Acting

Spencer Charters

Born 1875-03-23

Duncannon, Pennsylvania, USA

Department: Acting

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.

1939

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Filmography & Credits

Complete career catalog (195 titles)

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