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Charlie Briggs (actor)

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Charlie Briggs
Born(1932-11-13)November 13, 1932
DiedFebruary 6, 1985(1985-02-06) (aged 52)
OccupationActor
Years active1958-1983

Charlie Briggs (November 13, 1932 - February 6, 1985) was an American actor.[1] He appeared in numerous films and television shows throughout the 1950s to the 1980s.[2]

Biography

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Briggs was born in Henderson, North Carolina in 1932. Briggs began his acting career in 1958, appearing in TV series like Maverick, The Restless Gun, Gunsmoke, The Texan, Bronco and Not for Hire during the late 1950s. During the 1960s he continued to appear in TV series like Cheyenne, Daniel Boone, Bonanza and The Guns of Will Sonnett among others.

During that time he also branched out into film, working in films like The Absent-Minded Professor, Merrill's Marauders, The Beguiled and Charley Varrick. However, he kept working on TV during the 1970s and 1980s, mainly in action series. Briggs last acted in the film Brainstorm in 1983.[2][3]

Briggs died in 1985, aged 52.[2]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1960 Home from the Hill Dick Gibbons Uncredited
1961 The Absent-Minded Professor Sig
1962 Merrill's Marauders Muley Credited as Charles Briggs
1962 How the West Was Won Flying Arrow Barker Uncredited
1963 13 Frightened Girls Mike
1963 Captain Newman, M.D. Gorkow Credited as Charles Briggs
1967 A Time for Killing Sgt. Kettlinger
1970 The Traveling Executioner Zak
1971 The Beguiled 1st Confederate Captain Credited as Charles Briggs
1972 Corky Red
1973 Charley Varrick Highway Deputy
1974 The Klansman A.P. Reporter Credited as Charles Briggs
1977 Greased Lightning Race Official Uncredited
1977 The Lincoln Conspiracy Andrew Potter
1979 Norma Rae Warren Latting
1982 Six Pack Steward #1
1983 Brainstorm Colonel Easterbrook Final film role

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1958 Maverick Little Jeb Plummer Episode: "Alias Bart Maverick"; credited as Charles Briggs
1958 The Restless Gun Meacham Episode: "Bonner's Squaw"; credited as Charles F. Briggs
1958 The Texan Jeff Karger Episode: "A Time of the Year"
1959 Bronco Sergeant Tatum Episode: "The Burning Springs"
1959 Not for Hire O'Hara Episode: "The Fall Guy"
1959–1960 Laramie Charley Wilkes / Will / Blacksmith 3 episodes; uncredited for 1 episode
1959–1962 Lawman Darrel Martin / Falk - Henchman / Logan Jutes 3 episodes
1960 Tightrope Hank Episode: "Broken Rope"; uncredited
1960 The Deputy Bill Dawson Episode: "The Hidden Motive"
1960 Shotgun Slade Episode: "The Swindle"
1960 Law of the Plainsman Bob Erby Episode: "Stella"
1960 Black Saddle Walsh Episode: "End of the Line"
1960–1961 Zane Grey Theatre Russ / Paul - West 2 episodes
1960–1961 The Rifleman Artie Quint / Eli Manse 2 episodes
1960–1962 Cheyenne Obed Durango / Bart Hanson 2 episodes
1961 The Magical World of Disney Folger Selby 2 episodes
1961 Perry Mason Policeman Episode: "The Case of the Barefaced Witness"
1961 The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp Willy Davis Episode: "A Papa for Butch and Ginger"
1961 Outlaws Maury Kelly Episode: "The Brothers"
1961–1964 Wagon Train Joe Weaver / Ed Linders 2 episodes
1961–1965 Death Valley Days Little Mae / Sam Dowd 2 episodes
1962 National Velvet Morton Episode: "Ede's Bombshell"
1962 Route 66 Jed Episode: "Love Is a Skinny Kid"
1962 Tales of Wells Fargo Andy Stone Episode: "Don't Wake a Tiger"
1962 Shannon Episode: "End of the Line"
1962 You're Only Young Once Piggy Burke TV movie
1962–1965 Bonanza Charlie Fitch 2 episodes
1962–1970 The Virginian Verne / Hank Stram / Hard Pan / Soapy 4 episodes
1963 The Eleventh Hour Red Episode: "Which Man Will Die?"; credited as Charles Briggs
1963 The Gallant Men Pvt. Eddie Ross Episode: "A Taste of Peace"
1963 Gunsmoke Riley / Driver 2 episodes
1964 Daniel Boone Hiram Girty Episode: "A Short Walk to Salem"
1965 Kraft Suspense Theatre Boone Trimble Episode: "Jungle of Fear"
1965 A Man Called Shenandoah Tibbott Episode: "The Siege"; credited as Charles Briggs
1966 The Big Valley Sheriff Walt Baker Episode: "The Martyr"
1966 Laredo Woods Episode: "Road to San Remo"
1967–1968 The Guns of Will Sonnett Lyle Merceen / Peerce - Posse Member 2 episodes
1968 The Outcasts Link Episode: "The Night Riders"
1969 Land of the Giants Guard Episode: "Deadly Pawn"
1969 The Ballad of Andy Crocker Mr. Paisley TV movie
1969–1970 Lancer Thede / John Mason 2 episodes
1969–1971 Mod Squad Cates / Red 2 episodes
1971 Alias Smith and Jones Red Mattson Episode: "Return to Devil's Hole"
1971 This Is the Life Tank Episode: "The Football Player"
1974 Harry O Policeman in Galveston Episode: "Accounts Balanced"
1975 The Hatfields and the McCoys First Deputy TV movie
1975 Barnaby Jones Oscar Fry Episode: "Beware the Dog"
1976 S.W.A.T. Sheriff Thad Grover 2 episodes
1978 Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Kaleb Wallace TV movie; credited as Charles Briggs
1978 A Real American Hero Miles Conway TV movie
1981 Ramblin' Man Episode: "Two Hundred Miles from Noplace"

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