
Actor
Charles R. Moore
Born 1893 · 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.
Acting

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Porter (uncredited) · 1939

Sullivan's Travels
Colored Chef · 1941

Only Angels Have Wings
Charlie - Waiter · 1939

The Little Foxes
Simon · 1941

The Palm Beach Story
Colored Porter · 1942

I Married a Witch
Rufus - Samuel's Servant (uncredited) · 1942

This Gun for Hire
Pullman Waiter (uncredited) · 1942

Christmas in July
Porter in Maxford's Office (uncredited) · 1940

Hail the Conquering Hero
The Porter (uncredited) · 1944

Manhattan Melodrama
Black Man in Speakeasy (uncredited) · 1934

The Great McGinty
McGinty's Valet (uncredited) · 1940

Son of Dracula
Matthew (uncredited) · 1943

Kansas Cyclone
T-Bone (as Charles Moore) · 1941

The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
Bootblack (uncredited) · 1947

Million Dollar Legs
Porter (uncredited) · 1932

Second Chorus
Sam - Elevator Operator (uncredited) · 1941

I'll Fix It
Nifty · 1934

Desert Bandit
T-Bone Jones · 1941

Strictly in the Groove
Cactus (uncredited) · 1942

His First Command
Homer (as Charles Moore) · 1929

True to Life
Gabe the Butler (uncredited) · 1943

Without Reservations
Redcap (uncredited) · 1946

Sleepers West
Porter (uncredited) · 1941

Killer at Large
Highpockets (uncredited) · 1936