Charles Bateman (actor)

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Charles Bateman
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Charles Wilbur Bateman

San Diego, California
NationalityAmerican
Alma materSan Diego Junior College
OccupationActor

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

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Early years

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]

Career

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] He starred in 39 episodes of the only season of Two Faces West. He might best be remembered for his role as Fred Williams in the 5th and final season of Hazel.

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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References

  1. ↑ Aaker, Everett (2017). Television Western Players, 1960–1975: A Biographical Dictionary. McFarland. p. 27. ISBN   9781476628561 . Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  2. ↑ "Ivarene Bateman obituary". Legacy. January 28, 2015.
  3. ↑ Terrace, Vincent (2011). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010 (2nd ed.). Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. p. 1120. ISBN   978-0-7864-6477-7.
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