Charles R. Moore

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1893-04-23 (54 years old)

Deathday

1947-07-20

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Charles R. Moore

Biography

Charles R. Moore (April 23, 1893, Chicago, Illinois - July 20, 1947, Los Angeles, California) was an African-American actor who appeared in over 100 films in his acting career, and was sometimes credited as Charles Moore or Charlie Moore Moore played small parts such as servants, bootblacks, elevator operators, menial laborers, and, especially, railroad porters and Red Caps. Film buffs may remember him in Meet John Doe where he played the City Hall janitor trying to smoke a cigar while washing the floor on the Christmas Eve that John Doe has threatened to jump off the building. Moore was part of Preston Sturges' unofficial "stock company" of ...

Acting

1947

The Sin of Harold Diddlebock

as Bootblack (uncredited)

1942

The Palm Beach Story

as Colored Porter

1941

1922

1946

Without Reservations

as Redcap (uncredited)

1941

Sullivan's Travels

as Colored Chef

1940

Carolina Moon

as Servant (uncredited)

1936

Exclusive Story

as Bootblack (uncredited)

1931

The Prodigal

as Railroad Porter (uncredited)

1941

Hit the Road

as Martin

1939

Southward Ho!

as Skeeter

1934

He Was Her Man

as Manhattan Turkish Bath Attendant

1938

Doctor Rhythm

as Tooter, the Chauffeur

1943

Dixie

as News Vendor (uncredited)

1936

1936

College Holiday

as Red-Cap Porter

1938

Spring Madness

as Excited Porter in Diner

1938

Start Cheering

as Train Porter

1939

Only Angels Have Wings

as Charlie - Waiter

1939

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

as Porter (uncredited)

1938

Professor Beware

as Bootblack

1943

Son of Dracula

as Matthew (uncredited)

1938

Kentucky

as Stable Swipe

1940

The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date

as Sam - Carriage Driver

1938

1938

God's Step Children

as School Superintent

1933

Fast Workers

as Liar Fined in Court (Uncredited)

1933

Girl Missing

as Elevator Operator (Uncredited)

1942

This Gun for Hire

as Pullman Waiter (uncredited)

1940

Christmas in July

as Porter in Maxford's Office (uncredited)

1940

Tin Pan Alley

as Porter at Railroad Station (uncredited)

1940

The Great McGinty

as McGinty's Valet (uncredited)

1940

Two Girls on Broadway

as Porter at Bus Station (uncredited)

1941

Second Chorus

as Sam - Elevator Operator (uncredited)

1935

1935

It's A Small World

as Doorman (uncredited)

1941

Desert Bandit

as T-Bone Jones

1941

Kansas Cyclone

as T-Bone (as Charles Moore)

1942

1941

Blonde Inspiration

as Elevator Operator (uncredited)

1939

1932

Million Dollar Legs

as Porter (uncredited)

1931

The Exile

as Jack Stewart

1936

The Accusing Finger

as Black Prisoner

1943

True to Life

as Gabe the Butler (uncredited)

1942

I Married a Witch

as Rufus - Samuel's Servant (uncredited)

1935

Page Miss Glory

as The Porter (uncredited)

1934

Manhattan Melodrama

as Black Man in Speakeasy (uncredited)

1934

I'll Fix It

as Nifty

1940

So You Won't Talk?

as Bootblack

1941

Sleepers West

as Porter (uncredited)

1947

1936

Killer at Large

as Highpockets (uncredited)

1938

Comet Over Broadway

as Sam - Cleaning Man (uncredited)

1942

Strictly in the Groove

as Cactus (uncredited)

1940

Queen of the Mob

as Cocktail Party Butler

1929

His First Command

as Homer (as Charles Moore)

1944

Hail the Conquering Hero

as The Porter (uncredited)

1936

Florida Special

as George, the Porter (uncredited)

1933

Ann Carver's Profession

as Trial Witness (uncredited)

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