Charles R. Moore
Acting
🎂 1893-04-23
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.
Cast credits(66)
Porter (uncredited)
1939
Simon
1941
Doorman (uncredited)
1935
The Porter (uncredited)
1944
Pullman Waiter (uncredited)
1942
Colored Chef
1941
Excited Porter in Diner
1938
Porter (uncredited)
1932
Porter in Maxford's Office (uncredited)
1940
1943
1940
Black Man in Speakeasy (uncredited)
1934
Sam - Elevator Operator (uncredited)
1941
Mose
1941
T-Bone (as Charles Moore)
1941
Porter at Railroad Station (uncredited)
1940
Martin
1941
Bootblack
1938
Rufus - Samuel's Servant (uncredited)
1942
Charlie - Waiter
1939
Bootblack (uncredited)
1947
McGinty's Valet (uncredited)
1940
Bootblack (uncredited)
1936
Servant (uncredited)
1940
Colored Porter
1942
Matthew (uncredited)
1943
Porter at Bus Station (uncredited)
1940
Sam - Cleaning Man (uncredited)
1938
Red-Cap Porter
1936
George, the Porter (uncredited)
1936
Black Prisoner
1936
Ray
1939
Skeeter
1939
The Porter (uncredited)
1935
Homer (as Charles Moore)
1929
1934
Red Cap
1936
News Vendor (uncredited)
1943
Sam
1942
Cocktail Party Butler
1940
Liar Fined in Court (Uncredited)
1933
Stable Swipe
1938
Railroad Porter (uncredited)
1931
Elevator Operator (Uncredited)
1933
Cook
1935
Redcap (uncredited)
1946
Trial Witness (uncredited)
1933
Gabe the Butler (uncredited)
1943
Train Porter
1938
Tooter, the Chauffeur
1938
Sam - Carriage Driver
1940
Manhattan Turkish Bath Attendant
1934
Gungadin
1938
Bootblack
1940
Porter (uncredited)
1941
Charlie
1947
Highpockets (uncredited)
1936
T-Bone Jones
1941
Cactus (uncredited)
1942
Jack Stewart
1931
Sam Grant
1922
School Superintent
1938
Nifty
1934
Elevator Operator (uncredited)
1941
1931
1930