Charles R. Moore
Acting
1893-04-23 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
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.
Filmography
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
1947 · Movie
Suddenly It's Spring
1947 · Movie
Without Reservations
1946 · Movie
Hail the Conquering Hero
1944 · Movie
True to Life
1943 · Movie
Calling Dr. Death
1943 · Movie
Son of Dracula
1943 · Movie
Dixie
1943 · Movie
Strictly in the Groove
1942 · Movie
I Married a Witch
1942 · Movie
Sunset Serenade
1942 · Movie
The Palm Beach Story
1942 · Movie
This Gun for Hire
1942 · Movie
Sullivan's Travels
1941 · Movie
Jesse James at Bay
1941 · Movie
The Little Foxes
1941 · Movie
Hit the Road
1941 · Movie
Kansas Cyclone
1941 · Movie
Desert Bandit
1941 · Movie
Sleepers West
1941 · Movie
Blonde Inspiration
1941 · Movie
Second Chorus
1941 · Movie
Tin Pan Alley
1940 · Movie
The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date
1940 · Movie
Christmas in July
1940 · Movie
So You Won't Talk?
1940 · Movie
The Great McGinty
1940 · Movie
Maryland
1940 · Movie
Carolina Moon
1940 · Movie
Queen of the Mob
1940 · Movie
Two Girls on Broadway
1940 · Movie
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939 · Movie
Only Angels Have Wings
1939 · Movie
Big Town Czar
1939 · Movie
Southward Ho!
1939 · Movie
Kentucky
1938 · Movie
Smashing the Spy Ring
1938 · Movie
Comet Over Broadway
1938 · Movie
Adventure in Sahara
1938 · Movie
Spring Madness
1938 · Movie
Professor Beware
1938 · Movie
Doctor Rhythm
1938 · Movie
God's Step Children
1938 · Movie
Start Cheering
1938 · Movie
College Holiday
1936 · Movie
The Accusing Finger
1936 · Movie
Killer at Large
1936 · Movie
36 Hours to Kill
1936 · Movie
Florida Special
1936 · Movie
Exclusive Story
1936 · Movie
Page Miss Glory
1935 · Movie
Diamond Jim
1935 · Movie
It's A Small World
1935 · Movie
I'll Fix It
1934 · Movie
He Was Her Man
1934 · Movie
Black Moon
1934 · Movie
Manhattan Melodrama
1934 · Movie
Ann Carver's Profession
1933 · Movie
Fast Workers
1933 · Movie
Girl Missing
1933 · Movie
Million Dollar Legs
1932 · Movie
Beach Pajamas
1931 · Movie
The Exile
1931 · Movie
The Prodigal
1931 · Movie
A Daughter of the Congo
1930 · Movie
His First Command
1929 · Movie
The Ninety and Nine
1922 · Movie
Your Obedient Servant
1917 · Movie