Charles R. Moore
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.
I Married a Witch
as Rufus - Samuel's Servant (uncredited)A 17th-century witch returns to wreak havoc in the life of a descendant of the Puritan witch...
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This Gun for Hire
as Pullman Waiter (uncredited)Sadistic killer-for-hire Philip Raven becomes enraged when his latest job is paid off in marked...
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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
as Porter (uncredited)Naive and idealistic Jefferson Smith, leader of the Boy Rangers, is appointed to the United...
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Without Reservations
as Redcap (uncredited)Kit Madden is traveling to Hollywood, where her best-selling novel is to be filmed. Aboard the...
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Blonde Venus
as Charlie, the Bartender (uncredited)In an effort to be able to afford expensive treatment for her gravely ill American husband, a...
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The Little Foxes
as SimonIn 1900, a clan attempts to strike a deal with a Chicago industrialist to get him to build...
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Manhattan Melodrama
as Black Man in Speakeasy (uncredited)The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law...
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Sullivan's Travels
as Colored ChefSuccessful movie director John L. Sullivan, convinced he won't be able to film his ambitious...
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Jesse James at Bay
as MoseWhen Jesse learns that Krager is cheating settlers, he and his gang rob trains to obtain money...
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Son of Dracula
as Matthew (uncredited)Carpathian Count Alucard is invited to the U.S. by a young heiress. Her boyfriend and local...
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Christmas in July
as Porter in Maxford's Office (uncredited)An office clerk loves entering contests in the hopes of someday winning a fortune and marrying...
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Only Angels Have Wings
as Charlie - WaiterA traveling performer arrives at a remote South American port town where the head of an air...
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The Palm Beach Story
as Colored PorterA New York inventor, Tom Jeffers, needs cash to develop his big idea, so his adoring wife,...
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Second Chorus
as Sam - Elevator Operator (uncredited)Danny O'Neill and Hank Taylor are rival trumpeters with the Perennials, a college band, and both...
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The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
as Bootblack (uncredited)Twenty-three years after scoring the winning touchdown for his college football team...
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Sleepers West
as Porter (uncredited)Private eye Mike Shayne encounters a large amount of trouble while attempting to guard a murder...
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The Great McGinty
as McGinty's Valet (uncredited)Told in flashback, Depression-era bum Dan McGinty is recruited by the city's political machine...
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Adventure in Sahara
as GungadinAgadez is a lonely French outpost baking under the desert sun and commanded by the cruel and...
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True to Life
as Gabe the Butler (uncredited)A writer for a radio program needs some fresh ideas to juice up his show. For inspiration, he...
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Black Moon
as uncreditedA woman returning to her island birthplace finds herself drawn to a voodoo cult.
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Page Miss Glory
as The Porter (uncredited)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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Calling Dr. Death
as uncreditedLosing his memories of the last few days, neurologist Dr. Steele is told that his wife has been...
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Suddenly It's Spring
as CharlieA WAC officer returns from the war to find her husband wants a divorce.
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Queen of the Mob
as Cocktail Party ButlerMa Webster (Blanche Yurka) and her boys rob a bank on Christmas Eve; G-men stop them with Tommy...
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Million Dollar Legs
as Porter (uncredited)A small country on the verge of bankruptcy is persuaded to enter the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics...
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Two Girls on Broadway
as Porter at Bus Station (uncredited)Eddie Kerns sells his song to a Broadway producer and also lands a job dancing in the musical....
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Fast Workers
as Liar Fined in Court (Uncredited)Gunner and Bucker are friends who work as riveters. Whenever Bucker gets the urge to marry,...
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Girl Missing
as Elevator Operator (Uncredited)Kay and June, two showgirls, are hurt when they seek financial help from Daisy. On Daisy's...
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It's A Small World
as Doorman (uncredited)Socialite, privileged, Jane Dale and lawyer Bill Shevlin meet in an automobile accident at...
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I'll Fix It
as NiftyA power-broker ward-heeler, Bill Grimes, wields more power than the elected politicians and has...
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Start Cheering
as Train PorterAfter retiring from movies to get an education, a man discovers his ex-staff is trying to have...
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The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date
as Sam - Carriage DriverComplicated plot involving missing stamp collection and kidnapped businessman, with the Lone...
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The Prodigal
as Railroad Porter (uncredited)An aspiring singer, who has fallen on hard times and is now living as a hobo, returns to his...
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He Was Her Man
as Manhattan Turkish Bath AttendantA safecracker goes straight after doing a stretch for a bum rap. He agrees to do one last job...
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Doctor Rhythm
as Tooter, the ChauffeurDr. Bill Remsen pretends to be a policeman, and ends up being assigned to guard Judy Marlowe....
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The Accusing Finger
as Black PrisonerA proud, pro-capital punishment district attorney with a 90% execution rate, finds himself...
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Dixie
as News Vendor (uncredited)A young songwriter leaves his Kentucky home to try to make it in New Orleans. Eventually he...
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Maryland
as uncreditedA woman tormented by the hunting death of her husband forbids her son to have anything to do...
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Professor Beware
as BootblackEgyptologist, Dean Lambert, accused of car-theft, skips bail and begins a cross-country trek to...
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Sunset Serenade
as SamBad guys plot to trick a newly arrived Eastern girl out of a ranch which belongs to her infant...
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Killer at Large
as Highpockets (uncredited)A master of disguise poses as a wax figure to rob a safe of its jewels.
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Tin Pan Alley
as Porter at Railroad Station (uncredited)Songwriters Calhoun and Harrigan get Katie and Lily Blane to introduce a new one. Lily goes to...
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Exclusive Story
as Bootblack (uncredited)A reporter and his newspaper's attorney try to gather evidence that will put a notorious...
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Kentucky
as Stable SwipeYoung lovers Jack and Sally are from families that compete to send horses to the 1938 Kentucky...
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Diamond Jim
as CookA loose biopic based on the life of Gilded Age tycoon "Diamond" Jim Brady.
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Carolina Moon
as Servant (uncredited)A singing cowboy and his sidekick encounter misunderstandings and rodeo havoc as they try and...
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The Exile
as uncreditedAn idealistic young man is torn between a sultry Chicago nightclub owner and a Scottish South...
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Big Town Czar
as RayWhen gangster Phil Daley gets rid of his chief Paul Burgess he has everything that money can...
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The Ninety and Nine
as Sam GrantMelodramatic thriller, presented in 9.5mm format
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Southward Ho!
as SkeeterRoy and Gabby return to Gabby's Texas ranch, after fighting with the Confederate military during...
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Spring Madness
as Excited Porter in DinerHarvard 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)A writer of pulp Westerns cranks out more words than his editor and publisher want to pay for.
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God's Step Children
as School SuperintentNaomi, a light-skinned Black child, is abandoned by her mother and raised by the virtuous Mrs....
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His First Command
as Homer (as Charles Moore)A playboy is in love with a woman and enters the army thinking it will improve his chances with her.
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Comet Over Broadway
as Sam - Cleaning Man (uncredited)Story of a rising stage star and the trouble she causes by her ambition.
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Kansas Cyclone
as T-Bone (as Charles Moore)The irrepressible Donald Barry is twice falsely accused of murder in this typical low-budget but...
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College Holiday
as Red-Cap PorterCollege students rally to save a struggling hotel from closing. Comedy.
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Desert Bandit
as T-Bone JonesBantam-weight western star Don "Red" Barry certainly deserved his designation as "The Cowboy...
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Strictly in the Groove
as Cactus (uncredited)College student, cattle baron, confused love story.
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So You Won't Talk?
as BootblackA shy book reviewer is confused with a notorious gangster who has just been release from prison.
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Hit the Road
as MartinKids look to get revenge when their fathers are all killed in a mob war.
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36 Hours to Kill
as Red CapDuke and Jeanie Benson, an outlaw couple hiding out under assumed names. Duke realizes that he...
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A Daughter of the Congo
as uncreditedA US cavalry officer rescues a mulatto girl, raised in Africa, from slavers.
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