Charles R. Moore

Born: 1893-04-23

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.


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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

as Porter (uncredited)
Released: 1939-10-19

Naive and idealistic Jefferson Smith, leader of the Boy Rangers, is appointed to the United...

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Son of Dracula

as Matthew (uncredited)
Released: 1943-11-05

Carpathian Count Alucard is invited to the U.S. by a young heiress. Her boyfriend and local...

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Manhattan Melodrama

as Black Man in Speakeasy (uncredited)
Released: 1934-05-04

The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law...

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I Married a Witch

as Rufus - Samuel's Servant (uncredited)
Released: 1942-10-30

A 17th-century witch returns to wreak havoc in the life of a descendant of the Puritan witch...

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The Palm Beach Story

as Colored Porter
Released: 1942-08-28

A New York inventor, Tom Jeffers, needs cash to develop his big idea, so his adoring wife,...

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Only Angels Have Wings

as Charlie - Waiter
Released: 1939-05-15

A traveling performer arrives at a remote South American port town where the head of an air...

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The Little Foxes

as Simon
Released: 1941-08-29

In 1900, a clan attempts to strike a deal with a Chicago industrialist to get him to build...

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This Gun for Hire

as Pullman Waiter (uncredited)
Released: 1942-04-24

Sadistic killer-for-hire Philip Raven becomes enraged when his latest job is paid off in marked...

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Sullivan's Travels

as Colored Chef
Released: 1941-11-30

Successful movie director John L. Sullivan, convinced he won't be able to film his ambitious...

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Blonde Venus

as Charlie, the Bartender (uncredited)
Released: 1932-09-23

In an effort to be able to afford expensive treatment for her gravely ill American husband, a...

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The Great McGinty

as McGinty's Valet (uncredited)
Released: 1940-08-01

Told in flashback, Depression-era bum Dan McGinty is recruited by the city's political machine...

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Christmas in July

as Porter in Maxford's Office (uncredited)
Released: 1940-10-25

An office clerk loves entering contests in the hopes of someday winning a fortune and marrying...

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Second Chorus

as Sam - Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Released: 1941-01-03

Danny O'Neill and Hank Taylor are rival trumpeters with the Perennials, a college band, and both...

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True to Life

as Gabe the Butler (uncredited)
Released: 1943-12-24

A writer for a radio program needs some fresh ideas to juice up his show. For inspiration, he...

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Dixie

as News Vendor (uncredited)
Released: 1943-06-23

A young songwriter leaves his Kentucky home to try to make it in New Orleans. Eventually he...

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Kentucky

as Stable Swipe
Released: 1938-12-30

Young lovers Jack and Sally are from families that compete to send horses to the 1938 Kentucky...

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Black Moon

as uncredited
Released: 1934-06-15

A woman returning to her island birthplace finds herself drawn to a voodoo cult.

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The Sin of Harold Diddlebock

as Bootblack (uncredited)
Released: 1947-04-04

Twenty-three years after scoring the winning touchdown for his college football team...

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Comet Over Broadway

as Sam - Cleaning Man (uncredited)
Released: 1938-12-03

Story of a rising stage star and the trouble she causes by her ambition.

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The Accusing Finger

as Black Prisoner
Released: 1936-11-17

A proud, pro-capital punishment district attorney with a 90% execution rate, finds himself...

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Without Reservations

as Redcap (uncredited)
Released: 1946-05-13

Kit Madden is traveling to Hollywood, where her best-selling novel is to be filmed. Aboard the...

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Calling Dr. Death

as uncredited
Released: 1943-12-17

Losing his memories of the last few days, neurologist Dr. Steele is told that his wife has been...

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Start Cheering

as Train Porter
Released: 1938-03-03

After retiring from movies to get an education, a man discovers his ex-staff is trying to have...

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Million Dollar Legs

as Porter (uncredited)
Released: 1932-07-08

A small country on the verge of bankruptcy is persuaded to enter the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics...

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Southward Ho!

as Skeeter
Released: 1939-03-19

Roy and Gabby return to Gabby's Texas ranch, after fighting with the Confederate military during...

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Tin Pan Alley

as Porter at Railroad Station (uncredited)
Released: 1940-11-29

Songwriters Calhoun and Harrigan get Katie and Lily Blane to introduce a new one. Lily goes to...

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Carolina Moon

as Servant (uncredited)
Released: 1940-07-14

A singing cowboy and his sidekick encounter misunderstandings and rodeo havoc as they try and...

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Page Miss Glory

as The Porter (uncredited)
Released: 1935-09-07

A country girl goes to the city and gets a job in a posh hotel, and winds up becoming an instant...

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36 Hours to Kill

as Red Cap
Released: 1936-07-24

Duke and Jeanie Benson, an outlaw couple hiding out under assumed names. Duke realizes that he...

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The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date

as Sam - Carriage Driver
Released: 1940-11-02

Complicated plot involving missing stamp collection and kidnapped businessman, with the Lone...

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Two Girls on Broadway

as Porter at Bus Station (uncredited)
Released: 1940-04-19

Eddie Kerns sells his song to a Broadway producer and also lands a job dancing in the musical....

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Jesse James at Bay

as Mose
Released: 1941-10-17

When Jesse learns that Krager is cheating settlers, he and his gang rob trains to obtain money...

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Queen of the Mob

as Cocktail Party Butler
Released: 1940-06-28

Ma Webster (Blanche Yurka) and her boys rob a bank on Christmas Eve; G-men stop them with Tommy...

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Diamond Jim

as Cook
Released: 1935-09-01

A loose biopic based on the life of Gilded Age tycoon "Diamond" Jim Brady.

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Exclusive Story

as Bootblack (uncredited)
Released: 1936-01-17

A reporter and his newspaper's attorney try to gather evidence that will put a notorious...

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Big Town Czar

as Ray
Released: 1939-05-03

When gangster Phil Daley gets rid of his chief Paul Burgess he has everything that money can...

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Sleepers West

as Porter (uncredited)
Released: 1941-03-14

Private eye Mike Shayne encounters a large amount of trouble while attempting to guard a murder...

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Suddenly It's Spring

as Charlie
Released: 1947-02-13

A WAC officer returns from the war to find her husband wants a divorce.

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He Was Her Man

as Manhattan Turkish Bath Attendant
Released: 1934-06-16

A safecracker goes straight after doing a stretch for a bum rap. He agrees to do one last job...

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Adventure in Sahara

as Gungadin
Released: 1938-11-15

Agadez is a lonely French outpost baking under the desert sun and commanded by the cruel and...

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Professor Beware

as Bootblack
Released: 1938-07-29

Egyptologist, Dean Lambert, accused of car-theft, skips bail and begins a cross-country trek to...

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Fast Workers

as Liar Fined in Court (Uncredited)
Released: 1933-03-10

Gunner and Bucker are friends who work as riveters. Whenever Bucker gets the urge to marry,...

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His First Command

as Homer (as Charles Moore)
Released: 1929-12-28

A playboy is in love with a woman and enters the army thinking it will improve his chances with her.

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Girl Missing

as Elevator Operator (Uncredited)
Released: 1933-03-04

Kay and June, two showgirls, are hurt when they seek financial help from Daisy. On Daisy's...

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Spring Madness

as Excited Porter in Diner
Released: 1938-11-11

Harvard senior Sam Thatcher and his best friend and roommate, known as "The Lippencott", plan to...

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Blonde Inspiration

as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Released: 1941-02-07

A writer of pulp Westerns cranks out more words than his editor and publisher want to pay for.

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Killer at Large

as Highpockets (uncredited)
Released: 1936-10-27

A master of disguise poses as a wax figure to rob a safe of its jewels.

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Sunset Serenade

as Sam
Released: 1942-09-14

Bad guys plot to trick a newly arrived Eastern girl out of a ranch which belongs to her infant...

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College Holiday

as Red-Cap Porter
Released: 1936-12-19

College students rally to save a struggling hotel from closing. Comedy.

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Hit the Road

as Martin
Released: 1941-06-27

Kids look to get revenge when their fathers are all killed in a mob war.

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Desert Bandit

as T-Bone Jones
Released: 1941-05-24

Bantam-weight western star Don "Red" Barry certainly deserved his designation as "The Cowboy...

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Doctor Rhythm

as Tooter, the Chauffeur
Released: 1938-05-06

Dr. Bill Remsen pretends to be a policeman, and ends up being assigned to guard Judy Marlowe....

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The Prodigal

as Railroad Porter (uncredited)
Released: 1931-02-21

An aspiring singer, who has fallen on hard times and is now living as a hobo, returns to his...

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Kansas Cyclone

as T-Bone (as Charles Moore)
Released: 1941-06-24

The irrepressible Donald Barry is twice falsely accused of murder in this typical low-budget but...

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Strictly in the Groove

as Cactus (uncredited)
Released: 1942-11-20

College student, cattle baron, confused love story.

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I'll Fix It

as Nifty
Released: 1934-11-10

A power-broker ward-heeler, Bill Grimes, wields more power than the elected politicians and has...

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God's Step Children

as School Superintent
Released: 1938-01-01

Naomi, a light-skinned Black child, is abandoned by her mother and raised by the virtuous Mrs....

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So You Won't Talk?

as Bootblack
Released: 1940-10-02

A shy book reviewer is confused with a notorious gangster who has just been release from prison.

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The Exile

as uncredited
Released: 1931-05-15

An idealistic young man is torn between a sultry Chicago nightclub owner and a Scottish South...

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It's A Small World

as Doorman (uncredited)
Released: 1935-04-12

Socialite, privileged, Jane Dale and lawyer Bill Shevlin meet in an automobile accident at...

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Maryland

as uncredited
Released: 1940-07-19

A woman tormented by the hunting death of her husband forbids her son to have anything to do...

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A Daughter of the Congo

as uncredited
Released: 1930-04-05

A US cavalry officer rescues a mulatto girl, raised in Africa, from slavers.

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The Ninety and Nine

as Sam Grant
Released: 1922-12-17

Melodramatic thriller, presented in 9.5mm format

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