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Charles Judels

Acting Born Aug 16, 1882 Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands 24 credits

Biography

Charles Judels (17 August 1882 – 14 February 1969) was a Dutch actor. He first starred on vaudeville in the early 1900s, and made his Broadway stage debut in The Ziegfeld Follies in 1912. Judels appeared in more than 130 American comedy and drama movies and was an expert with dialects. That talent served him well throughout his career. His first film was a comedy, Old Dutch, in 1915.

Judels is perhaps best remembered as the cheese store proprietor in Laurel & Hardy's 1938 film Swiss Miss. He also did extensive work as a voice actor in animated films, most notably as the voice of Stromboli in Disney's Pinocchio (1940). His final appearance on screen was as a Danite merchant in Samson and Delilah in 1949.

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Known for

Film

Pinocchio

as Stromboli / The Coachman (voice) (uncredited)
Film

Once Upon a Studio

as Stromboli (voice) (archive sound)

Full filmography

  • Pinocchio (1940) as Stromboli / The Coachman (voice) (uncredited)
  • Once Upon a Studio (2023) as Stromboli (voice) (archive sound)
  • Samson and Delilah (1949) as Danite Merchant (uncredited)
  • Ninotchka (1939) as Cafe Owner Pere Mathieu (uncredited)
  • Hired Wife (1940) as Photographer
  • San Francisco (1936) as Tony
  • One Hour with You (1932) as Policeman (uncredited)
  • The Great Ziegfeld (1936) as Pierre
  • Stranger on the Third Floor (1940) as Nick Nanbajan, the Cafe Owner (uncredited)
  • Du Barry Was a Lady (1943) as Innkeeper (uncredited)
  • Northern Pursuit (1943) as Nick - Barber (uncredited)
  • Strange Cargo (1940) as Renard (uncredited)
  • Whistle Stop (1946) as Sam Veech
  • Balalaika (1939) as Batoff (uncredited)
  • The Plainsman (1936) as Tony - The Barber
  • Lady of the Tropics (1939) as Gaston Lubois
  • American Empire (1942) as Storekeeper (uncredited)
  • Ebb Tide (1937) as Port Doctor
  • A Bell for Adano (1945) as Afronti
  • The Hard Way (1943) as Mr. Flores (Uncredited)
  • Idiot's Delight (1939) as Daka
  • I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now (1947) as Herman Bartholdy (uncredited)
  • Tortilla Flat (1942) as Joe Machado
  • Panhandle (1948) as Botticelli - the Barber