Charles R. Moore
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.
Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1893-04-23
Place of birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Cast
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
1947
6.30
The Palm Beach Story
1942
7.01
The Little Foxes
1941
7.52
The Ninety and Nine
1922
0.00
Without Reservations
1946
6.20
Sullivan's Travels
1941
7.43
Carolina Moon
1940
5.00
Exclusive Story
1936
6.50
The Prodigal
1931
3.30
Hit the Road
1941
0.00
Southward Ho!
1939
4.00
Calling Dr. Death
1943
6.50
Beach Pajamas
1931
0.00
He Was Her Man
1934
6.70
Doctor Rhythm
1938
6.00
Dixie
1943
3.00
College Holiday
1936
5.20
36 Hours to Kill
1936
5.30
Spring Madness
1938
3.90
Start Cheering
1938
7.00
Only Angels Have Wings
1939
7.30
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939
7.85
Professor Beware
1938
6.10
Son of Dracula
1943
5.80
Kentucky
1938
5.83
The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date
1940
5.90
A Daughter of the Congo
1930
0.00
Adventure in Sahara
1938
5.50
God's Step Children
1938
5.30
Fast Workers
1933
5.30
Girl Missing
1933
5.10
This Gun for Hire
1942
6.93
Christmas in July
1940
6.90
Tin Pan Alley
1940
4.75
The Great McGinty
1940
6.90
Two Girls on Broadway
1940
6.60
Second Chorus
1941
5.80
Maryland
1940
6.20
Black Moon
1934
5.20
Diamond Jim
1935
6.00
It's A Small World
1935
4.50
Desert Bandit
1941
0.00
Kansas Cyclone
1941
0.00
Jesse James at Bay
1941
4.22
Sunset Serenade
1942
5.50
Blonde Inspiration
1941
5.40
Big Town Czar
1939
0.00
Million Dollar Legs
1932
6.60
The Exile
1931
4.90
The Accusing Finger
1936
4.70
True to Life
1943
6.00
I Married a Witch
1942
6.80
Page Miss Glory
1935
6.30
Manhattan Melodrama
1934
7.01
I'll Fix It
1934
0.00
So You Won't Talk?
1940
5.00
Sleepers West
1941
6.30
Suddenly It's Spring
1947
4.30
Killer at Large
1936
6.00
Comet Over Broadway
1938
5.00
Strictly in the Groove
1942
0.00
Queen of the Mob
1940
4.50
His First Command
1929
7.00
Hail the Conquering Hero
1944
7.00
Florida Special
1936
6.00