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Known For
Acting
Birthday
March 23, 1875
Died
January 25, 1943
Place of Birth
Duncannon, Pennsylvania, USA
Spencer Charters
0.3 Popularity
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.
Known For
6.1
Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
7.6
Marriage License Clerk
Arsenic and Old Lace
1944
6.1
Claudius Swade- motel owner (uncredited)
Slightly Dangerous
1943
5.7
Doc Stonebraker
Silver Queen
1942
4.5
Sheriff
Scattergood Survives a Murder
1942
7.4
Mr. Larsen (uncredited)
The Pride of the Yankees
1942
0.0
Judge Ben Holt
The Postman Didn't Ring
1942
5.6
Oscar Titus
Dr. Broadway
1942
6.0
Cheevers Snow
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
1942
4.5
Second Judge
The Night Before the Divorce
1942
Credits
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
1975
6.1
Arsenic and Old Lace
as Marriage License Clerk
1944
7.6
Slightly Dangerous
as Claudius Swade- motel owner (uncredited)
1943
6.1
Silver Queen
as Doc Stonebraker
1942
5.7
Scattergood Survives a Murder
as Sheriff
1942
4.5
The Pride of the Yankees
as Mr. Larsen (uncredited)
1942
7.4
The Postman Didn't Ring
as Judge Ben Holt
1942
0.0
Dr. Broadway
as Oscar Titus
1942
5.6
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
as Cheevers Snow
1942
6.0
The Night Before the Divorce
as Second Judge
1942
4.5
The Remarkable Andrew
as Dr. Clarence Upjohn
1942
6.8
Pacific Blackout
as Cornelius
1941
6.3
Bedtime Story
as Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
1941
5.5
Mr. District Attorney in the Carter Case
as Judge White
1941
6.0
Look Who's Laughing
as Motel Manager
1941
5.5
They Died with Their Boots On
as Station Master (uncredited)
1941
6.6
Man at Large
as Mr. Gallon
1941
6.0
Hold That Ghost
as Storekeeper (uncredited)
1941
6.8
Bad Men of Missouri
as Clem
1941
5.6
Moon Over Miami
as Joe, the Postman
1941
6.1
The Singing Hill
as Judge Henry Starrbottle
1941
0.0
The Lady from Cheyenne
as Dr. McGuinness
1941
4.6
So Ends Our Night
as Swiss Policeman
1941
6.2
Tobacco Road
as County Clerk
1941
6.6
Petticoat Politics
as Grandpa
1941
0.0
High Sierra
as Ed
1941
7.0
Santa Fe Trail
as Conductor
1940
5.7
She Couldn't Say No
as Hank Woodcock
1940
6.8
Meet the Missus
as Grandpa
1940
0.0
Friendly Neighbors
as Bumblebee Hibbs
1940
0.0
Blondie Plays Cupid
as Onkel Abner Henderson
1940
6.7
The Golden Fleecing
as Justice of Peace
1940
5.3
Girl from God's Country
as Dealer
1940
0.0
The Boys from Syracuse
as Turnkey
1940
5.8
Maryland
as Judge
1940
6.2
Three Faces West
as Dr. 'Nunk' Atterbury
1940
5.4
Lucky Cisco Kid
as Hotel Guest
1940
5.6
Our Town
as Constable
1940
5.7
Alias the Deacon
as Sheriff Yates
1940
0.0
The Doctor Takes a Wife
as Henry Quinn (uncredited)
1940
6.4
Virginia City
as Sazerac Saloon Bartender (uncredited)
1940
6.1
He Married His Wife
as Mayer
1940
5.1
Remember the Night
as Judge at Rummage Sale
1940
7.3
Two Thoroughbreds
as Doc Purdy
1939
2.0
The Covered Trailer
as Sheriff
1939
0.0
Drums Along the Mohawk
as Innkeeper
1939
6.4
Dust Be My Destiny
as F.W. Jennson (uncredited)
1939
6.2
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as Court Clerk
1939
7.3
The Under-Pup
as Druggist
1939
6.0
In Name Only
as Gardener
1939
7.0
Second Fiddle
as Joe Clayton
1939
4.9
Unexpected Father
as Magistrate
1939
0.0
Young Mr. Lincoln
as Judge Herbert A. Bell
1939
7.2
Exile Express
as Justice Henry P. Smith
1939
5.0
🎬
They Asked For It
as Chief Lawson
1939
3.0
Hotel Imperial
as Visoff (uncredited)
1939
6.0
Women in the Wind
as Farmer
1939
6.8
They Made Her a Spy
as Lucius Wilkins
1939
5.7
The Kid From Texas
as Deputy Sheriff Serving Attachment Papers
1939
6.5
Dodge City
as Reverend (uncredited)
1939
6.9
The Flying Irishman
as Smedley
1939
4.6
I'm from Missouri
as Charley Shook - Mule Breeder
1939
0.0
The Lady and the Mob
as Flanagan, Bank Guard
1939
6.3
Inside Story
as Uncle Ben Perkins
1939
0.0
Yes, My Darling Daughter
as Angus Dibble
1939
3.3
Boy Trouble
as Bradley
1939
5.0
Jesse James
as Minister
1939
6.5
Topper Takes a Trip
as Judge
1938
6.5
Spring Madness
as Police Chief
1938
3.9
Five of a Kind
as Rev. Matthew Brand
1938
4.2
Stablemates
as Choirmaster
1938
4.5
Breaking the Ice
as Smith
1938
5.4
Mr. Chump
as Mr. Koeper
1938
0.0
Four's a Crowd
as Charlie (uncredited)
1938
4.8
The Road to Reno
as The Judge
1938
2.5
Professor Beware
as Sheriff Henry Sweatt
1938
6.1
Three Blind Mice
as Hendricks
1938
6.0
Three Comrades
as Herr Schultz
1938
7.2
One Wild Night
as Lem Halliday
1938
5.5
Vivacious Lady
as Husband Shaving on Train (uncredited)
1938
7.0
Crime School
as Old Doctor
1938
6.3
Joy of Living
as Magistrate
1938
5.7
In Old Chicago
as Commissioner W.J. Beavers
1938
6.6
Mr. Boggs Steps Out
as Angus Tubbs
1938
5.1
Forbidden Valley
as Dr. Scudd
1938
6.0
The Jury's Secret
as Old Man
1938
4.0
Wells Fargo
as Jethro - Old Confederate
1937
5.2
Lady Behave!
as Innkeeper
1937
4.5
Checkers
as Zeb
1937
0.0
Big Town Girl
as Isaiah Wickenback
1937
6.0
The Hurricane
as Judge (uncredited)
1937
6.7
Danger – Love at Work
as Taxi driver
1937
7.3
Behind the Mike
as Pete Jones
1937
0.0
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
as Uncle
1937
6.0
Make a Wish
as Station Agent
1937
5.5
Back in Circulation
as The Sheriff
1937
5.3
Ever Since Eve
as Mike - Monteray Tavern Porter (uncredited)
1937
5.5
The Emperor's Candlesticks
as Usher (uncredited)
1937
4.7
She Had to Eat
as Franklin (uncredited)
1937
5.0
Mountain Music
as Justice of the Peace Sharody
1937
5.3
Fifty Roads to Town
as George Hession
1937
0.0
Pick a Star
as Judge
1937
4.5
🎬
Venus Makes Trouble
as Joel Willard
1937
3.5
Girl Loves Boy
as Rufus Boggs
1937
4.5
Dangerous Number
as Jeffers Gass - Justice of the Peace
1937
4.3
The Mighty Treve
as Watling
1937
6.0
Lady from Nowhere
as Alexander Scorzo
1936
0.0
Career Woman
as Coroner McInery
1936
6.0
Banjo on My Knee
as Judge Tope
1936
5.5
🎬
Four Days Wonder
as Gilroy
1936
0.0
Fugitive in the Sky
as Henry Staeger
1936
6.0
All American Chump
as Abiah Smith
1936
5.8
Libeled Lady
as McCall the Magistrate
1936
7.3
The Texas Rangers
as Sheriff (uncredited)
1936
6.3
Postal Inspector
as Grumpy
1936
6.2
Back to Nature
as Deputy Sheriff Putney
1936
0.0
36 Hours to Kill
as Mr. Hutchins
1936
5.3
Spendthrift
as Col. Barnaby
1936
5.0
The Bride Walks Out
as Marriage Bureau Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
1936
5.1
The Mine with the Iron Door
as Thad Hill
1936
0.0
F-Man
as Sheriff Hank 'One Gun' Groder
1936
0.0
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
as Dr. Bunting (uncredited)
1936
6.2
🎬
The Harvester
as Stubby Pratt
1936
0.0
Murder on a Bridle Path
as Warden Sylvester Mahoney
1936
5.0
The Moon's Our Home
as Abner Simpson
1936
6.6
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
as Mal (uncredited)
1936
7.5
Till We Meet Again
as Herr Hoffer
1936
4.5
The Farmer in the Dell
as Milkman
1936
0.0
Colleen
as Doctor (uncredited)
1936
5.3
Boulder Dam
as First Sheriff (uncredited)
1936
5.0
Love on a Bet
as Plaza Ritz Hotel Owner
1936
7.0
The Preview Murder Mystery
as Jones - Watchman
1936
5.6
In Person
as Parson Calverton Lunk
1935
6.3
The Great American Pie Company
as Phineas Doolittle (uncredited)
1935
7.5
The Goose and the Gander
as Winkel 'Wink' Steinberg
1935
4.1
The Gay Deception
as Mr. Mercer (uncredited)
1935
6.4
Welcome Home
as Constable Mulhausen
1935
0.0
Don't Bet on Blondes
as Doc
1935
5.0
The Raven
as Col. Bertram Grant
1935
6.6
Stranded
as Boatman
1935
5.8
Whispering Smith Speaks
as Cal Stone
1935
0.0
Star of Midnight
as Hotel Doorman (uncredited)
1935
5.8
Eight Bells
as Walker
1935
6.0
The Nut Farm
as Sliscomb, the Landlord
1935
8.0
Murder on a Honeymoon
as Chief of Police Britt
1935
6.3
Romance in Manhattan
as Clerk (uncredited)
1935
7.8
Caravan
as Flunkey (Uncredited)
1934
5.0
The Secret Bride
as Diner 2 (uncredited)
1934
5.9
The Ghost Walks
as Guard
1934
5.3
It's a Gift
as Gate Guard
1934
6.3
The St. Louis Kid
as Messeldopp
1934
5.8
The Firebird
as Max Bauer, the Porter
1934
5.5
Wake Up and Dream
as Earl Craft
1934
4.0
The Pursuit of Happiness
as Sam Evans
1934
5.8
Million Dollar Ransom
as Pop McGarry (Uncredited)
1934
5.0
Blind Date
as Pa Taylor
1934
7.0
The Circus Clown
as Kingsley
1934
6.0
Half a Sinner
as Noel Cunningham
1934
0.0
The Loudspeaker
as Burroughs
1934
0.0
Rough Necking
as Mr. Marshall
1934
10.0
Fashions of 1934
as Man Removing Telephone
1934
6.4
Hips, Hips, Hooray!
as Mr. Clark
1934
6.5
Mr. Skitch
as Mr. Umpchay
1933
6.0
Lady Killer
as Los Angeles Cop (uncredited)
1933
6.9
From Headquarters
as Teletype Man (uncredited)
1933
5.7
Female
as Tom
1933
6.2
The Kennel Murder Case
as Sergeant Snitkin (uncredited)
1933
6.0
Gambling Ship
as Detective
1933
5.2
So This Is Africa
as Doctor
1933
5.3
Gabriel Over the White House
as Vice President (uncredited)
1933
6.8
The Match King
as Oscar
1932
6.2
20,000 Years in Sing Sing
as Officer Daniels (uncredited)
1932
6.3
Central Park
as Police Sergeant Riley (uncredited)
1932
5.2
Three on a Match
as Street Cleaner (uncredited)
1932
6.2
The Crooked Circle
as Kinny
1932
4.8
Movie Crazy
as J.L. O'Brien
1932
6.2
Hold 'Em Jail
as Governor
1932
6.8
Jewel Robbery
as Johann Christian Lenz
1932
6.5
The Tenderfoot
as Oscar
1932
6.0
The Famous Ferguson Case
as Fire Chief (uncredited)
1932
6.2
Union Depot
as Police Officer Bert Brady (uncredited)
1932
5.8
Palmy Days
as Mr. Clark
1931
7.0
Traveling Husbands
as Joe
1931
4.0
Ex-Bad Boy
as Henry Simmons
1931
0.0
The Front Page
as Woodenshoes
1931
6.5
Lonely Wives
as Andrews, the Butler
1931
4.6
The Bat Whispers
as The Caretaker
1930
6.5
Whoopee!
as Jerome Underwood
1930
6.4
Janice Meredith
as Squire Hennion
1924
5.0
Little Old New York
as Bunny
1923
6.5
April Folly
as Dobbs
1920
7.0