
Spencer Charters
Acting • Born 1875-03-23 – Died 1943-01-25
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.
Filmography
193 credits
Arsenic and Old Lace
Movie • 1944
Marriage License Clerk

The Pursuit of Happiness
Movie • 1934
Sam Evans

Four's a Crowd
Movie • 1938
Charlie (uncredited)

Blondie Plays Cupid
Movie • 1940
Onkel Abner Henderson

Our Town
Movie • 1940
Constable

The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Movie • 1939
Court Clerk

Petticoat Politics
Movie • 1941
Grandpa

The Covered Trailer
Movie • 1939
Sheriff

Welcome Home
Movie • 1935
Constable Mulhausen

High Sierra
Movie • 1941
Ed

Lady Killer
Movie • 1933
Los Angeles Cop (uncredited)

It's a Gift
Movie • 1934
Gate Guard

Three Faces West
Movie • 1940
Dr. 'Nunk' Atterbury

Remember the Night
Movie • 1940
Judge at Rummage Sale

Moon Over Miami
Movie • 1941
Joe, the Postman

Second Fiddle
Movie • 1939
Joe Clayton

Young Mr. Lincoln
Movie • 1939
Judge Herbert A. Bell

Little Old New York
Movie • 1923
Bunny

Fashions of 1934
Movie • 1934
Man Removing Telephone

The Raven
Movie • 1935
Col. Bertram Grant

Movie Crazy
Movie • 1932
J.L. O'Brien

Don't Bet on Blondes
Movie • 1935
Doc

Murder on a Honeymoon
Movie • 1935
Chief of Police Britt

In Old Chicago
Movie • 1938
Commissioner W.J. Beavers

Crime School
Movie • 1938
Old Doctor

The Emperor's Candlesticks
Movie • 1937
Usher (uncredited)

The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
Movie • 1936
Dr. Bunting (uncredited)

Colleen
Movie • 1936
Doctor (uncredited)

Pick a Star
Movie • 1937
Judge

Palmy Days
Movie • 1931
Mr. Clark

The Match King
Movie • 1932
Oscar

Lonely Wives
Movie • 1931
Andrews, the Butler

Danger – Love at Work
Movie • 1937
Taxi driver

The Golden Fleecing
Movie • 1940
Justice of Peace

The Goose and the Gander
Movie • 1935
Winkel 'Wink' Steinberg

Scattergood Survives a Murder
Movie • 1942
Sheriff

The Lady from Cheyenne
Movie • 1941
Dr. McGuinness

The Nut Farm
Movie • 1935
Sliscomb, the Landlord

Love on a Bet
Movie • 1936
Plaza Ritz Hotel Owner

The Pride of the Yankees
Movie • 1942
Mr. Larsen (uncredited)

She Couldn't Say No
Movie • 1940
Hank Woodcock

Mr. Chump
Movie • 1938
Mr. Koeper

He Married His Wife
Movie • 1940
Mayer

Five of a Kind
Movie • 1938
Rev. Matthew Brand

The Preview Murder Mystery
Movie • 1936
Jones - Watchman

The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
Movie • 1942
Cheevers Snow

Make a Wish
Movie • 1937
Station Agent

Lady Behave!
Movie • 1937
Innkeeper

Mr. Boggs Steps Out
Movie • 1938
Angus Tubbs

The Harvester
Movie • 1936
Stubby Pratt

The Bride Walks Out
Movie • 1936
Marriage Bureau Justice of the Peace (uncredited)

Mr. Skitch
Movie • 1933
Mr. Umpchay

Boy Trouble
Movie • 1939
Bradley

Hotel Imperial
Movie • 1939
Visoff (uncredited)

Spendthrift
Movie • 1936
Col. Barnaby

Topper Takes a Trip
Movie • 1938
Judge

Career Woman
Movie • 1936
Coroner McInery

Three Blind Mice
Movie • 1938
Hendricks

Pacific Blackout
Movie • 1941
Cornelius

Traveling Husbands
Movie • 1931
Joe

The Flying Irishman
Movie • 1939
Smedley

The Crooked Circle
Movie • 1932
Kinny

The Circus Clown
Movie • 1934
Kingsley

Whoopee!
Movie • 1930
Jerome Underwood

Exile Express
Movie • 1939
Justice Henry P. Smith

Breaking the Ice
Movie • 1938
Smith

Wake Up and Dream
Movie • 1934
Earl Craft

The St. Louis Kid
Movie • 1934
Messeldopp

The Firebird
Movie • 1934
Max Bauer, the Porter

The Gay Deception
Movie • 1935
Mr. Mercer (uncredited)

Lady from Nowhere
Movie • 1936
Alexander Scorzo

Blind Date
Movie • 1934
Pa Taylor

In Person
Movie • 1935
Parson Calverton Lunk

F-Man
Movie • 1936
Sheriff Hank 'One Gun' Groder

Inside Story
Movie • 1939
Uncle Ben Perkins

Ex-Bad Boy
Movie • 1931
Henry Simmons

Banjo on My Knee
Movie • 1936
Judge Tope

The Moon's Our Home
Movie • 1936
Abner Simpson

Back in Circulation
Movie • 1937
The Sheriff

Women in the Wind
Movie • 1939
Farmer

Tobacco Road
Movie • 1941
County Clerk

The Bat Whispers
Movie • 1930
The Caretaker

In Name Only
Movie • 1939
Gardener

One Wild Night
Movie • 1938
Lem Halliday

The Hurricane
Movie • 1937
Judge (uncredited)

Ever Since Eve
Movie • 1937
Mike - Monteray Tavern Porter (uncredited)

Wells Fargo
Movie • 1937
Jethro - Old Confederate

36 Hours to Kill
Movie • 1936
Mr. Hutchins

Million Dollar Ransom
Movie • 1934
Pop McGarry (Uncredited)

Fugitive in the Sky
Movie • 1936
Henry Staeger

The Lady and the Mob
Movie • 1939
Flanagan, Bank Guard

Spring Madness
Movie • 1938
Police Chief

The Tenderfoot
Movie • 1932
Oscar

Alias the Deacon
Movie • 1940
Sheriff Yates

Three Comrades
Movie • 1938
Herr Schultz

Jesse James
Movie • 1939
Minister

The Famous Ferguson Case
Movie • 1932
Fire Chief (uncredited)

Eight Bells
Movie • 1935
Walker

Mr. District Attorney in the Carter Case
Movie • 1941
Judge White

Caravan
Movie • 1934
Flunkey (Uncredited)

Girl Loves Boy
Movie • 1937
Rufus Boggs

They Made Her a Spy
Movie • 1939
Lucius Wilkins

Dodge City
Movie • 1939
Reverend (uncredited)

Boulder Dam
Movie • 1936
First Sheriff (uncredited)

Two Thoroughbreds
Movie • 1939
Doc Purdy

Dr. Broadway
Movie • 1942
Oscar Titus

The Texas Rangers
Movie • 1936
Sheriff (uncredited)

Professor Beware
Movie • 1938
Sheriff Henry Sweatt

Drums Along the Mohawk
Movie • 1939
Innkeeper

The Under-Pup
Movie • 1939
Druggist

Dust Be My Destiny
Movie • 1939
F.W. Jennson (uncredited)

Postal Inspector
Movie • 1936
Grumpy

The Farmer in the Dell
Movie • 1936
Milkman

The Secret Bride
Movie • 1934
Diner 2 (uncredited)

Lucky Cisco Kid
Movie • 1940
Hotel Guest

Whispering Smith Speaks
Movie • 1935
Cal Stone

Bedtime Story
Movie • 1941
Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)

Janice Meredith
Movie • 1924
Squire Hennion

20,000 Years in Sing Sing
Movie • 1932
Officer Daniels (uncredited)

Female
Movie • 1933
Tom

The Kid From Texas
Movie • 1939
Deputy Sheriff Serving Attachment Papers

Hold 'Em Jail
Movie • 1932
Governor

So This Is Africa
Movie • 1933
Doctor

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Movie • 1936
Mal (uncredited)

Libeled Lady
Movie • 1936
McCall the Magistrate

Jewel Robbery
Movie • 1932
Johann Christian Lenz

All American Chump
Movie • 1936
Abiah Smith

Big Town Girl
Movie • 1937
Isaiah Wickenback

Four Days Wonder
Movie • 1936
Gilroy

Man at Large
Movie • 1941
Mr. Gallon

The Postman Didn't Ring
Movie • 1942
Judge Ben Holt

They Asked For It
Movie • 1939
Chief Lawson

Rough Necking
Movie • 1934
Mr. Marshall

The Mine with the Iron Door
Movie • 1936
Thad Hill

Santa Fe Trail
Movie • 1940
Conductor

The Night Before the Divorce
Movie • 1942
Second Judge

Virginia City
Movie • 1940
Sazerac Saloon Bartender (uncredited)

The Doctor Takes a Wife
Movie • 1940
Henry Quinn (uncredited)

Wife, Doctor and Nurse
Movie • 1937
Uncle

Gambling Ship
Movie • 1933
Detective

Friendly Neighbors
Movie • 1940
Bumblebee Hibbs

The Loudspeaker
Movie • 1934
Burroughs

The Boys from Syracuse
Movie • 1940
Turnkey

Maryland
Movie • 1940
Judge

Gabriel Over the White House
Movie • 1933
Vice President (uncredited)

Romance in Manhattan
Movie • 1935
Clerk (uncredited)

Vivacious Lady
Movie • 1938
Husband Shaving on Train (uncredited)

From Headquarters
Movie • 1933
Teletype Man (uncredited)

Unexpected Father
Movie • 1939
Magistrate

Yes, My Darling Daughter
Movie • 1939
Angus Dibble

Silver Queen
Movie • 1942
Doc Stonebraker

The Singing Hill
Movie • 1941
Judge Henry Starrbottle

Stablemates
Movie • 1938
Choirmaster

Forbidden Valley
Movie • 1938
Dr. Scudd

Bad Men of Missouri
Movie • 1941
Clem

They Died with Their Boots On
Movie • 1941
Station Master (uncredited)

So Ends Our Night
Movie • 1941
Swiss Policeman

April Folly
Movie • 1920
Dobbs

The Road to Reno
Movie • 1938
The Judge

Meet the Missus
Movie • 1940
Grandpa

The Remarkable Andrew
Movie • 1942
Dr. Clarence Upjohn

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Movie • 1975
Self (archive footage)

Dangerous Number
Movie • 1937
Jeffers Gass - Justice of the Peace

Slightly Dangerous
Movie • 1943
Claudius Swade- motel owner (uncredited)

Venus Makes Trouble
Movie • 1937
Joel Willard

Fifty Roads to Town
Movie • 1937
George Hession

Stranded
Movie • 1935
Boatman

The Great American Pie Company
Movie • 1935
Phineas Doolittle (uncredited)

Three on a Match
Movie • 1932
Street Cleaner (uncredited)

The Kennel Murder Case
Movie • 1933
Sergeant Snitkin (uncredited)

Back to Nature
Movie • 1936
Deputy Sheriff Putney

The Front Page
Movie • 1931
Woodenshoes

The Jury's Secret
Movie • 1938
Old Man

Half a Sinner
Movie • 1934
Noel Cunningham

Behind the Mike
Movie • 1937
Pete Jones

The Mighty Treve
Movie • 1937
Watling

Joy of Living
Movie • 1938
Magistrate

Hips, Hips, Hooray!
Movie • 1934
Mr. Clark

Hold That Ghost
Movie • 1941
Storekeeper (uncredited)

She Had to Eat
Movie • 1937
Franklin (uncredited)

Girl from God's Country
Movie • 1940
Dealer

Till We Meet Again
Movie • 1936
Herr Hoffer

Central Park
Movie • 1932
Police Sergeant Riley (uncredited)

The Ghost Walks
Movie • 1934
Guard

Star of Midnight
Movie • 1935
Hotel Doorman (uncredited)

Mountain Music
Movie • 1937
Justice of the Peace Sharody

Union Depot
Movie • 1932
Police Officer Bert Brady (uncredited)

Look Who's Laughing
Movie • 1941
Motel Manager

Checkers
Movie • 1937
Zeb

Murder on a Bridle Path
Movie • 1936
Warden Sylvester Mahoney

I'm from Missouri
Movie • 1939
Charley Shook - Mule Breeder

Dancing Mothers
Movie • 1926
Butter and Egg Man

Right to the Heart
Movie • 1942
Jonah