---
name: "Charles Watts"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/charles-watts-54683"
fi1m_id: "charles-watts-54683"
imdb_id: "nm0915114"
tmdb_id: 54683
wikidata_id: "Q21091666"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "30 October 1912"
died: "13 December 1966"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-25T07:58:07.002520+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."
---

# Charles Watts

## Identity

Charles Watts

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/charles-watts-54683
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** charles-watts-54683
- **IMDb ID:** nm0915114
- **TMDB ID:** 54683
- **Wikidata ID:** Q21091666
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21091666, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0915114/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/54683

Actor. Born 30 October 1912 in Clarksville, Tennessee, USA. Died 13 December 1966.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 30 October 1912, Clarksville, Tennessee, USA
- **Died:** 13 December 1966
- **Active:** 1956–1957
- **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21091666, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0915114/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/54683

## Biography

Charles Watts (1912–1966) was an American actor known for supporting roles in mid-20th-century films and television. Born in Clarksville, Tennessee, he taught drama and business law at Chattanooga High School from 1937 to 1938 before working in local theatres, stock companies and industrial shows. He began screen work in the early 1950s, often in uncredited or minor parts.

Watts appeared in *Giant* (1956) as Judge Oliver Whiteside, *An Affair to Remember* (1957) as Ned Hathaway, *Lover Come Back* (1961) as Charlie, and episodes of series including *Bonanza* and *Alfred Hitchcock Presents*. He died in Nashville, Tennessee.

*Sources: imdb.com, findagrave.com, visitclarksvilletn.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *An Affair to Remember* (1957), Fi1m 78, as Ned Hathaway — [page](https://film.one/film/an-affair-to-remember.md)
- *Giant* (1956), Fi1m 74, as Oliver Whiteside — [page](https://film.one/film/giant-1956.md)

## Complete filmography (49)

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

- *Baby the Rain Must Fall* (1965), as Mr. Tillman
- *Apache Rifles* (1964), as Owens
- *Seven Days in May* (1964), as Stewart Dillard (uncredited)
- *Dead Ringer* (1964), as Apartment Manager
- *The Wheeler Dealers* (1963), as J. R. Martin
- *Temple Houston* (1963), series, as Paul Hillings
- *Days of Wine and Roses* (1963), as Landry (uncredited)
- *Who's Got the Action?* (1962), as Judge Swinely
- *Billy Rose's Jumbo* (1962), as Ellis
- *Ensign O'Toole* (1962), series, as Leslie
- *Something Wild* (1961), as Warren Gates
- *Lover Come Back* (1961), as Charlie
- *Summer and Smoke* (1961), as Dignitary-Bandleader (uncredited)
- *Ada* (1961), as Al Winslow
- *Cimarron* (1960), as Lou Brothers (uncredited) — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/cimarron.md)
- *Bonanza* (1959), series, as Ellery, Harry Jefferson
- *The Big Circus* (1959), as Jonathan T. Nelson (Banker)
- *No Name on the Bullet* (1959), as Sid
- *One Step Beyond* (1959), series, as C.C. Higgins
- *The Rifleman* (1958), series, Actor
- *The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold* (1958), as Sheriff Oscar Matthison
- *The High Cost of Loving* (1958), as Boylin · Executive
- *Raintree County* (1957), as Party Guest (uncredited)
- *Don't Go Near the Water* (1957), as Rep. Arthur Smithfield
- *An Affair to Remember* (1957), as Ned Hathaway — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/an-affair-to-remember.md)
- *Outlaw's Son* (1957), as Blessingham
- *The Spirit of St. Louis* (1957), as O.W. Schultz, Salesman Atlas Suspender Co.
- *The Big Land* (1957), as Dick McCullough (uncredited)
- *Confession* (1956), as Emerson Fricke
- *Giant* (1956), as Oliver Whiteside — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/giant-1956.md)
- *I Died a Thousand Times* (1955), as Crowd Member (uncredited)
- *The View from Pompey's Head* (1955), as Police Desk Sergeant
- *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* (1955), series, as Franklin, Mayor Herbert Ayers
- *Tall Man Riding* (1955), as Al, Pearlo's Palace Bartender
- *Ricochet Romance* (1954), as Mr. Harvey
- *A Star Is Born* (1954), as Harrison (uncredited)
- *The Boy from Oklahoma* (1954), as Harry
- *New Faces* (1954), as Mr. Clayborn (uncredited)
- *Trouble Along the Way* (1953), as Mr. Wallace
- *The Jazz Singer* (1953), as Leon Ballinger
- *You Are There* (1953), series, as Sampson Salter Blowers, Man from Illinois
- *Million Dollar Mermaid* (1952), as Policeman
- *She's Working Her Way Through College* (1952), as Man Exiting Hotel Elevator
- *The Sniper* (1952), as Detective
- *Room for One More* (1952), as Mr. Roberts
- *The Texas Rangers* (1951), as Waco Bartender (uncredited)
- *The Painted Hills* (1951), as Steve (uncredited)
- *Storm Warning* (1951), as Wally (uncredited)
- *The Killer That Stalked New York* (1950), as Charlie (uncredited)

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