Charles Tannen

Acting · Writing

Born October 22, 1915, New York City, New York, New York, USA

Filmography

• Temperatures Rising — Writer
• I Dream of Jeannie — Writer
• Gilligan's Island — Writer
• Petticoat Junction — Mr. Haley, Writer
• Ensign O'Toole — Writer, Teleplay
• 1962Stagecoach to Dancers' Rock — Sheriff
• Gunslinger — Royce
• 1961Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea — CPO Mack Gleason
• 1960Ma Barker's Killer Brood — Sheriff #1
• Black Saddle — Andy Benson
• Bonanza — Jake the Clerk
• 1958I Married a Woman — Young Cop (uncredited)
• Jefferson Drum — Dandy Case
• 1958The Fly — Doctor (uncredited)
• The Rifleman — Josh Moore
• Maverick — Jeff
• Perry Mason — Cabby, Night Clerk
• 1957The Monster That Challenged the World — Seaman Wyatt (Radioman)
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre — Ben
• 1956The Harder They Fall — Reporter (uncredited)
• 1956The Proud Ones — 2nd Foreman (uncredited)
• Cheyenne — Conductor
• MGM Parade
• Father Knows Best — Hal Berdahl
• Lassie — Dispatcher
• 1954The Country Girl — Photographer (uncredited)
• 1953A Blueprint for Murder — Detective (uncredited)
• 1953Dangerous Crossing — Wine Steward (uncredited)
• 1953Gentlemen Prefer Blondes — Ed, Malone's Contact (uncredited)
• 1953Inferno — Police Radio Broadcaster (uncredited)
• 1953Vice Squad — Dutch (uncredited)
• 1952Bloodhounds of Broadway — Bookie on Phone (uncredited)
• Four Star Playhouse — Dick Bannister
• 1952Night Without Sleep — Steve Brooks (Uncredited)
• 1952Red Skies of Montana — Charlie (uncredited)
• 1952Without Warning! — Wolf
• 1951Follow the Sun
• 1951You're in the Navy Now — Houlihan
• 1950When Willie Comes Marching Home — Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
• 1950Where the Sidewalk Ends — Police Radio Dispatcher #79 (voice) (uncredited)
• 1949A Letter to Three Wives — Radio Announcer for 'Confessions of Brenda' (voice) (uncredited)
• 1949Dancing in the Dark — Jack
• 1949You're My Everything — Director (uncredited)
• 1948Cry of the City — Intern
• 1948Green Grass of Wyoming — Dr. Kimgrough - Veterinarian
• 1948Sitting Pretty — Newsreel Director (uncredited)
• 1948The Street with No Name — Cab Driver (Uncredited)
• 1946Behind Green Lights — Ames
• 1946Johnny Comes Flying Home — Harry
• 1946Shock — Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
• 1946The Dark Corner — Cab Driver #2 (uncredited)
• 1945Doll Face — Flo's Aide
• 1945Leave Her to Heaven — Man (uncredited)
• 1945The Spider — Detective Tonti
• 1945Your Next Job — T-5 Joe Dailey
• 1944Land and Live in the Jungle — Charley Tannen
• 1943Crash Dive — Seaman Hammond
• 1943December 7th — Mike - Landing Field Officer (uncredited)
• 1943Don't Be a Sucker!
• 1943Don't You Believe It — Politician
• 1943Eyes Aloft — Civil Aeronautics operative
• 1943Photographic Intelligence for Bombardment Aviation — FIU captain
• 1943Quiet Please, Murder — Hollis
• 1942Blue, White and Perfect — Ship's Ticket Agent
• 1942Careful, Soft Shoulders — Joe
• 1942Footlight Serenade — Charlie
• 1942Manila Calling — Fillmore
• 1942Moontide — Radio Broadcaster (Voice) (uncredited)
• 1942Sundown Jim — Dan Barr
• 1942Thunder Birds — American Flyer / Opening Off-Screen Narrator (voice)
• 1941Cadet Girl — Jimmy, a Cadet
• 1941Dead Men Tell — Sailor with Girl (Uncredited)
• 1941Remember the Day — Slicker
• 1941Sleepers West — Ambulance Attendant (uncredited)
• 1941The Perfect Snob — Chauffer (uncredited)
• 1940Johnny Apollo — Reporter (uncredited)
• 1940Lillian Russell — Reporter
• 1940Lucky Cisco Kid — Minor Role (uncredited)
• 1940Murder Over New York — Airport Announcer Voice
• 1940Public Deb No. 1 — Reporter
• 1940The Grapes of Wrath — Joe
• 1940The Man Who Wouldn't Talk — Reporter
• 1940The Return of Frank James — Charlie Ford
• 1940Young People — Assistant Manager (uncredited)
• 1939Barricade — Opening Narrator (voice)
• 1939Charlie Chan at Treasure Island — Plane Passenger
• 1939Drums Along the Mohawk — Dr. Robert Johnson
• 1939Jesse James — Charles Ford
• 1939Rose of Washington Square — Newspaper Reporter (uncredited)
• 1939Second Fiddle — Assistant Director
• 1939Swanee River — Morrison Foster
• 1939The Jones Family in Hollywood — Legion Member (uncredited)
• 1939The Story of Alexander Graham Bell — Court Clerk
• 1939Young Mr. Lincoln — Ninian Edwards (uncredited)
• 1938Gateway — Reporter
• 1938I'll Give a Million — Radio Operator (uncredited)
• 1938Kentucky Moonshine — Engineer (uncredited)
• 1938Submarine Patrol — Undetermined Part (script name, Kelly)
• 1938Walking Down Broadway — Hotel Clerk
• 1937Big Town Girl — Radio Station Attendant
• 1937Fair Warning — Bellhop
• 1937Love Is News — Reporter (uncredited)
• 1937Love and Hisses — Hotel Desk Clerk
• 1937The Lady Escapes — Usher (uncredited)
• 1936Educating Father — Jim Courtney
• 1936Love Before Breakfast — Clerk (uncredited)
• 1936Sing, Baby, Sing — Reporter / Radio Station Messenger
• 1936Sins of Man — Steamship Clerk