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.
68 acting credits
Acting · 68
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939
Only Angels Have Wings
1939
Sullivan's Travels
1941
The Little Foxes
1941
Without Reservations
1946
Son of Dracula
1943
This Gun for Hire
1942
Sleepers West
1941
I Married a Witch
1942
Second Chorus
1941
The Palm Beach Story
1942
Manhattan Melodrama
1934
Exclusive Story
1936
Christmas in July
1940
Black Moon
1934
Hail the Conquering Hero
1944
Southward Ho!
1939
The Great McGinty
1940
Sunset Serenade
1942
It's A Small World
1935
Start Cheering
1938
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
1947
Diamond Jim
1935
College Holiday
1936
The Accusing Finger
1936
Calling Dr. Death
1943
Jesse James at Bay
1941
Girl Missing
1933
He Was Her Man
1934
Kentucky
1938
Comet Over Broadway
1938
Two Girls on Broadway
1940
Carolina Moon
1940
Maryland
1940
True to Life
1943
Page Miss Glory
1935
Professor Beware
1938
Fast Workers
1933
36 Hours to Kill
1936
Big Town Czar
1939
Smashing the Spy Ring
1938
Million Dollar Legs
1932
Spring Madness
1938
So You Won't Talk?
1940
Florida Special
1936
Adventure in Sahara
1938
Doctor Rhythm
1938
Ann Carver's Profession
1933
Blonde Inspiration
1941
Dixie
1943
Tin Pan Alley
1940
Queen of the Mob
1940
The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date
1940
I'll Fix It
1934
Suddenly It's Spring
1947
Hit the Road
1941
His First Command
1929
Strictly in the Groove
1942
The Prodigal
1931
Killer at Large
1936
Desert Bandit
1941
Kansas Cyclone
1941
God's Step Children
1938
The Ninety and Nine
1922
The Exile
1931
Beach Pajamas
1931
A Daughter of the Congo
1930
Your Obedient Servant
1917