Charles R. Moore

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 (68 Appearances)

The Sin of Harold Diddlebock

Suddenly It's Spring

Without Reservations

Hail the Conquering Hero

True to Life

Calling Dr. Death

Son of Dracula

Dixie

Strictly in the Groove

I Married a Witch

Sunset Serenade

The Palm Beach Story

This Gun for Hire

Sullivan's Travels

Jesse James at Bay

The Little Foxes

Hit the Road

Kansas Cyclone

Desert Bandit

Sleepers West

Blonde Inspiration

Second Chorus

Tin Pan Alley

The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date

Christmas in July

So You Won't Talk?

The Great McGinty

Maryland

Carolina Moon

Queen of the Mob

Two Girls on Broadway

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Only Angels Have Wings

Big Town Czar

Southward Ho!

Kentucky

Smashing the Spy Ring

Comet Over Broadway

Adventure in Sahara

Spring Madness

Professor Beware

Doctor Rhythm

God's Step Children

Start Cheering

College Holiday

The Accusing Finger

Killer at Large

36 Hours to Kill

Florida Special

Exclusive Story

Page Miss Glory

Diamond Jim

It's A Small World

I'll Fix It

He Was Her Man

Black Moon

Manhattan Melodrama

Ann Carver's Profession

Fast Workers

Girl Missing

Million Dollar Legs

Beach Pajamas

The Exile

The Prodigal

A Daughter of the Congo

His First Command

The Ninety and Nine

Your Obedient Servant

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