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Spencer Charters

Born 1875-03-23

Died 1943-01-25

📍 Duncannon, Pennsylvania, USA

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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.

Filmography 191

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

as Self (archive footage)

Arsenic and Old Lace

as Marriage License Clerk

Slightly Dangerous

as Claudius Swade- motel owner (uncredited)

as Doc Stonebraker

Scattergood Survives a Murder

The Pride of the Yankees

as Mr. Larsen (uncredited)

The Postman Didn't Ring

as Judge Ben Holt

The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine

as Cheevers Snow

The Night Before the Divorce

as Second Judge

The Remarkable Andrew

as Dr. Clarence Upjohn

Right to the Heart

Pacific Blackout

as Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)

Mr. District Attorney in the Carter Case

Look Who's Laughing

as Motel Manager

They Died with Their Boots On

as Station Master (uncredited)

Hold That Ghost

as Storekeeper (uncredited)

Bad Men of Missouri

Moon Over Miami

as Joe, the Postman

The Singing Hill

as Judge Henry Starrbottle

The Lady from Cheyenne

as Dr. McGuinness

So Ends Our Night

as Swiss Policeman

as County Clerk

Petticoat Politics

She Couldn't Say No

as Hank Woodcock

Meet the Missus

Friendly Neighbors

as Bumblebee Hibbs

Blondie Plays Cupid

as Onkel Abner Henderson

The Golden Fleecing

as Justice of Peace

The Boys from Syracuse

Girl from God's Country

Three Faces West

as Dr. 'Nunk' Atterbury

Lucky Cisco Kid

Alias the Deacon

as Sheriff Yates

The Doctor Takes a Wife

as Henry Quinn (uncredited)

as Sazerac Saloon Bartender (uncredited)

Remember the Night

as Judge at Rummage Sale

He Married His Wife

Two Thoroughbreds

The Covered Trailer

Drums Along the Mohawk

Dust Be My Destiny

as F.W. Jennson (uncredited)

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Unexpected Father

Young Mr. Lincoln

as Judge Herbert A. Bell

as Justice Henry P. Smith

as Visoff (uncredited)

Women in the Wind

They Made Her a Spy

as Lucius Wilkins

The Kid From Texas

as Deputy Sheriff Serving Attachment Papers

as Reverend (uncredited)

The Flying Irishman

I'm from Missouri

as Charley Shook - Mule Breeder

The Lady and the Mob

as Flanagan, Bank Guard

as Uncle Ben Perkins

Yes, My Darling Daughter

as Angus Dibble

Topper Takes a Trip

as Mason City Sheriff

as Police Chief

as Rev. Matthew Brand

Breaking the Ice

as Charlie (uncredited)

The Road to Reno

Professor Beware

as Sheriff Henry Sweatt

Three Blind Mice

as Lem Halliday

as Herr Schultz

as Husband Shaving on Train (uncredited)

as Commissioner W.J. Beavers

Mr. Boggs Steps Out

Forbidden Valley

The Jury's Secret

as Jethro - Old Confederate

as Isaiah Wickenback

as Judge (uncredited)

Danger – Love at Work

Behind the Mike

Wife, Doctor and Nurse

as Station Agent

Back in Circulation

as Mike - Monteray Tavern Porter (uncredited)

The Emperor's Candlesticks

as Usher (uncredited)

as Franklin (uncredited)

as Justice of the Peace Sharody

Fifty Roads to Town

as George Hession

Dangerous Number

as Jeffers Gass - Justice of the Peace

The Mighty Treve

Lady from Nowhere

as Alexander Scorzo

as Coroner McInery

Banjo on My Knee

Fugitive in the Sky

as Henry Staeger

All American Chump

as McCall the Magistrate

The Texas Rangers

as Sheriff (uncredited)

Postal Inspector

as Deputy Sheriff Putney

36 Hours to Kill

as Mr. Hutchins

as Col. Barnaby

The Bride Walks Out

as Marriage Bureau Justice of the Peace (uncredited)

The Mine with the Iron Door

as Sheriff Hank 'One Gun' Groder

The Ex-Mrs. Bradford

as Dr. Bunting (uncredited)

Murder on a Bridle Path

as Warden Sylvester Mahoney

The Moon's Our Home

as Abner Simpson

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

as Mal (uncredited)

Till We Meet Again

The Farmer in the Dell

as Doctor (uncredited)

as First Sheriff (uncredited)

as Plaza Ritz Hotel Owner

The Preview Murder Mystery

as Jones - Watchman

Don’t Get Personal

as Mr. Charles van Ranseleer

as Parson Calverton Lunk

The Great American Pie Company

as Phineas Doolittle (uncredited)

The Goose and the Gander

as Winkel 'Wink' Steinberg

The Gay Deception

as Mr. Mercer (uncredited)

as Constable Mulhausen

Don't Bet on Blondes

as Col. Bertram Grant

Whispering Smith Speaks

Star of Midnight

as Hotel Doorman (uncredited)

as Sliscomb, the Landlord

Murder on a Honeymoon

as Chief of Police Britt

Romance in Manhattan

as Clerk (uncredited)

as Flunkey (Uncredited)

The Secret Bride

as Diner 2 (uncredited)

The Ghost Walks

The St. Louis Kid

as Max Bauer, the Porter

Wake Up and Dream

The Pursuit of Happiness

Million Dollar Ransom

as Pop McGarry (Uncredited)

The Circus Clown

The Loudspeaker

as Noel Cunningham

as Mr. Marshall

Fashions of 1934

as Man Removing Telephone

Hips, Hips, Hooray!

as Los Angeles Cop (uncredited)

From Headquarters

as Teletype Man (uncredited)

The Kennel Murder Case

as Sergeant Snitkin (uncredited)

So This Is Africa

Gabriel Over the White House

as Vice President (uncredited)

20,000 Years in Sing Sing

as Officer Daniels (uncredited)

as Police Sergeant Riley (uncredited)

Three on a Match

as Street Cleaner (uncredited)

The Crooked Circle

as J.L. O'Brien

as Johann Christian Lenz

The Famous Ferguson Case

as Fire Chief (uncredited)

as Police Officer Bert Brady (uncredited)

Traveling Husbands

as Henry Simmons

as Andrews, the Butler

The Bat Whispers

as The Caretaker

as Jerome Underwood

Dancing Mothers

as Butter and Egg Man

Janice Meredith

as Squire Hennion

Little Old New York