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Charles Washburn(1938-2012)

  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Production Manager
  • Producer
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William Shatner and Charles Washburn
Charles Washburn was born on 1 May 1938 in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. He was an assistant director and production manager, known for Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987), The Spook Who Sat by the Door (1973) and The Six Million Dollar Man (1974). He died on 13 April 2012 in Tarzana, California, USA.
BornMay 1, 1938
DiedApril 13, 2012(73)
BornMay 1, 1938
DiedApril 13, 2012(73)
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Known for

Michael Dorn, Jonathan Frakes, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, and Patrick Stewart in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
Star Trek: The Next Generation
8.7
TV Series
  • Second Unit or Assistant Director
The Spook Who Sat by the Door (1973)
The Spook Who Sat by the Door
7.2
  • Second Unit or Assistant Director
  • 1973
Lee Majors in The Six Million Dollar Man (1973)
The Six Million Dollar Man
7.1
TV Series
  • Production Management
Harry Belafonte, Bill Cosby, Sidney Poitier, Richard Pryor, Roscoe Lee Browne, Rosalind Cash, Paula Kelly, Calvin Lockhart, Johnny Sekka, and Flip Wilson in Uptown Saturday Night (1974)
Uptown Saturday Night
6.6
  • Second Unit or Assistant Director(as Charles C. Washburn)
  • 1974

Credits

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Second Unit or Assistant Director

  • Michael Dorn, Jonathan Frakes, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, and Patrick Stewart in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
    Star Trek: The Next Generation
    8.7
    TV Series
    • first assistant director
    • 1987
  • Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy 'Satchel' Paige (1981)
    Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy 'Satchel' Paige
    6.7
    TV Movie
    • first assistant director
    • 1981
  • Tony Curtis, Robert Urich, Phyllis Davis, and Judy Landers in Vega$ (1978)
    Vega$
    6.9
    TV Series
    • first assistant director
    • 1978–1979
  • Harry Belafonte, Bill Cosby, Sidney Poitier, Richard Pryor, Roscoe Lee Browne, Rosalind Cash, Paula Kelly, Calvin Lockhart, Johnny Sekka, and Flip Wilson in Uptown Saturday Night (1974)
    Uptown Saturday Night
    6.6
    • first assistant director (as Charles C. Washburn)
    • 1974
  • Andy Griffith in Winter Kill (1974)
    Winter Kill
    7.0
    TV Movie
    • assistant director (as Charles C. Washburn)
    • 1974
  • The Spook Who Sat by the Door (1973)
    The Spook Who Sat by the Door
    7.2
    • assistant director
    • 1973
  • Wattstax (1973)
    Wattstax
    7.7
    • assistant director
    • 1973
  • Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
    Lady Sings the Blues
    7.0
    • assistant director
    • 1972
  • Melinda (1972)
    Melinda
    5.8
    • assistant director
    • 1972
  • Sounder (1972)
    Sounder
    7.5
    • assistant director
    • second assistant director
    • 1972
  • Clint Eastwood in Dirty Harry (1971)
    Dirty Harry
    7.7
    • assistant director (uncredited)
    • 1971
  • Earth II (1971)
    Earth II
    5.5
    TV Movie
    • assistant director
    • 1971
  • Sidney Poitier and Beverly Todd in Brother John (1971)
    Brother John
    6.4
    • second assistant director
    • 1971
  • Bill Cosby in The Bill Cosby Show (1969)
    The Bill Cosby Show
    6.1
    TV Series
    • first assistant director
    • second assistant director (as Charles C. Washburn)
    • 1969–1971
  • Walter Koenig, Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, James Doohan, DeForest Kelley, Ricardo Montalban, George Takei, John Colicos, Maurishka, Nichelle Nichols, Ned Romero, Charles Stewart, Vic Tayback, and George Allen in Star Trek (1966)
    Star Trek
    8.4
    TV Series
    • second assistant director (uncredited)
    • 1968

Production Management

  • Fly Away Home (1981)
    Fly Away Home
    5.7
    TV Movie
    • unit production manager
    • 1981
  • Bustin' Loose (1981)
    Bustin' Loose
    6.1
    • unit production manager (as Charles C. Washburn)
    • 1981
  • Lee Majors in The Six Million Dollar Man (1973)
    The Six Million Dollar Man
    7.1
    TV Series
    • unit manager
    • 1977
  • Rock Hudson and Susan Saint James in McMillan & Wife (1971)
    McMillan & Wife
    7.2
    TV Series
    • unit manager
    • 1976–1977
  • The Spook Who Sat by the Door (1973)
    The Spook Who Sat by the Door
    7.2
    • production manager
    • 1973

Producer

  • Teresa Graves in Get Christie Love! (1974)
    Get Christie Love!
    6.5
    TV Series
    • associate producer (as Charles C. Washburn)
    • 1975

Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • Charles C. Washburn
  • Born
    • May 1, 1938
    • Memphis, Tennessee, USA
  • Died
    • April 13, 2012
    • Tarzana, California, USA(kidney disease)

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Earned the nickname "Charlie Star Trek" for his early work on the legendary TV series Star Trek (1966).
  • Quotes
    [on racism of his early days looking for work] I had interviewed to be an AD [asst. director] at an NBC affiliate, because some production friends told me they wanted to hire a black for the control room. But they never called me back. Months later I wrote to my friend asking who got the job and he said, "Charlie, they didn't hire anyone. They never intended to. They just wanted to be able tell people they were looking for a Negro".
  • Nicknames
    • Charlie Star Trek
    • Charlie

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