Spencer Charters
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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.
Known for
Credits
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
as Court Clerk
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
as Marriage License Clerk
Checkers (1937)
as Zeb
Dodge City (1939)
as Reverend (uncredited)
The Loudspeaker (1934)
as Burroughs
Petticoat Politics (1941)
as Grandpa
Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)
as Innkeeper
Vivacious Lady (1938)
as Husband Shaving on Train (uncredited)
Libeled Lady (1936)
as Magistrate
They Died with Their Boots On (1941)
as Station Master (uncredited)
Mr. Skitch (1933)
as Mr. Umpchay
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
as Mal (uncredited)
The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
as Mr. Larsen (uncredited)
Hold That Ghost (1941)
as Storekeeper (uncredited)
Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)
as Judge Herbert A. Bell
Jesse James (1939)
as Minister
Strange Faces (1938)
as Mason City Sheriff
Half a Sinner (1934)
as Noel Cunningham
High Sierra (1941)
as Ed
The Emperor's Candlesticks (1937)
as Usher (uncredited)
In Name Only (1939)
as Gardener
In Old Chicago (1938)
as Commissioner W.J. Beavers
In Person (1935)
as Parson Calverton Lunk
Santa Fe Trail (1940)
as Conductor
Don’t Get Personal (1936)
as Mr. Charles van Ranseleer
Danger – Love at Work (1937)
as Taxi driver
He Married His Wife (1940)
as Mayer
Five of a Kind (1938)
as Rev. Matthew Brand
The Hurricane (1937)
as Judge (uncredited)
Yes, My Darling Daughter (1939)
as Angus Dibble
The Kennel Murder Case (1933)
as Sergeant Snitkin (uncredited)
Remember the Night (1940)
as Judge at Rummage Sale
The Gay Deception (1935)
as Mr. Mercer (uncredited)
20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932)
as Officer Daniels (uncredited)
Pick a Star (1937)
as Judge
Virginia City (1940)
as Sazerac Saloon Bartender (uncredited)
The Remarkable Andrew (1942)
as Dr. Clarence Upjohn
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)
as Self (archive footage)
The Bride Walks Out (1936)
as Marriage Bureau Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
They Made Her a Spy (1939)
as Lucius Wilkins
Make a Wish (1937)
as Station Agent
The Raven (1935)
as Col. Bertram Grant
Wells Fargo (1937)
as Jethro - Old Confederate
Three Comrades (1938)
as Herr Schultz
Forbidden Valley (1938)
as Dr. Scudd
Right to the Heart (1942)
as Jonah
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford (1936)
as Dr. Bunting (uncredited)
Our Town (1940)
as Constable
Tobacco Road (1941)
as County Clerk
Palmy Days (1931)
as Mr. Clark
Fashions of 1934 (1934)
as Man Removing Telephone
The Nut Farm (1935)
as Sliscomb, the Landlord
Three on a Match (1932)
as Street Cleaner (uncredited)
Three Faces West (1940)
as Dr. 'Nunk' Atterbury
Star of Midnight (1935)
as Hotel Doorman (uncredited)
Pacific Blackout (1941)
as Cornelius
Jewel Robbery (1932)
as Johann Christian Lenz
Four's a Crowd (1938)
as Charlie (uncredited)
The Front Page (1931)
as Woodenshoes
Girl Loves Boy (1937)
as Rufus Boggs
Breaking the Ice (1938)
as Smith
Murder on a Honeymoon (1935)
as Chief of Police Britt
The Singing Hill (1941)
as Judge Henry Starrbottle
Ex-Bad Boy (1931)
as Henry Simmons
So This Is Africa (1933)
as Doctor
Murder on a Bridle Path (1936)
as Warden Sylvester Mahoney
Moon Over Miami (1941)
as Joe, the Postman
The Doctor Takes a Wife (1940)
as Henry Quinn (uncredited)
Silver Queen (1942)
as Doc Stonebraker
The Ghost Walks (1934)
as Guard
Second Fiddle (1939)
as Joe Clayton
Lady Killer (1933)
as Los Angeles Cop (uncredited)
Crime School (1938)
as Old Doctor
The Flying Irishman (1939)
as Smedley
The Crooked Circle (1932)
as Kinny
Mountain Music (1937)
as Justice of the Peace Sharody
The Great American Pie Company (1935)
as Phineas Doolittle (uncredited)
Professor Beware (1938)
as Sheriff Henry Sweatt
Joy of Living (1938)
as Magistrate
Scattergood Survives a Murder (1942)
as Sheriff
Bedtime Story (1941)
as Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
Dust Be My Destiny (1939)
as F.W. Jennson (uncredited)
Union Depot (1932)
as Police Officer Bert Brady (uncredited)
The Farmer in the Dell (1936)
as Milkman
The Boys from Syracuse (1940)
as Turnkey
Slightly Dangerous (1943)
as Claudius Swade- motel owner (uncredited)
Hold 'Em Jail (1932)
as Governor
Postal Inspector (1936)
as Grumpy
Topper Takes a Trip (1938)
as Judge
She Had to Eat (1937)
as Franklin (uncredited)
The Texas Rangers (1936)
as Sheriff (uncredited)
Female (1933)
as Tom
Alias the Deacon (1940)
as Sheriff Yates
It's a Gift (1934)
as Gate Guard
From Headquarters (1933)
as Teletype Man (uncredited)
Whoopee! (1930)
as Jerome Underwood
The Golden Fleecing (1940)
as Justice of Peace
Banjo on My Knee (1936)
as Judge Tope
Movie Crazy (1932)
as J.L. O'Brien
Bad Men of Missouri (1941)
as Clem
Ever Since Eve (1937)
as Mike - Monteray Tavern Porter (uncredited)
Hips, Hips, Hooray! (1934)
as Mr. Clark
Man at Large (1941)
as Mr. Gallon
I'm from Missouri (1939)
as Charley Shook - Mule Breeder
Lucky Cisco Kid (1940)
as Hotel Guest
The Secret Bride (1934)
as Diner 2 (uncredited)
The Postman Didn't Ring (1942)
as Judge Ben Holt
The Famous Ferguson Case (1932)
as Fire Chief (uncredited)
Women in the Wind (1939)
as Farmer
Three Blind Mice (1938)
as Hendricks
The Night Before the Divorce (1942)
as Second Judge
Mr. Chump (1938)
as Mr. Koeper
The Bat Whispers (1930)
as The Caretaker
Blondie Plays Cupid (1940)
as Onkel Abner Henderson
The Circus Clown (1934)
as Kingsley
Career Woman (1936)
as Coroner McInery
Eight Bells (1935)
as Walker
Gambling Ship (1933)
as Detective
The Moon's Our Home (1936)
as Abner Simpson
The St. Louis Kid (1934)
as Messeldopp
Million Dollar Ransom (1934)
as Pop McGarry (Uncredited)
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine (1942)
as Cheevers Snow
Colleen (1936)
as Doctor (uncredited)
Hotel Imperial (1939)
as Visoff (uncredited)
The Lady from Cheyenne (1941)
as Dr. McGuinness
Back to Nature (1936)
as Deputy Sheriff Putney
Wife, Doctor and Nurse (1937)
as Uncle
The Preview Murder Mystery (1936)
as Jones - Watchman
Dr. Broadway (1942)
as Oscar Titus
Romance in Manhattan (1934)
as Clerk (uncredited)
The Kid From Texas (1939)
as Deputy Sheriff Serving Attachment Papers
Don't Bet on Blondes (1935)
as Doc
Caravan (1934)
as Flunkey (Uncredited)
Behind the Mike (1937)
as Pete Jones
The Match King (1932)
as Oscar
Inside Story (1939)
as Uncle Ben Perkins
Spring Madness (1938)
as Police Chief
Big Town Girl (1937)
as Isaiah Wickenback
Dangerous Number (1937)
as Jeffers Gass - Justice of the Peace
The Mighty Treve (1937)
as Watling
Traveling Husbands (1931)
as Joe
Look Who's Laughing (1941)
as Motel Manager
Stranded (1935)
as Boatman
Love on a Bet (1936)
as Plaza Ritz Hotel Owner
Central Park (1932)
as Police Sergeant Riley (uncredited)
Gabriel Over the White House (1933)
as Vice President (uncredited)
They Asked For It (1939)
as Chief Lawson
Four Days Wonder (1936)
as Gilroy
Blind Date (1934)
as Pa Taylor
The Goose and the Gander (1935)
as Winkel 'Wink' Steinberg
Wake Up and Dream (1934)
as Earl Craft
F-Man (1936)
as Sheriff Hank 'One Gun' Groder
Boy Trouble (1939)
as Bradley
The Pursuit of Happiness (1934)
as Sam Evans
So Ends Our Night (1941)
as Swiss Policeman
The Firebird (1934)
as Max Bauer, the Porter
The Jury's Secret (1938)
as Old Man
Meet the Missus (1940)
as Grandpa
Dancing Mothers (1926)
as Butter and Egg Man
The Lady and the Mob (1939)
as Flanagan, Bank Guard
Boulder Dam (1936)
as First Sheriff (uncredited)
Lonely Wives (1931)
as Andrews, the Butler
Maryland (1940)
as Judge
Unexpected Father (1939)
as Magistrate
She Couldn't Say No (1940)
as Hank Woodcock
Janice Meredith (1924)
as Squire Hennion
Exile Express (1939)
as Justice Henry P. Smith
Lady Behave! (1937)
as Innkeeper
Fifty Roads to Town (1937)
as George Hession
Little Old New York (1923)
as Bunny
Back in Circulation (1937)
as The Sheriff
Stablemates (1938)
as Choirmaster
Friendly Neighbors (1940)
as Bumblebee Hibbs
The Road to Reno (1938)
as The Judge
Mr. Boggs Steps Out (1938)
as Angus Tubbs
Mr. District Attorney in the Carter Case (1941)
as Judge White
36 Hours to Kill (1936)
as Mr. Hutchins
Rough Necking (1934)
as Mr. Marshall
Spendthrift (1936)
as Col. Barnaby
The Tenderfoot (1932)
as Oscar
Till We Meet Again (1936)
as Herr Hoffer
Two Thoroughbreds (1939)
as Doc Purdy
Lady from Nowhere (1936)
as Alexander Scorzo
One Wild Night (1938)
as Lem Halliday
The Mine with the Iron Door (1936)
as Thad Hill
Whispering Smith Speaks (1935)
as Cal Stone
Welcome Home (1935)
as Constable Mulhausen
The Harvester (1936)
as Stubby Pratt
Girl from God's Country (1940)
as Dealer
All American Chump (1936)
as Abiah Smith
The Covered Trailer (1939)
as Sheriff
The Under-Pup (1939)
as Druggist
April Folly (1920)
as Dobbs
Venus Makes Trouble (1937)
as Joel Willard
Fugitive in the Sky (1936)
as Henry Staeger