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