Biography
Australia native Charles Coleman was a stage, screen, and television actor who most frequently portrayed butlers or manservants.
Acted in 155
1950s
- 1950
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
Charles the Butler (uncredited)
1940s
- 1949
My Friend Irma
Henry
- 1948
Grand Canyon Trail
J. Malcolm Vanderpool
Three Daring Daughters
William (uncredited)
- 1947
Variety Girl
Man at Steambath (uncredited)
Danger Street
Plumley
The Pilgrim Lady
Noel
- 1946
I've Always Loved You
Butler
The Imperfect Lady
Sam Travers
Never Say Goodbye
Withers (uncredited)
The Magnificent Rogue
Jefferson O'Neal
The Runaround
Butler
Oh, Professor Behave!
The Butler
- 1945
Voice of the Whistler
Sinclair's Butler (uncredited)
Kitty
Majordomo
The Missing Corpse
Egbert
Earl Carroll Vanities
2nd Butler
Roughly Speaking
The Butler (uncredited)
- 1944
Frenchman's Creek
Thomas (uncredited)
Marriage Is a Private Affair
Selworth's Butler (uncredited)
In Society
Van Cleve's Doorman (uncredited)
The White Cliffs of Dover
Captain Davis (uncredited)
The Whistler
Jennings, Butler (Uncredited)
- 1943
Fired Wife
Butler
The West Side Kid
Butler
Two Tickets to London
Commander (uncredited)
He Hired the Boss
Crane
- 1942
The Great Impersonation
Mangan
Pittsburgh
Mike (Markham's Butler)
Between Us Girls
Nightclub Maitre d' (uncredited)
Lady in a Jam
Kiddie Party Guest at Auction (uncredited)
Almost Married
Michael
Twin Beds
Butler
What's Cookin'?
Butler
- 1941
Melody Lane
Mr. Abercrombie
Design for Scandal
Wilton
It Started with Eve
Roberts
West Point Widow
Mr. Appleton
Sis Hopkins
Butler
Repent at Leisure
Jerome
Buck Privates
Edmunds (uncredited)
Maisie Was a Lady
Butler (Uncredited)
- 1940
Michael Shayne: Private Detective
Ponsby
Mexican Spitfire Out West
Ponsby - the Butler
Cross-Country Romance
Hotel Doorman
Brother Orchid
English Diamond Salesma (uncredited)
Phantom Raiders
U.S. Agent Hilton
Mexican Spitfire
Bosby - the Butler
1930s
- 1939
First Love
George, Clinton's Butler
The Under-Pup
Butler
They Shall Have Music
Henry - Heifetz's Butler (uncredited)
In Name Only
Archie Duross (uncredited)
Man About Town
Hotel Doorman (uncredited)
Maisie
Hicks (Uncredited)
Bridal Suite
Henry - Bath Attendant
Three Smart Girls Grow Up
Henry
Beauty for the Asking
Mrs. Harrington's Butler (uncredited)
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
Robinson - Bel-Goodie's Butler (uncredited)
- 1938
The Shining Hour
Henry's Butler (uncredited)
That Certain Age
Stevens
The Affairs of Annabel
Perkins (uncredited)
Gateway
Purser
Blond Cheat
Officer Salsby (uncredited)
Lord Jeff
Hotel Desk Clerk
Alexander's Ragtime Band
Head Waiter
Radio City Revels
Butler
- 1937
Big Town Girl
Doorman
Fight for Your Lady
Densmore's Butler
Danger – Love at Work
Edmond, MacMorrow's valet
Broadway Melody of 1938
Louis (uncredited)
Captains Courageous
Burns the Butler (uncredited)
The Go-Getter
Thomas, the Second Butler (uncredited)
Shall We Dance
Policeman (uncredited)
Too Many Wives
Rogers, the Jackson's Butler
- 1936
Three Smart Girls
Stevens
Lloyd's of London
Waiter #3
Mummy's Boys
Kendall
Walking on Air
Vincent, Bennett's Butler (uncredited)
Poor Little Rich Girl
Stebbins
The White Angel
Sentry at Balaclava Hospital (uncredited)
The Border Patrolman
Collins the Servant
Sins of Man
Doorman
Master Will Shakespeare
John Decker (uncredited)
Colleen
Butler
Everybody's Old Man
Mansfield
Her Master's Voice
Craddock
- 1935
Magnificent Obsession
Simpson
The Widow from Monte Carlo
Torrent's Butler
Kind Lady
Doorman (uncredited)
The Perfect Gentleman
First Theater Doorman (uncredited)
Rendezvous
Café Doorman (uncredited)
3 Kids and a Queen
Chef
His Family Tree
Hopkins - the Butler
The Goose and the Gander
Jones the Butler
The Murder Man
Doorman (uncredited)
No More Ladies
Stafford (uncredited)
Gold Diggers of 1935
Manders the Doorman (uncredited)
- 1934
The Little Minister
Sergeant of the Guard
The Gay Divorcee
Valet
The Richest Girl in the World
(uncredited)
Million Dollar Ransom
Towers (Uncredited)
Down to Their Last Yacht
Sir Guy
Shock
Colonel
The Merry Frinks
Witherspoon
David Harum
Flowers (uncredited)
- 1933
I Loved a Woman
Hayden's First Butler (uncredited)
As the Devil Commands
Malcom
The Little Giant
Tailor
Diplomaniacs
Butler
- 1932
A Successful Calamity
Emmy's Musicale Butler
The Washington Masquerade
Bitler's Butler
Jewel Robbery
Charles (uncredited)
Merrily We Go to Hell
Richard Damery
The Heart of New York
The butler
One Hour with You
Marcel (uncredited)
The Greeks Had a Word for Them
Waiter
Union Depot
Reverend Harvey Pike (uncredited)
- 1931
Manhattan Parade
Laffingwell - Hired Butler
High Stakes
Murray
Young as You Feel
Butler
Bachelor Apartment
Rollins, Wayne's Butler
Beyond Victory
Sparrow
- 1930
Lawful Larceny
Butler
What a Man
William
1920s
- 1928
Good Morning, Judge
Butler
- 1927
That's My Daddy
Norton's Butler
- 1926
Sandy
Bob McNeil
- 1924
The Vagabond Trail
Aces
- 1923
Big Dan
Doc Snyder
Second Hand Love
Dugg
- 1920
The Place of Honeymoons
Jimmie Harrigan
1910s
- 1919
The Love Cheat
William West
- 1915
The Mummy and the Humming-Bird
Ronalds
When We Were Twenty-One
The Trinity
Appearances1
1950s
- 1955
