Charles Dierkop

Charles Dierkop
Born	September 11, 1936 (1936-09-11) (age 75) La Crosse, Wisconsin, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1961–present

Charles Dierkop (born September 11, 1936) is an American film and television character actor.

Dierkop was born in La Crosse, Wisconsin, and attended Aquinas High School in La Crosse. He was cast in two George Roy Hill films, and played an outlaw both times—as 'Flat Nose Curry' in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid he played a member of the Hole-in-the-Wall Gang, and as 'Floyd' in The Sting, he acted as a bodyguard to Robert Shaw's New York gangster/griftee, Doyle Lonnegan. He is best known for his work in the Police Woman television series between 1974 and 1978. He is a lifetime member of The Actor's Studio.

Partial filmography

Film

• The Hustler (1961)
• Maverick
• Silent Night, Deadly Night
• Blood Red
• Messenger of Death
• Grotesque
• Banzai Runner
• The Sting
• The Student Teachers
• Messiah of Evil
• Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Television

• The Deerslayer (TV Film)
• MacGyver
• Simon & Simon
• The Fall Guy
• Matt Houston
• Fantasy Island
• CHiPs
• Vega$
• Police Woman
• Cannon
• Police Story
• Kojak
• Gunsmoke
• Mannix
• Kung Fu
• Alias Smith and Jones
• Bonanza
• Mission: Impossible
• Love, American Style
• Lancer
• Land of the Giants
• The High Chaparral
• Batman
• Star Trek: The Original Series – 1 episode:
  • "Wolf in the Fold"
• The Andy Griffith Show
• The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
• Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

References

• Aquinas News, Aquinas High School, La Crosse, Wisconsin, September 18, 1975, vol. 45, no.2, pg. 1, 'Former Aquinite is TV Star'. Article about Charles Dierkop.
• Aquinas News, Aquinas High School, La Crosse, Wisconsin,, September 2, 1978, Special 50th Anniversary edition, pg. 12, 'Former Aquinite has his name in lights', Sue Schmidt, class of 1978. Another article about Charles Dierkop.

External links

• Charles Dierkop at the Internet Movie Database
• Charles Dierkop at Memory Alpha (a Star Trek wiki)

Persondata
Name	Dierkop, Charles
Alternative names
Short description	American actor
Date of birth	September 11, 1936
Place of birth	La Crosse, Wisconsin, U.S.
Date of death
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