NAME: CHARLES AIDMAN BORN/PLACE(HOMETOWN):
01/31/1925 INDIANAPOLIS or FRANKFORT, RICHMOND
FAME/BIO:
Actor that guest appeared in over 400 TV show. Appeared in one of the first episodes of The Twilight Zone (1959). Was the narriator of the show when it returned in 1985. His soft way of talking was used in voice overs for ads and TV shows. For a time he was James West's partner in Wild Wild West when Ross Martin was ill.
His career began when he adapted Edgar Lee Masters' "Spoon River Anthology" to the stage at UCLA. This went to broadway and it won an Emmy. He was personnally picked by Arthur Miller to play the lead in "After the Fall". It was about Miller's time with Marilyn Monroe.
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    1925 (01/31) Born in INDIANAPOLIS, IN (or FRANKFORT). Father was a veterinarian.
    Lived in FRANKFORT and RICHMOND, INDIANA.
    1942 Frankfort High School.
    Indiana University.
    Navy.
    1948 Indiana University.
    1956 The Wrong Man. Pork Chop Hill. (02/24) One Step Beyond, Vol. 3 [DVD] DVD "Epilogue".
    1959
  • (12/11) The Twilight Zone, Vol. 16 [DVD] DVD "And When the Sky Was Opened"
  • Pork Chop Hill.
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    1960 (12/20) One Step Beyond "Legacy of Love".
    1962
  • (03/16) The Twilight Zone "Little Girl Lost".
  • The Dick Van Dyke Show "My Husband is Not a Drunk".
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    1963 The Dick Van Dyke Show "Laura's Little Lie". (09/29) "Spoon River Anthology" Belasco Theatre, NY.
    1967 Hour Of The Gun [DVD](1967) DVD
    Riveting revisionist Western plays as a sequel of sorts to "Gunfight at the O.K. Corral." James Garner stars as lawman Wyatt Earp, who enlists the help of Doc Holliday (Jason Robards, Jr.) to gun down the rustlers responsible for killing his brothers. Robert Ryan, Albert Salmi and Steve Ihnat also star. 101 min. Standard and Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, Spanish, French.
    [DVD 05/17/2005]
    1968 Countdown. (01/16) The Invaders "The Pit". (11/29-12/27) Wild Wild West (TNT).
    1969 Tell Them Willie Boy is Here. (03/03) Gunsmoke "The Intruder". "Spoon River Anthology" Emmy nom.
    1970 Cult of the Damned. (03/01-08) Wonderful World of Disney "Menace on the Mountain".
    1971 Kotch [DVD](1971) DVD
    Decades before "Grumpy Old Men," Jack Lemmon directed buddy Walter Matthau in this comedy/drama about an independent septuagenarian whose presence in his son's family's house causes friction. Unwilling to go to a retirement home, Matthau sets out on his own and winds up looking after a pregnant teen runaway. Deborah Winters, Charles Aidman, Felicia Farr also star. 116 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, Spanish, French.
    1973 The Picture Of Dorian Gray [DVD](1973) DVD
    Can the gift of eternal youth and beauty be a curse? It is in this gripping rendition of the Oscar Wilde shocker, produced by "Dark Shadows" creator Dan Curtis. Shane Briant, Nigel Davenport, Linda Kelsey and Charles Aidman star. 111 min. Standard; Soundtracks: English, Spanish; Subtitles: English.
    1974 The Invasion of Carol Enders.
  • (09/20) Kolchak: The Night Stalker [DVD](1974) DVD "The Zombie".
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    1976 Amelia Earhart.
    1977 Twilight's Last Gleaming. (11/29) "The Grim Reaper" M*A*S*H.
    1980 Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story. (12/03) Quincy "The Hope of Elkwood".
    1980 Zoot Suit [DVD](1981) DVD
    Powerful filmization of Luis Valdez' hit play, based on a 1942 incident in Los Angeles where a gang of Hispanics were sent to San Quentin prison on trumped-up murder charges. Daniel Valdez, Edward James Olmos, Tyne Daly, Charles Aidman star. 103 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital Surround; Subtitles: French, Spanish; theatrical trailer.     (12/02) Quincy "D.U.I.".
    1985 (1985-87) The New Twilight Zone. Fund raising tape for Indiana University Department of Theatre and Drama.
    1987 Innerspace.
    1993 (11/07) Died (cancer) in Beverly Hills, CA..

    Notes: Indpl Star 04/26/1965. "It's Not Over Till It's Over" Richmond Civic Theatre's Center Stage program. Obit LA Times 11/08/1993. Mrs. Charles Aidman. Letter from R. Keith Michael, IU (copy).