Cast & creator
Charles Coleman
Best known for Baby Face, MGM Parade, A Christmas Carol
Australia native Charles Coleman was a stage, screen, and television actor who most frequently portrayed butlers or manservants.
Also known as: Charles Pearce Coleman, Charles C. Coleman
160
film credits
1
television credits
161
1915–1955 · acting roles
6.6
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (161)
Showing 161 of 161 credits
Baby Face
Hodges (uncredited)
1933
MGM Parade
Self
1955
A Christmas Carol
Charity Solicitor Brummage
1938
Arabian Nights
Eunuch
1942
Jane Eyre
Guard on Coach to Lowood
1943
Buck Privates
Edmunds (uncredited)
1941
Captains Courageous
Burns the Butler (uncredited)
1937
Anchors Aweigh
Iturbi's Butler (uncredited)
1945
The Gay Divorcee
Valet
1934
Merrily We Go to Hell
Richard Damery
1932
The Cowboy and the Lady
Horace Smith's Butler (uncredited)
1938
Alexander's Ragtime Band
Head Waiter
1938
It Ain't Hay
Doorman (uncredited)
1943
Du Barry Was a Lady
Charlie (uncredited)
1943
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Richard - Lord Pendragon's Aide (uncredited)
1949
The Westerner
Lily Langtry's Manager (uncredited)
1940
Housewife
Bolton
1934
Broadway Melody of 1938
Louis (uncredited)
1937
The White Cliffs of Dover
Captain Davis (uncredited)
1944
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
Headwaiter (uncredited)
1940
One Hour with You
Marcel (uncredited)
1932
In Name Only
Archie Duross (uncredited)
1939
Lured
Sir Charles (uncredited)
1947
Boom Town
McMasters' Butler
1940Boom Town
Parker - McMasters' Butler (uncredited)
1940
Gold Diggers of 1935
Manders the Doorman (uncredited)
1935
My Friend Irma
Henry
1949
Lloyd's of London
Waiter #3
1936
It Started with Eve
Roberts
1941
Becky Sharp
Bowles
1935
Sis Hopkins
Butler
1941
Shock
Colonel
1934
Love Is News
Bevins
1937
Three Smart Girls
Stevens
1936
Lady in a Jam
Kiddie Party Guest at Auction (uncredited)
1942
Shall We Dance
Policeman (uncredited)
1937
Voice of the Whistler
Sinclair's Butler (uncredited)
1945
Miss Annie Rooney
Sidney, the Butler
1942
Jewel Robbery
Charles (uncredited)
1932
Michael Shayne: Private Detective
Ponsby
1940
Never Say Goodbye
Withers (uncredited)
1946
The Devil Is a Sissy
Doorman
1936
The Whistler
Jennings, Butler (Uncredited)
1944
Three Smart Girls Grow Up
Henry
1939
Poor Little Rich Girl
Stebbins
1936
In Society
Van Cleve's Doorman (uncredited)
1944
The Greeks Had a Word for Them
Waiter
1932
I've Always Loved You
Butler
1946
Down to Their Last Yacht
Sir Guy
1934
They Shall Have Music
Henry - Heifetz's Butler (uncredited)
1939
I Loved a Woman
Hayden's First Butler (uncredited)
1933
Mexican Spitfire Out West
Ponsby - the Butler
1940
Marriage Is a Private Affair
Selworth's Butler (uncredited)
1944
Three Daring Daughters
William (uncredited)
1948
The Go-Getter
Thomas, the Second Butler (uncredited)
1937
Her Master's Voice
Craddock
1936
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
Charles the Butler (uncredited)
1950Don’t Get Personal
The Butler
1936
The Richest Girl in the World
(uncredited)
1934
Everybody's Old Man
Mansfield
1936
The Shining Hour
Henry's Butler (uncredited)
1938
3 Kids and a Queen
Chef
1935
The Goose and the Gander
Jones the Butler
1935
Hangover Square
Man at Bonfire (uncredited)
1945
Twin Beds
Butler
1942
Little Miss Broadway
Simmons
1938
That's My Daddy
Norton's Butler
1927
Danger – Love at Work
Edmond, MacMorrow's valet
1937
Fight for Your Lady
Densmore's Butler
1937
Diplomaniacs
Butler
1933
Maisie Was a Lady
Butler (Uncredited)
1941
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
Robinson - Bel-Goodie's Butler (uncredited)
1939
Blond Cheat
Officer Salsby (uncredited)
1938
The Little Giant
Tailor
1933
The White Angel
Sentry at Balaclava Hospital (uncredited)
1936
The Affairs of Annabel
Perkins (uncredited)
1938
As the Devil Commands
Malcom
1933
The West Side Kid
Butler
1943
Rendezvous
Café Doorman (uncredited)
1935
The Magnificent Rogue
Jefferson O'Neal
1946
Two Tickets to London
Commander (uncredited)
1943
Too Many Wives
Rogers, the Jackson's Butler
1937
The Rage of Paris
Rigley
1938
Brother Orchid
English Diamond Salesma (uncredited)
1940
Variety Girl
Man at Steambath (uncredited)
1947
The Little Minister
Sergeant of the Guard
1934
Young as You Feel
Butler
1931
Frenchman's Creek
Thomas (uncredited)
1944
Magnificent Obsession
Simpson
1935
Bridal Suite
Henry - Bath Attendant
1939
He Hired the Boss
Crane
1943
Gateway
Purser
1938
Pittsburgh
Mike (Markham's Butler)
1942
The Murder Man
Doorman (uncredited)
1935
The Heart of New York
The butler
1932
The Widow from Monte Carlo
Torrent's Butler
1935
Big Town Girl
Doorman
1937
Sins of Man
Doorman
1936
Beauty for the Asking
Mrs. Harrington's Butler (uncredited)
1939
When We Were Twenty-One
The Trinity
1915
No More Ladies
Stafford (uncredited)
1935
West Point Widow
Mr. Appleton
1941
Colleen
Butler
1936
The Imperfect Lady
Sam Travers
1946
Roughly Speaking
The Butler (uncredited)
1945
Mummy's Boys
Kendall
1936
That Certain Age
Stevens
1938
Repent at Leisure
Jerome
1941
Kitty
Majordomo
1945
The Washington Masquerade
Bitler's Butler
1932
Walking on Air
Vincent, Bennett's Butler (uncredited)
1936
Union Depot
Reverend Harvey Pike (uncredited)
1932
The Merry Frinks
Witherspoon
1934
Lord Jeff
Hotel Desk Clerk
1938
Cross-Country Romance
Hotel Doorman
1940
Kind Lady
Doorman (uncredited)
1935
Bachelor Apartment
Rollins, Wayne's Butler
1931
Design for Scandal
Wilton
1941
The Perfect Gentleman
First Theater Doorman (uncredited)
1935
Fired Wife
Butler
1943
The Place of Honeymoons
Jimmie Harrigan
1920
First Love
George, Clinton's Butler
1939
The Great Impersonation
Mangan
1942
David Harum
Flowers (uncredited)
1934
Master Will Shakespeare
John Decker (uncredited)
1936
Million Dollar Ransom
Towers (Uncredited)
1934
His Family Tree
Hopkins - the Butler
1935
Earl Carroll Vanities
2nd Butler
1945
Second Hand Love
Dugg
1923Moonlight in Hawaii
Butler
1941
Radio City Revels
Butler
1938
The Under-Pup
Butler
1939
The Missing Corpse
Egbert
1945
Man About Town
Hotel Doorman (uncredited)
1939
The Pilgrim Lady
Noel
1947
Phantom Raiders
U.S. Agent Hilton
1940
Grand Canyon Trail
J. Malcolm Vanderpool
1948
The Love Cheat
William West
1919
Between Us Girls
Nightclub Maitre d' (uncredited)
1942
What's Cookin'?
Butler
1942
A Successful Calamity
Emmy's Musicale Butler
1932
What a Man
William
1930
Beyond Victory
Sparrow
1931
Melody Lane
Mr. Abercrombie
1941
Good Morning, Judge
Butler
1928
Almost Married
Michael
1942
Mexican Spitfire
Bosby - the Butler
1940
The Runaround
Butler
1946
Danger Street
Plumley
1947
The Mummy and the Humming-Bird
Ronalds
1915
Manhattan Parade
Laffingwell - Hired Butler
1931
Maisie
Hicks (Uncredited)
1939
Sandy
Bob McNeil
1926
The Vagabond Trail
Aces
1924
Lawful Larceny
Butler
1930
The Border Patrolman
Collins the Servant
1936
High Stakes
Murray
1931
Big Dan
Doc Snyder
1923Little Orphan Annie
The Butler
1938
Oh, Professor Behave!
The Butler
1946Hunting Trouble
Winchell
1933