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Charles Aidman

Actor

Charles Aidman

Born January 21, 1925 in Frankfort, Indiana, USADied November 7, 199335 films

Charles Aidman originally planned a career as an attorney, but was sidetracked during World War II and naval officer training at DePaul university. During a speech class the instructor, who also headed the drama department, saw Aidman as ideal for a role in an upcoming play. "I did the play and enjoyed it. It was the first play I was in, in my life...I've been acting ever since."

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The Wrong Man posterFirst watchThe Wrong Man19567.1as Jail Medical Attendant (uncredited)In 1953, an innocent man named Christopher Emmanuel "Manny" Balestrero is arrested after being mistaken for an armed robber.View film

Essential films

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Innerspace poster6.8Innerspace1987Uncommon Valor poster6.2Uncommon Valor1983Hour of the Gun poster6.5Hour of the Gun1967Pork Chop Hill poster6.7Pork Chop Hill1959Twilight's Last Gleaming poster6.5Twilight's Last Gleaming1977Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here poster5.8Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here1969Countdown poster5.8Countdown1967

Filmography

35 films as actor
  1. 1987InnerspaceSpeaker at Banquet
  2. 1983Uncommon ValorSen. Hastings
  3. 1982The Tragedy of King LearEarl of Gloucester
  4. 1982Prime Suspect
  5. 1982Marian Rose WhiteDr. Ashcroft
  6. 1981Walt Disney: One Man's DreamMark Twain
  7. 1981Zoot SuitGeorge Shearer
  8. 1980Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking StoryWarden Johnson
  9. 1980The Last SongDr. Shaw
  10. 1980The Long Days of SummerNarrator (voice)
  11. 1978The New Adventures of HeidiThe Wild Man
  12. 1978The House of the DeadDetective Malcolm Toliver
  13. 1978When Every Day Was the Fourth of JulyNarrator (voice) (uncredited)
  14. 1977Twilight's Last GleamingBernstein
  15. 1976Amelia EarhartMr. Earhardt
  16. 1974The Invasion of Carol EndersDr. Peter Bernard
  17. 1973Deliver Us from EvilArnold Fleming
  18. 1973A Chant of Silence
  19. 1973The Picture of Dorian GrayBasil Hallward
  20. 1972Dirty Little BillyBen Antrim
  21. 1971KotchGerald Kotcher
  22. 1970Adam at Six A.M.Mr. Hopper
  23. 1970Menace on the MountainJed McIver
  24. 1969Secrets of the Pirate's InnCarl Buchanan
  25. 1969Tell Them Willie Boy Is HereBenby
  26. 1969Angel, Angel, Down We GoWilly Steele
  27. 1968The Sound of AngerJerry Thompson
  28. 1968Sergeant RykerMaj. Kitchener - The Law Officer
  29. 1967Hour of the GunHorace Sullivan
  30. 1967CountdownGus
  31. 1962The Devil's Children
  32. 1962War HuntCapt. Wallace Pratt
  33. 1959Pork Chop HillLt. Harold
  34. 1959Destination SpaceDave
  35. 1956The Wrong ManJail Medical Attendant (uncredited)