Spencer Charters
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Birth Place
Duncannon, Pennsylvania, USA
Died
January 25, 1943
Cause of Death
Suicide
Biography
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Spencer Charters was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Charters's early acting career consisted of roles in various films, such as "April Folly" (1920), "Little Old New York" (1923) and "The Bat Whispers" (1930). He also appeared in "Whoopee" (1930), the comedy "Palmy Days" (1931) with Eddie Cantor and "The Front Page" (1931) with Adolphe Menjou. He kept working in fi...
Biography
Spencer Charters was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Charters's early acting career consisted of roles in various films, such as "April Folly" (1920), "Little Old New York" (1923) and "The Bat Whispers" (1930). He also appeared in "Whoopee" (1930), the comedy "Palmy Days" (1931) with Eddie Cantor and "The Front Page" (1931) with Adolphe Menjou. He kept working in film throughout the thirties, starring in the western "Whispering Smith Speaks" (1935) with George O'Brien, the Boris Karloff horror feature "The Raven" (1935) and the Jean Harlow comedy "Libeled Lady" (1936). He also appeared in the Dick Powell musical "Colleen" (1936). In the latter part of his career, he tackled roles in the comedy adaptation "Three Blind Mice" (1938) with Martha Young, "Mr. Chump" (1938) and "One Wild Night" (1938). He also appeared in "In Name Only" (1939) and the comedy sequel "Topper Takes a Trip" (1939) with Constance Bennett. Charters more recently acted in "Affairs of Jimmy Valentine" (1942). Charters passed away in January 1943 at the age of 68.
Filmography
Cast (Feature Film)
Arsenic and Old Lace
(1944)
Marriage license clerk
Slightly Dangerous
(1943)
Claudius
The Pride of the Yankees
(1943)
Mr. Larsen
They Died with Their Boots On
(1942)
Station master
Yankee Doodle Dandy
(1942)
Stage manager
Right to the Heart
(1942)
Jonah
The Night Before the Divorce
(1942)
Judge
The Remarkable Andrew
(1942)
Dr. Clarence Upjohn
Silver Queen
(1942)
Dr. Stonebraker
Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
(1942)
Cheevers Snow
Juke Girl
(1942)
Keeno
The Postman Didn't Ring
(1942)
Judge Ben Colt
Scattergood Survives a Murder
(1942)
Sheriff [Joe Budington Tompkins]
Dr. Broadway
(1942)
Oscar Titus
Pacific Blackout
(1942)
Bedtime Story
(1941)
Station attendant
Glamour Boy
(1941)
Hillbilly gas station attendant
Tobacco Road
(1941)
County clerk
Pacific Blackout
(1941)
Night watchman
Mr. District Attorney in the Carter Case
(1941)
Judge White
Man at Large
(1941)
Mr. Gallon
Look Who's Laughing
(1941)
Hotel manager
Petticoat Politics
(1941)
Grandpa [Edgar]
The Singing Hill
(1941)
Judge Henry Starbottle
High Sierra
(1941)
Editor
Moon Over Miami
(1941)
Postman [Joe]
So Ends Our Night
(1941)
Swiss policeman
Bad Men of Missouri
(1941)
Clem
Hold That Ghost
(1941)
Storekeeper
Kitty Foyle
(1940)
Father
Virginia City
(1940)
Bartender
Blondie Plays Cupid
(1940)
Uncle Abner
Girl from God's Country
(1940)
Dealer
Calling All Husbands
(1940)
Station agent
Five Little Peppers at Home
(1940)
Mr. Shomer
Maryland
(1940)
Judge
She Couldn't Say No
(1940)
Hank Woodcock
Alias the Deacon
(1940)
The sheriff [Yates]
Meet the Missus
(1940)
Grandpa [Ed Carson]
Three Faces West
(1940)
Nunk
Friendly Neighbors
(1940)
Bumblebee Hibbs
The Boys from Syracuse
(1940)
Turnkey
He Married His Wife
(1940)
Mayor
The Golden Fleecing
(1940)
[The] Justice of the Peace
Our Town
(1940)
Constable Warren
Remember the Night
(1940)
Judge, at rummage sale
The Doctor Takes A Wife
(1940)
Mr. Quinn
Santa Fe Trail
(1940)
Conductor
Lucky Cisco Kid
(1940)
Hotel guest
Young Mr. Lincoln
(1939)
Judge Herbert A. Bell
Topper Takes a Trip
(1939)
Judge
In Name Only
(1939)
Gardner
Woman Doctor
(1939)
Veterinarian
They Made Her a Spy
(1939)
Lucius
Women in the Wind
(1939)
Farmer
Yes, My Darling Daughter
(1939)
Angus Dibble
Second Fiddle
(1939)
Joe Clayton
The Covered Trailer
(1939)
Sheriff
Inside Story
(1939)
Uncle Ben Perkins
They Asked for It
(1939)
Chief Lawson
Two Thoroughbreds
(1939)
Dr. Purdy
Unexpected Father
(1939)
Magistrate
The Flying Irishman
(1939)
Smedley
Drums Along the Mohawk
(1939)
Innkeeper
The Kid from Texas
(1939)
Deputy
Exile Express
(1939)
Justice of the peace
Hotel Imperial
(1939)
Visoff
I'm from Missouri
(1939)
Mule breeder
Saint Louis Blues
(1939)
Judge
The Underpup
(1939)
Druggist
Jesse James
(1939)
Minister
No Place to Go
(1939)
Old soldier
Boy Trouble
(1939)
Grocer Bradley
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
(1939)
Court clerk
Unmarried
(1939)
Judge
Dodge City
(1939)
Minister
Valley of the Giants
(1938)
First fireman
The Jury's Secret
(1938)
Old man
Three Comrades
(1938)
Herr Schultz
Lady Behave!
(1938)
Innkeeper
One Wild Night
(1938)
Lem Halliday
Three Blind Mice
(1938)
Hendricks
Checkers
(1938)
Zeb
Forbidden Valley
(1938)
Dr. Scudd
Mr. Chump
(1938)
Mr. Koeper
The Road to Reno
(1938)
The judge
Strange Faces
(1938)
The sheriff
Mr. Boggs Steps Out
(1938)
Angus Tubbs
Breaking the Ice
(1938)
Farmer Smith
Professor Beware
(1938)
Sheriff Sweat
Crime School
(1938)
Old doctor
Joy of Living
(1938)
Magistrate
Vivacious Lady
(1938)
Husband on train
Stablemates
(1938)
Choirmaster
Five of a Kind
(1938)
Rev. Matthew Brand
Spring Madness
(1938)
Police chief
In Old Chicago
(1938)
Beavers
The Texans
(1938)
Chairman
She Had to Eat
(1937)
Farmer
The Perfect Specimen
(1937)
Station master
Fifty Roads to Town
(1937)
George Hession
Pick a Star
(1937)
Judge
Make a Wish
(1937)
Station agent
Girl Loves Boy
(1937)
Rufus Boggs
Venus Makes Trouble
(1937)
Joel Willard
The Mighty Treve
(1937)
Watling
Behind the Mike
(1937)
Pete Jones
Four Days' Wonder
(1937)
Gilroy
Mountain Music
(1937)
Justice Sharody
Big Town Girl
(1937)
Isaiah Wickenback
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
(1937)
Uncle
Back in Circulation
(1937)
The sheriff
Danger - Love at Work
(1937)
Hick
The Hurricane
(1937)
Judge
Waikiki Wedding
(1937)
Frame
Married Before Breakfast
(1937)
Fireman
The Emperor's Candlesticks
(1937)
Usher
The Bad Man of Brimstone
(1937)
Rufus Odlum
The Prisoner of Zenda
(1937)
Porter
Wells Fargo
(1937)
Jethrow, old Confederate
My American Wife
(1936)
Engineer
The Texas Rangers
(1936)
Sheriff
The Farmer in the Dell
(1936)
Crosby, the milkman
Banjo on My Knee
(1936)
Judge Tope
The Moon's Our Home
(1936)
Abner Simpson
Back to Nature
(1936)
Deputy Sheriff Putney
Murder on a Bridle Path
(1936)
Warden Sylvester Mahoney
Libeled Lady
(1936)
Magistrate
The Harvester
(1936)
Stubby Pratt
All American Chump
(1936)
Abiah Smith
Spendthrift
(1936)
Colonel Barnaby
F-Man
(1936)
Sheriff
Till We Meet Again
(1936)
Hoffer
Lady from Nowhere
(1936)
Gramp
Love on a Bet
(1936)
Pop
The Mine with the Iron Door
(1936)
Thad Hill
Don't Get Personal
(1936)
Mr. Vandeveer [Charles van Ranseleer]
36 Hours to Kill
(1936)
Mr. Hutchins
The Preview Murder Mystery
(1936)
Watchman
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
(1936)
Mal
Colleen
(1936)
Dr. Frothingham
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
(1936)
Mr. Bunting
Fugitive in the Sky
(1936)
Henry Staeger
Postal Inspector
(1936)
Grumpy
Career Woman
(1936)
Coroner McInery
The All-American Chump
(1936)
The Gay Deception
(1935)
Mr. Mercer, the banker
Alibi Ike
(1935)
Minister
Murder on a Honeymoon
(1935)
Chief Britt
Eight Bells
(1935)
Walker
Don't Bet on Blondes
(1935)
Doc
In Person
(1935)
"Parson" Calverton Lunk
The Goose and the Gander
(1935)
Winkelsteinberger
The Raven
(1935)
Geoffrey
Whispering Smith Speaks
(1935)
Cal Stone
The Nut Farm
(1935)
Sliscomb, the landlord
Romance in Manhattan
(1935)
Star of Midnight
(1935)
Doorman
Welcome Home
(1935)
Constable Mulhausen
$1,000 a Minute
(1935)
Stevens
Stranded
(1935)
Boatman
Wonder Bar
(1934)
Pete
The Firebird
(1934)
Max
Hips, Hips, Hooray!
(1934)
[Mr.] Clark
Circus Clown
(1934)
Kingsley
Wake Up and Dream
(1934)
Earl Craft
Half a Sinner
(1934)
Noel Cunningham
The Loudspeaker
(1934)
Burroughs
The St. Louis Kid
(1934)
Messeldopp
The Ghost Walks
(1934)
Professor Twitterly
Blind Date
(1934)
Pa [Charlie] Taylor
The Pursuit of Happiness
(1934)
Sam Evans
Million Dollar Ransom
(1934)
Pop McGarry
It's a Gift
(1934)
Gate guard
Caravan
(1934)
Flunkey
Fashions of 1934
(1934)
Telephone man
The Secret Bride
(1934)
Messenger
Broadway Bad
(1933)
Lew Gordon
Female
(1933)
Tom
Gambling Ship
(1933)
First detective
So This Is Africa
(1933)
Doctor
The Kennel Murder Case
(1933)
Snitkin
Mr. Skitch
(1933)
Mr. "Umpchay"
20,000 Years in Sing Sing
(1932)
Daniels
Central Park
(1932)
Sergeant Riley
The Crooked Circle
(1932)
Kinny
Jewel Robbery
(1932)
Lenz
The Tenderfoot
(1932)
Oscar
The Match King
(1932)
Oscar
Movie Crazy
(1932)
Hold 'Em Jail
(1932)
The governor
Union Depot
(1932)
Charles Lane
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
(1932)
C. K. Hobb
The Famous Ferguson Case
(1932)
Fire chief
Three on a Match
(1932)
Street cleaner
Lonely Wives
(1931)
Andrews
Palmy Days
(1931)
A. B. Clark
Ex-Bad Boy
(1931)
Henry Simmons
Traveling Husbands
(1931)
Joe
The Front Page
(1931)
Woodenshoes
The Bat Whispers
(1930)
Caretaker
Whoopee!
(1930)
Jerome Underwood
Janice Meredith
(1924)
Squire Hennion
Little Old New York
(1923)
Bunny
April Folly
(1920)
Dobbs
Number 17
(1920)
Cast (Short)
The Great American Pie Company
(1935)
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