American character actor Charles Dierkop died February 25th
at Sherman Oaks, after a recent heart attack and bout with pneumonia. He was 87.
After portraying an uncredited pool-hall hood in the Paul Newman-starring “The
Hustler” (1961), Dierkop got to work with Newman again in “Butch Cassidy and
the Sundance Kid” (1969) when he was hired to play Hole in the Wall Gang outlaw
George “Flat Nose” Curry. Dierkop had broken his nose in fights several times
as a kid, so he was rather suited for the part. Charles Richard Dierkop was
born on Sept. 11, 1936, in La Crosse, Wisconsin. Dierkop was married to Joan
Addis from 1958 until their 1974 divorce. They had two children, Charles Jr.,
who died in 1990 at age 29, and Lynn. Dierkop appeared in only one Euro-western
as Cooper in 1989’s “Blood Red” starring Dennis Hopper and Giancarlo Giannini.
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