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Charles Aidman 01.21.1925 - 11.11.1993 (68 years old)

Charles Aidman (January 21, 1925 – November 7, 1993) was an American stage, film, and television actor. His list of credits and appearences are quite long He was cast in CBS's fantasy drama, Twilight Zone in the episodes "And When the Sky Was Opened" and "Little Girl Lost". Aidman appeared in a memorable 1977 episode of M*A*S*H, "The Grim Reaper", playing Colonel Bloodworth, a callous, sadistic commander who takes pleasure in predicting casualties and reducing his troops to statistics. His film roles were in Pork Chop Hill (1959), War Hunt (1962), Hour of the Gun (1967), Countdown (1968), Angel, Angel, Down We Go (1969), Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here (1969), Adam at 6 A.M. (1970), Kotch (1971), Dirty Little Billy (1972), Deliver Us from Evil (1973), Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977), Zoot Suit (1981), Uncommon Valor (1983), and Innerspace (1987), the latter being one of his final acting appearances. He also played a teacher in an episode in the 5th Season of The Andy Griffith Show He appeard in 1 episode of CBSRMT

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This actor appeared in the following radio shows

Series	Episode title	Date
cbs radio mystery theater	trapped	1974-10-09

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Born in Indianapolis, Indiana 1/31/1925; died 11/15/1993 of cancer in Beverly Hills, California. Screen debut in Pork Chop Hill (1959). Jeremy on The Wild, Wild West for CBS-TV (1969). Narrator for the CBS-TV and syndicated television series The Twilight Zone (1985-1988).

Jack

Charles Leonard Aidman (January 21, 1925 – November 7, 1993) was an American actor of stage, film, and television.

Eric

Charles Aidman originally planned a career as an attorney but was sidetracked during World War II and naval officer training at DePaul University.

Eric

Among his many television credits, Charles guest-starred on NBC's The Virginian in the episode "The Devil's Children" and twice on the NBC western series The Californians.

Eric

He also appeared twice on David Janssen's Richard Diamond, Private Detective. He portrayed a bounty hunter on the ABC's western series Black Saddle. He was cast in CBS's fantasy drama, Twilight Zone in the episodes "And When the Sky Was Opened" and "Little Girl Lost."

Eric

About this time, he guest-starred on five other western series: the ABC/Warner Brothers series Colt .45; ABC's The Rebel, starring Nick Adams; NBC's Riverboat, as Frank Paxton in the episode "The Fight at New Canal," with Darren McGavin as Captain Grey Holden; and The Americans, the story of family conflicts in the American Civil War starring Darryl Hickman and the successor series to Riverboat; CBS's Trackdown, as Len Starbuck in "The Samaritan"; and CBS's Johnny Ringo, as Jeffrey Blake in "The Stranger".

Eric

He appeared on another NBC western series starring Barry Sullivan, The Road West, in its 1966 episode "The Lean Years." That same year Aidman played a scientist who turned into a werewolf in an episode of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. He then guest-starred on CBS's The Wild Wild West in a recurring role for several episodes during the series' fourth season as Jeremy Pike, one of Jim West's substitute sidekicks. Ross Martin, who portrayed West's regular sidekick Artemus Gordon in the series, was recovering from an illness

Eric

Aidman played the father of Elmer Dobkins in an episode of Little House On The Prairie and appeared in an episode of the 1974 police drama Nakia. Three years later, he portrayed a memorable character in an episode of M*A*S*H, "The Grim Reaper," playing Colonel Bloodworth, a callous, sadistic commander who takes pleasure in predicting casualties and reducing his troops to statistics. Later, from 1985-1987, Aidman served as the original narrator for the revival of The Twilight Zone series until he was replaced by Robin Ward.

Eric

His list of credits and appearances is quite long. Movies that he appeared in include: Pork Chop Hill ,War Hunt, Angel, Angel, Down We Go , Innerspace, Alien Zone and others. He appeared in 1 episode of Radio Mystery Theater.

Eric

He was always terrific in any role! Manage

Barbieri

He was one of those character actors who seemed to be everywher & was always good at what he played.

Walter

Charles Aidman 01.21.1925 - 11.11.1993 (68 years old)

This actor appeared in the following radio shows

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