Acting

Charles Coleman

Born December 21, 1885 · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Died March 8, 1951 · aged 65

Australia native Charles Coleman was a stage, screen, and television actor who most frequently portrayed butlers or manservants.

Known For

A young woman uses her body and her sexuality to help her climb the social ladder, but soon begins to wonder if her new status will ever bring her happiness.

Anchors Aweigh · 1945

Anchors Aweigh

★ 6.81945

MovieMusicComedy

Two sailors on shore leave head out for four days of partying – only to become involved in the affairs of an aspiring singer and her precocious nephew.

The Cowboy and the Lady · 1938

The Cowboy and the Lady

★ 6.31938

MovieComedyRomance

Mary Smith decides after a lifetime of being a shut-in to do something wild while her father is out campaigning for the presidency, so she takes off for the family's home in West Palm Beach and inadvertently becomes romantically entangled with earnest cowboy Stretch Willoughby. Neither the dalliance nor the cowboy fit with the upper class image projected by her esteemed father, forcing her to choose.

Petty con artists Slicker Smith and Herbie Brown mistakenly join the Army evading the cops. The cop chasing them winds up as their drill instructor. A rich young man and his former working class chauffeur are not only in the same unit, they're vying for a pretty girl who seems attracted to both.

A Christmas Carol · 1938

A Christmas Carol

★ 7.01938

MovieDramaFantasy

Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.

In early 19th century England, ambitious and ruthless orphan Rebecca Sharp advances from the position of governess to the heights of British society. The first feature length film to use three-strip Technicolor.

Sandra Carpenter is a London-based dancer who is distraught to learn that her friend has disappeared. Soon after the disappearance, she's approached by Harley Temple, a police investigator who believes her friend has been murdered by a serial killer who uses personal ads to find his victims. Temple hatches a plan to catch the killer using Sandra as bait, and Sandra agrees to help.

Never Say Goodbye · 1946

Never Say Goodbye

★ 6.31946

MovieComedy

Phil and Ellen Gayley have been divorced for a year, and their 7-year old daughter, Flip, is very unhappy that her parents are not together. Flip starts a correspondence with a Marine, sending a picture of her beautiful mother as the author of Flip's flirtatious letters. When the Marine shows up to meet his pen pal, Ellen takes the opportunity to make her ex-husband jealous.

Filmography

Sort

A young woman uses her body and her sexuality to help her climb the social ladder, but soon begins to wonder if her new status will ever bring her happiness.

Hodges (uncredited)

Anchors Aweigh · 1945

Anchors Aweigh

★ 6.81945

MovieMusicComedy

Two sailors on shore leave head out for four days of partying – only to become involved in the affairs of an aspiring singer and her precocious nephew.

Iturbi's Butler (uncredited)

The Cowboy and the Lady · 1938

The Cowboy and the Lady

★ 6.31938

MovieComedyRomance

Horace Smith's Butler (uncredited)

Edmunds (uncredited)

A Christmas Carol · 1938

A Christmas Carol

★ 7.01938

MovieDramaFantasy

Charity Solicitor Brummage

Bowles

Sir Charles (uncredited)

Never Say Goodbye · 1946

Withers (uncredited)

Abbot and Costello must find a replacement for a woman's horse they accidentally killed after feeding it some candy. They head for the racetrack, find a look-a-like and take it. They do not realize that the nag is "Tea Biscuit," a champion racehorse.

Doorman (uncredited)

The Gay Divorcee · 1934

The Gay Divorcee

★ 6.91934

MovieComedyRomance

Seeking a divorce from her absentee husband, Mimi Glossop travels to an English seaside resort. There she falls in love with dancer Guy Holden, whom she later mistakes for the corespondent her lawyer hired.

Valet

After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she meets the dark, cold, and abrupt master of the house, Edward Rochester. Jane and her employer grow close in friendship and she soon finds herself falling in love with him. Happiness seems to have found Jane at last, but could Rochester's terrible secret be about to destroy it forever?

Guard on Coach to Lowood

The Devil Is a Sissy · 1936

The Devil Is a Sissy

★ 7.01936

MovieComedyDrama

A well-bred young English lad living in lower Manhattan tries to gain acceptance from his not-so-well-bred peers at school.

Doorman

Two bumbling plumbers are hired by a socialite to fix a leak. A case of mistaken identity gets the pair an invitation to a fancy party and an entree into high society. As expected, things don't go too smoothly.

Van Cleve's Doorman (uncredited)

Andy Hardy Meets Debutante · 1940

Andy Hardy Meets Debutante

★ 5.71940

MovieComedyFamily

Judge Hardy takes his family to New York City, where Andy quickly falls in love with a socialite. He finds the high society life too expensive, and eventually decides that he liked it better back home.

Headwaiter (uncredited)

Captains Courageous · 1937

Captains Courageous

★ 7.41937

MovieAdventureDrama

Harvey, the arrogant and spoiled son of an indulgent absentee-father, falls overboard from a transatlantic steamship and is rescued by a fishing vessel on the Grand Banks. Harvey fails to persuade them to take him ashore, nor convince the crew of his wealth. The captain offers him a low-paid job, until they return to port, as part of the crew that turns him into a mature, considerate young man.

Burns the Butler (uncredited)

Broadway Melody of 1938 · 1937

Broadway Melody of 1938

★ 6.61937

MovieMusicRomance

Steve Raleight wants to produce a show on Broadway. He finds a backer, Herman Whipple and a leading lady, Sally Lee. But Caroline Whipple forces Steve to use a known star, not a newcomer. Sally purchases a horse, she used to train when her parents had a farm before the depression and with to ex-vaudevillians, Sonny Ledford and Peter Trott she trains it to win a race, providing the money Steve needs for his show.

Louis (uncredited)

When a crafty reporter uses false pretenses to get a story out of heiress Tony Gateson, she turns the tables on him, telling the press that they are engaged. Suddenly he's front page news, every salesman is at his doorstep, and he loses his job. A series of misadventures ensues with him alternately back on his job and fired and her ex-fiancé showing up.

Bevins

You Can't Cheat an Honest Man · 1939

You Can't Cheat an Honest Man

★ 7.01939

MovieComedy

Fields plays "Larsen E. Whipsnade", the owner of a shady carnival that is constantly on the run from the law. Whipsnade is struggling to keep a step ahead of foreclosure, and clearly not paying his performers, including Bergen and McCarthy, who try to coax money out of him, or in McCarthy's case, steal some outright.

Robinson - Bel-Goodie's Butler (uncredited)

Shall We Dance · 1937

Shall We Dance

★ 7.31937

MovieComedyRomance

Ballet star Petrov arranges to cross the Atlantic aboard the same ship as the dancer and musical star he's fallen for but barely knows. By the time the ocean liner reaches New York, a little white lie has churned through the rumour mill and turned into a hot gossip item—that the two celebrities are secretly married.

Policeman (uncredited)

Arabian Nights · 1942

Arabian Nights

★ 6.01942

MovieActionAdventure

Two half brothers battle each other for the power of the throne and the love of sensual, gorgeous dancing girl Scheherazade.

Eunuch

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court · 1949

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

★ 6.21949

MovieComedyFantasy

A bump on the head sends Hank Martin, 1905 auto mechanic, to Arthurian England, 528 A.D., where he is befriended by Sir Sagramore le Desirous and gains power by judicious use of technology. He and Alisande, the King's niece, fall in love at first sight, which draws unwelcome attention from her fiancée Sir Lancelot; but worse trouble befalls when Hank meddles in the kingdom's politics.

Richard - Lord Pendragon's Aide (uncredited)

Lloyd's of London · 1936

Lloyd's of London

★ 7.31936

MovieDramaHistory

Norfolk, England, 1770. The nephew of an innkeeper and the son of a reverend maintain a very close friendship until, after living a great adventure, they must separate their paths. The former will head his footsteps to London and bound his destiny to Lloyd's, a thriving insurance company; the latter will eventually become one of the greatest heroes in the history of the British Empire.

Waiter #3

Little Miss Broadway · 1938

Little Miss Broadway

★ 6.51938

MovieDramaFamily

An orphan is provisionally adopted by the manager of a hotel populated by show business people. The hotel's owner doesn't like the entertainers and wants the girl returned to the orphanage.

Simmons

Drifter Cole Harden is accused of stealing a horse and faces hanging by self-appointed Judge Roy Bean, but Harden manages to talk his way out of it by claiming to be a friend of stage star Lillie Langtry, with whom the judge is obsessed, even though he has never met her. Tensions rise when Harden comes to the defense of a group of struggling homesteaders who Judge Bean is trying to drive away.

Lily Langtry's Manager (uncredited)