Spencer Charters

Spencer Charters

March 23, 1875

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Spencer Charters (March 25, 1875 – January 25, 1943) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 220 films between 1920 and 1943, mostly in small supporting roles. Spencer Charters first stage work soon after leaving school was a walk on part, but it…

Known For

18 titles
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Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

1936 · 1h 55m · Movie

A unassuming greeting card poet from a small town in Vermont heads to New York City upon inheriting a massive fortune and is immediately hounded by those who wish to take advantage of him.

7.8
2
Young Mr. Lincoln

Young Mr. Lincoln

1939 · 1h 40m · Movie

A fictionalized account of the early life of the American president as a young lawyer facing his greatest court case.

7.5
3
Libeled Lady

Libeled Lady

1936 · 1h 38m · Movie

When a socialite sues a big paper for libel, the editor responsible calls in the help of his ignored fiancée and a former employee to frame her and make the false story seem true.

7.8
4
The Raven

The Raven

1935 · 1h 1m · Movie

A brilliant surgeon with a morbid obsession for instruments of torture grows dangerously obsessed with a young socialite whose life he's saved.

6.8
5
Drums Along the Mohawk

Drums Along the Mohawk

1939 · 1h 44m · Movie

Newlyweds Gil and Lana Martin try to establish a farm in the Mohawk Valley but are menaced by Indians and Tories as the Revolutionary War begins.

7.0
6
It's a Gift

It's a Gift

1934 · 1h 8m · Movie

A henpecked New Jersey grocer makes plans to move to California to grow oranges, despite the resistance of his overbearing wife.

7.1
7
Vivacious Lady

Vivacious Lady

1938 · 1h 30m · Movie

A professor marries a nightclub singer, much to the consternation of his family and friends back home.

7.1
8
In Name Only

In Name Only

1939 · 1h 34m · Movie

After a wealthy man finds out his wife is a gold digger, he meets and falls for a widowed mother, and complications ensue.

7.0
9
The Front Page

The Front Page

1931 · 1h 41m · Movie

A crusading newspaper editor tricks his retiring star reporter into covering one last case.

6.7
10
20,000 Years in Sing Sing

20,000 Years in Sing Sing

1932 · 1h 18m · Movie

Brash hoodlum Tom Connors enters Sing Sing prison cocksure of himself and disrespectful toward authority, but the tough but compassionate warden is able to effect change in him.

6.8
11
Three Comrades

Three Comrades

1938 · 1h 38m · Movie

The close friendship of three German soldiers is strengthened by their shared love for the same woman, who is dying of tuberculosis.

7.1
12
Fashions of 1934

Fashions of 1934

1934 · 1h 18m · Movie

When the Manhattan investment firm of Sherwood Nash goes broke, he joins forces with his partner Snap and fashion designer Lynn Mason to provide discount shops with cheap copies of Paris couture dresses.

6.6
13
Topper Takes a Trip

Topper Takes a Trip

1938 · 1h 20m · Movie

To gain entry to Heaven, a ghost attempts to reunite a divorcing couple as a good deed.

6.5
14
The Bat Whispers

The Bat Whispers

1930 · 1h 23m · Movie

A master criminal terrorizes the occupants of an isolated country mansion.

6.3
15
Three Faces West

Three Faces West

1940 · 1h 19m · Movie

Austrian refugees Dr Braun and his daughter Leni join the town's plan to relocate to Oregon. The town leader falls for Leni, but she is betrothed to the man who helped them escape from the Third Reich.

6.1
16
Palmy Days

Palmy Days

1931 · 1h 17m · Movie

The assistant of a phony psychic leaves the fraudulent business and becomes an efficiency expert.

6.9
17
Gambling Ship

Gambling Ship

1933 · 1h 12m · Movie

Tired of the dangerous life as gambling boss, Ace Corbin 'retires' from the racket and travels cross-country by train to begin a new life with a new name. On the train, he meets Eleanor and they fall in love. Eleanor is afraid to ...

6.0
18
The Boys from Syracuse

The Boys from Syracuse

1940 · 1h 13m · Movie

The action takes place in Ephesus in ancient Asia Minor, and the story concerns the efforts of two boys from Syracuse, Antipholus and his servant Dromio, to find their long-lost twins who, for reason of plot confusion, are also na...

5.9