Charles Bateman | |
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Born | Charles Wilbur Bateman |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | San Diego Junior College |
Occupation | Actor |
Charles Wilbur Bateman (born in San Diego, California [ citation needed ]) is an American actor. He appeared in 76 different television programs between 1958 and 1991, as well as numerous theatrically-released and made-for-telelevision films. He is perhaps best recognized to audiences for his role as the ill-fated First Officer Larsen in the 1972 box-office smash and cinematic classic The Poseidon Adventure
Bateman's early training in acting came at San Diego Junior College and La Jolla Playhouse as well as in a stock theater company. [1] He was one of three children born to Thomas O. Bateman and Ivarene Cornelius Bateman. His mother died aged 110. [2]
He also guest starred as a young engineer in the episode "The Tree" of CBS's Lassie , as well as two episodes of Perry Mason : Roy Dowson in "The Case of the Bashful Burro" in 1960, and defendant and title character Jeff Bronson in the 1961 episode, "The Case of the Guilty Clients." [3]
Bateman's first venture into soap operas was in 1980, when he joined the cast of NBC's Days of Our Lives as Maxwell Jarvis, but he left the program after a year. His last acting role was in 1991 in an episode of The Trials of Rosie O'Neill .
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