Berton Churchill

Highest Rated: 100% Stagecoach (1939)

Lowest Rated: 50% Four Men and a Prayer (1938)

Birthday: Dec 9, 1876

Birthplace: Not Available

The apotheosis of Canadian-born Berton Churchill's film career might well have been 1939's Stagecoach, in which he was cast to perfection as the outwardly "solid citizen" banker whose pompous bluster hides the fact that he's actually absconding with his depositors' funds. On Broadway since the turn of the century, Churchill dabbled in filmmaking throughout the 1920s, settling in Hollywood for good in the talkie era, appearing in as many as 25 pictures per year! Often seen as small-town big shots, Churchill proved an excellent foil for the homespun homilies of Will Rogers in such films as The County Chairman (1935); he was also effectively cast as Joan Blondell's furtive "sugar daddy" in Dames (1934). Though generally forgotten today, Churchill exerted a great deal of influence on other character actors of his ilk. Indeed, radio star Harold Peary admitted that he based much of his famous character "The Great Gildersleeve" on the pompous pretensions of Berton Churchill.

Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

MOVIES

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	BOX OFFICE	YEAR
No Score Yet	The Way of All Flesh	Reginald L. Morten	—	1940
No Score Yet	Turnabout	Julian Marlowe	—	1940
No Score Yet	Brother Rat and a Baby (Baby Be Good)	Mr. Harper	—	1940
No Score Yet	20 Mule Team	Jackass Brown	—	1940
No Score Yet	On Your Toes	Donald Henderson	—	1939
100%	Stagecoach	Henry Gatewood	—	1939
No Score Yet	The Cowboy and the Lady	Henderson	—	1938
No Score Yet	Danger on the Air	Caesar Kluck	—	1938
50%	Four Men and a Prayer	Martin Cherrington	—	1938
No Score Yet	Sweethearts	Sheridan Lane	—	1938
No Score Yet	Wide Open Faces	Mr. Crawford	—	1938
No Score Yet	Meet the Mayor	Martin Sloan	—	1938
No Score Yet	Kentucky Moonshine	J.B.	—	1938
No Score Yet	Parnell	The O'Gormon Mahon	—	1937
67%	In Old Chicago	Sen. Colby	—	1937
No Score Yet	The Singing Marine	J. Montgomery Madison	—	1937
No Score Yet	Sing and Be Happy	John Mason	—	1937
No Score Yet	Under Your Spell	Judge	—	1936
No Score Yet	Dimples	Col. Loring	—	1936
No Score Yet	Colleen	Logan	—	1936
No Score Yet	The Dark Hour	Paul Bernard	—	1936
No Score Yet	Black Gold	J.G. Anderson	—	1936
No Score Yet	Mistaken Identity	Actor	—	1936
No Score Yet	The Rainmakers	Simon Parker	—	1935
No Score Yet	Page Miss Glory	Mr. Yates Assistant Hotel Manager	—	1935
No Score Yet	Steamboat Round The Bend	New Moses	—	1935
No Score Yet	Vagabond Lady	R.D. Spear	—	1935
No Score Yet	The County Chairman	Elias Rigby	—	1935
No Score Yet	Sing Sing Nights	Gov. Duane	—	1935
No Score Yet	Bachelor of Arts	Alexander Hamilton, Sr.	—	1935
No Score Yet	Babbitt	Judge Thompson	—	1934
No Score Yet	Kid Millions	Col. Larrabee	—	1934
No Score Yet	Murder in the Private Car	Carson	—	1934
No Score Yet	Hi, Nellie!	Graham	—	1934
80%	Judge Priest	Senator Horace K. Maydew	—	1934
60%	Dames	H. Ellsworthy Todd	—	1934
No Score Yet	Strictly Dynamite	Mr. Rivers	—	1934
No Score Yet	Bachelor Bait	Big Barney	—	1934
No Score Yet	College Coach (Football Coach )	Otis	—	1933
No Score Yet	Only Yesterday	Goodheart	—	1933
No Score Yet	Doctor Bull	Herbert Banning	—	1933
75%	Heroes for Sale	Mr. Winston	—	1933
No Score Yet	The Little Giant	Donald Hadley Cass	—	1933
No Score Yet	Elmer, the Great	Col. Moffitt	—	1933
No Score Yet	The Fighting Phantom	Mark King	—	1933
No Score Yet	From Hell to Heaven	Toledo Jones	—	1933
No Score Yet	Hard to Handle	Col. Wells	—	1933
No Score Yet	Frisco Jenny	Mr. Reynolds	—	1933
100%	Employees' Entrance	Bradford	—	1933
No Score Yet	So This Is Africa	President	—	1933
96%	I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang	Judge	—	1932
No Score Yet	Washington Merry-Go-Round	Speaker	—	1932
No Score Yet	Cabin in the Cotton	Lane Norwood	—	1932
No Score Yet	The Big Stampede	Gov. Lew Wallace	—	1932
No Score Yet	The Crooked Circle	Col. Wolters	—	1932
No Score Yet	American Madness	O'Brien	—	1932
No Score Yet	The Washington Masquerade	Sen. Bitler	—	1932
No Score Yet	Week-Ends Only	Mr. Carr	—	1932
No Score Yet	The Dark Horse	William A. Underwood	—	1932
No Score Yet	Two Seconds	Warden	—	1932
No Score Yet	The Rich Are Always with Us	The Judge	—	1932
No Score Yet	The Mouthpiece	Actor	—	1932
No Score Yet	The Wet Parade	Actor	—	1932
No Score Yet	Impatient Maiden	Dr. Wilcox	—	1932
No Score Yet	Taxi!	Judge West	—	1932
No Score Yet	If I Had a Million	Warden	—	1932
No Score Yet	Meet the Mayor	Actor	—	1932
No Score Yet	Air Eagles	Actor	—	1932
No Score Yet	Silver Dollar	Actor	—	1932
No Score Yet	False Faces	Dr. J.B. Parker	—	1932
No Score Yet	Madame Butterfly	American Consul	—	1932
No Score Yet	Nothing But the Truth	E.M. Burke	—	1929

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