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