Spencer Charters

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1875-03-23 (68 years old)

Deathday

1943-01-25

Place of Birth

Duncannon, Pennsylvania, USA

Spencer Charters

Biography

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.

Acting

1944

Arsenic and Old Lace

as Marriage License Clerk

1934

1938

Four's a Crowd

as Charlie (uncredited)

1940

Blondie Plays Cupid

as Onkel Abner Henderson

1940

Our Town

as Constable

1939

1941

1939

1935

Welcome Home

as Constable Mulhausen

1941

1934

It's a Gift

as Gate Guard

1940

Three Faces West

as Dr. 'Nunk' Atterbury

1940

Remember the Night

as Judge at Rummage Sale

1941

Moon Over Miami

as Joe, the Postman

1939

Second Fiddle

as Joe Clayton

1939

Young Mr. Lincoln

as Judge Herbert A. Bell

1934

Fashions of 1934

as Man Removing Telephone

1935

The Raven

as Col. Bertram Grant

1932

Movie Crazy

as J.L. O'Brien

1935

Murder on a Honeymoon

as Chief of Police Britt

1938

In Old Chicago

as Commissioner W.J. Beavers

1938

Crime School

as Old Doctor

1937

The Emperor's Candlesticks

as Usher (uncredited)

1936

The Ex-Mrs. Bradford

as Dr. Bunting (uncredited)

1936

Colleen

as Doctor (uncredited)

1937

Pick a Star

as Judge

1931

Palmy Days

as Mr. Clark

1932

1931

Lonely Wives

as Andrews, the Butler

1937

1940

The Golden Fleecing

as Justice of Peace

1935

The Goose and the Gander

as Winkel 'Wink' Steinberg

1941

The Lady from Cheyenne

as Dr. McGuinness

1935

The Nut Farm

as Sliscomb, the Landlord

1936

Love on a Bet

as Plaza Ritz Hotel Owner

1942

The Pride of the Yankees

as Mr. Larsen (uncredited)

1940

She Couldn't Say No

as Hank Woodcock

1938

Mr. Chump

as Mr. Koeper

1938

Five of a Kind

as Rev. Matthew Brand

1936

The Preview Murder Mystery

as Jones - Watchman

1942

1937

Make a Wish

as Station Agent

1937

Lady Behave!

as Innkeeper

1938

Mr. Boggs Steps Out

as Angus Tubbs

1936

The Harvester

as Stubby Pratt

1936

The Bride Walks Out

as Marriage Bureau Justice of the Peace (uncredited)

1933

Mr. Skitch

as Mr. Umpchay

1939

Boy Trouble

as Bradley

1939

Hotel Imperial

as Visoff (uncredited)

1936

Spendthrift

as Col. Barnaby

1936

Career Woman

as Coroner McInery

1938

Three Blind Mice

as Hendricks

1941

Pacific Blackout

as Cornelius

1939

1932

1934

The Circus Clown

as Kingsley

1930

Whoopee!

as Jerome Underwood

1939

Exile Express

as Henry P. Smith

1938

1934

The St. Louis Kid

as Messeldopp

1934

The Firebird

as Max Bauer, the Porter

1934

Wake Up and Dream

as Earl Craft

1935

The Gay Deception

as Mr. Mercer (uncredited)

1936

Lady from Nowhere

as Alexander Scorzo

1934

Blind Date

as Pa Taylor

1935

In Person

as Parson Calverton Lunk

1936

F-Man

as Sheriff Hank 'One Gun' Groder

1939

Inside Story

as Uncle Ben Perkins

1931

Ex-Bad Boy

as Henry Simmons

1936

Banjo on My Knee

as Judge Tope

1936

The Moon's Our Home

as Abner Simpson

1937

Back in Circulation

as The Sheriff

1939

1941

Tobacco Road

as County Clerk

1930

The Bat Whispers

as The Caretaker

1939

In Name Only

as Gardener

1938

One Wild Night

as Lem Halliday

1937

The Hurricane

as Judge (uncredited)

1937

Ever Since Eve

as Mike - Monteray Tavern Porter (uncredited)

1937

Wells Fargo

as Jethro - Old Confederate

1936

36 Hours to Kill

as Mr. Hutchins

1934

Million Dollar Ransom

as Pop McGarry (Uncredited)

1936

Fugitive in the Sky

as Henry Staeger

1939

The Lady and the Mob

as Flanagan, Bank Guard

1938

Spring Madness

as Police Chief

1932

1940

Alias the Deacon

as Sheriff Yates

1938

Three Comrades

as Herr Schultz

1939

Jesse James

as Minister

1932

The Famous Ferguson Case

as Fire Chief (uncredited)

1935

Eight Bells

as Walker

1934

Caravan

as Flunkey (Uncredited)

1937

Girl Loves Boy

as Rufus Boggs

1936

Boulder Dam

as First Sheriff (uncredited)

1939

They Made Her a Spy

as Lucius Wilkins

1939

Dodge City

as Reverend (uncredited)

1939

Two Thoroughbreds

as Doc Purdy

1942

Dr. Broadway

as Oscar Titus

1936

The Texas Rangers

as Sheriff (uncredited)

1938

Professor Beware

as Sheriff Henry Sweatt

1939

1939

The Under-Pup

as Druggist

1939

Dust Be My Destiny

as F.W. Jennson (uncredited)

1936

1934

The Secret Bride

as Diner 2 (uncredited)

1940

Lucky Cisco Kid

as Hotel Guest

1935

1941

Bedtime Story

as Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)

1924

Janice Meredith

as Squire Hennion

1932

20,000 Years in Sing Sing

as Officer Daniels (uncredited)

1933

Female

as Tom

1939

The Kid From Texas

as Deputy Sheriff Serving Attachment Papers

1932

Hold 'Em Jail

as Governor

1933

1936

Libeled Lady

as McCall the Magistrate

1936

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

as Mal (uncredited)

1932

Jewel Robbery

as Johann Christian Lenz

1936

All American Chump

as Abiah Smith

1937

Big Town Girl

as Isaiah Wickenback

1936

1941

Man at Large

as Mr. Gallon

1942

The Postman Didn't Ring

as Judge Ben Holt

1939

They Asked For It

as Chief Lawson

1934

Rough Necking

as Mr. Marshall

1940

Santa Fe Trail

as Conductor

1942

1940

Virginia City

as Sazerac Saloon Bartender (uncredited)

1940

The Doctor Takes a Wife

as Henry Quinn (uncredited)

1933

Gambling Ship

as Detective

1940

Friendly Neighbors

as Bumblebee Hibbs

1934

The Loudspeaker

as Burroughs

1940

Maryland

as Judge

1933

Gabriel Over the White House

as Vice President (uncredited)

1935

Romance in Manhattan

as Clerk (uncredited)

1938

Vivacious Lady

as Man Shaving on Train (uncredited)

1933

From Headquarters

as Teletype Man (uncredited)

1939

Unexpected Father

as Magistrate

1939

1942

Silver Queen

as Doc Stonebraker

1941

The Singing Hill

as Judge Henry Starrbottle

1938

Stablemates

as Choirmaster

1938

Forbidden Valley

as Dr. Scudd

1941

They Died with Their Boots On

as Station Master (uncredited)

1941

So Ends Our Night

as Swiss Policeman

1920

April Folly

as Dobbs

1938

The Road to Reno

as The Judge

1940

Meet the Missus

as Grandpa

1942

The Remarkable Andrew

as Dr. Clarence Upjohn

1975

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

as Self (archive footage)

1937

Dangerous Number

as Jeffers Gass - Justice of the Peace

1943

Slightly Dangerous

as Claudius Swade- motel owner (uncredited)

1937

Venus Makes Trouble

as Joel Willard

1937

Fifty Roads to Town

as George Hession

1935

Stranded

as Boatman

1935

The Great American Pie Company

as Phineas Doolittle (uncredited)

1932

Three on a Match

as Street Cleaner (uncredited)

1933

The Kennel Murder Case

as Sergeant Snitkin (uncredited)

1936

Back to Nature

as Deputy Sheriff Putney

1931

The Front Page

as Woodenshoes

1938

1934

Half a Sinner

as Noel Cunningham

1937

Behind the Mike

as Pete Jones

1937

1938

Joy of Living

as Magistrate

1934

1941

Hold That Ghost

as Storekeeper (uncredited)

1937

She Had to Eat

as Franklin (uncredited)

1936

Till We Meet Again

as Herr Hoffer

1932

Central Park

as Police Sergeant Riley (uncredited)

1934

1935

Star of Midnight

as Hotel Doorman (uncredited)

1937

Mountain Music

as Justice of the Peace Sharody

1932

Union Depot

as Police Officer Bert Brady (uncredited)

1941

Look Who's Laughing

as Motel Manager

1937

Checkers

as Zeb

1936

Murder on a Bridle Path

as Warden Sylvester Mahoney

1939

I'm from Missouri

as Charley Shook - Mule Breeder

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