Director

Charles S. Belden

Writing

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Directed movies: 0Directed series: 0All crew credits: 36

TMDB ID: 62738

IMDb ID: nm0067676

Known for: Writing

Born: April 21, 1904

Died: November 3, 1954

Age: 50

Place of birth: Montclair, New Jersey, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1932 - 2005

Years active: 74

Average TMDB rating: 6.34

Wikidata: Q22350713

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Biography

Charles Spencer Belden (April 21, 1904 – November 3, 1954) was an American screenwriter and journalist, known for writing screenplays to several Charlie Chan films in the 1930s, notably Charlie Chan at the Opera (1936). His 1932 short story "The Wax Works" served as the basis for the 1933 film Mystery of the Wax Museum. He was married to stage actress Beth Milton in the early 1930s and to actress Joan Marsh who had starred in Charlie Chan on Broadway (1937), from 1938 to 1943. He was born in Montclair, New Jersey, and died in the Motion Picture Country Hospital, Los Angeles, at the age of 50. Description above from the Wikipedia article Charles S. Belden licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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