Charles Coleman
Acting • Born 1885-12-21 – Died 1951-03-08
Biography
Australia native Charles Coleman was a stage, screen, and television actor who most frequently portrayed butlers or manservants.
Filmography
160 credits
Almost Married
Movie • 1942
Michael
Shall We Dance
Movie • 1937
Policeman (uncredited)
It Started with Eve
Movie • 1941
Roberts
Jewel Robbery
Movie • 1932
Charles (uncredited)
The Vagabond Trail
Movie • 1924
Aces
The Gay Divorcee
Movie • 1934
Valet
Big Dan
Movie • 1923
Doc Snyder
Good Morning, Judge
Movie • 1928
Butler
Melody Lane
Movie • 1941
Mr. Abercrombie
Alexander's Ragtime Band
Movie • 1938
Head Waiter
The Rage of Paris
Movie • 1938
Rigley
Broadway Melody of 1938
Movie • 1937
Louis (uncredited)
The Little Minister
Movie • 1934
Sergeant of the Guard
Beauty for the Asking
Movie • 1939
Mrs. Harrington's Butler (uncredited)
Pittsburgh
Movie • 1942
Mike (Markham's Butler)
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
Movie • 1950
Charles the Butler (uncredited)
Never Say Goodbye
Movie • 1946
Withers (uncredited)
The Greeks Had a Word for Them
Movie • 1932
Waiter
Becky Sharp
Movie • 1935
Bowles
Second Hand Love
Movie • 1923
Dugg
One Hour with You
Movie • 1932
Marcel (uncredited)
Merrily We Go to Hell
Movie • 1932
Richard Damery
Two Tickets to London
Movie • 1943
Commander (uncredited)
Bachelor Apartment
Movie • 1931
Rollins, Wayne's Butler
I Loved a Woman
Movie • 1933
Hayden's First Butler (uncredited)
The Murder Man
Movie • 1935
Doorman (uncredited)
Rendezvous
Movie • 1935
Café Doorman (uncredited)
The Runaround
Movie • 1946
Butler
Colleen
Movie • 1936
Butler
Variety Girl
Movie • 1947
Man at Steambath (uncredited)
Danger – Love at Work
Movie • 1937
Edmond, MacMorrow's valet
The Goose and the Gander
Movie • 1935
Jones the Butler
Danger Street
Movie • 1947
Plumley
Sis Hopkins
Movie • 1941
Butler
The Heart of New York
Movie • 1932
The butler
The Magnificent Rogue
Movie • 1946
Jefferson O'Neal
The Border Patrolman
Movie • 1936
Collins the Servant
Housewife
Movie • 1934
Bolton
What a Man
Movie • 1930
William
The Imperfect Lady
Movie • 1946
Sam Travers
That's My Daddy
Movie • 1927
Norton's Butler
Too Many Wives
Movie • 1937
Rogers, the Jackson's Butler
The Missing Corpse
Movie • 1945
Egbert
Radio City Revels
Movie • 1938
Butler
Fight for Your Lady
Movie • 1937
Densmore's Butler
Down to Their Last Yacht
Movie • 1934
Sir Guy
Little Miss Broadway
Movie • 1938
Simmons
Michael Shayne: Private Detective
Movie • 1940
Ponsby
The Pilgrim Lady
Movie • 1947
Noel
Boom Town
Movie • 1940
McMasters' Butler
Master Will Shakespeare
Movie • 1936
John Decker (uncredited)
Mexican Spitfire Out West
Movie • 1940
Ponsby - the Butler
Mexican Spitfire
Movie • 1940
Bosby - the Butler
Miss Annie Rooney
Movie • 1942
Sidney, the Butler
Sandy
Movie • 1926
Bob McNeil
Blond Cheat
Movie • 1938
Officer Salsby (uncredited)
The Affairs of Annabel
Movie • 1938
Perkins (uncredited)
Lawful Larceny
Movie • 1930
Butler
Roughly Speaking
Movie • 1945
The Butler (uncredited)
Walking on Air
Movie • 1936
Vincent, Bennett's Butler (uncredited)
The Devil Is a Sissy
Movie • 1936
Doorman
Million Dollar Ransom
Movie • 1934
Towers (Uncredited)
Manhattan Parade
Movie • 1931
Laffingwell - Hired Butler
Kind Lady
Movie • 1935
Doorman (uncredited)
His Family Tree
Movie • 1935
Hopkins - the Butler
The Merry Frinks
Movie • 1934
Witherspoon
Moonlight in Hawaii
Movie • 1941
Butler
Mummy's Boys
Movie • 1936
Kendall
The White Angel
Movie • 1936
Sentry at Balaclava Hospital (uncredited)
Her Master's Voice
Movie • 1936
Craddock
Repent at Leisure
Movie • 1941
Jerome
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
Movie • 1939
Robinson - Bel-Goodie's Butler (uncredited)
Three Smart Girls Grow Up
Movie • 1939
Henry
They Shall Have Music
Movie • 1939
Henry - Heifetz's Butler (uncredited)
Man About Town
Movie • 1939
Hotel Doorman (uncredited)
In Name Only
Movie • 1939
Archie Duross (uncredited)
First Love
Movie • 1939
George, Clinton's Butler
The Perfect Gentleman
Movie • 1935
First Theater Doorman (uncredited)
The Under-Pup
Movie • 1939
Butler
Three Smart Girls
Movie • 1936
Stevens
Grand Canyon Trail
Movie • 1948
J. Malcolm Vanderpool
Sins of Man
Movie • 1936
Doorman
Bridal Suite
Movie • 1939
Henry - Bath Attendant
Maisie
Movie • 1939
Hicks (Uncredited)
Shock
Movie • 1934
Colonel
Brother Orchid
Movie • 1940
English Diamond Salesma (uncredited)
As the Devil Commands
Movie • 1933
Malcom
High Stakes
Movie • 1931
Murray
What's Cookin'?
Movie • 1942
Butler
The Whistler
Movie • 1944
Jennings, Butler (Uncredited)
Voice of the Whistler
Movie • 1945
Sinclair's Butler (uncredited)
Captains Courageous
Movie • 1937
Burns the Butler (uncredited)
He Hired the Boss
Movie • 1943
Crane
Boom Town
Movie • 1940
Parker - McMasters' Butler (uncredited)
The Westerner
Movie • 1940
Lily Langtry's Manager (uncredited)
Between Us Girls
Movie • 1942
Nightclub Maitre d' (uncredited)
Love Is News
Movie • 1937
Bevins
Three Daring Daughters
Movie • 1948
William (uncredited)
Gateway
Movie • 1938
Purser
That Certain Age
Movie • 1938
Stevens
Phantom Raiders
Movie • 1940
U.S. Agent Hilton
Cross-Country Romance
Movie • 1940
Hotel Doorman
Beyond Victory
Movie • 1931
Sparrow
I've Always Loved You
Movie • 1946
Butler
Earl Carroll Vanities
Movie • 1945
2nd Butler
Arabian Nights
Movie • 1942
Eunuch
Hunting Trouble
Movie • 1933
Winchell
The Washington Masquerade
Movie • 1932
Bitler's Butler
The White Cliffs of Dover
Movie • 1944
Captain Davis (uncredited)
Little Orphan Annie
Movie • 1938
The Butler
Young as You Feel
Movie • 1931
Butler
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
Movie • 1940
Headwaiter (uncredited)
Big Town Girl
Movie • 1937
Doorman
Twin Beds
Movie • 1942
Butler
The Great Impersonation
Movie • 1942
Mangan
Baby Face
Movie • 1933
Hodges (uncredited)
The Little Giant
Movie • 1933
Tailor
The Go-Getter
Movie • 1937
Thomas, the Second Butler (uncredited)
Design for Scandal
Movie • 1941
Wilton
Diplomaniacs
Movie • 1933
Butler
Magnificent Obsession
Movie • 1935
Simpson
Gold Diggers of 1935
Movie • 1935
Manders the Doorman (uncredited)
Marriage Is a Private Affair
Movie • 1944
Selworth's Butler (uncredited)
Poor Little Rich Girl
Movie • 1936
Stebbins
A Christmas Carol
Movie • 1938
Charity Solicitor Brummage
Lord Jeff
Movie • 1938
Hotel Desk Clerk
Fired Wife
Movie • 1943
Butler
The West Side Kid
Movie • 1943
Butler
West Point Widow
Movie • 1941
Mr. Appleton
Du Barry Was a Lady
Movie • 1943
Charlie (uncredited)
Jane Eyre
Movie • 1943
Guard on Coach to Lowood
The Widow from Monte Carlo
Movie • 1935
Torrent's Butler
Lloyd's of London
Movie • 1936
Waiter #3
The Shining Hour
Movie • 1938
Henry's Butler (uncredited)
3 Kids and a Queen
Movie • 1935
Chef
Hangover Square
Movie • 1945
Man at Bonfire (uncredited)
Buck Privates
Movie • 1941
Edmunds (uncredited)
It Ain't Hay
Movie • 1943
Doorman (uncredited)
In Society
Movie • 1944
Van Cleve's Doorman (uncredited)
Lured
Movie • 1947
Sir Charles (uncredited)
Anchors Aweigh
Movie • 1945
Iturbi's Butler (uncredited)
Kitty
Movie • 1945
Majordomo
Frenchman's Creek
Movie • 1944
Thomas (uncredited)
No More Ladies
Movie • 1935
Stafford (uncredited)
Oh, Professor Behave!
Movie • 1946
The Butler
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Movie • 1949
Richard - Lord Pendragon's Aide (uncredited)
Union Depot
Movie • 1932
Reverend Harvey Pike (uncredited)
A Successful Calamity
Movie • 1932
Emmy's Musicale Butler
The Cowboy and the Lady
Movie • 1938
Horace Smith's Butler (uncredited)
Maisie Was a Lady
Movie • 1941
Butler (Uncredited)
The Love Cheat
Movie • 1919
William West
The Mummy and the Humming-Bird
Movie • 1915
Ronalds
When We Were Twenty-One
Movie • 1915
The Trinity
Lady in a Jam
Movie • 1942
Kiddie Party Guest at Auction (uncredited)
David Harum
Movie • 1934
Flowers (uncredited)
The Place of Honeymoons
Movie • 1920
Jimmie Harrigan
Everybody's Old Man
Movie • 1936
Mansfield
My Friend Irma
Movie • 1949
Henry
The Richest Girl in the World
Movie • 1934
(uncredited)
MGM Parade
TV • 1955
Self