Charles Coleman
1885-12-21
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
ACTING
Biography
Australia native Charles Coleman was a stage, screen, and television actor who most frequently portrayed butlers or manservants.
Best known for:
Filmography:
The Mummy and the Humming-Bird (1915)
APPEREAD AS:Ronalds
When We Were Twenty-One (1915)
APPEREAD AS:The Trinity
The Love Cheat (1919)
APPEREAD AS:William West
The Place of Honeymoons (1920)
APPEREAD AS:Jimmie Harrigan
Big Dan (1923)
APPEREAD AS:Doc Snyder
Second Hand Love (1923)
APPEREAD AS:Dugg
The Vagabond Trail (1924)
APPEREAD AS:Aces
Sandy (1926)
APPEREAD AS:Bob McNeil
That's My Daddy (1927)
APPEREAD AS:Norton's Butler
Good Morning, Judge (1928)
APPEREAD AS:Butler
Lawful Larceny (1930)
APPEREAD AS:Butler
What a Man (1930)
APPEREAD AS:William
Bachelor Apartment (1931)
APPEREAD AS:Rollins, Wayne's Butler
Manhattan Parade (1931)
APPEREAD AS:Laffingwell - Hired Butler
Beyond Victory (1931)
APPEREAD AS:Sparrow
Young as You Feel (1931)
APPEREAD AS:Butler
The Greeks Had a Word for Them (1932)
APPEREAD AS:Waiter
One Hour with You (1932)
APPEREAD AS:Marcel (uncredited)
Jewel Robbery (1932)
APPEREAD AS:Charles (uncredited)
Merrily We Go to Hell (1932)
APPEREAD AS:Richard Damery
Union Depot (1932)
APPEREAD AS:Reverend Harvey Pike (uncredited)
A Successful Calamity (1932)
APPEREAD AS:Emmy's Musicale Butler
The Heart of New York (1932)
APPEREAD AS:The butler
The Washington Masquerade (1932)
APPEREAD AS:Bitler's Butler
Baby Face (1933)
APPEREAD AS:Hodges (uncredited)
The Little Giant (1933)
APPEREAD AS:Tailor
Diplomaniacs (1933)
APPEREAD AS:Butler
I Loved a Woman (1933)
APPEREAD AS:Hayden's First Butler (uncredited)
As the Devil Commands (1933)
APPEREAD AS:Malcom
The Gay Divorcee (1934)
APPEREAD AS:Valet
The Little Minister (1934)
APPEREAD AS:Sergeant of the Guard
Housewife (1934)
APPEREAD AS:Bolton
The Merry Frinks (1934)
APPEREAD AS:Witherspoon
Down to Their Last Yacht (1934)
APPEREAD AS:Sir Guy
David Harum (1934)
APPEREAD AS:Flowers (uncredited)
Million Dollar Ransom (1934)
APPEREAD AS:Towers (Uncredited)
Shock (1934)
APPEREAD AS:Colonel
The Murder Man (1935)
APPEREAD AS:Doorman (uncredited)
Becky Sharp (1935)
APPEREAD AS:Bowles
Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935)
APPEREAD AS:Manders the Doorman (uncredited)
Magnificent Obsession (1935)
APPEREAD AS:Simpson
Rendezvous (1935)
APPEREAD AS:Café Doorman (uncredited)
The Perfect Gentleman (1935)
APPEREAD AS:First Theater Doorman (uncredited)
No More Ladies (1935)
APPEREAD AS:Stafford (uncredited)
Kind Lady (1935)
APPEREAD AS:Doorman (uncredited)
The Goose and the Gander (1935)
APPEREAD AS:Jones the Butler
The Widow from Monte Carlo (1935)
APPEREAD AS:Torrent's Butler
His Family Tree (1935)
APPEREAD AS:Hopkins - the Butler
3 Kids and a Queen (1935)
APPEREAD AS:Chef
Poor Little Rich Girl (1936)
APPEREAD AS:Stebbins
Three Smart Girls (1936)
APPEREAD AS:Stevens
Lloyd's of London (1936)
APPEREAD AS:Waiter #3
Mummy's Boys (1936)
APPEREAD AS:Kendall
The Devil Is a Sissy (1936)
APPEREAD AS:Doorman
Colleen (1936)
APPEREAD AS:Butler
The Border Patrolman (1936)
APPEREAD AS:Collins the Servant
Master Will Shakespeare (1936)
APPEREAD AS:John Decker (uncredited)
Walking on Air (1936)
APPEREAD AS:Vincent, Bennett's Butler (uncredited)
The White Angel (1936)
APPEREAD AS:Sentry at Balaclava Hospital (uncredited)
Her Master's Voice (1936)
APPEREAD AS:Craddock
Sins of Man (1936)
APPEREAD AS:Doorman
Everybody's Old Man (1936)
APPEREAD AS:Mansfield
Captains Courageous (1937)
APPEREAD AS:Burns the Butler (uncredited)
Shall We Dance (1937)
APPEREAD AS:Policeman (uncredited)
Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937)
APPEREAD AS:Louis (uncredited)
Love Is News (1937)
APPEREAD AS:Bevins
Danger – Love at Work (1937)
APPEREAD AS:Edmond, MacMorrow's valet
The Go-Getter (1937)
APPEREAD AS:Thomas, the Second Butler (uncredited)
Too Many Wives (1937)
APPEREAD AS:Rogers, the Jackson's Butler
Fight for Your Lady (1937)
APPEREAD AS:Densmore's Butler
Big Town Girl (1937)
APPEREAD AS:Doorman
A Christmas Carol (1938)
APPEREAD AS:Charity Solicitor Brummage
Little Miss Broadway (1938)
APPEREAD AS:Simmons
Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)
APPEREAD AS:Head Waiter
The Rage of Paris (1938)
APPEREAD AS:Rigley
That Certain Age (1938)
APPEREAD AS:Stevens
Lord Jeff (1938)
APPEREAD AS:Hotel Desk Clerk
The Affairs of Annabel (1938)
APPEREAD AS:Perkins (uncredited)
The Shining Hour (1938)
APPEREAD AS:Henry's Butler (uncredited)
The Cowboy and the Lady (1938)
APPEREAD AS:Horace Smith's Butler (uncredited)
Blond Cheat (1938)
APPEREAD AS:Officer Salsby (uncredited)
Radio City Revels (1938)
APPEREAD AS:Butler
Gateway (1938)
APPEREAD AS:Purser
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939)
APPEREAD AS:Robinson - Bel-Goodie's Butler (uncredited)
In Name Only (1939)
APPEREAD AS:Archie Duross (uncredited)
First Love (1939)
APPEREAD AS:George, Clinton's Butler
Three Smart Girls Grow Up (1939)
APPEREAD AS:Henry
Maisie (1939)
APPEREAD AS:Hicks (Uncredited)
They Shall Have Music (1939)
APPEREAD AS:Henry - Heifetz's Butler (uncredited)
Beauty for the Asking (1939)
APPEREAD AS:Mrs. Harrington's Butler (uncredited)
Man About Town (1939)
APPEREAD AS:Hotel Doorman (uncredited)
Bridal Suite (1939)
APPEREAD AS:Henry - Bath Attendant
The Under-Pup (1939)
APPEREAD AS:Butler
The Westerner (1940)
APPEREAD AS:Lily Langtry's Manager (uncredited)
Brother Orchid (1940)
APPEREAD AS:English Diamond Salesma (uncredited)
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante (1940)
APPEREAD AS:Headwaiter (uncredited)
Phantom Raiders (1940)
APPEREAD AS:U.S. Agent Hilton
Boom Town (1940)
APPEREAD AS:McMasters' Butler, Parker - McMasters' Butler (uncredited)
Mexican Spitfire (1940)
APPEREAD AS:Bosby - the Butler
Michael Shayne: Private Detective (1940)
APPEREAD AS:Ponsby
Mexican Spitfire Out West (1940)
APPEREAD AS:Ponsby - the Butler
Cross-Country Romance (1940)
APPEREAD AS:Hotel Doorman
Buck Privates (1941)
APPEREAD AS:Edmunds (uncredited)
It Started with Eve (1941)
APPEREAD AS:Roberts
Design for Scandal (1941)
APPEREAD AS:Wilton
Maisie Was a Lady (1941)
APPEREAD AS:Butler (Uncredited)
Sis Hopkins (1941)
APPEREAD AS:Butler
Repent at Leisure (1941)
APPEREAD AS:Jerome
West Point Widow (1941)
APPEREAD AS:Mr. Appleton
Melody Lane (1941)
APPEREAD AS:Mr. Abercrombie
Arabian Nights (1942)
APPEREAD AS:Eunuch
Pittsburgh (1942)
APPEREAD AS:Mike (Markham's Butler)
What's Cookin'? (1942)
APPEREAD AS:Butler
Twin Beds (1942)
APPEREAD AS:Butler
The Great Impersonation (1942)
APPEREAD AS:Mangan
Lady in a Jam (1942)
APPEREAD AS:Kiddie Party Guest at Auction (uncredited)
Miss Annie Rooney (1942)
APPEREAD AS:Sidney, the Butler
Almost Married (1942)
APPEREAD AS:Michael
Between Us Girls (1942)
APPEREAD AS:Nightclub Maitre d' (uncredited)
Jane Eyre (1943)
APPEREAD AS:Guard on Coach to Lowood
Du Barry was a Lady (1943)
APPEREAD AS:Charlie
It Ain't Hay (1943)
APPEREAD AS:Doorman (uncredited)
Fired Wife (1943)
APPEREAD AS:Butler
The West Side Kid (1943)
APPEREAD AS:Butler
He Hired the Boss (1943)
APPEREAD AS:Crane
Two Tickets to London (1943)
APPEREAD AS:Commander (uncredited)
The Whistler (1944)
APPEREAD AS:Jennings, Butler (Uncredited)
In Society (1944)
APPEREAD AS:Van Cleve's Doorman (uncredited)
The White Cliffs of Dover (1944)
APPEREAD AS:Captain Davis (uncredited)
Marriage Is a Private Affair (1944)
APPEREAD AS:Selworth's Butler (uncredited)
Frenchman's Creek (1944)
APPEREAD AS:Thomas (uncredited)
Anchors Aweigh (1945)
APPEREAD AS:Iturbi's Butler (uncredited)
Voice of the Whistler (1945)
APPEREAD AS:Sinclair's Butler (uncredited)
Hangover Square (1945)
APPEREAD AS:Man at Bonfire (uncredited)
Kitty (1945)
APPEREAD AS:Majordomo
Roughly Speaking (1945)
APPEREAD AS:The Butler (uncredited)
Earl Carroll Vanities (1945)
APPEREAD AS:2nd Butler
The Missing Corpse (1945)
APPEREAD AS:Egbert
Never Say Goodbye (1946)
APPEREAD AS:Withers (uncredited)
I've Always Loved You (1946)
APPEREAD AS:Butler
The Runaround (1946)
APPEREAD AS:Butler
The Imperfect Lady (1946)
APPEREAD AS:Sam Travers
The Magnificent Rogue (1946)
APPEREAD AS:Jefferson O'Neal
Oh, Professor Behave! (1946)
APPEREAD AS:The Butler
Lured (1947)
APPEREAD AS:Sir Charles (uncredited)
Variety Girl (1947)
APPEREAD AS:Man at Steambath (uncredited)
Danger Street (1947)
APPEREAD AS:Plumley
The Pilgrim Lady (1947)
APPEREAD AS:Noel
Grand Canyon Trail (1948)
APPEREAD AS:J. Malcolm Vanderpool
Three Daring Daughters (1948)
APPEREAD AS:William (uncredited)
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949)
APPEREAD AS:Richard - Lord Pendragon's Aide (uncredited)
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town (1950)
APPEREAD AS:Charles the Butler (uncredited)