Charles R. Moore
Age: N/A | From: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Charles Randolph Moore , Charles Moore
Gender: Male
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
(1941) Simon
Only Angels Have Wings
(1939) Charlie - Waiter
This Gun for Hire
(1942) Pullman Waiter (uncredited)
Son of Dracula
(1943) Matthew (uncredited)
Blonde Venus
(1932) Charlie, the Bartender (uncredited)
Manhattan Melodrama
(1934) Black Man in Speakeasy (uncredited)
The Divorcee
(1930) First Porter Opening Window (uncredited)
Diamond Jim
(1935) CookActing
| 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 |
