Charles Schaeffer

Movies

Around the World in Eighty Days
Extra (uncredited)
Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a very short period for those days.
No Sad Songs for Me
Man (uncredited)
Mary Scott learns she only has ten months to live before dying of an incurable disease. She manages to keep the news from her husband, Brad and daughter, Polly. She tries to make every moment of her life count, but her effort is weakened by the discovery that Brad is interested in his assistant, Chris Radner. But when she learns that Brad does indeed love her and not Chris, and that Chris is leaving town, she realizes what she must do to ensure the future happiness of Brad and Polly. She persuades Chris to stay, makes a genuine friend of her and watches Polly grow towards Chris.
The Lost Tribe
Lerch
Jungle Jim fights a lion and sharks trying to save an African village from those who would despoil it.
Over 21
Athletic Instructor (uncredited)
A woman screenwriter lives in a shabby bungalow in order to be near her husband, a 39-year-old newspaper editor who has just joined the army.
Frenchman's Creek
Pirate Crewman (uncredited)
An English lady falls in love with a French pirate after he kidnaps her from her ancestral home on the coast of Cornwall and sweeps her off her feet into a world of adventure.
Swing Fever
Man on Bar (uncredited)
Comedy about a bandleader with hypnotic powers.
The Avenging Rider
Dealer
Wrongfully arrested, Tim must escape and find the men who murdered his partner and stole the gold.
Powder Town
Charlie the Bartender (uncredited)
Director Rowland V. Lee's wacky 1942 comedy, about an absent-minded scientist working on a secret formula at an explosives plant, stars Edmond O'Brien, Victor McLaglen, Dorothy Lovett, June Havoc, Eddie Foy Jr., Marion Martin and Mary Gordon.
Buck Benny Rides Again
Dancer
Radio star Jack Benny, intending to stay in New York for the summer, is forced by the needling of rival Fred Allen to prove his boasts about roughing it on his (fictitious) Nevada ranch. Meanwhile, singer Joan Cameron, whom Jack's fallen for and offended, is maneuvered by her sisters to the same Nevada town. Jack's losing battle to prove his manhood to Joan means broad slapstick burlesque of Western cliches.
The Marshal Of Mesa City
Stunts
A retired lawman gets back into action to fight political corruption.
If I Were King
Third Watch
King Louis XI masquerades as a commoner in Paris, seeking out the treachery he is sure lurks in his kingdom. At a local tavern, he overhears the brash poet François Villon extolling why he would be a better king. Annoyed yet intrigued, the King bestows on Villon the title of Grand Constable. Soon Villon begins work and falls for a lovely lady-in-waiting, but then must flee execution when the King turns on him.
The Devil Horse
Henchman [Chs. 7-10 - 11] (uncredited)
Bob Norton, seeking his brother's killer, tangles with outlaws, wild horses, and a "wild" boy.
The Hurricane Horseman
Cinco - Henchman (as Charles Shafer)
Gomex has kidnapped Don Roberto and is holding him for ransom. Hoping to rescue Roberto and his daughter, Smith gets a job in Gomez's camp supposedly to repair their guns, instead he fixes them so they will misfire. When Gomez refuses to let him go, he sends his horse for the Sheriff.
The Winged Horseman
Col. Hobson
Skyball Smith is a Texas Ranger, assigned to investigate a series of ranch bombings.
Man Power
Reverend Guthrie
Caterpillar-tractor operator Tom Roberts' mission is to deliver a fragile cargo of dynamite, to be denoted for the purposes of redirecting an anticipated flood.