Charles Bateman (actor)

Charles W. Bateman
Born	January 4, 1928 (1928-01-04) (age 83) Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Occupation	Actor

Charles W. Bateman (born January 4, 1928, in Glasgow, Scotland) is an actor most notably recognized from roles on American television from 1958-1991.

Early career

His first television appearance was as "Cousin Jeff Martin" in the 1958 episode "Black Fire" of ABC's western series Maverick starring James Garner. He soon appeared too on ABC's Lawman and Lee Marvin's NBC crime drama M Squad. Bateman was cast as "Hess" in CBS's "Incident of a Burst of Evil" episode of the western series Rawhide. That same year, he guest starred as a young engineer in the episode "The Tree" of CBS's Lassie.

Thereafter, Bateman co-starred as Detective George Peters in the first thirteen episodes of a 1959-1961 syndicated crime drama, Manhunt, starring with Victor Jory (1902–1982). Then, during the 1960-1961 season, he played the dual role of twin brothers, Rick January, M.D., and Marshal Ben January, in the syndicated western series Two Faces West, set in Gunnison, Colorado. His co-stars were Francis De Sales and Joyce Meadows.

After Two Faces West concluded its thirty-nine episodes, Bateman guest starred on ABC's Hawaiian Eye and Ben Casey, NBC's The Virginian, Temple Houston, Bonanza, and Daniel Boone, and CBS's The Jack Benny Program, The Munsters, and Hazel. He appeared in 1965 as Jim Brand in the episode "The Wild West's Biggest Train Holdup" of the syndicated Death Valley Days.

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, he appeared in such sitcoms as My Three Sons, The Governor and J.J., Get Smart, Mayberry, R.F.D., and Love, American Style. From 1968-1972, he appeared four times on ABC's crime drama The F.B.I., starring Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.. From 1971-1973, he appeared six times on CBS's detective series Cannon, starring William Conrad, and twice on the same network's Mission: Impossible with Peter Graves. From 1971-1972, he appeared twice on CBS's Mannix, starring Mike Connors. From 1976-1978, he guest starred three times on CBS's Barnaby Jones, starring Buddy Ebsen.

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. Thereafter, he joined the cast of another NBC soap opera, Santa Barbara, in which he appeared as C.C. Capwell between 1984 and 1986. In 1985, he appeared as a military officer in the CBS television movie, Robert Kennedy & His Times, with Brad Davis in the title role. From 1988 to 1991, he appeared twice as two different Texas state senators on CBS's prime time soap opera, Dallas. His most recent television appearance was in 1991 in the episode "Battle Fatigue" of CBS's The Trials of Rosie O'Neill.

External links

• Charles Bateman at the Internet Movie Database

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Name	Bateman, Charles
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Date of birth	January 4, 1928
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
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