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Spencer Charters
Spencer Charters

Spencer Charters

ActingBorn March 23, 1875Died January 25, 1943 (age 67)Duncannon, Pennsylvania, USA

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Spencer Charters (March 25, 1875 – January 25, 1943) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 220 films between 1920 and 1943, mostly in small supporting roles. Spencer Charters first stage work soon after leaving school was a walk on part, but it wasn't long before he was being given fair-sized roles. He played on Broadway between 1910 and 1929 and was a busy character actor in films during the 1930s and early 1940s. He often portrayed somewhat befuddeled judges, doctors, clerks, managers, and jailers. He died by suicide from a mix of sleeping pills and carbon monoxide poisoning.

Filmography

1975
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1944
Arsenic and Old Lace

as Marriage License Clerk

Movie
1943
Slightly Dangerous

as Claudius Swade- motel owner (uncredited)

Movie
1942
Silver Queen

as Doc Stonebraker

Movie
1942
The Pride of the Yankees

as Mr. Larsen (uncredited)

Movie
1942
The Postman Didn't Ring

as Judge Ben Holt

Movie
1942
Dr. Broadway

as Oscar Titus

Movie
1942Movie
1942Movie
1942
The Remarkable Andrew

as Dr. Clarence Upjohn

Movie
1942Movie
1941
Pacific Blackout

as Cornelius

Movie
1941
Bedtime Story

as Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)

Movie
1941
Look Who's Laughing

as Motel Manager

Movie
1941
They Died with Their Boots On

as Station Master (uncredited)

Movie
1941
Man at Large

as Mr. Gallon

Movie
1941
Hold That Ghost

as Storekeeper (uncredited)

Movie
1941Movie
1941
Moon Over Miami

as Joe, the Postman

Movie
1941
The Singing Hill

as Judge Henry Starrbottle

Movie
1941
The Lady from Cheyenne

as Dr. McGuinness

Movie
1941
So Ends Our Night

as Swiss Policeman

Movie
1941
Tobacco Road

as County Clerk

Movie
1941Movie
1941Movie
1940
Santa Fe Trail

as Conductor

Movie
1940
She Couldn't Say No

as Hank Woodcock

Movie
1940
Meet the Missus

as Grandpa

Movie
1940
Friendly Neighbors

as Bumblebee Hibbs

Movie
1940
Blondie Plays Cupid

as Onkel Abner Henderson

Movie
1940
The Golden Fleecing

as Justice of Peace

Movie
1940Movie
1940Movie
1940
Maryland

as Judge

Movie
1940
Three Faces West

as Dr. 'Nunk' Atterbury

Movie
1940
Lucky Cisco Kid

as Hotel Guest

Movie
1940
Our Town

as Constable

Movie
1940
Alias the Deacon

as Sheriff Yates

Movie
1940
The Doctor Takes a Wife

as Henry Quinn (uncredited)

Movie
1940
Virginia City

as Sazerac Saloon Bartender (uncredited)

Movie
1940
Remember the Night

as Judge at Rummage Sale

Movie
1940Movie
1939
Two Thoroughbreds

as Doc Purdy

Movie
1939Movie
1939Movie
1939
Dust Be My Destiny

as F.W. Jennson (uncredited)

Movie
1939Movie
1939
The Under-Pup

as Druggist

Movie
1939
In Name Only

as Gardener

Movie
1939
Second Fiddle

as Joe Clayton

Movie
1939
Unexpected Father

as Magistrate

Movie
1939
Young Mr. Lincoln

as Judge Herbert A. Bell

Movie
1939
Exile Express

as Justice Henry P. Smith

Movie
1939
They Asked For It

as Chief Lawson

Movie
1939
Hotel Imperial

as Visoff (uncredited)

Movie
1939Movie
1939
They Made Her a Spy

as Lucius Wilkins

Movie
1939
The Kid From Texas

as Deputy Sheriff Serving Attachment Papers

Movie
1939
Dodge City

as Reverend (uncredited)

Movie
1939Movie
1939
I'm from Missouri

as Charley Shook - Mule Breeder

Movie
1939
The Lady and the Mob

as Flanagan, Bank Guard

Movie
1939
Inside Story

as Uncle Ben Perkins

Movie
1939Movie
1939
Boy Trouble

as Bradley

Movie
1939
Jesse James

as Minister

Movie
1938Movie
1938
Strange Faces

as Mason City Sheriff

Movie
1938
Spring Madness

as Police Chief

Movie
1938
Five of a Kind

as Rev. Matthew Brand

Movie
1938
Stablemates

as Choirmaster

Movie
1938Movie
1938
Mr. Chump

as Mr. Koeper

Movie
1938
Four's a Crowd

as Charlie (uncredited)

Movie
1938
The Road to Reno

as The Judge

Movie
1938
Professor Beware

as Sheriff Henry Sweatt

Movie
1938
Three Blind Mice

as Hendricks

Movie
1938
One Wild Night

as Lem Halliday

Movie
1938
Three Comrades

as Herr Schultz

Movie
1938
Vivacious Lady

as Husband Shaving on Train (uncredited)

Movie
1938
Crime School

as Old Doctor

Movie
1938
Joy of Living

as Magistrate

Movie
1938
In Old Chicago

as Commissioner W.J. Beavers

Movie
1938
Mr. Boggs Steps Out

as Angus Tubbs

Movie
1938
Forbidden Valley

as Dr. Scudd

Movie
1938Movie
1937
Wells Fargo

as Jethro - Old Confederate

Movie
1937
Lady Behave!

as Innkeeper

Movie
1937
Checkers

as Zeb

Movie
1937
Big Town Girl

as Isaiah Wickenback

Movie
1937
The Hurricane

as Judge (uncredited)

Movie
1937Movie
1937
Behind the Mike

as Pete Jones

Movie
1937Movie
1937
Make a Wish

as Station Agent

Movie
1937
Back in Circulation

as The Sheriff

Movie
1937
Ever Since Eve

as Mike - Monteray Tavern Porter (uncredited)

Movie
1937
The Emperor's Candlesticks

as Usher (uncredited)

Movie
1937
She Had to Eat

as Franklin (uncredited)

Movie
1937
Mountain Music

as Justice of the Peace Sharody

Movie
1937
Fifty Roads to Town

as George Hession

Movie
1937
Pick a Star

as Judge

Movie
1937
Venus Makes Trouble

as Joel Willard

Movie
1937
Girl Loves Boy

as Rufus Boggs

Movie
1937
Dangerous Number

as Jeffers Gass - Justice of the Peace

Movie
1937Movie
1936
Lady from Nowhere

as Alexander Scorzo

Movie
1936
Career Woman

as Coroner McInery

Movie
1936
Banjo on My Knee

as Judge Tope

Movie
1936Movie
1936
Fugitive in the Sky

as Henry Staeger

Movie
1936
All American Chump

as Abiah Smith

Movie
1936
Libeled Lady

as McCall the Magistrate

Movie
1936
The Texas Rangers

as Sheriff (uncredited)

Movie
1936Movie
1936
Back to Nature

as Deputy Sheriff Putney

Movie
1936
36 Hours to Kill

as Mr. Hutchins

Movie
1936
Spendthrift

as Col. Barnaby

Movie
1936
The Bride Walks Out

as Marriage Bureau Justice of the Peace (uncredited)

Movie
1936Movie
1936
F-Man

as Sheriff Hank 'One Gun' Groder

Movie
1936
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford

as Dr. Bunting (uncredited)

Movie
1936
The Harvester

as Stubby Pratt

Movie
1936
Murder on a Bridle Path

as Warden Sylvester Mahoney

Movie
1936
The Moon's Our Home

as Abner Simpson

Movie
1936
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

as Mal (uncredited)

Movie
1936
Till We Meet Again

as Herr Hoffer

Movie
1936Movie
1936
Colleen

as Doctor (uncredited)

Movie
1936
Boulder Dam

as First Sheriff (uncredited)

Movie
1936
Love on a Bet

as Plaza Ritz Hotel Owner

Movie
1936
The Preview Murder Mystery

as Jones - Watchman

Movie
1936
Don’t Get Personal

as Mr. Charles van Ranseleer

Movie
1935
In Person

as Parson Calverton Lunk

Movie
1935
The Great American Pie Company

as Phineas Doolittle (uncredited)

Movie
1935
The Goose and the Gander

as Winkel 'Wink' Steinberg

Movie
1935
The Gay Deception

as Mr. Mercer (uncredited)

Movie
1935
Welcome Home

as Constable Mulhausen

Movie
1935Movie
1935
The Raven

as Col. Bertram Grant

Movie
1935
Stranded

as Boatman

Movie
1935Movie
1935
Star of Midnight

as Hotel Doorman (uncredited)

Movie
1935
Eight Bells

as Walker

Movie
1935
The Nut Farm

as Sliscomb, the Landlord

Movie
1935
Murder on a Honeymoon

as Chief of Police Britt

Movie
1935
Romance in Manhattan

as Clerk (uncredited)

Movie
1934
Caravan

as Flunkey (Uncredited)

Movie
1934
The Secret Bride

as Diner 2 (uncredited)

Movie
1934Movie
1934
It's a Gift

as Gate Guard

Movie
1934
The St. Louis Kid

as Messeldopp

Movie
1934
The Firebird

as Max Bauer, the Porter

Movie
1934
Wake Up and Dream

as Earl Craft

Movie
1934Movie
1934
Million Dollar Ransom

as Pop McGarry (Uncredited)

Movie
1934
Blind Date

as Pa Taylor

Movie
1934
The Circus Clown

as Kingsley

Movie
1934
The Loudspeaker

as Burroughs

Movie
1934
Half a Sinner

as Noel Cunningham

Movie
1934
Rough Necking

as Mr. Marshall

Movie
1934
Fashions of 1934

as Man Removing Telephone

Movie
1934Movie
1933
Mr. Skitch

as Mr. Umpchay

Movie
1933
Lady Killer

as Los Angeles Cop (uncredited)

Movie
1933
From Headquarters

as Teletype Man (uncredited)

Movie
1933
Female

as Tom

Movie
1933
The Kennel Murder Case

as Sergeant Snitkin (uncredited)

Movie
1933
Gambling Ship

as Detective

Movie
1933Movie
1933
Gabriel Over the White House

as Vice President (uncredited)

Movie
1932Movie
1932
20,000 Years in Sing Sing

as Officer Daniels (uncredited)

Movie
1932
Central Park

as Police Sergeant Riley (uncredited)

Movie
1932
Three on a Match

as Street Cleaner (uncredited)

Movie
1932Movie
1932
Movie Crazy

as J.L. O'Brien

Movie
1932
Hold 'Em Jail

as Governor

Movie
1932
Jewel Robbery

as Johann Christian Lenz

Movie
1932Movie
1932
The Famous Ferguson Case

as Fire Chief (uncredited)

Movie
1932
Union Depot

as Police Officer Bert Brady (uncredited)

Movie
1931
Palmy Days

as Mr. Clark

Movie
1931Movie
1931
Ex-Bad Boy

as Henry Simmons

Movie
1931
The Front Page

as Woodenshoes

Movie
1931
Lonely Wives

as Andrews, the Butler

Movie
1930
The Bat Whispers

as The Caretaker

Movie
1930
Whoopee!

as Jerome Underwood

Movie
1926
Dancing Mothers

as Butter and Egg Man

Movie
1924
Janice Meredith

as Squire Hennion

Movie
1923Movie
1920
April Folly

as Dobbs

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayMarch 23, 1875
Day of DeathJanuary 25, 1943
Place of BirthDuncannon, Pennsylvania, USA
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