Charles Fredericks

Charles Fredericks (September 5, 1918 – May 14, 1970) was an American actor of stage, television, and film. He was particularly known for his highly prolific career in B-Western movies and television Westerns during the 1950s and 1960s. In 1957, Fredericks appeared as "Larkin", along with Chris Alcaide and Jay Novello, in the episode "Small Man" of the ABC/Warner Brothers western television series, Colt .45, starring Wayde Preston. In 1960, Fredericks played Marshal Ed Springer in the Colt .45 episode "The Gandy Dancers".[1] and again as Sherrif Ankers in Gene Barry’s TV Western series Bat Masterson in S3E10s “Last Stop To Austin”. He also appeared as villains in the Maverick episodes "Trail West to Fury" and "The Maverick Line" starring James Garner. He appeared in The Tab Hunter Show episode "For Money or Love" in 1960. He also appeared as “Senator McGovern” on James Arness’s TV Western Gunsmoke (1962), in S8E15’s “False Front”.

Not to be confused with Charles Fredricks or Charles Frederick.
Charles Fredericks
Born(1918-09-05)September 5, 1918
Columbus, Mississippi
DiedMay 14, 1970(1970-05-14) (aged 51)
Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles County, California

Fredericks was also a talented Baryton-Martin and starred as Gaylord Ravenal in the 1946 Broadway revival of Show Boat and as Captain Nicholas Gregorovitch in the original 1947 production of Music in My Heart. In more recent years, moviegoers have seen him as the singing King in the "Just You Wait" sequence of the film My Fair Lady (1964).

Partial filmography

References
  1. "Colt .45". ctva.biz. Archived from the original on May 4, 2012. Retrieved December 22, 2012.
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