Charles Coleman

Charles Coleman

December 21, 1885

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

Known For

23 titles
1
The Gay Divorcee

The Gay Divorcee

1934 · 1h 47m · Movie

A woman thinks a flirting man is the co-respondent her lawyer has hired to expedite her divorce.

7.3
2
A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

1938 · 1h 9m · Movie

An elderly miser learns the error of his ways on Christmas Eve.

7.5
3
Baby Face

Baby Face

1933 · 1h 11m · Movie

A young woman, sexually exploited all her life, decides to turn the tables and exploit the hapless men at a big city bank by gleefully seducing her way to the top.

7.5
4
Shall We Dance

Shall We Dance

1937 · 1h 49m · Movie

A ballet dancer and a showgirl fake a marriage for publicity purposes, then fall in love.

7.4
5
Lured

Lured

1947 · 1h 42m · Movie

British police are after a serial killer who lures his female victims through newspaper personal ads and sends cryptic poem clues to the cops.

7.0
6
Salt of the Earth

Salt of the Earth

1954 · 1h 34m · Movie

Mexican workers at a zinc mine call a general strike. It is only through the solidarity of the workers, and importantly the indomitable resolve of their wives, mothers, and daughters, that they eventually triumph.

7.3
7
Gold Diggers of 1935

Gold Diggers of 1935

1935 · 1h 35m · Movie

Romantic antics abound among the guests at a luxury hotel, including a stage director, an eccentric millionaire, and the daughter of a financial backer.

6.8
8
Merrily We Go to Hell

Merrily We Go to Hell

1932 · 1h 23m · Movie

A drunken newspaperman is rescued from his alcoholic haze by an heiress whose love sobers him up and encourages him to write a play, but he lapses back into dipsomania.

6.9
9
It Started with Eve

It Started with Eve

1941 · 1h 30m · Movie

In order to please his dying father, a man convinces a hat-check girl to impersonate his fiancée, but complications arise when the father's health suddenly improves.

7.6
10
Arabian Nights

Arabian Nights

1942 · 1h 26m · Movie

The caliph of Baghdad must go into hiding with a group of traveling performers when his brother usurps the throne. Both brothers desire a beautiful dancing girl, who is torn between power and true love.

6.1
11
Three Smart Girls

Three Smart Girls

1936 · 1h 24m · Movie

Three sisters scheme to reunite their divorced parents before their wealthy father marries a conniving gold digger.

6.6
12
Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh

1942 · 1h 32m · Movie

Charles 'Pittsburgh' Markham rides roughshod over his friends, his lovers, and his ideals in his trek toward financial success in the Pittsburgh steel industry, only to find himself deserted and lonely at the top. When his crash c...

6.4
13
The Shining Hour

The Shining Hour

1938 · 1h 16m · Movie

A nightclub dancer marries into high society and has to contend with her jealous sister-in-law.

6.4
14
The Whistler

The Whistler

1944 · 59m · Movie

A depressed man hires an assassin to kill him when he least expects it, but when his life takes an upward turn, he finds he now wishes to live.

6.3
15
Housewife

Housewife

1934 · 1h 9m · Movie

Nan Reynolds encourages her copywriter husband Bill to open his own agency. Nearly out of business, he finally gets a client. Former girlfriend Patricia Berkeley writes a very successful commercial for the client and heats up thei...

6.1
16
The Richest Girl in the World

The Richest Girl in the World

1934 · 1h 16m · Movie

An heiress switches places with her secretary in order to find a man who will love her for who she is and not for her money.

6.3
17
Little Miss Broadway

Little Miss Broadway

1938 · 1h 12m · Movie

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.

6.5
18
Maisie Was a Lady

Maisie Was a Lady

1941 · 1h 19m · Movie

Showgirl Maisie Ravier finds herself once again out of work. She meets a wealthy playboy who hires her to be his family's new maid. Maisie soon finds herself trying to mend the family's many problems.

6.7
19
Voice of the Whistler

Voice of the Whistler

1945 · 1h 0m · Movie

The 4th film of the Columbia series based on the CBS radio program, "The Whistler", finds wealthy John Sinclair, with no health or friends, being advised by his doctor to take a long vacation. Heading for the Great Lakes, he becom...

6.3
20
Miss Annie Rooney

Miss Annie Rooney

1942 · 1h 22m · Movie

A poor girl falls for a wealthy young man. He invites her to his gala birthday party, but she doesn't have the right kind of dress to wear, so her family and friends band together to raise money to get her the proper dress.

6.3
21
Three Smart Girls Grow Up

Three Smart Girls Grow Up

1939 · 1h 30m · Movie

Three sisters believe life is going to be easy now that their parents are back together, but then one sister falls in love with another's fiancé and the youngest plays matchmaker.

6.9
22
That Certain Age

That Certain Age

1938 · 1h 35m · Movie

A teenage girl clashes with her newspaper publisher father's star reporter while he stays in their country guest house, but soon finds herself falling in love with him.

6.6
23
The Merry Frinks

The Merry Frinks

1934 · 1h 8m · Movie

An under-appreciated mother inherits a fortune and abandons her family.

5.8