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