Person Details

Birthday: 1893-04-23 18:12:07

Death: 1947-07-20 18:12:07

Aliases: Charles Randolph Moore , Charles Moore

Gender: N/A

Place of birth: Chicago - Illinois - USA

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Movie Involvements: 31

TV Involvements: 0


Most Famous Work

Biography

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.

Most Famous Work

The Little Foxes
Average
7

The Little Foxes

(1941) Simon
Only Angels Have Wings
Average
7

Only Angels Have Wings

(1939) Charlie - Waiter
This Gun for Hire
Average
7

This Gun for Hire

(1942) Pullman Waiter (uncredited)
Son of Dracula
Average
6

Son of Dracula

(1943) Matthew (uncredited)
Blonde Venus
Average
7

Blonde Venus

(1932) Charlie, the Bartender (uncredited)
Manhattan Melodrama
Average
7

Manhattan Melodrama

(1934) Black Man in Speakeasy (uncredited)
The Divorcee
Average
6

The Divorcee

(1930) First Porter Opening Window (uncredited)
Diamond Jim
Average
0

Diamond Jim

(1935) Cook

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
1947 Bootblack (uncredited)
Charlie
1946 Redcap (uncredited)
1943 Gabe the Butler (uncredited)
N/A
Matthew (uncredited)
News Vendor (uncredited)
1942 Cactus (uncredited)
Rufus - Samuel's Servant (uncredited)
Sam
Colored Porter
Pullman Waiter (uncredited)
1941 Colored Chef
Mose
Simon
Martin
T-Bone (as Charles Moore)
T-Bone Jones
Porter (uncredited)
Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Sam - Elevator Operator (uncredited)
1940 Porter at Railroad Station (uncredited)
Sam - Carriage Driver
Porter in Maxford's Office (uncredited)
Bootblack
McGinty's Valet (uncredited)
N/A
Servant (uncredited)
Cocktail Party Butler
Porter at Bus Station (uncredited)
1939 Porter (uncredited)
Charlie - Waiter
Ray
Skeeter
1938 Stable Swipe
Sam - Cleaning Man (uncredited)
Gungadin
Excited Porter in Diner
Bootblack
Tooter, the Chauffeur
Train Porter
School Superintent
1936 Red-Cap Porter
Black Prisoner
Highpockets (uncredited)
Red Cap
Bootblack (uncredited)
1935 The Porter (uncredited)
Cook
Doorman (uncredited)
1934 Nifty
Manhattan Turkish Bath Attendant
Black Man in Speakeasy (uncredited)
1933 Liar Fined in Court (Uncredited)
Elevator Operator (Uncredited)
1932 Charlie, the Bartender (uncredited)
Porter (uncredited)
1931 N/A
N/A
Railroad Porter (uncredited)
1930 First Porter Opening Window (uncredited)
N/A
1929 Homer (as Charles Moore)
1922 Sam Grant
Year Character Movie/Tv

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