Charles R. Moore
Acting • Born 1893-04-23 – Died 1947-07-20
Biography
Charles R. Moore (April 23, 1893, Chicago, Illinois - July 20, 1947, Los Angeles, California) was an African-American actor who appeared in over 100 films in his acting career, and was sometimes credited as Charles Moore or Charlie Moore Moore played small parts such as servants, bootblacks, elevator operators, menial laborers, and, especially, railroad porters and Red Caps. Film buffs may remember him in Meet John Doe where he played the City Hall janitor trying to smoke a cigar while washing the floor on the Christmas Eve that John Doe has threatened to jump off the building. Moore was part of Preston Sturges' unofficial "stock company" of character actors, appearing in six of Sturges' films. In Sullivan's Travels, Moore had a memorable moment as the chef who is propelled headfirst through the roof of the land yacht during the chase scene. Moore was also a dancer, but that skill was not often called for in his film appearances.
Filmography
67 credits
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
Movie • 1947
Bootblack (uncredited)
The Palm Beach Story
Movie • 1942
Colored Porter
The Little Foxes
Movie • 1941
Simon
The Ninety and Nine
Movie • 1922
Sam Grant
Without Reservations
Movie • 1946
Redcap (uncredited)
Sullivan's Travels
Movie • 1941
Colored Chef
Carolina Moon
Movie • 1940
Servant (uncredited)
Exclusive Story
Movie • 1936
Bootblack (uncredited)
The Prodigal
Movie • 1931
Railroad Porter (uncredited)
Hit the Road
Movie • 1941
Martin
Southward Ho!
Movie • 1939
Skeeter
Calling Dr. Death
Movie • 1943
Beach Pajamas
Movie • 1931
He Was Her Man
Movie • 1934
Manhattan Turkish Bath Attendant
Doctor Rhythm
Movie • 1938
Tooter, the Chauffeur
Dixie
Movie • 1943
News Vendor (uncredited)
36 Hours to Kill
Movie • 1936
Red Cap
College Holiday
Movie • 1936
Red-Cap Porter
Spring Madness
Movie • 1938
Excited Porter in Diner
Start Cheering
Movie • 1938
Train Porter
Only Angels Have Wings
Movie • 1939
Charlie - Waiter
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Movie • 1939
Porter (uncredited)
Professor Beware
Movie • 1938
Bootblack
Son of Dracula
Movie • 1943
Matthew (uncredited)
Kentucky
Movie • 1938
Stable Swipe
The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date
Movie • 1940
Sam - Carriage Driver
A Daughter of the Congo
Movie • 1930
Adventure in Sahara
Movie • 1938
Gungadin
God's Step Children
Movie • 1938
School Superintent
Fast Workers
Movie • 1933
Liar Fined in Court (Uncredited)
Girl Missing
Movie • 1933
Elevator Operator (Uncredited)
This Gun for Hire
Movie • 1942
Pullman Waiter (uncredited)
Christmas in July
Movie • 1940
Porter in Maxford's Office (uncredited)
Tin Pan Alley
Movie • 1940
Porter at Railroad Station (uncredited)
The Great McGinty
Movie • 1940
McGinty's Valet (uncredited)
Two Girls on Broadway
Movie • 1940
Porter at Bus Station (uncredited)
Second Chorus
Movie • 1941
Sam - Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Maryland
Movie • 1940
Black Moon
Movie • 1934
Diamond Jim
Movie • 1935
Cook
It's A Small World
Movie • 1935
Doorman (uncredited)
Desert Bandit
Movie • 1941
T-Bone Jones
Kansas Cyclone
Movie • 1941
T-Bone (as Charles Moore)
Jesse James at Bay
Movie • 1941
Mose
Sunset Serenade
Movie • 1942
Sam
Blonde Inspiration
Movie • 1941
Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Big Town Czar
Movie • 1939
Ray
Million Dollar Legs
Movie • 1932
Porter (uncredited)
The Exile
Movie • 1931
Jack Stewart
The Accusing Finger
Movie • 1936
Black Prisoner
True to Life
Movie • 1943
Gabe the Butler (uncredited)
I Married a Witch
Movie • 1942
Rufus - Samuel's Servant (uncredited)
Page Miss Glory
Movie • 1935
The Porter (uncredited)
Manhattan Melodrama
Movie • 1934
Black Man in Speakeasy (uncredited)
I'll Fix It
Movie • 1934
Nifty
So You Won't Talk?
Movie • 1940
Bootblack
Sleepers West
Movie • 1941
Porter (uncredited)
Suddenly It's Spring
Movie • 1947
Charlie
Killer at Large
Movie • 1936
Highpockets (uncredited)
Comet Over Broadway
Movie • 1938
Sam - Cleaning Man (uncredited)
Strictly in the Groove
Movie • 1942
Cactus (uncredited)
Queen of the Mob
Movie • 1940
Cocktail Party Butler
His First Command
Movie • 1929
Homer (as Charles Moore)
Hail the Conquering Hero
Movie • 1944
The Porter (uncredited)
Florida Special
Movie • 1936
George, the Porter (uncredited)
Ann Carver's Profession
Movie • 1933
Trial Witness (uncredited)
Smashing the Spy Ring
Movie • 1938
Man Finding Dollar (uncredited)