Charles Aidman
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."
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 6.741 |
| Birthday | 1925-01-21 |
| Place of Birth | Frankfort, Indiana, USA |
| Also Known As | Charles Leonard Aidman, |
1978
When Every Day Was the Fourth of July
6/1
A little girl convinces her attorney father to defend a mute war veteran accused of murdering a store owner.
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When Every Day Was the Fourth of July
1967
Hour of the Gun
6.4/88
Marshal Wyatt Earp kills a couple of men of the Clanton-gang in a fight. In revenge Clanton's thugs kill the marshal's brother. Thus, Wyatt Earp start...
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Hour of the Gun
1962
War Hunt
6.5/21
Dispatched to the front lines during the Korean War, an idealistic American soldier discovers the horrors of combat and comes at odds with a psychopat...
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War Hunt
1983
Uncommon Valor
6.2/194
A group of Vietnam War veterans re-unite to rescue one of their own left behind and taken prisoner by the Vietnamese.
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Uncommon Valor
1967
Countdown
5.7/49
Desperate to land a man on the moon before Russia does, NASA hastily preps a would-be spaceman for a mission that would leave him alone in a lunar she...
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Countdown
1969
Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here
5.761/67
While confronting the disapproving father of his girlfriend Lola, Native American man Willie Boy kills the man in self-defense, triggering a massive m...
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Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here
1959
Pork Chop Hill
6.5/65
Korean War, April 1953. Lieutenant Clemons, leader of the King company of the United States Infantry, is ordered to recapture Pork Chop Hill, occupied...
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Pork Chop Hill
1956
The Wrong Man
7.1/544
In 1953, an innocent man named Christopher Emmanuel "Manny" Balestrero is arrested after being mistaken for an armed robber.
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The Wrong Man
1981
Zoot Suit
6.1/18
Part fact and part fiction, Zoot Suit is the film version of Luis Valdez's critically acclaimed play, based on the actual Sleepy Lagoon murder case an...
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Zoot Suit
1977
Twilight's Last Gleaming
6.4/66
A renegade USAF general, Lawrence Dell, escapes from a military prison and takes over an ICBM silo near Montana and threatens to provoke World War 3 u...
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Twilight's Last Gleaming
1978
The House of the Dead
4.5/31
When a philandering husband accidentally finds himself lost during a rainstorm, he’s taken in by an elderly mortician and is forced to learn the ghast...
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The House of the Dead
1969
Angel, Angel, Down We Go
4.4/8
The overweight debutante daughter of the world's wealthiest couple falls in with a gang of tripped out, skydiving pseudo-reactionary pop stars, who ta...
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Angel, Angel, Down We Go
1982
Prime Suspect
6.6/5
A respectable businessman becomes the prime suspect in the abduction and murder of several young girls. He is hounded by the media and disowned by his...
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Prime Suspect
1973
Deliver Us from Evil
7.3/6
Several men hiking in the mountains discover an injured skyjacker who parachuted from a plane with $600,000. They kill him, then start fighting each o...
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Deliver Us from Evil
1981
Walt Disney: One Man's Dream
0/0
Various entertainers and artists look at how Walt Disney influenced these areas through his work in a variety of fields.
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Walt Disney: One Man's Dream
1973
A Chant of Silence
0/0
A murdering skyjacker parachutes to safety and poses as a novice monk in an isolated New Mexico monastery.
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A Chant of Silence
1976
Amelia Earhart
0/0
Biography follows the life of famed woman pilot Amelia Earhart, including her marriage to a famous publisher and her disappearance during a flight in...
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Amelia Earhart
1959
Destination Space
4.2/4
1959 television science fiction
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Destination Space
1973
The Invasion of Carol Enders
3.7/3
Television thriller about a woman is possessed after a brutal attack.
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The Invasion of Carol Enders
1980
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
4.5/3
Filmed on location at Alcatraz Island, this two-part "whole story" actually concentrates on a handful of the denizens behind the cold grey walls of "T...
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Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
1982
Marian Rose White
0/0
Marian Rose White is placed in a State Home for the feeble-minded by her uncaring mother when her father dies. She is a young teenager and there is no...
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Marian Rose White
1971
Kotch
6.4/27
When retired salesman Joseph Kotcher begins to feel pressure to move out of the house he shares with the family of his son, he opts to embark on a roa...
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Kotch
1982
The Tragedy of King Lear
8/1
Mike Kellin as Lear.
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The Tragedy of King Lear
1962
The Devil's Children
0/0
An old farmer, who has raised his daughter and son with the utmost severity, is soon faced with a mess in the family: the daughter sets fire to a barn...
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The Devil's Children
1970
Menace on the Mountain
4/2
A period piece about the McIver family trying to protect there home from Civil War deserters. Actor Jodie Foster, then approximately 8, plays Suellen...
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Menace on the Mountain
1973
The Picture of Dorian Gray
6/8
Adaptation of the novel by Oscar Wilde.
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
1970
Adam at Six A.M.
4.7/11
A disenchanted young Professor of Semantics at a California college learns of a distant relative's death in Missouri. He journeys cross-country to the...
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Adam at Six A.M.
1969
Secrets of the Pirate's Inn
7/1
A gang of kids helps a sea captain search for a pirate’s treasure that’s rumored to be hidden somewhere in the old dilapidated inn the sea captain jus...
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Secrets of the Pirate's Inn
1972
Dirty Little Billy
4.9/9
Clearly influenced by the darker, more sinister style of spaghetti westerns, Dirty Little Billy offers a unique insight into the beginnings of the not...
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Dirty Little Billy
1978
The New Adventures of Heidi
4/2
The long-familiar Heidi tale is given a contemporary (and musical) setting as the young heroine leaves her familiar Swiss mountain for the bright ligh...
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The New Adventures of Heidi
1968
The Sound of Anger
0/0
Two teenagers who have been engaged in pre-marital sex become the prime suspects when the girl's disapproving father is mysteriously murdered.
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The Sound of Anger
1980
The Long Days of Summer
0/0
In this sequel to his 1978 "When Every Day Was the Fourth of July" (and a pilot to a prospective series), producer/director Dan Curtis recalls more of...
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The Long Days of Summer
1968
Sergeant Ryker
6.5/4
During the Korean War Sergeant Paul Ryker is accused of defecting to Communist China and then returning to his unit as a spy. He's court-martialed and...
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Sergeant Ryker
1980
The Last Song
6/1
An aspiring singer unwittingly comes into possession of several tapes for which her engineer husband and his partner, in their electronic eavesdroppin...
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