Spencer Charters

Mar 23, 1875 - Jan 25, 1943 (67 years old) in Duncannon, Pennsylvania, USA

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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.

Known For

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Court Clerk

The Front Page

Woodenshoes

Remember the Night

Judge at Rummage Sale

They Died with Their Boots On

Station Master (uncredited)

The Kennel Murder Case

Sergeant Snitkin (uncredited)

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Self (archive footage)

Our Town

Constable

Pick a Star

Judge

Arsenic and Old Lace

Marriage License Clerk

Santa Fe Trail

Conductor

Credits

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? 1975

Self (archive footage)

★ 5.7
Arsenic and Old Lace 1944

Marriage License Clerk

★ 7.6
Slightly Dangerous 1943

Claudius Swade- motel owner (uncredited)

★ 5.8
Silver Queen 1942

Doc Stonebraker

★ 5.7
Scattergood Survives a Murder 1942

Sheriff

★ 4.5
The Pride of the Yankees 1942

Mr. Larsen (uncredited)

★ 7.4
The Postman Didn't Ring 1942

Judge Ben Holt

★ NR
Dr. Broadway 1942

Oscar Titus

★ 5
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine 1942

Cheevers Snow

★ 6
The Night Before the Divorce 1942

Second Judge

★ 5
The Remarkable Andrew 1942

Dr. Clarence Upjohn

★ 8.2
Pacific Blackout 1941

Cornelius

★ 6.3
Bedtime Story 1941

Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)

★ 5.9
Mr. District Attorney in the Carter Case 1941

Judge White

★ 6
Look Who's Laughing 1941

Motel Manager

★ 5.5
They Died with Their Boots On 1941

Station Master (uncredited)

★ 6.6
Man at Large 1941

Mr. Gallon

★ 6
Hold That Ghost 1941

Storekeeper (uncredited)

★ 6.7
Bad Men of Missouri 1941

Clem

★ 5.6
Moon Over Miami 1941

Joe, the Postman

★ 6.1
The Singing Hill 1941

Judge Henry Starrbottle

★ NR
The Lady from Cheyenne 1941

Dr. McGuinness

★ 5.2
So Ends Our Night 1941

Swiss Policeman

★ 6.1
Tobacco Road 1941

County Clerk

★ 6.6
Petticoat Politics 1941

Grandpa

★ NR
High Sierra 1941

Ed

★ 7.1
Santa Fe Trail 1940

Conductor

★ 5.8
She Couldn't Say No 1940

Hank Woodcock

★ 6.8
Meet the Missus 1940

Grandpa

★ NR
Friendly Neighbors 1940

Bumblebee Hibbs

★ NR
Blondie Plays Cupid 1940

Onkel Abner Henderson

★ 6.7
The Golden Fleecing 1940

Justice of Peace

★ 5.3
The Boys from Syracuse 1940

Turnkey

★ 5.8
Girl from God's Country 1940

Dealer

★ NR
Maryland 1940

Judge

★ 6.2
Three Faces West 1940

Dr. 'Nunk' Atterbury

★ 5.4
Lucky Cisco Kid 1940

Hotel Guest

★ 5.6
Our Town 1940

Constable

★ 5.7
Alias the Deacon 1940

Sheriff Yates

★ NR
The Doctor Takes a Wife 1940

Henry Quinn (uncredited)

★ 6.5
Virginia City 1940

Sazerac Saloon Bartender (uncredited)

★ 6.1
Remember the Night 1940

Judge at Rummage Sale

★ 7.3
He Married His Wife 1940

Mayer

★ 5.1
The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1939

Court Clerk

★ 7.3
Two Thoroughbreds 1939

Doc Purdy

★ 2
The Covered Trailer 1939

Sheriff

★ NR
Drums Along the Mohawk 1939

Innkeeper

★ 6.5
Dust Be My Destiny 1939

F.W. Jennson (uncredited)

★ 6.2
The Under-Pup 1939

Druggist

★ 6
In Name Only 1939

Gardener

★ 7
Second Fiddle 1939

Joe Clayton

★ 4.9
Unexpected Father 1939

Magistrate

★ NR
Young Mr. Lincoln 1939

Judge Herbert A. Bell

★ 7.2
Exile Express 1939

Henry P. Smith

★ 5
They Asked For It 1939

Chief Lawson

★ 3
Hotel Imperial 1939

Visoff (uncredited)

★ 6
Women in the Wind 1939

Farmer

★ 6.8
They Made Her a Spy 1939

Lucius Wilkins

★ 6
The Kid From Texas 1939

Deputy Sheriff Serving Attachment Papers

★ 6.5
Dodge City 1939

Reverend (uncredited)

★ 6.9
The Flying Irishman 1939

Smedley

★ 4.6
The Lady and the Mob 1939

Flanagan, Bank Guard

★ 6.3
Inside Story 1939

Uncle Ben Perkins

★ NR
Yes, My Darling Daughter 1939

Angus Dibble

★ 4
Boy Trouble 1939

Bradley

★ 5
Jesse James 1939

Minister

★ 6.4
Topper Takes a Trip 1938

Judge

★ 6.4
Spring Madness 1938

Police Chief

★ 3.9
Five of a Kind 1938

Rev. Matthew Brand

★ 4.2
Stablemates 1938

Choirmaster

★ 4.5
Breaking the Ice 1938

Smith

★ 5.4
Mr. Chump 1938

Mr. Koeper

★ NR
Four's a Crowd 1938

Charlie (uncredited)

★ 5.1
The Road to Reno 1938

The Judge

★ 2
Professor Beware 1938

Sheriff Henry Sweatt

★ 6.1
Three Blind Mice 1938

Hendricks

★ 6
One Wild Night 1938

Lem Halliday

★ 5.5
Three Comrades 1938

Herr Schultz

★ 7.1
Vivacious Lady 1938

Man Shaving on Train (uncredited)

★ 6.9
Crime School 1938

Old Doctor

★ 6.3
Joy of Living 1938

Magistrate

★ 5.7
In Old Chicago 1938

Commissioner W.J. Beavers

★ 6.4
Mr. Boggs Steps Out 1938

Angus Tubbs

★ 5.5
Forbidden Valley 1938

Dr. Scudd

★ 6
The Jury's Secret 1938

Old Man

★ 3
Wells Fargo 1937

Jethro - Old Confederate

★ 5.2
Lady Behave! 1937

Innkeeper

★ 5.2
Checkers 1937

Zeb

★ NR
Big Town Girl 1937

Isaiah Wickenback

★ 6
The Hurricane 1937

Judge (uncredited)

★ 6.6
Danger – Love at Work 1937

Taxi driver

★ 7.3
Behind the Mike 1937

Pete Jones

★ NR
Wife, Doctor and Nurse 1937

Uncle

★ 6
Make a Wish 1937

Station Agent

★ 6
Back in Circulation 1937

The Sheriff

★ 5.3
Ever Since Eve 1937

Mike - Monteray Tavern Porter (uncredited)

★ 5.8
The Emperor's Candlesticks 1937

Usher (uncredited)

★ 5.2
She Had to Eat 1937

Franklin (uncredited)

★ 5
Mountain Music 1937

Justice of the Peace Sharody

★ 6.5
Fifty Roads to Town 1937

George Hession

★ NR
Pick a Star 1937

Judge

★ 4.8
Venus Makes Trouble 1937

Joel Willard

★ 3.5
Girl Loves Boy 1937

Rufus Boggs

★ 4.5
Dangerous Number 1937

Jeffers Gass - Justice of the Peace

★ 5
The Mighty Treve 1937

Watling

★ 6
Lady from Nowhere 1936

Alexander Scorzo

★ NR
Career Woman 1936

Coroner McInery

★ 6
Banjo on My Knee 1936

Judge Tope

★ 5.8
Four Days Wonder 1936

Gilroy

★ NR
Fugitive in the Sky 1936

Henry Staeger

★ 6
All American Chump 1936

Abiah Smith

★ 5.8
Libeled Lady 1936

McCall the Magistrate

★ 7.3
The Texas Rangers 1936

Sheriff (uncredited)

★ 6.4
Postal Inspector 1936

Grumpy

★ 6.2
Back to Nature 1936

Deputy Sheriff Putney

★ NR
36 Hours to Kill 1936

Mr. Hutchins

★ 5.3
Spendthrift 1936

Col. Barnaby

★ 5
The Bride Walks Out 1936

Marriage Bureau Justice of the Peace (uncredited)

★ 5.3
The Mine with the Iron Door 1936

Thad Hill

★ NR
F-Man 1936

Sheriff Hank 'One Gun' Groder

★ NR
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford 1936

Dr. Bunting (uncredited)

★ 6.2
The Harvester 1936

Stubby Pratt

★ NR
Murder on a Bridle Path 1936

Warden Sylvester Mahoney

★ 5
The Moon's Our Home 1936

Abner Simpson

★ 6.5
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town 1936

Mal (uncredited)

★ 7.5
Till We Meet Again 1936

Herr Hoffer

★ 5
The Farmer in the Dell 1936

Milkman

★ NR
Colleen 1936

Doctor (uncredited)

★ 5.3
Boulder Dam 1936

First Sheriff (uncredited)

★ 4
Love on a Bet 1936

Plaza Ritz Hotel Owner

★ 7
The Preview Murder Mystery 1936

Jones - Watchman

★ 5.6
In Person 1935

Parson Calverton Lunk

★ 6.3
The Great American Pie Company 1935

Phineas Doolittle (uncredited)

★ 7.5
The Goose and the Gander 1935

Winkel 'Wink' Steinberg

★ 4.6
The Gay Deception 1935

Mr. Mercer (uncredited)

★ 6.4
Welcome Home 1935

Constable Mulhausen

★ NR
Don't Bet on Blondes 1935

Doc

★ 5
The Raven 1935

Col. Bertram Grant

★ 6.6
Stranded 1935

Boatman

★ 5.8
Whispering Smith Speaks 1935

Cal Stone

★ NR
Star of Midnight 1935

Hotel Doorman (uncredited)

★ 6
Eight Bells 1935

Walker

★ 6
The Nut Farm 1935

Sliscomb, the Landlord

★ 8
Murder on a Honeymoon 1935

Chief of Police Britt

★ 6.2
Romance in Manhattan 1935

Clerk (uncredited)

★ 7.8
Caravan 1934

Flunkey (Uncredited)

★ 5
The Secret Bride 1934

Diner 2 (uncredited)

★ 6.3
The Ghost Walks 1934

Guard

★ 5.2
It's a Gift 1934

Gate Guard

★ 6.4
The St. Louis Kid 1934

Messeldopp

★ 5.8
The Firebird 1934

Max Bauer, the Porter

★ 5.5
Wake Up and Dream 1934

Earl Craft

★ 4
The Pursuit of Happiness 1934

Sam Evans

★ 5.8
Million Dollar Ransom 1934

Pop McGarry (Uncredited)

★ NR
Blind Date 1934

Pa Taylor

★ 7
The Circus Clown 1934

Kingsley

★ 6
The Loudspeaker 1934

Burroughs

★ NR
Half a Sinner 1934

Noel Cunningham

★ NR
Rough Necking 1934

Mr. Marshall

★ 10
Fashions of 1934 1934

Man Removing Telephone

★ 6.4
Hips, Hips, Hooray! 1934

Mr. Clark

★ 5.8
Mr. Skitch 1933

Mr. Umpchay

★ 6
Lady Killer 1933

★ 6.8
From Headquarters 1933

Teletype Man (uncredited)

★ 5.8
Female 1933

Tom

★ 6.3
The Kennel Murder Case 1933

Sergeant Snitkin (uncredited)

★ 6.3
Gambling Ship 1933

Detective

★ 5.2
So This Is Africa 1933

Doctor

★ 6
Gabriel Over the White House 1933

Vice President (uncredited)

★ 6.9
The Match King 1932

Oscar

★ 6.6
20,000 Years in Sing Sing 1932

Officer Daniels (uncredited)

★ 6.3
Central Park 1932

Police Sergeant Riley (uncredited)

★ 5.2
Three on a Match 1932

Street Cleaner (uncredited)

★ 6.2
The Crooked Circle 1932

Kinny

★ 4.8
Movie Crazy 1932

J.L. O'Brien

★ 6.2
Hold 'Em Jail 1932

Governor

★ 6.8
Jewel Robbery 1932

Johann Christian Lenz

★ 6.4
The Tenderfoot 1932

Oscar

★ 6
The Famous Ferguson Case 1932

Fire Chief (uncredited)

★ 6
Union Depot 1932

Police Officer Bert Brady (uncredited)

★ 6.1
Palmy Days 1931

Mr. Clark

★ 7
Traveling Husbands 1931

Joe

★ 4
Ex-Bad Boy 1931

Henry Simmons

★ NR
The Front Page 1931

Woodenshoes

★ 6.5
Lonely Wives 1931

Andrews, the Butler

★ 4.6
The Bat Whispers 1930

The Caretaker

★ 6.4
Whoopee! 1930

Jerome Underwood

★ 6.4
Janice Meredith 1924

Squire Hennion

★ 5
Little Old New York 1923

Bunny

★ 6.4
April Folly 1920

Dobbs

★ 7