Charles Ambrose Bickford was an American actor known for supporting roles. He was nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for The Song of Bernadette (1943), The Farmer's Daughter (1947) and Johnny Belinda (1948). His other roles include Whirlpool (1950), A Star Is Born (1954) and The Big Country (1958).
Bickford as host of The Man Behind the Badge (circa 1955)
Bickford and Raquel Torres in The Sea Bat (1930)
Gene Kelly, Charles Bickford, Veronica Lake, Joe E. Brown, Eleanor Roosevelt, Jane Wyman, Myrna Loy, George Murphy, and Margaret O'Brien in 1945
The Song of Bernadette (film)
The Song of Bernadette is a 1943 American biographical drama film based on the 1941 novel of the same name by Franz Werfel. It stars Jennifer Jones in the title role, which portrays the story of Bernadette Soubirous, who reportedly experienced eighteen visions of the Blessed Virgin Mary from February to July 1858 and was canonized in 1933. The film was directed by Henry King, from a screenplay by George Seaton.
Theatrical release poster by Norman Rockwell
Jones as Bernadette Soubirous in The Song of Bernadette (1943)