Charles Coleman
Biography
Charles Coleman was an Australian-American character actor who worked in silent and sound films, most often cast as butlers and other household servants. Born in Sydney, New South Wales, he began in pictures with the 1915 silent film The Mummy and the Humming Bird and went on to more than 200 screen performances, over half of them as butlers, doormen, valets or waiters. His credits included the Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers film The Gay Divorcee (1934), the Reginald Owen version of A Christmas Carol (1938), and the Bing Crosby comedy A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949). His last screen work included The Blazing Sun in 1950, while Double Dynamite, filmed in 1948, was released only after his death in 1951. On stage he was a leading man for Pauline Frederick on tours of Australia and the United States, and he appeared on Broadway in Porgy and Bess and Face the Music.
65years old at death
- Born Sydney
- Died Woodland Hills
- Star sign: CapricornFirst day of the sign, on the Sagittarius cusp
- Also credited as Charles P. Coleman
Movie Career
- Films
- 26
- Career span
- 17 years1932 to 1949
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A first
Coleman was cast as a butler, doorman, valet or waiter in more than half of his roughly 200 film performances.
First role
Coleman started his film career with The Mummy and the Humming Bird, a silent film from 1915. That movie also marked the screen debut of Charles Cherry, a well-known stage actor.
Beyond film
Coleman's stage work included playing the leading man opposite Pauline Frederick in productions that toured both Australia and the United States.
Charles Coleman movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Henry Koster directed three of these films, Mark Sandrich two and Edwin L. Marin two. Six actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Henry KosterDirector, 3 films, 1936 to 1941
All films by Henry Koster
Mark SandrichDirector, 2 films, 1934 to 1937
All films by Mark Sandrich
Edwin L. MarinDirector, 2 films, 1938 to 1941
All films by Edwin L. Marin
Box office
What Charles Coleman's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$18.7 million
8 of the 26 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 26 films: 8 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 17 figure not found.
- 8Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 17Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$5.0M26.8% of the total
- 2$3.5M18.5% of the total
- 3$2.6M14.1% of the total
- 4$2.2M11.6% of the total
- 5$1.8M9.6% of the total
- 6$1.8M9.6% of the total
- 7$1.4M7.3% of the total
- 8$451K2.4% of the total
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.