Charles R. Moore
Birthday: 1893-04-23
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
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.
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The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
Twenty-three years after scoring the winning touchdown for his college football team mild-mannered H...
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The Palm Beach Story
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The Little Foxes
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Without Reservations
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Sullivan's Travels
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Carolina Moon
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Exclusive Story
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The Prodigal
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Southward Ho!
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Calling Dr. Death
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He Was Her Man
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Doctor Rhythm
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Dixie
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36 Hours to Kill
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College Holiday
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Spring Madness
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Start Cheering
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Only Angels Have Wings
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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
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Professor Beware
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Son of Dracula
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Kentucky
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The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date
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A Daughter of the Congo
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Adventure in Sahara
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God's Step Children
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Fast Workers
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Girl Missing
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This Gun for Hire
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Christmas in July
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Tin Pan Alley
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The Great McGinty
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Two Girls on Broadway
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Second Chorus
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Maryland
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Black Moon
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Diamond Jim
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It's A Small World
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Desert Bandit
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Kansas Cyclone
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Jesse James at Bay
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Sunset Serenade
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Blonde Inspiration
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Big Town Czar
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Million Dollar Legs
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The Exile
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The Accusing Finger
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True to Life
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I Married a Witch
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Page Miss Glory
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Manhattan Melodrama
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I'll Fix It
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So You Won't Talk?
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Sleepers West
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Suddenly It's Spring
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Killer at Large
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Comet Over Broadway
Story of a rising stage star and the trouble she causes by her ambition....
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Queen of the Mob
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His First Command
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Hail the Conquering Hero
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Florida Special
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Ann Carver's Profession
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Smashing the Spy Ring
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