Charles Judels was born in Amsterdam on 17 August 1882. He starred on vaudeville in the early 1900s. His Broadway stage debut was in The Ziegfeld Follies of 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.
Judels died in San Francisco, California on 14 February 1969.
Movies
American Empire
Storekeeper (uncredited)
The Florentine Dagger
Salvatore
One Hour with You
Policeman (uncredited)
Down Argentine Way
Dr. Arturo Padilla
Strange Cargo
Renard (uncredited)
A Close Call for Ellery Queen
Corday
Swiss Miss
Cheese Shop Owner
The Villain Still Pursued Her
Pie Vendor
The Big Show
Swartz - Studio Head
Swing High, Swing Low
Tony Morelli
Gold Diggers in Paris
Barman (uncredited)
Career Girl
Felix Black
I Dood It
Pete, Stage Manager (uncredited)
Rhythm in the Clouds
Luigi
Salt Water Daffy
Count Fille du Pax Imposter
Symphony of Living
Rozzini
Along Came Love
Joe Jacobs
Enchanted April
Domenico
The Life of the Party
Mons. LeMaire
Marry the Girl
Andre Victor Antoine Descate
Viva Cisco Kid
Don Pancho
Florian
Editor
When's Your Birthday?
Headwaiter
The Plainsman and the Lady
Manuel Lopez
Fight for Your Lady
Felix Janos
Gold Dust Gertie
Pestalozzi
Hold That Kiss
Otto Schmidt
Flirting with Fate
Don Luis Garcia
Ebb Tide
Port Doctor
Howd' Ya Like That?
French Sailor
I'll Wait for You
A. Bardosch, Nightclub Owner (uncredited)
The Ice Follies of 1939
Makeup Man (Uncredited)
Cheer Up and Smile
Pierre
Bitter Sweet
Herr Wyler
God's Gift to Women
Undertaker
High Flyers
Mr. Fontaine
Captain Thunder
Ruiz
Love on the Run
Lieutenant of Police
Sweetheart of the Campus
Tomasso
Live, Love and Learn
Pedro Felipe
The Mighty Barnum
Maitre D'Hotel
Pinocchio
Stromboli / The Coachman (voice) (uncredited)
The Life of the Party
Maitre d'Hotel
You're Only Young Once
Captain Swenson
Love and Hisses
Oscar
Song of the City
Papa Romandi
War Mamas
German Major
Gobs of Fun
French Sailor
Snow Gets in Your Eyes
Schlitz
Idiot's Delight
Daka
Lady of the Tropics
Gaston Lubois
Ninotchka
Cafe Owner Pere Mathieu (uncredited)
Balalaika
Batoff (uncredited)
That's Right - You're Wrong
Luigi (Uncredited)
Henry Goes Arizona
The Great Beldini (uncredited)
Oh, Sailor, Behave!
De Medici
Give Us This Night
Second Carabiniere
My Grandfather's Clock
Philo Holmes
Law of the Tropics
Captain of River Boat
In Old Sacramento
Tony Marchetti
50 Million Frenchmen
Pernasse - Hotel Manager
Women of All Nations
Leon
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
Chef
Hired Wife
Photographer
It All Came True
Henri Pepi de Bordeaux
Stranger on the Third Floor
Nick Nanbajan, the Cafe Owner (uncredited)
Nothing Ever Happens
Waistline
It Can't Last Forever
Mr. Appadelius
This Woman Is Mine
Cafe Propietor
Tomalio
The General
Close Relations
Uncle Ezra Wart
Pugs and Kisses
Frenchy Manejer
Under the Red Robe
Antoine
Whistle Stop
Sam Veech
Maytime
Cabby
Porky's Garden
Chicken farmer (voice)
The Great Ziegfeld
Pierre
Swing Your Partner
Digby
Tangier
Dimitri
Kid Dynamite
Nick
The Easiest Way
Mr. Gensler (uncredited)
San Francisco
Tony
Something to Shout About
Brother Hunkafer
Public Deb No. 1
Ivan
Du Barry was a Lady
Innkeeper
Gold Rush Maisie
Hula Paradise Cafe Owner
The Commuters
Prof. Anatole 'Sammy' Vermouth
A Bell for Adano
Afronti
The Bride Wore Red
Cordellera Bar Proprietor (uncredited)
Her Adventurous Night
Petrucci
The Hard Way
Mr. Flores (Uncredited)
Baby Face Morgan
'Deacon' Davis
The Mighty McGurk
First Brewer
Knickerbocker Holiday
Renasaler
Reckless Living
Harry Myron
Panhandle
Botticelli - the Barber
Frozen Justice
French Sailor
Kathleen
Manager
The Night Is Young
Riccardi (uncredited)
Daredevil O'Dare
Pa
Northern Pursuit
Nick - Barber (uncredited)
Moonlight and Cactus
The Tamale Vendor
Take 'em and Shake 'em
The Good Bad Man
The Bandit (Pancho)
North of Zero
College Lovers
Spectator
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
Self
On Their Own
Giuseppe Galentoni
Little Old New York
Delmonico
Once Upon a Studio
Stromboli (voice) (archive footage)
The Plainsman
Tony - The Barber