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