Spencer Charters
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.
Born: March 23, 1875
Place of Birth: Duncannon, Pennsylvania, USA
Known For
Rough Necking
The Blondes and Redheads series, June's father forbids her to see her boyfriend, so she sneaks him into the house disguised as a woman. One of her father's friends, however, falls in love with the mysterious young "woman".
The Nut Farm
Bob and Helen decide to move to California and make a fresh start. Bob wants to buy a nut farm, but Helen dreams of being in the movies. While Bob is looking for a farm to buy, Helen is taken in by a group of scam artists who promise to make her a star. Helen's brother Willie tries to prevent her and Bob from losing all their money to the scam artists.
Romance in Manhattan
Karel Novak is an incredibly naive Czech immigrant who is taken under the wing of streetwise New York chorus girl Sylvia. With the help of lovable cop-on-the-beat Murphy, Sylvia hides Karel from the immigration authorities and ultimately falls in love with him. In addition to Karel's illegal-alien status, the plot is complicated by a crooked lawyer and a group of well-meaning welfare workers who endeavor to place Sylvia's kid brother Frank in a foster home.
Arsenic and Old Lace
Mortimer Brewster, a newspaper drama critic, playwright, and author known for his diatribes against marriage, suddenly falls in love and gets married; but when he makes a quick trip home to tell his two maiden aunts, he finds out his aunts' hobby - killing lonely old men and burying them in the cellar!
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Longfellow Deeds lives in a small town, leading a small town kind of life. When a relative dies and leaves Deeds a fortune, Longfellow moves to the big city where he becomes an instant target for everyone. Deeds outwits them all until Babe Bennett comes along. When small-town boy meets big-city girl anything can, and does, happen.
The Great American Pie Company
In this comedic short, two pie vendors discuss merging their businesses, but one of them may have an ulterior motive.
The Pride of the Yankees
The story of the life and career of the baseball hall of famer, Lou Gehrig.
Danger – Love at Work
A New York City lawyer finds himself falling in love with the daughter of a screwball South Carolina family.
Remember the Night
Unexpected love blossoms when an assistant district attorney agrees to take a recidivist shoplifter home so she doesn't have to spend Christmas alone in jail.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Paris, France, 1482. Frollo, Chief Justice of benevolent King Louis XI, gets infatuated by the beauty of Esmeralda, a young Romani girl. The hunchback Quasimodo, Frollo's protege and bell-ringer of Notre Dame, lives in peace among the bells in the heights of the immense cathedral until he is involved by the twisted magistrate in his malicious plans to free himself from Esmeralda's alleged spell, which he believes to be the devil's work.
Filmography
as Self (archive footage)
as Marriage License Clerk
as Claudius Swade- motel owner (uncredited)
as Doc Stonebraker
as Sheriff
as Mr. Larsen (uncredited)
as Judge Ben Holt
as Oscar Titus
as Cheevers Snow
as Second Judge
as Dr. Clarence Upjohn
as Cornelius
as Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
as Judge White
as Motel Manager
as Station Master (uncredited)
as Mr. Gallon
as Storekeeper (uncredited)
as Clem
as Joe, the Postman
as Judge Henry Starrbottle
as Dr. McGuinness
as Swiss Policeman
as County Clerk
as Grandpa
as Ed
as Conductor
as Hank Woodcock
as Grandpa
as Bumblebee Hibbs
as Onkel Abner Henderson
as Justice of Peace
as Turnkey
as Dealer
as Judge
as Dr. 'Nunk' Atterbury
as Hotel Guest
as Constable
as Sheriff Yates
as Henry Quinn (uncredited)
as Sazerac Saloon Bartender (uncredited)
as Judge at Rummage Sale
as Mayer
as Doc Purdy
as Innkeeper
as Sheriff
as F.W. Jennson (uncredited)
as Court Clerk
as Druggist
as Gardener
as Joe Clayton
as Magistrate
as Judge Herbert A. Bell
as Justice Henry P. Smith
as Visoff (uncredited)
as Farmer
as Deputy Sheriff Serving Attachment Papers
as Lucius Wilkins
as Reverend (uncredited)
as Smedley
as Charley Shook - Mule Breeder
as Flanagan, Bank Guard
as Uncle Ben Perkins
as Angus Dibble
as Bradley
as Minister
as Judge
as Police Chief
as Rev. Matthew Brand
as Choirmaster
as Smith
as Mr. Koeper
as Charlie (uncredited)
as The Judge
as Sheriff Henry Sweatt
as Hendricks
as Herr Schultz
as Lem Halliday
as Husband Shaving on Train (uncredited)
as Old Doctor
as Magistrate
as Commissioner W.J. Beavers
as Angus Tubbs
as Dr. Scudd
as Old Man
as Jethro - Old Confederate
as Innkeeper
as Zeb
as Isaiah Wickenback
as Judge (uncredited)
as Taxi driver
as Pete Jones
as Uncle
as Station Agent
as The Sheriff
as Mike - Monteray Tavern Porter (uncredited)
as Franklin (uncredited)
as Usher (uncredited)
as Justice of the Peace Sharody
as George Hession
as Judge
as Rufus Boggs
as Jeffers Gass - Justice of the Peace
as Watling
as Alexander Scorzo
as Coroner McInery
as Judge Tope
as Henry Staeger
as Abiah Smith
as McCall the Magistrate
as Sheriff (uncredited)
as Grumpy
as Deputy Sheriff Putney
as Mr. Hutchins
as Col. Barnaby
as Marriage Bureau Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
as Thad Hill
as Sheriff Hank 'One Gun' Groder
as Dr. Bunting (uncredited)
as Warden Sylvester Mahoney
as Abner Simpson
as Mal (uncredited)
as Herr Hoffer
as Milkman
as Doctor (uncredited)
as First Sheriff (uncredited)
as Plaza Ritz Hotel Owner
as Jones - Watchman
as Parson Calverton Lunk
as Phineas Doolittle (uncredited)
as Winkel 'Wink' Steinberg
as Mr. Mercer (uncredited)
as Constable Mulhausen
as Doc
as Col. Bertram Grant
as Boatman
as Cal Stone
as Hotel Doorman (uncredited)
as Walker
as Sliscomb, the Landlord
as Chief of Police Britt
as Clerk (uncredited)
as Flunkey (Uncredited)
as Diner 2 (uncredited)
as Guard
as Gate Guard
as Messeldopp
as Max Bauer, the Porter
as Earl Craft
as Sam Evans
as Pop McGarry (Uncredited)
as Pa Taylor
as Kingsley
as Burroughs
as Noel Cunningham
as Mr. Marshall
as Man Removing Telephone
as Mr. Clark
as Mr. Umpchay
as Los Angeles Cop (uncredited)
as Teletype Man (uncredited)
as Tom
as Sergeant Snitkin (uncredited)
as Detective
as Doctor
as Vice President (uncredited)
as Oscar
as Officer Daniels (uncredited)
as Police Sergeant Riley (uncredited)
as Street Cleaner (uncredited)
as Kinny
as J.L. O'Brien
as Governor
as Johann Christian Lenz
as Oscar
as Fire Chief (uncredited)
as Police Officer Bert Brady (uncredited)
as Mr. Clark
as Joe
as Henry Simmons
as Woodenshoes
as Andrews, the Butler
as The Caretaker
as Jerome Underwood
as Squire Hennion
as Bunny
as Dobbs