Charles Wilson was booed and hissed in his silent-screen days.
This stock player's performances went back to the 1890s.
In the Thirties and Forties, however, he could rely on 99 out of 100 in the audience to draw a breath of recognition when he appeared on the screen.
He was destined to play the guy holding the mortgage, the avaricious pawnbroker or the one who hated children - sterling performances all.
-Gordon Dean, St Lukes Road, Brighton
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