Born 31 July 1874 in London, England, UK. Died 10 April 1970.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 31 July 1874, London, England, UK
- **Died:** 10 April 1970
- **Also known as:** Charles Ernest Paton
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Paton, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5081525, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0665715/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7382

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*Blackmail*](https://film.one/film/blackmail.md) (74)

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## Biography

Charles Ernest Paton (31 July 1874 – 10 April 1970) was an English character actor. He joined the circus at the age of 14 and gained early experience on the stage and in music halls before entering films in the late 1920s.

Paton appeared in more than 100 films between 1927 and 1952, most often in small supporting or uncredited roles as shopkeepers, porters, clerks and similar figures. His credited parts include Mr. White in Alfred Hitchcock's *Blackmail* (1929), Ernie Brooks in *A Canterbury Tale* (1944), and roles in *The Man Who Knew Too Much* (1934), *Caesar and Cleopatra* (1945) and *Night and the City* (1950).

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, screenonline.org.uk.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Blackmail* (1929), Fi1m 74, as Mr. White — [page](https://film.one/film/blackmail.md)

## Complete filmography (77)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Fortune in Diamonds* (1951), as Barman
- *Portrait of Clare* (1950), as Registrar
- *Once a Sinner* (1950), as Mr. Lamb
- *Night and the City* (1950), as Watchman (uncredited)
- *The Spider and the Fly* (1949), as Café Schader Waiter (uncredited)
- *Celia: The Sinister Affair of Poor Aunt Nora* (1949), as Mr. Dickens, the Grocer
- *Man on the Run* (1949), as Second Hand Clothes Shop Proprietor
- *The Man from Yesterday* (1949), as Gardener
- *For Them That Trespass* (1949), as uncredited
- *Cardboard Cavalier* (1949), as Mine Host
- *Love in Waiting* (1948), as Old Man
- *Miranda* (1948), as On the Kiosk (uncredited)
- *Uncle Silas* (1947), as Guest at Ball (uncredited)
- *Woman to Woman* (1947), as Pilot
- *Bedelia* (1946), as Railway Clerk
- *Caesar and Cleopatra* (1945), as Councillor (uncredited)
- *Waltz Time* (1945), as Minister of Education
- *Read All About It* (1945), as Mayor
- *Strawberry Roan* (1944), as Auctioneer's Assistant (uncredited)
- *A Canterbury Tale* (1944), as Ernie Brooks
- *Give Us the Moon* (1944), as (uncredited)
- *The Demi-Paradise* (1943), as Mr. Bishop
- *The Young Mr. Pitt* (1942), Actor
- *The Goose Steps Out* (1942), as Passenger Arrested on Train
- *"Pimpernel" Smith* (1941), as Steinhof
- *Old Mother Riley's Ghosts* (1941), Actor
- *The Door with Seven Locks* (1940), as Handwriting Expert (Uncredited)
- *Girl in the News* (1940), as Chemist (Uncredited)
- *Let George Do It!* (1940), as Simion (uncredited)
- *The Body Vanished* (1939), as Mr. Briggs
- *The Saint in London* (1939), as Tobacco Shop Proprietor
- *The Four Just Men* (1939), as Platform Speaker (uncredited)
- *Inspector Hornleigh* (1939), as Auction Bidder
- *Men Without Honour* (1939), as Rev. Fanshawe
- *Julius Caesar* (1938), as Varro
- *The Ware Case* (1938), as Foreman of the Jury
- *Weddings Are Wonderful* (1938), as Minor role
- *Double or Quits* (1938), as Mr. Binks
- *Old Mother Riley* (1937), as Family Solicitor
- *Museum Mystery* (1937), as Clutters
- *Storm in a Teacup* (1937), as Guest at Official Dinner (uncredited)
- *The Dominant Sex* (1937), as Mr. Webster
- *Rembrandt* (1936), as Burgher at Auction (uncredited)
- *Crime Over London* (1936), Actor
- *The Marriage of Corbal* (1936), as French Commandant
- *When Knights Were Bold* (1936), as The Mayor
- *Jury's Evidence* (1936), as Crowther
- *The Silent Passenger* (1935), as Man Holding Dogs (uncredited)
- *Royal Cavalcade* (1935), as Taxi Driver
- *The Man Who Knew Too Much* (1934), as Shopkeeper (uncredited)
- *Girls Will Be Boys* (1934), as Sanders
- *The Girl in Possession* (1934), as Saunders
- *Freedom of the Seas* (1934), as Gamp
- *This Acting Business* (1933), as Ward
- *The Love Nest* (1933), as Pa
- *The Ghost Camera* (1933), as Farmer
- *The Iron Stair* (1933), as Sloan
- *Bachelor's Baby* (1932), as Mr. Ponder
- *Love on Wheels* (1932), as Bus Passenger
- *Josser Joins the Navy* (1932), as Professor Black
- *The Third String* (1932), as Sam Small
- *The Other Mrs. Phipps* (1931), as Jem
- *Rynox* (1931), as Samuel Faraday Rickforth
- *The Great Gay Road* (1931), as Innkeeper
- *The Girl in the Night* (1931), as Prof. Winthrop
- *Glamour* (1931), as Clockwinder
- *My Wife's Family* (1931), as Noah Nagg
- *Stepping Stones* (1931), as Suger Daddy
- *Contraband Love* (1931), as Jude Sterling
- *The Lyons Mail* (1931), as George Didier
- *What a Night!* (1931), as Grindle
- *The Sleeping Cardinal* (1931), as J.J. Godfrey
- *A Sister to Assist 'Er* (1930), as Thistlethwaite
- *The W Plan* (1930), as Defence Counsel
- *The Feather* (1929), as Professor Vivian
- *Blackmail* (1929), as Mr. White — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/blackmail.md)
- *Piccadilly* (1929), as Doorman (uncredited)

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