Charles Coleman
Australia native Charles Coleman was a stage, screen, and television actor who most frequently portrayed butlers or manservants.
A Christmas Carol
as Charity Solicitor BrummageMiser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own...
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Baby Face
as Hodges (uncredited)A young woman uses her body and her sexuality to help her climb the social ladder, but soon...
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Captains Courageous
as Burns the Butler (uncredited)Harvey, the arrogant and spoiled son of an indulgent absentee-father, falls overboard from a...
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Jane Eyre
as Guard on Coach to LowoodAfter a harsh childhood, orphan Jane Eyre is hired by Edward Rochester, the brooding lord of a...
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Anchors Aweigh
as Iturbi's Butler (uncredited)Two sailors on shore leave head out for four days of partying – only to become involved in the...
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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
as Richard - Lord Pendragon's Aide (uncredited)A bump on the head sends Hank Martin, 1912 mechanic, to Arthurian Britain, 528 A.D., where he is...
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The Westerner
as Lily Langtry's Manager (uncredited)Drifter Cole Harden is accused of stealing a horse and faces hanging by self-appointed Judge Roy...
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The Gay Divorcee
as ValetSeeking a divorce from her absentee husband, Mimi Glossop travels to an English seaside resort....
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Shall We Dance
as Policeman (uncredited)Ballet star Petrov arranges to cross the Atlantic aboard the same ship as the dancer and musical...
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Lured
as Sir Charles (uncredited)Sandra Carpenter is a London-based dancer who is distraught to learn that her friend has...
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The White Cliffs of Dover
as Captain Davis (uncredited)American Susan travels with her father to England for a vacation. Invited to a society ball,...
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Alexander's Ragtime Band
as Head WaiterClassical violinist, Roger Grant disappoints his family and teacher when he organizes a jazz...
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In Name Only
as Archie Duross (uncredited)A wealthy man falls for a widow but is locked into a loveless marriage with a woman who has...
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Boom Town
as McMasters' ButlerTwo buddies who rise from fly-by-night wildcatters to oil tycoons over a twenty year period both...
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Boom Town
as Parker - McMasters' Butler (uncredited)Two buddies who rise from fly-by-night wildcatters to oil tycoons over a twenty year period both...
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as CharlieHat check man Louis Blore is in love with nightclub star May Daly. May, however, is in love with...
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Buck Privates
as Edmunds (uncredited)Petty con artists Slicker Smith and Herbie Brown mistakenly join the Army evading the cops. The...
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Broadway Melody of 1938
as Louis (uncredited)Steve Raleight wants to produce a show on Broadway. He finds a backer, Herman Whipple and a...
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Gold Diggers of 1935
as Manders the Doorman (uncredited)Romance strikes when a vacationing millionairess and her daughter and son spend their vacation...
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Arabian Nights
as EunuchTwo half brothers battle each other for the power of the throne and the love of sensual,...
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Brother Orchid
as English Diamond Salesma (uncredited)When retired racket boss John Sarto tries to reclaim his place and former friends try to kill...
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Never Say Goodbye
as Withers (uncredited)Phil and Ellen Gayley have been divorced for a year, and their 7-year old daughter, Flip, is...
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Hangover Square
as Man at Bonfire (uncredited)When composer George Harvey Bone wakes with no memory of the previous night and a bloody knife...
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Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
as Charles the Butler (uncredited)When Pa wins a jingle-writing contest, he and Ma head for New York City. They they get in...
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The Cowboy and the Lady
as Horace Smith's Butler (uncredited)Mary Smith decides after a lifetime of being a shut-in to do something wild while her father is...
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Jewel Robbery
as Charles (uncredited)A gentleman thief charms a Viennese baron's wife and also conducts a daring daylight robbery of...
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Maisie
as Hicks (Uncredited)Wisecracking showgirl Maisie Ravier finds herself trapped in a Wyoming town when her new...
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Becky Sharp
as BowlesThe first feature length film to use three-strip Technicolor film. Adapted from a play that was...
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The Devil Is a Sissy
as DoormanA well-bred young English lad living in lower Manhattan tries to gain acceptance from his...
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Kitty
as MajordomoPickpocket Kitty's life changes when painter Thomas Gainsborough makes her portrait. The artwork...
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You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
as Robinson - Bel-Goodie's Butler (uncredited)Fields plays "Larsen E. Whipsnade", the owner of a shady carnival that is constantly on the run...
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Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
as Headwaiter (uncredited)Judge Hardy takes his family to New York City, where Andy quickly falls in love with a...
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One Hour with You
as Marcel (uncredited)Andre and Colette Bertier are happily married. When Colette introduces her husband to her...
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Magnificent Obsession
as SimpsonA playboy tries to redeem himself after his careless behavior causes a great man's death.
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Poor Little Rich Girl
as StebbinsCossetted and bored, Barbara Barry is finally sent off to school by her busy if doting widowed...
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The Shining Hour
as Henry's Butler (uncredited)A nightclub dancer shakes the foundations of a wealthy farming family after she marries into it.
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Earl Carroll Vanities
as 2nd ButlerBroadway producer Earl Carroll was a Ziegfeld-like entrepreneur who staged lavish revues...
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Variety Girl
as Man at Steambath (uncredited)Dozens of star and character-actor cameos and a message about the Variety Club (a show-business...
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In Society
as Van Cleve's Doorman (uncredited)Two bumbling plumbers are hired by a socialite to fix a leak. A case of mistaken identity gets...
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Phantom Raiders
as U.S. Agent HiltonIn this second Carter mystery, a mysterious rash of cargo ships sinking in Panama leads insurers...
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The Goose and the Gander
as Jones the ButlerWhen Georgiana Summers learns that the woman who stole and married her husband is planning a...
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Union Depot
as Reverend Harvey Pike (uncredited)Among the travelers of varied backgrounds that meet and interact on one night at Union Depot, a...
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Kind Lady
as Doorman (uncredited)Mary, a woman with good intentions, takes pity on Henry, an artist with no home. What begins as...
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Maisie Was a Lady
as Butler (Uncredited)Showgirl Maisie Ravier finds herself once again out of work. She meets a wealthy playboy who...
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The Greeks Had a Word for Them
as WaiterA trio of money-hungry women rent a luxurious penthouse, spending their dough on drink and...
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They Shall Have Music
as Henry - Heifetz's Butler (uncredited)The future is bleak for a troubled boy from a broken home in the slums. He runs away when his...
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Merrily We Go to Hell
as Richard DameryA drunken newspaperman, Jerry Corbett, is rescued from his alcoholic haze by an heiress, Joan...
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The Murder Man
as Doorman (uncredited)Steve Grey, reporter for the Daily Star, has a habit of scooping all the other papers in town....
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The Perfect Gentleman
as First Theater Doorman (uncredited)A strait-laced country vicar is very embarrassed by his father's naughty exploits with a lively...
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The Little Giant
as TailorProhibition is ending so bootlegger Bugs Ahearn decides to crack California society. He leases a...
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Diplomaniacs
as ButlerBarbers Willy Nilly and Hercules Glub have opened a barbershop in an Indian reservation, where...
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Sis Hopkins
as ButlerAn unsophisticated farm girl enrolls in college and stars in the campus musical.
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The Rage of Paris
as RigleyNicole has no job and is several weeks behind with her rent. Her solution to her problems is to...
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The Affairs of Annabel
as Perkins (uncredited)Wonder Pictures has been striking out at the box office lately, causing the seedy PR man to...
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Michael Shayne: Private Detective
as PonsbyMillionaire sportsman Hiram Brighton hires gumshoe Michael Shayne to keep his spoiled daughter...
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The Little Minister
as Sergeant of the GuardThe stoic, proper Rev. Gavin Dishart, newly assigned to a church in the small Scottish village...
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Lloyd's of London
as Waiter #3Norfolk, England, 1770. The nephew of an innkeeper and the son of a reverend maintain a very...
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Roughly Speaking
as The Butler (uncredited)In the 1920s, enterprising Louise Randall is determined to succeed in a man's world. Despite...
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3 Kids and a Queen
as ChefAn eccentric, wealthy spinster, 'Queenie' Baxter is erroneously presumed to be kidnapped. She...
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Voice of the Whistler
as Sinclair's Butler (uncredited)A dying millionaire marries his nurse for companionship, only to experience a miracle cure.
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Lord Jeff
as Hotel Desk ClerkSpoiled child Geoffrey Bramer teams up with a pair of small time crooks to pose as an aristocrat...
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It Ain't Hay
as Doorman (uncredited)Abbot and Costello must find a replacement for a woman's horse they accidentally killed after...
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Miss Annie Rooney
as Sidney, the ButlerA poor girl falls for a wealthy young man. He invites her to his gala birthday party, but she...
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Design for Scandal
as WiltonA newsman (Walter Pidgeon) falls in love on Cape Cod with the judge (Rosalind Russell) his angry...
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Three Smart Girls
as StevensThe three Craig sisters – Penny, Kay, and Joan – go to New York to stop their divorced father...
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Frenchman's Creek
as Thomas (uncredited)An English lady falls in love with a French pirate after he kidnaps her from her ancestral home...
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The Heart of New York
as The butlerA poor New York plumber's wife and children hope to move "uptown" from their lower East Side...
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I've Always Loved You
as ButlerA beautiful young concert pianist is torn between her attraction to her arrogant but brilliant...
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No More Ladies
as Stafford (uncredited)A society girl tries to reform her playboy husband by making him jealous.
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Rendezvous
as Café Doorman (uncredited)A decoding expert tangles with enemy spies.
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It Started with Eve
as RobertsA young man asks a hat check girl to pose as his fiancée in order to make his dying father's...
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Walking on Air
as Vincent, Bennett's Butler (uncredited)A strong-willed young woman hires a student to impersonate a boorish French count and brings him...
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Sins of Man
as DoormanAustrian church bell ringer Freyman loves music and wants his two sons (both played by Ameche)...
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Gateway
as PurserIrish immigrant meets returning war correspondent on a liner bound for New York. When she...
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That's My Daddy
as Norton's ButlerA wealthy bachelor lies his way out of a speeding ticket by telling the cops he's on his way to...
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Million Dollar Ransom
as Towers (Uncredited)To stop his mother from marrying a man he doesn't like, a young millionaire hires an ex-con in...
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Cross-Country Romance
as Hotel DoormanA runaway heiress hides in a doctor's trailer for a rollicking trip to San Francisco.
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Pittsburgh
as Mike (Markham's Butler)Charles 'Pittsburgh' Markham rides roughshod over his friends, his lovers, and his ideals in his...
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The Widow from Monte Carlo
as Torrent's ButlerIn this romantic comedy, an aspiring socialite heads for a vacation in Monte Carlo where she...
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Little Miss Broadway
as SimmonsAn orphan is provisionally adopted by the manager of a hotel populated by show business people....
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Shock
as ColonelCaptain Bob Hayworth, his brother Lieutenant Gilroy Hayworth and Captain Derek Marbury are in a...
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Two Tickets to London
as Commander (uncredited)Accused of helping an enemy submarine, a man escapes and joins a beautiful girl in trying to...
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The West Side Kid
as ButlerMillionaire Sam Winston is an unhappy man. His wife Constance lives a gay life, devoting all her...
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The Whistler
as Jennings, Butler (Uncredited)A guilt-ridden man blames himself for his wife's death and secretly pays an assassin to kill...
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The Go-Getter
as Thomas - the second butler (uncredited)A Navy veteran with one leg fights to make himself a success.
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The Magnificent Rogue
as Jefferson O'NealA serviceman returns home at the end of WWII to discover his wife has become the head of her own...
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Lady in a Jam
as Kiddie Party Guest at Auction (uncredited)A psychiatrist's patient, a nutty heiress, travels west to find gold in her grandfather's...
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Danger – Love at Work
as Edmond, MacMorrow's valetA New York City lawyer finds himself falling in love with the daughter of a screwball South...
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Beauty for the Asking
as Mrs. Harrington's Butler (uncredited)Denny breaks up with his fiancée Jean to marries wealthy Flora. When Jean is fired from her job...
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That Certain Age
as StevensDashing reporter Vincent Bullit has just returned from covering the Spanish Civil War. His boss,...
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A Successful Calamity
as Emmy's Musicale ButlerHenry Wilton is an elderly millionaire saddled with his selfish young second wife Emmy 'Sweetie'...
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Danger Street
as PlumleyMagazine owners sell a revealing photo, then play detective when the deal leads to murder.
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Marriage Is a Private Affair
as Selworth's Butler (uncredited)Theo has had many boyfriends who wanted to marry her. Since her mother, Mrs. Selworth, has been...
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The Missing Corpse
as EgbertA feud between rival newspapermen Kruger (Bromberg) and McDonald (Guilfoyle) goes deadly when...
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Three Daring Daughters
as William (uncredited)Three young girls try to help their divorced mother find the right husband.
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I Loved a Woman
as Hayden's First Butler (uncredited)The son of a ruthless meatpacking king goes through a number of changes in ideals and...
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Housewife
as BoltonNan Reynolds encourages her copywriter husband Bill to open his own agency. Nearly out of...
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Twin Beds
as ButlerMike Abbott just wants to spend a quiet evening at home with his wife, but her collection of...
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Bridal Suite
as Henry - Bath AttendantA carefree playboy with an aversion to marriage falls for a lass he meets in the French Alps.
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Blond Cheat
as Officer Salsby (uncredited)Socially prominent Michael Ashburn, chief assistant for a London loan broker makes a large loan...
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First Love
as George, Clinton's ButlerIn this reworking of Cinderella, orphaned Connie Harding is sent to live with her rich aunt and...
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The Imperfect Lady
as Sam TraversA British peer's romance with a ballerina courts scandal in 1890s London.
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Three Smart Girls Grow Up
as HenryThree sisters who believe life is going to be easy, now that their parents are back together,...
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Between Us Girls
as Nightclub Maitre d' (uncredited)A 20-year-old stage actress takes on her most challenging role when she pretends to be her own...
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The Great Impersonation
as ManganAn Englishman kills a German look-alike and poses as a Nazi spy in London.
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Man About Town
as Hotel Doorman (uncredited)Producer Bob Temple, who's brought an American show to London, loves his star Diana, but she...
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The White Angel
as Sentry at Balaclava Hospital (uncredited)In Victorian England, Florence Nightingale's heroic measures slowly change the attitude towards...
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Her Master's Voice
as CraddockBesieged by his adoring female fans, radio celebrity Ned "The Fireside Troubadour" Farrar hides...
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Young as You Feel
as ButlerLemuel Morehouse, the owner of a profitable meatpacking company in Chicago, bemoans the fact...
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The Under-Pup
as ButlerA young city girl from a poor family is invited to spend the summer at a camp for girls from...
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Mummy's Boys
as KendallWheeler & Woolsey comedy about two moronic ditch diggers, recruited for an archaeology...
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He Hired the Boss
as CraneA shy bookkeeper accidentally discovers that the company where he works is targeted in a series...
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As the Devil Commands
as MalcomSlowly dying of a terminal illness, wealthy invalid John Duncan wants his aide Dr. Graham to...
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Master Will Shakespeare
as John Decker (uncredited)A short biography of William Shakespeare that highlights the various jobs he worked at in the...
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Fired Wife
as ButlerA Broadway producer's Girl Friday must make sure that her recent marriage is kept secret. If it...
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Big Town Girl
as DoormanWhen a department store songstress becomes a radio star she keeps her identity secret, as the...
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His Family Tree
as Hopkins - the ButlerA father leaves his native Ireland and travels to America to visit the son he hasn't heard from...
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Mexican Spitfire
as Bosby - the ButlerNewlyweds Dennis and Carmelita have several obstacles to deal with in their new marriage:...
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Bachelor Apartment
as Rollins, Wayne's ButlerA New York playboy, Wayne Carter, dates wild women until he falls for a hard-working...
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Mexican Spitfire Out West
as Ponsby - the ButlerDennis heads west to work on an important business deal minus the Mexican Spitfire, Carmelita....
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Grand Canyon Trail
as J. Malcolm VanderpoolSintown is just a deserted ghost town until Vanerpool starts looking for silver. Cookie and...
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Almost Married
as MichaelTo avoid a costly breach of contract suit, a rich young man marries a nightclub singer.
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Fight for Your Lady
as Densmore's ButlerWrestling trainer puts himself in charge of a singer's love life when the singer is jilted by a...
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Lawful Larceny
as ButlerWhen Marion Corsey's husband, Andrew, is conned out of a small fortune by Vivian Hepburn, she...
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Colleen
as ButlerMusical about dingaling millionaire businessman Cedric Ames and his various employees
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Love Is News
as BevinsWhen a crafty reporter uses false pretenses to get a story out of heiress Tony Gateson, she...
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The Runaround
as ButlerTwo private eyes compete to find an heiress and bring her back, unmarried, to New York.
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What's Cookin'?
as ButlerJ. P. Courtney wants to update the music on the radio program he sponsors, but his wife, Agatha...
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Down to Their Last Yacht
as Sir GuyLeft only with their yacht after going broke in the Great Depression, a high-society family sets...
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West Point Widow
as Mr. AppletonIn this romance, a hospital nurse marries a West Point football hero. She soon gets pregnant,...
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What a Man
as WilliamWade Rawlings, a former Captain in the Gold Stream Guards, has lost his fortune and has become a...
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Manhattan Parade
as Laffingwell - Hired ButlerDirector Lloyd Bacon's 1931 drama takes a different look at the Broadway arena by focusing on...
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The Love Cheat
as William WestHenry, a struggling Greenwhich Villiage artist, accidentally finds an invitation to Louise...
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The Border Patrolman
as Collins the ServantWhen a border patrolman catches their spoiled daughter smoking in a no-smoking area, parents...
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Too Many Wives
as Rogers, the Jackson's ButlerAn heiress and a dog-catcher go searching for a priceless stamp.
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Radio City Revels
as ButlerA down-on-his-luck songwriter attempts to peddle musical compositions of a naive Arkansas...
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The Merry Frinks
as WitherspoonAn heiress abandons an out-of-work husband, two sons and a lovesick daughter.
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Repent at Leisure
as JeromeEveryone in a large department store knows that a rising star is married to the owner's...
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The Vagabond Trail
as AcesSearching for his wayward brother, saddle tramp Donnegan (Buck Jones) gets in trouble with a...
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Second Hand Love
as DuggAndy Hanks is an itinerant fix-it man who comes to town with his horse and dog as his only pals....
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Good Morning, Judge
as ButlerFreddie, a rich young idler, meets Julia Harrington, a wealthy social service worker who runs a...
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Oh, Professor Behave!
as The ButlerLeon, sight unseen, rents a room in his house to a professor, who turns out to be a beautiful...
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The Washington Masquerade
as Bitler's ButlerAn honest, talented and well respected attorney defeats a corrupt incumbent U.S. Senator. After...
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Sandy
as Bob McNeilSandy McNeil adopts strictly unconventional jazz ethics and against the wishes of her parents...
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The Pilgrim Lady
as NoelDennis Carter, the head of a detective agency, and his secretary, Henrietta Rankin, get involved...
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Melody Lane
as Mr. AbercrombieIn this musical, four entertaining farmboys from Iowa head for the Big Apple to find fame and...
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Big Dan
as Doc SnyderDan O'Hara, known as "Big Dan," returns from the war, and finding that his wife has left him,...
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Beyond Victory
as SparrowFour battle-weary American soldiers under fire reflect on the women they left behind.
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The Mummy and the Humming-Bird
as RonaldsThe Mummy and the Humming-Bird recounts the tragedy of a neglected wife who seeks amusement in...
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