[Charles Stanaker pictured second from right]
Charles Fredrick Stalnaker was born on November 10,
1933 in Elkins, West Virginia. After graduating with a Liberal Arts degree from
Oglethorpe University in Georgia, Charles went on to enjoy a fulfilling and
fascinating career as a writer and actor in films. Stalnaker appeared in 18
films from an appearance in TV’s ‘Death Valley Days’ in 1957 until his final
credit in the Spanish TV series ’Curro Jiménez’ in 1978. Among his film and TV
appearances were seven Euro-westerns: “Custer of the West” (1967) “Guns of the
Magnificent Seven” and “Shalako (both 1968), “El Condor” and “Land Raiders”
(both 1969) and “Cannon for Cordoba” and “Captain Apache” (both 1970).
Stalnaker returned to the U.S and lived in Flora, Illinois where he continued
to write screenplays and short stories until his death from heart disease on
August 2, 2012.
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