Person
Charles Aidman
Born 21 January 1925 Died 7 November 1993, aged 68 Frankfort, Indiana, USA TMDB ↗
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 numbers
22age in their first credit on record (1947)
40years on screen and counting
21credits in 1959, their busiest year
171dated credits on record
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Movie credits
Age: 62 Innerspace
1987as Speaker at Banquet
Age: 58 Uncommon Valor
1983as Sen. Hastings
Age: 57 The Tragedy of King Lear
1982as Earl of Gloucester
Age: 56 Prime Suspect
1982
Age: 56 Marian Rose White
1982as Dr. Ashcroft
Age: 56 Walt Disney: One Man's Dream
1981as Mark Twain
Age: 56 Zoot Suit
1981as George Shearer
Age: 55 Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
1980as Warden Johnson
Age: 55 The Last Song
1980as Dr. Shaw
Age: 55 The Long Days of Summer
1980as Narrator (voice)
Age: 53 The New Adventures of Heidi
1978as The Wild Man
Age: 53 The House of the Dead
1978as Detective Malcolm Toliver
Age: 53 When Every Day Was the Fourth of July
1978as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Age: 52 Twilight's Last Gleaming
1977as Bernstein
Age: 51 Amelia Earhart
1976as Mr. Earhardt
Age: 49 The Invasion of Carol Enders
1974as Dr. Peter Bernard
Age: 48 Deliver Us from Evil
1973as Arnold Fleming
Age: 48 A Chant of Silence
1973
Age: 48 The Picture of Dorian Gray
1973as Basil Hallward
Age: 47 Dirty Little Billy
1972as Ben Antrim
Age: 46 Kotch
1971as Gerald Kotcher
Age: 45 Adam at Six A.M.
1970as Mr. Hopper
Age: 45 Menace on the Mountain
1970as Jed McIver
Age: 44 Secrets of the Pirate's Inn
1969as Carl Buchanan
Age: 44 Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here
1969as Benby
Age: 44 Angel, Angel, Down We Go
1969as Willy Steele
Age: 43 The Sound of Anger
1968as Jerry Thompson
Age: 43 Sergeant Ryker
1968as Maj. Kitchener - The Law Officer
Age: 42 Hour of the Gun
1967as Horace Sullivan
Age: 42 Countdown
1967as Gus
Age: 37 The Devil's Children
1962
Age: 37 War Hunt
1962as Capt. Wallace Pratt
Age: 34 Pork Chop Hill
1959as Lt. Harold
Age: 33 Destination Space
1959as Dave
Age: 31 The Wrong Man
1956as Jail Medical Attendant (uncredited)
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TV credits
Age: 60 The Twilight Zone
1985as Narrator (voice)
Age: 59 Crazy like a Fox
1984as Randalph Loehrman
Age: 57 It Takes Two
1982
Age: 57 Cagney & Lacey
1982
Age: 55 Magnum, P.I.
1980as James Randolph
Age: 55 Bosom Buddies
1980as Fred
Age: 55 Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
1980as Warden Johnson
Age: 54 Knots Landing
1979as Dr. Michaels
Age: 52 Lou Grant
1977as Davis Mendelsohn
Age: 52 Eight Is Enough
1977
Age: 51 Quincy, M.E.
1976as Preston Claymore
Age: 51 Quincy, M.E.
1976as Dr. Mason Colella
Age: 51 Quincy, M.E.
1976as Kenneth Watson
Age: 51 Quincy, M.E.
1976as Avery Manning
Age: 51 Quincy, M.E.
1976as Howard Lemner
Age: 51 Spencer's Pilots
1976
Age: 50 The Invisible Man
1975as Dr. Nick Maggio
Age: 50 S.W.A.T.
1975
Age: 49 Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974as Police Captain Leo Winwood
Age: 49 The Rockford Files
1974as Noah Deitweiler
Age: 49 Police Woman
1974as John Skow
Age: 49 Little House on the Prairie
1974as Sam Dobkins
Age: 48 The Six Million Dollar Man
1974as Bertram Lomax
Age: 48 Kojak
1973as Tom DeHaven
Age: 48 Barnaby Jones
1973as Mr. Stevenson
Age: 47 Kung Fu
1972as Dr. Cooper
Age: 47 The Streets of San Francisco
1972as Dr. Robert Jason
Age: 47 The Streets of San Francisco
1972as Russell Kincaid
Age: 47 M*A*S*H
1972as Colonel Victor Bloodworth
Age: 47 Ghost Story
1972as Jack Cameron
Age: 47 The Rookies
1972
Age: 47 Emergency!
1972as Harry Teal
Age: 46 Cannon
1971as Dr. Paul Danvers
Age: 45 All in the Family
1971as Mr. Willis
Age: 44 Medical Center
1969as Pete Howell
Age: 44 Medical Center
1969as Ross Eckhart
Age: 44 Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969as Dr. Ken Blair
Age: 43 The Mod Squad
1968as George Williamson
Age: 43 The Outcasts
1968
Age: 43 Hawaii Five-O
1968as Dr. Royce
Age: 43 The Name of the Game
1968as Garth Dryden
Age: 42 Mannix
1967as Alex Stevens
Age: 42 Mannix
1967as Ken Mitchell
Age: 42 The High Chaparral
1967as Paddy O'Bannion
Age: 42 Judd, for the Defense
1967
Age: 42 Ironside
1967as Glass
Age: 42 Ironside
1967as Bryce
Age: 41 The Invaders
1967as Prof. Julian Reed
Age: 41 Mission: Impossible
1966as General Envir Qaisette
Age: 41 Felony Squad
1966No poster
Age: 41 Hero
1966
Age: 40 The F.B.I.
1965as Raymond Pike
Age: 40 The F.B.I.
1965as Eric Delbey
Age: 40 The Wild Wild West
1965 Age: 40 The Wild Wild West
1965as Jeremy Pike
Age: 40 Run for Your Life
1965as Christopher
Age: 40 Run for Your Life
1965as Hal Andre
Age: 39 Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
1964as Captain Reiner
Age: 39 12 O'Clock High
1964as Captain Archer
Age: 39 Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1964as Dr. Hollis
Age: 38 Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963as Maj. Kitchener
No poster
Age: 38 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963as Jim Barton
Age: 38 The Fugitive
1963as Captain James Eckhardt
Age: 38 Arrest and Trial
1963as Tome Janeway
Age: 37 General Electric True
1962
Age: 37 The Virginian
1962as Sam Hicks
Age: 37 The Virginian
1962as William Webb
Age: 36 The Dick Van Dyke Show
1961as Ed Rubin
Age: 36 The New Breed
1961as Dr. Ted Reisman
Age: 36 Target: The Corruptors!
1961
Age: 36 Dr. Kildare
1961as James Grady
Age: 36 87th Precinct
1961as Eddie Folsom
Age: 36 Cain's Hundred
1961as Mike Ballantine
Age: 36 The Defenders
1961as Dr. Fred Burton
Age: 36 The Americans
1961
Age: 35 The Andy Griffith Show
1960as Frank Smith
Age: 35 Outlaws
1960
Age: 35 Thriller
1960as George Mikos
Age: 35 Thriller
1960as Jerry Welch
Age: 35 The Tall Man
1960as Ben Wiley
Age: 34 Mr. Lucky
1959as Art Cable
Age: 34 The Detectives
1959as Noel Ross
Age: 34 Bourbon Street Beat
1959
Age: 34 Adventures in Paradise
1959as Stan Willets
Age: 34 The Rebel
1959as Ben White
Age: 34 The Rebel
1959as Ferguson
Age: 34 The Twilight Zone
1959as Bill
Age: 34 The Twilight Zone
1959as Ed Harrington
Age: 34 Johnny Ringo
1959as Jeffrey Blake
Age: 34 Wichita Town
1959
Age: 34 Riverboat
1959as Frank Paxton
Age: 34 Bonanza
1959as Jim Applegate
Age: 34 The Troubleshooters
1959as Joe Drake
Age: 33 One Step Beyond
1959as Carl Archer
Age: 33 One Step Beyond
1959as Norman Bromley
Age: 33 Black Saddle
1959as Ab Murdock
Age: 33 Black Saddle
1959as Luke Morley
Age: 33 Rawhide
1959as Bert Pearson
Age: 33 Rawhide
1959as Waltzer
Age: 33 Peter Gunn
1958
Age: 33 Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958as Ralph M. Meadows
Age: 33 Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958as Jake Pringle
Age: 32 Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
1958as Marty Davis
Age: 32 Tombstone Territory
1957as Chuck Eggleston
Age: 32 Trackdown
1957as Len Starbuck
Age: 32 The Walter Winchell File
1957as Johnny Hansel
Age: 32 Perry Mason
1957as Arthur Siddons
Age: 32 Wagon Train
1957as Amos Gibbon
Age: 32 Wagon Train
1957as Col. Buckner
Age: 32 Wagon Train
1957as Whit Martin
Age: 32 Have Gun, Will Travel
1957as Gordon Dawes
Age: 32 Have Gun, Will Travel
1957as Tom Barton
Age: 32 Have Gun, Will Travel
1957as Lt. Graham
Age: 32 Have Gun, Will Travel
1957as Fred Harper /Martin Kilmer
Age: 32 Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957as Joe Vale
Age: 32 Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957as George Belden
Age: 31 Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956as Watson Cooke
No poster
Age: 31 State Trooper
1956as Tommy Brandywine
Age: 30 Gunsmoke
1955as Verd
Age: 30 Gunsmoke
1955as Vince
Age: 30 Gunsmoke
1955as Dack
Age: 30 Gunsmoke
1955as Ray Jarvis
Age: 30 Gunsmoke
1955as Riley Sharp
Age: 29 The Millionaire
1955as Eddie Daggett
Age: 29 The Wonderful World of Disney
1954as Carl Buchanan
Age: 29 The Wonderful World of Disney
1954as Jed McIver
Age: 29 The Wonderful World of Disney
1954as Mark Twain
Age: 28 Letter to Loretta
1953as Joey Willard
Age: 28 General Electric Theater
1953as Shammah
Age: 27 Omnibus
1952
Age: 25 Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
Age: 23 Studio One
1948as Lew
Age: 23 Studio One
1948 Age: 23 Studio One
1948as Doctor
Age: 22 Kraft Television Theatre
1947 Age: 22 Kraft Television Theatre
1947as Carl