Person Details

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Aliases: Charles Randolph Moore , Charles Moore

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA

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Movie Involvements: 30

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
Manhattan Melodrama
Average
7

Manhattan Melodrama

(1934) Black Man in Speakeasy (uncredited)
Son of Dracula
Average
6

Son of Dracula

(1943) Matthew (uncredited)
Kentucky
Average
5

Kentucky

(1938) Stable Swipe
The Accusing Finger
Average
5

The Accusing Finger

(1936) Black Prisoner
Sunset Serenade
Average
6

Sunset Serenade

(1942) Sam
Southward Ho!
Average
7

Southward Ho!

(1939) Skeeter

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
1947 Bootblack (uncredited)
Charlie
1946 Redcap (uncredited)
1944 The Porter (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
N/A
Black Man in Speakeasy (uncredited)
1933 Liar Fined in Court (Uncredited)
Elevator Operator (Uncredited)
1932 Porter (uncredited)
1931 N/A
Jack Stewart
Railroad Porter (uncredited)
1930 N/A
1929 Homer (as Charles Moore)
1922 Sam Grant
Year Character Movie/Tv

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