Charles Kuenstle
- Actor
- Writer
Veteran writer/actor/filmmaker "Charlie" Kuenstle was active in the
industry from the early '60s thru the early '80s. Born in Chicago,
besides the city streets, he grew up in Phoenix, and Houston where he
attended high school. After High School he attended the famous Baylor
Experiment Theater as an undergraduate, attended the New York Actor's
studio in the early '60, and attended the UCLA film school. After a
stint in the Army and working for the USIS, he abandoned his Hollywood
career to raise a family and operate an import/export business in
Thousand Oaks, Ca. where he presently resides. In 2007 he returned to
marketing and promote his own films by establishing his own creative
production company, Ventura Films, located in Westlake, Ca. Several of
his active films and literary projects include "Dark Passage", a
historical book & TV series,"Richard Redux", a sword & sandles feature
about the real Richard III portrayed as an English "People's"
revolutionary, "Stars & Stripes" an action adventure comedy about a
wayward band of GIs on a mission in Mexico in 1917; and "Biker Babes
from Uranus" a comedy-satire projected to be filmed in New Mexico for a
pending budget of $100m.
