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