Charles Coleman

Actor

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Birth Place

Australia

Born

December 22, 1885

Died

March 07, 1951

Biography

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Charles Coleman was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Coleman's early acting career consisted of roles in various films, such as "Second Hand Love" (1923), the James Cagney drama "Winner Take All" (1932) and "Jewel Robbery" (1932) with William Powell. He also appeared in "Merrily We Go to Hell" (1932) with Sylvia Sidney, "Midnight Club" (1933) and the Fred Astaire musi...

Filmography

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Salt of the Earth (1954)

Antonio Morales

Double Dynamite (1951)

Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town (1950)

Charles, Masterson's butler

The Blazing Sun (1950)

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949)

Trouble Makers (1949)

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Christmas Carol, A (1938) -- (Movie Clip) My Name Is Scrooge

Poor Little Rich Girl (1936) -- (Movie Clip) Disgustingly Rich

Biography

Charles Coleman was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Coleman's early acting career consisted of roles in various films, such as "Second Hand Love" (1923), the James Cagney drama "Winner Take All" (1932) and "Jewel Robbery" (1932) with William Powell. He also appeared in "Merrily We Go to Hell" (1932) with Sylvia Sidney, "Midnight Club" (1933) and the Fred Astaire musical comedy "The Gay Divorcee" (1934). He continued to work steadily in film throughout the thirties, appearing in "Walking on Air" (1936), the comedy "There Goes My Girl" (1937) with Gene Raymond and the comedy "Danger - Love at Work" (1937) with Ann Sothern. He also appeared in the Deanna Durbin musical "That Certain Age" (1938). In the latter half of his career, he continued to act in the dramatic adaptation "Frenchman's Creek" (1944) with Joan Fontaine, the Richard Dix mystery "The Whistler" (1944) and the crime picture "The Missing Corpse" (1945) with J Edward Bromberg. He also appeared in "The Stork Club" (1945) and "Kitty" (1946). Coleman was most recently credited in the Tom Hanks dramatic adaptation "Cloud Atlas" (2012). Coleman passed away in March 1951 at the age of 66.

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

Salt of the Earth (1954)

Antonio Morales

Double Dynamite (1951)

Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town (1950)

Charles, Masterson's butler

The Blazing Sun (1950)

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949)

Trouble Makers (1949)

Grand Canyon Trail (1948)

J. Malcolm Vanderpool

Three Daring Daughters (1948)

Ladies' Man (1947)

Danger Street (1947)

The Pilgrim Lady (1947)

The Imperfect Lady (1947)

The Lone Wolf in London (1947)

Love from a Stranger (1947)

Variety Girl (1947)

Man at steam bath

Monsieur Beaucaire (1946)

Two Guys from Milwaukee (1946)

The Runaround (1946)

The Magnificent Rogue (1946)

Jefferson O'Neal

Never Say Goodbye (1946)

I've Always Loved You (1946)

Cluny Brown (1946)

Constable Birkins

In Fast Company (1946)

Ziegfeld Follies (1946)

The major in "This Heart of Mine"

Roughly Speaking (1945)

Hangover Square (1945)

Billy Rose's Diamond Horseshoe (1945)

The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)

Earl Carroll Vanities (1945)

The Stork Club (1945)

The Missing Corpse (1945)

The Gay Senorita (1945)

Song of the Prairie (1945)

Anchors Aweigh (1945)

Mrs. Parkington (1944)

The White Cliffs of Dover (1944)

Marriage Is a Private Affair (1944)

Jane Eyre (1944)

Lady in the Dark (1944)

Frenchman's Creek (1944)

Thomas, the footman

The Whistler (1944)

In Society (1944)

Once Upon a Time (1944)

Petticoat Larceny (1943)

She's for Me (1943)

Hi' Ya, Sailor (1943)

It Comes Up Love (1943)

He Hired the Boss (1943)

Air Raid Wardens (1943)

Fired Wife (1943)

Girl Crazy (1943)

Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943)

Gals, Incorporated (1943)

Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event (1943)

Two Tickets to London (1943)

It Ain't Hay (1943)

Du Barry Was a Lady (1943)

Doorman, Charlie

Lady in a Jam (1942)

Pittsburgh (1942)

The Great Impersonation (1942)

Twin Beds (1942)

Miss Annie Rooney (1942)

Almost Married (1942)

Arabian Nights (1942)

Jail House Blues (1942)

Between Us Girls (1942)

Right to the Heart (1942)

Highways by Night (1942)

Yokel Boy (1942)

They All Kissed the Bride (1942)

What's Cookin'? (1942)

Repent at Leisure (1941)

Michael Shayne, Private Detective (1941)

Design for Scandal (1941)

Sis Hopkins (1941)

Harvey, the butler

Free and Easy (1941)

Powers [the butler]

It Started with Eve (1941)

Moonlight in Hawaii (1941)

Melody Lane (1941)

Mr. Abercrombie

West Point Widow (1941)

Maisie Was a Lady (1941)

Buck Privates (1941)

Meet the Chump (1941)

Mexican Spitfire Out West (1940)

Mexican Spitfire (1940)

Phantom Raiders (1940)

The Earl of Chicago (1940)

The Westerner (1940)

Langtry manager

Brother Orchid (1940)

Andy Hardy Meets Debutante (1940)

Cross-Country Romance (1940)

The Underpup (1939)

Pardon Our Nerve (1939)

Beauty for the Asking (1939)

You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939)

First Love (1939)

In Name Only (1939)

Bridal Suite (1939)

Man About Town (1939)

Always Goodbye (1938)

Carefree (1938)

That Certain Age (1938)

The Rage of Paris (1938)

The Affairs of Annabel (1938)

Radio City Revels (1938)

A Christmas Carol (1938)

Little Miss Broadway (1938)

The Shining Hour (1938)

Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)

Lord Jeff (1938)

The Prince and the Pauper (1937)

Captains Courageous (1937)

The Last Gangster (1937)

Fight for Your Lady (1937)

Shall We Dance (1937)

Policeman in Central Park

Too Many Wives (1937)

Merry-Go-Round of 1938 (1937)

There Goes My Girl (1937)

Double Wedding (1937)

Mrs. Bly's butler

Danger - Love at Work (1937)

Love Is News (1937)

Big Town Girl (1937)

Magnificent Obsession (1936)

Lloyd's of London (1936)

The Great Ziegfeld (1936)

Carriage starter

Sins of Man (1936)

Poor Little Rich Girl (1936)

The Return of Sophie Lang (1936)

The Border Patrolman (1936)

Mummy's Boys (1936)

Everybody's Old Man (1936)

Don't Get Personal (1936)

Her Master's Voice (1936)

The White Angel (1936)

Sentry at Balaclava

Walking on Air (1936)

Vincent, the butler

The Devil Is a Sissy (1936)

The King Steps Out (1936)

Born to Dance (1936)

Rendezvous (1935)

Three Kids and a Queen (1935)

Murder Man (1935)

The Goose and the Gander (1935)

His Family Tree (1935)

The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo (1935)

No More Ladies (1935)

The Bishop Misbehaves (1935)

Becky Sharp (1935)

Kind Lady (1935)

The Perfect Gentleman (1935)

The Girl from Missouri (1934)

Million Dollar Ransom (1934)

Gallant Lady (1934)

Born to Be Bad (1934)

Embarrassing Moments (1934)

Down to Their Last Yacht (1934)

The Gay Divorcee (1934)

David Harum (1934)

Flowers, the butler

Housewife (1934)

Lady by Choice (1934)

The Merry Frinks (1934)

The Little Minister (1934)

Of Human Bondage (1934)

Walls of Gold (1933)

Weeks, Butler-valet

Sailor Be Good! (1933)

Diplomaniacs (1933)

Midnight Club (1933)

I Loved a Woman (1933)

Hayden's first butler

Baby Face (1933)

Hodges, the butler

One Hour with You (1932)

Merrily We Go to Hell (1932)

[Richard] Damery

As the Devil Commands (1932)

The Washington Masquerade (1932)

The Heart of New York (1932)

Winner Take All (1932)

Jewel Robbery (1932)

Are You Listening? (1932)

Play Girl (1932)

A Successful Calamity (1932)

Bachelor Apartment (1931)

High Stakes (1931)

Beyond Victory (1931)

Lawful Larceny (1930)

What a Man (1930)

William, English butler

Once a Gentleman (1930)

That's My Daddy (1928)

Good Morning, Judge (1928)

The Vagabond Trail (1924)

That French Lady (1924)

Second Hand Love (1923)

"Dugg" [Johnny Walker]

The Place of Honeymoons (1920)

Jimmie Harrigan

The Love Cheat (1919)

When We Were Twenty-One (1915)

The Mummy and the Humming Bird (1915)

Editing (Feature Film)

Prime Target (1991)

Right to Die (1987)

Assistant Editor

Hardly Working (1981)

Assistant Editor

Cast (Short)

Master Will Shakespeare (1936)

Life Events

Videos

Christmas Carol, A (1938) -- (Movie Clip) My Name Is Scrooge Nephew Fred (Barry MacKay) is bidding farewell to Cratchit (Gene Lockhart) when two do-gooders (Halliwell Hobbes, Charles Coleman) solicit Scrooge (Reginald Owen) in MGM's A Christmas Carol, 1938.

Poor Little Rich Girl (1936) -- (Movie Clip) Disgustingly Rich Opening scene establishing the environs, little Barbara (Shirley Temple) servants Stebbins (Charles Coleman), Woodward (Jane Darwell) and Collins (Sarah Haden) in Poor Little Rich Girl, 1936.

Never Say Goodbe (1946) -- (Movie Clip) He Can't Turn Them Off The butler (Charles Coleman) welcomes Cozy (Hattie McDaniel) to the home of still-smitten divorcee Ellen (Eleanor Parker), who gets advice from mother (Lucile Watson) before her artist ex Phil (Errol Flynn) arrives with their daughter "Flip," short for Phillippa, in Never Say Goodbye, 1946.

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