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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.
As actor
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
Suddenly It's Spring
Without Reservations
Hail the Conquering Hero
Calling Dr. Death
Dixie
Son of Dracula
True to Life
The Palm Beach Story
This Gun for Hire
Sunset Serenade
I Married a Witch
Strictly in the Groove
The Little Foxes
Sullivan's Travels
Hit the Road
Second Chorus
Desert Bandit
Kansas Cyclone
Jesse James at Bay
Blonde Inspiration
Sleepers West
Carolina Moon
The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date
Christmas in July
Tin Pan Alley
The Great McGinty
Two Girls on Broadway
Maryland
So You Won't Talk?