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