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Charles Aidman
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Charles Aidman

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1925 – 1993 · Frankfort, Indiana, USA · Active 1947–1987

Born in 1925, Charles Aidman transitioned from aspiring attorney to actor during World War II, where he discovered his passion for performance. He appears in Sergeant Ryker (1968) as a pivotal character, contributing to the film's exploration of military justice and personal redemption. Aidman's role in Prime Suspect (1982) further emphasizes his ability to navigate complex narratives, solidifying his place in the realm of cult cinema. His performances resonate within the exploitation genre, making him a noteworthy figure in the SassyFlix catalog.

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Prime Suspect

Prime Suspect

1982 ★ 6.5

A respectable businessman becomes the prime suspect in the abduction and murder of several young girls. He is hounded by the media and disowned by his friends and neighbours.

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Sergeant Ryker (1968) Movie Poster - SassyFlix
Sergeant Ryker
1968
Career Highlights Top 6 by popularity · TMDB
Innerspace (1987)
Innerspace
1987
The Twilight Zone (1959)
The Twilight Zone
1959
Little House on the Prairie (1974)
Little House on the Prairie
1974
M*A*S*H (1972)
M*A*S*H
1972
The Wrong Man (1956)
The Wrong Man
1956
Bonanza (1959)
Bonanza
1959

Filmography

171 credits
1980s 17 credits
1987
Innerspace as Speaker at Banquet
Movie ★ 6.8
1985
The Twilight Zone as Narrator (voice)
TV ★ 7.7
1984
Crazy like a Fox as Randalph Loehrman
TV ★ 7.2
1983
Uncommon Valor as Sen. Hastings
Movie ★ 6.3
1982
Prime Suspect●
Movie ★ 6.7
1982
Marian Rose White as Dr. Ashcroft
Movie
1982
The Tragedy of King Lear as Earl of Gloucester
Movie ★ 8.0
1982
Cagney & Lacey
TV ★ 7.0
1982
It Takes Two
TV ★ 6.0
1981
Zoot Suit as George Shearer
Movie ★ 6.4
1981
Walt Disney: One Man's Dream as Mark Twain
Movie
1980
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story as Warden Johnson
Movie ★ 5.5
1980
The Long Days of Summer as Narrator (voice)
Movie ★ 7.0
1980
The Last Song as Dr. Shaw
Movie ★ 8.0
1980
Magnum, P.I. as James Randolph
TV ★ 7.3
1980
Bosom Buddies as Fred
TV ★ 6.4
1980
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story as Warden Johnson
TV ★ 5.0
1970s 40 credits
1979
Knots Landing as Dr. Michaels
TV ★ 6.9
1978
When Every Day Was the Fourth of July as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Movie ★ 8.0
1978
The House of the Dead as Detective Malcolm Toliver
Movie ★ 4.8
1978
The New Adventures of Heidi as The Wild Man
Movie ★ 5.0
1977
Twilight's Last Gleaming as Bernstein
Movie ★ 6.4
1977
Eight Is Enough
TV ★ 6.2
1977
Lou Grant as Davis Mendelsohn
TV ★ 7.3
1976
Amelia Earhart as Mr. Earhardt
Movie
1976
Spencer's Pilots
TV ★ 6.5
1976
Quincy, M.E. as Preston Claymore
TV ★ 7.5
1976
Quincy, M.E. as Dr. Mason Colella
TV ★ 7.5
1976
Quincy, M.E. as Kenneth Watson
TV ★ 7.5
1976
Quincy, M.E. as Avery Manning
TV ★ 7.5
1976
Quincy, M.E. as Howard Lemner
TV ★ 7.5
1975
S.W.A.T.
TV ★ 7.1
1975
The Invisible Man as Dr. Nick Maggio
TV ★ 6.3
1974
The Invasion of Carol Enders as Dr. Peter Bernard
Movie ★ 4.7
1974
Little House on the Prairie as Sam Dobkins
TV ★ 7.9
1974
Kolchak: The Night Stalker as Police Captain Leo Winwood
TV ★ 7.6
1974
The Six Million Dollar Man as Bertram Lomax
TV ★ 7.3
1974
The Rockford Files as Noah Deitweiler
TV ★ 7.6
1974
Police Woman as John Skow
TV ★ 6.4
1973
Deliver Us from Evil as Arnold Fleming
Movie ★ 7.5
1973
A Chant of Silence
Movie
1973
The Picture of Dorian Gray as Basil Hallward
Movie ★ 6.2
1973
Kojak as Tom DeHaven
TV ★ 7.1
1973
Barnaby Jones as Mr. Stevenson
TV ★ 7.0
1972
Dirty Little Billy as Ben Antrim
Movie ★ 5.0
1972
M*A*S*H as Colonel Victor Bloodworth
TV ★ 7.9
1972
The Rookies
TV ★ 6.9
1972
Kung Fu as Dr. Cooper
TV ★ 7.7
1972
Emergency! as Harry Teal
TV ★ 7.9
1972
Ghost Story as Jack Cameron
TV ★ 7.4
1972
The Streets of San Francisco as Dr. Robert Jason
TV ★ 7.0
1972
The Streets of San Francisco as Russell Kincaid
TV ★ 7.0
1971
Kotch as Gerald Kotcher
Movie ★ 6.6
1971
All in the Family as Mr. Willis
TV ★ 7.8
1971
Cannon as Dr. Paul Danvers
TV ★ 6.7
1970
Menace on the Mountain as Jed McIver
Movie ★ 5.3
1970
Adam at Six A.M. as Mr. Hopper
Movie ★ 4.9
1960s 55 credits
1969
Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here as Benby
Movie ★ 5.9
1969
Angel, Angel, Down We Go as Willy Steele
Movie ★ 4.8
1969
Secrets of the Pirate's Inn as Carl Buchanan
Movie ★ 8.0
1969
Medical Center as Pete Howell
TV ★ 6.4
1969
Medical Center as Ross Eckhart
TV ★ 6.4
1969
Marcus Welby, M.D. as Dr. Ken Blair
TV ★ 6.6
1968
The Sound of Anger as Jerry Thompson
Movie ★ 8.0
1968
Sergeant Ryker● as Maj. Kitchener - The Law Officer
Movie ★ 6.3
1968
Hawaii Five-O as Dr. Royce
TV ★ 7.2
1968
The Mod Squad as George Williamson
TV ★ 6.1
1968
The Name of the Game as Garth Dryden
TV ★ 7.0
1968
The Outcasts
TV ★ 6.5
1967
Hour of the Gun as Horace Sullivan
Movie ★ 6.5
1967
Countdown as Gus
Movie ★ 5.8
1967
The High Chaparral as Paddy O'Bannion
TV ★ 6.8
1967
Judd, for the Defense
TV ★ 7.7
1967
The Invaders as Prof. Julian Reed
TV ★ 6.8
1967
Mannix as Alex Stevens
TV ★ 6.8
1967
Mannix as Ken Mitchell
TV ★ 6.8
1967
Ironside as Glass
TV ★ 6.9
1967
Ironside as Bryce
TV ★ 6.9
1966
Mission: Impossible as General Envir Qaisette
TV ★ 7.6
1966
Felony Squad
TV ★ 6.5
1966
Hero
TV ★ 6.7
1965
The F.B.I. as Raymond Pike
TV ★ 5.6
1965
The Wild Wild West
TV ★ 7.6
1965
Run for Your Life as Christopher
TV ★ 7.1
1965
Run for Your Life as Hal Andre
TV ★ 7.1
1965
The F.B.I. as Eric Delbey
TV ★ 5.6
1965
The Wild Wild West as Jeremy Pike
TV ★ 7.6
1964
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. as Captain Reiner
TV ★ 7.1
1964
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea as Dr. Hollis
TV ★ 7.7
1964
12 O'Clock High as Captain Archer
TV ★ 7.2
1963
Kraft Suspense Theatre as Maj. Kitchener
TV ★ 6.5
1963
The Fugitive as Captain James Eckhardt
TV ★ 7.3
1963
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre as Jim Barton
TV ★ 5.9
1963
Arrest and Trial as Tome Janeway
TV ★ 8.3
1962
War Hunt as Capt. Wallace Pratt
Movie ★ 6.7
1962
The Devil's Children
Movie ★ 9.0
1962
The Virginian as Sam Hicks
TV ★ 6.5
1962
General Electric True
TV
1962
The Virginian as William Webb
TV ★ 6.5
1961
Cain's Hundred as Mike Ballantine
TV ★ 5.3
1961
The Dick Van Dyke Show as Ed Rubin
TV ★ 7.6
1961
87th Precinct as Eddie Folsom
TV ★ 7.8
1961
Target: The Corruptors!
TV ★ 5.7
1961
The New Breed as Dr. Ted Reisman
TV ★ 7.7
1961
Dr. Kildare as James Grady
TV ★ 5.7
1961
The Defenders as Dr. Fred Burton
TV ★ 6.3
1961
The Americans
TV ★ 6.5
1960
The Andy Griffith Show as Frank Smith
TV ★ 7.6
1960
The Tall Man as Ben Wiley
TV ★ 6.9
1960
Outlaws
TV ★ 6.7
1960
Thriller as George Mikos
TV ★ 6.7
1960
Thriller as Jerry Welch
TV ★ 6.7
1950s 54 credits
1959
Pork Chop Hill as Lt. Harold
Movie ★ 6.7
1959
Destination Space as Dave
Movie ★ 4.7
1959
Bourbon Street Beat
TV ★ 6.0
1959
Mr. Lucky as Art Cable
TV ★ 6.7
1959
The Twilight Zone as Bill
TV ★ 8.5
1959
The Twilight Zone as Ed Harrington
TV ★ 8.5
1959
Rawhide as Bert Pearson
TV ★ 7.2
1959
One Step Beyond as Carl Archer
TV ★ 5.7
1959
Adventures in Paradise as Stan Willets
TV ★ 6.1
1959
Black Saddle as Ab Murdock
TV ★ 6.2
1959
The Rebel as Ben White
TV ★ 5.1
1959
Riverboat as Frank Paxton
TV ★ 6.5
1959
Wichita Town
TV ★ 4.9
1959
Johnny Ringo as Jeffrey Blake
TV ★ 5.9
1959
One Step Beyond as Norman Bromley
TV ★ 5.7
1959
The Rebel as Ferguson
TV ★ 5.1
1959
Bonanza as Jim Applegate
TV ★ 7.5
1959
The Detectives as Noel Ross
TV ★ 6.7
1959
The Troubleshooters as Joe Drake
TV ★ 10.0
1959
Rawhide as Waltzer
TV ★ 7.2
1959
Black Saddle as Luke Morley
TV ★ 6.2
1958
Peter Gunn
TV ★ 6.6
1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive as Ralph M. Meadows
TV ★ 7.0
1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive as Jake Pringle
TV ★ 7.0
1958
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer as Marty Davis
TV ★ 6.8
1957
Trackdown as Len Starbuck
TV ★ 6.9
1957
Perry Mason as Arthur Siddons
TV ★ 7.7
1957
Richard Diamond, Private Detective as Joe Vale
TV ★ 6.8
1957
The Walter Winchell File as Johnny Hansel
TV ★ 7.5
1957
Richard Diamond, Private Detective as George Belden
TV ★ 6.8
1957
Wagon Train as Amos Gibbon
TV ★ 6.6
1957
Wagon Train as Col. Buckner
TV ★ 6.6
1957
Wagon Train as Whit Martin
TV ★ 6.6
1957
Tombstone Territory as Chuck Eggleston
TV ★ 6.8
1957
Have Gun, Will Travel as Gordon Dawes
TV ★ 7.3
1957
Have Gun, Will Travel as Tom Barton
TV ★ 7.3
1957
Have Gun, Will Travel as Lt. Graham
TV ★ 7.3
1957
Have Gun, Will Travel as Fred Harper /Martin Kilmer
TV ★ 7.3
1956
The Wrong Man as Jail Medical Attendant (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.1
1956
State Trooper as Tommy Brandywine
TV ★ 5.7
1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Watson Cooke
TV ★ 6.2
1955
Gunsmoke as Verd
TV ★ 6.7
1955
The Millionaire as Eddie Daggett
TV ★ 5.8
1955
Gunsmoke as Vince
TV ★ 6.7
1955
Gunsmoke as Dack
TV ★ 6.7
1955
Gunsmoke as Ray Jarvis
TV ★ 6.7
1955
Gunsmoke as Riley Sharp
TV ★ 6.7
1954
The Wonderful World of Disney as Carl Buchanan
TV ★ 7.9
1954
The Wonderful World of Disney as Jed McIver
TV ★ 7.9
1954
The Wonderful World of Disney as Mark Twain
TV ★ 7.9
1953
General Electric Theater as Shammah
TV ★ 6.8
1953
Letter to Loretta as Joey Willard
TV ★ 6.6
1952
Omnibus
TV ★ 6.3
1950
Robert Montgomery Presents
TV ★ 6.0
1940s 5 credits
1948
Studio One as Lew
TV ★ 5.4
1948
Studio One
TV ★ 5.4
1948
Studio One as Doctor
TV ★ 5.4
1947
Kraft Television Theatre
TV ★ 7.8
1947
Kraft Television Theatre as Carl
TV ★ 7.8