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Charles Aidman

Acting

Born January 21, 1925 · Frankfort, Indiana, USA

Died November 7, 1993

Also known as Charles Leonard Aidman

Biography

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."

Filmography50+ titles

The Twilight Zone

1959as Ed Harrington

The Last Song

1980as Dr. Shaw

When Every Day Was the Fourth of July

1978as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Little House on the Prairie

1974as Sam Dobkins

Emergency!

1972as Harry Teal

M*A*S*H

1972as Colonel Victor Bloodworth

All in the Family

1971as Mr. Willis

Kung Fu

1972as Dr. Cooper

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

1964as Dr. Hollis

Perry Mason

1957as Arthur Siddons

Kolchak: The Night Stalker

1974as Police Captain Leo Winwood

The Rockford Files

1974as Noah Deitweiler

Mission: Impossible

1966as General Envir Qaisette

The Wild Wild West

1965as Jeremy Pike

The Dick Van Dyke Show

1961as Ed Rubin

The Andy Griffith Show

1960as Frank Smith

Quincy, M.E.

1976as Dr. Mason Colella

Bonanza

1959as Jim Applegate

Magnum, P.I.

1980as James Randolph

The Six Million Dollar Man

1974as Bertram Lomax

The Fugitive

1963as Captain James Eckhardt

Have Gun, Will Travel

1957as Fred Harper /Martin Kilmer

Kojak

1973as Tom DeHaven

Hawaii Five-O

1968as Dr. Royce

Rawhide

1959as Waltzer

S.W.A.T.

1975

The Wrong Man

1956as Jail Medical Attendant (uncredited)

Cagney & Lacey

1982

The Long Days of Summer

1980as Narrator (voice)

Barnaby Jones

1973as Mr. Stevenson

The Streets of San Francisco

1972as Dr. Robert Jason

Wanted: Dead or Alive

1958as Jake Pringle

Knots Landing

1979as Dr. Michaels

The Rookies

1972

Ironside

1967as Bryce

Innerspace

1987as Speaker at Banquet

Mannix

1967as Ken Mitchell

The High Chaparral

1967as Paddy O'Bannion

Tombstone Territory

1957as Chuck Eggleston

Prime Suspect

1982

War Hunt

1962as Capt. Wallace Pratt

Thriller

1960as Jerry Welch

Pork Chop Hill

1959as Lt. Harold

Gunsmoke

1955as Riley Sharp

Mr. Lucky

as Art Cable

Marcus Welby, M.D.

1969as Dr. Ken Blair

Peter Gunn

1958

Wagon Train

1957as Col. Buckner

Letter to Loretta

as Joey Willard

Hour of the Gun

1967as Horace Sullivan