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Charles L. Napier (born April 12, 1936) is an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 actor
Actor

An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
, known for his portrayals of square-jawed tough guys and military type
Military man

A military man may be:*A soldier; or*A number of stock characters, including:**The Miles Gloriosus ; or**Il Capitano, also known as "Captain Fracasse" or "The Spanish Captain", a commedia dell'arte figure....
s.

er was born in Scottsville, Kentucky
Scottsville, Kentucky

Scottsville is a city in and the county seat of Allen County, Kentucky, Kentucky, United States. The population was 4,327 at the 2000 United States Census....
, the son of Liones Napier. He served in the military with the 11th Airborne Division before becoming an actor. he has been married twice, recently to Delores Wilson. Napier is currently divorced and has three children, Chuck Whitnel, Charles Hunter Napier (named after famed writer Hunter S. Thompson
Hunter S. Thompson

Hunter Stockton Thompson was an United States journalist and author, most famous for his novel Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas . He is credited as the creator of Gonzo journalism, a style of journalism where reporters involve themselves in the action to such a degree that they become central figures of their stories....
, an acquaintance of Charles'), and MegHAN Saralena Chariece Susanna Napier. He currently resides in Bakersfield, CA

les gave up a career as a teacher
Teacher

In education, a teacher is a person who teaches. A teacher who teaches an individual student may also be described as a personal tutor.The role of teacher is often formal and ongoing, carried out by way of Occupation or Profession at a school or other place of formal education....
 to move to Hollywood.






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Charles L. Napier (born April 12, 1936) is an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 actor
Actor

An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
, known for his portrayals of square-jawed tough guys and military type
Military man

A military man may be:*A soldier; or*A number of stock characters, including:**The Miles Gloriosus ; or**Il Capitano, also known as "Captain Fracasse" or "The Spanish Captain", a commedia dell'arte figure....
s.

Biography


Personal life

Napier was born in Scottsville, Kentucky
Scottsville, Kentucky

Scottsville is a city in and the county seat of Allen County, Kentucky, Kentucky, United States. The population was 4,327 at the 2000 United States Census....
, the son of Liones Napier. He served in the military with the 11th Airborne Division before becoming an actor. he has been married twice, recently to Delores Wilson. Napier is currently divorced and has three children, Chuck Whitnel, Charles Hunter Napier (named after famed writer Hunter S. Thompson
Hunter S. Thompson

Hunter Stockton Thompson was an United States journalist and author, most famous for his novel Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas . He is credited as the creator of Gonzo journalism, a style of journalism where reporters involve themselves in the action to such a degree that they become central figures of their stories....
, an acquaintance of Charles'), and MegHAN Saralena Chariece Susanna Napier. He currently resides in Bakersfield, CA

Career

Charles gave up a career as a teacher
Teacher

In education, a teacher is a person who teaches. A teacher who teaches an individual student may also be described as a personal tutor.The role of teacher is often formal and ongoing, carried out by way of Occupation or Profession at a school or other place of formal education....
 to move to Hollywood. Napier made his film debut in Russ Meyer
Russ Meyer

Russell Albion Meyer , was an United States film film director and photographer.Meyer is known primarily for writing and directing a series of successful low-budget sexploitation films that featured high camp humor, sly satire and large-breasted actresses....
's Cherry, Harry & Raquel!
Cherry, Harry & Raquel!

Cherry, Harry & Raquel! is a 1970 in film soft core exploitation film produced and directed by American film film director Russ Meyer. Following the success of Vixen! , the film is notable for the first appearance of actor Charles Napier playing Harry Thompson, a United States?Mexico border sheriff and marijuana smuggling who makes...
 (1970). Napier went on to play roles in several Meyer movies, including the homicidal Harry Sledge in Supervixens
Supervixens

Supervixens is a 1975 in film sexploitation satire by American film filmmaker Russ Meyer. The cast features Meyer regulars Charles Napier , Uschi Digard, and Haji ....
 (1975). In 1977, Napier was cast as frontier scout Luther Sprague in the 6-episode NBC western
Western (genre)

The Western is a fiction genre seen in film, television, radio, literature, painting and other visual arts. Westerns are devoted to telling stories set primarily in the later half of the 19th century in what became the Western United States , but also in Western Canada, Mexico , Alaska and even Australia ....
 television series, The Oregon Trail
The Oregon Trail (TV series)

The Oregon Trail is a 13-episode National Broadcasting Company Western television series starring Australian-born Rod Taylor as the widower Evan Thorpe, who leaves his Illinois farm in 1842 to take the Oregon Trail to the promising Pacific Northwest....
, with co-stars Rod Taylor, Andrew Stevens
Andrew Stevens

Andrew Stevens is an United States film film producer and film director and a former actor. He is the only child of actress Stella Stevens and her former husband Noble Herman Stephens, both natives of Mississippi....
, Tony Becker, and Darleen Carr
Darleen Carr

Darleen Carr is an American actress best known for a recurring role in the 1981-82 television series Bret Maverick opposite James Garner. According to the Internet Movie Database, she appeared in eighty-eight television series and low-budget films in a career spanning from 1963 to 1999, occasionally performing animation voice-overs....
.

Napier is a regular in Jonathan Demme
Jonathan Demme

Robert Jonathan Demme is an Academy Award for Directing-winning United States film director, film producer and writer....
-directed movies, including The Silence of the Lambs and Philadelphia
Philadelphia (film)

Philadelphia is a 1993 in film film revolving around HIV/AIDS, homosexuality and prevailing attitudes concerning gay people and homophobia. It was written by Ron Nyswaner and directed by Jonathan Demme....
. Some of Napier's memorable roles include Murdock, the intelligence officer commanding Rambo
Rambo

Rambo is an action film film series based on the David Morrell novel First Blood and starring Sylvester Stallone as John Rambo, a troubled Vietnam veteran and former United States Army Special Forces who is skilled in many aspects of survival, weaponry, hand to hand combat and guerrilla warfare....
 in Rambo: First Blood Part II
Rambo: First Blood Part II

Rambo: First Blood Part II , released on May 22, 1985, is the second movie in the Rambo series, starring Sylvester Stallone as Vietnam war war veteran John Rambo....
 (1985) and Tucker McElroy, lead singer and driver of the Winnebago
Winnebago Industries

Winnebago Industries Inc., , is a manufacturer of motor homes, a type of recreational vehicle or RV, in the United States. It is based in Forest City, Iowa....
 for "The Good Old Boys" in The Blues Brothers
The Blues Brothers (film)

The Blues Brothers is a 1980 in film musical film comedy film directed by John Landis and starring John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd as "Joliet" Jake and Elwood Blues, characters developed from a "Saturday Night Live" musical sketch....
 (1980). He also provided some of The Hulk's growls on 1970s television series The Incredible Hulk
The Incredible Hulk (1977 TV series)

The Incredible Hulk is an United States television series based on the Marvel Comics comic book Hulk . The pilot episodes were a pair of TV movies on the CBS network beginning on November 4, 1977 in television; the series soon followed, airing from March 10, 1978 in television to June 2, 1982 in television....
. (The others were done by Ted Cassidy
Ted Cassidy

Theodore Crawford Cassidy , known as Ted Cassidy, was an United States actor and voice actor who performed in television and films. Extremely tall at 6 feet 9 inches, he tended to play unusual characters in offbeat or science-fiction series such as Star Trek and I Dream of Jeannie....
.) He also guest starred on the series and in the 1989 telefilm The Incredible Hulk Returns
The Incredible Hulk Returns

The Incredible Hulk Returns is the 1988 in television TV movie about David Banner, played by Bill Bixby, who has nearly cured himself from being the Hulk , played by Lou Ferrigno....
.

He is well known among Star Trek
Star Trek

Star Trek is an American Science fiction on television entertainment series and media franchise. The Star Trek fictional universe created by Gene Roddenberry is the setting of six television series including the original 1966 Star Trek: The Original Series, in addition to ten feature films with Star Trek to be released on May 8,...
 fans for appearing on both Star Trek: The Original Series
Star Trek: The Original Series

Star Trek is a science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry that aired from September 8, 1966 to September 2, 1969. Though the original series was titled simply Star Trek, it has acquired the retronym Star Trek: The Original Series to distinguish it from the spinoffs that followed, and from the Star Trek fi...
 episode "The Way to Eden" and the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine is a science fiction television program that premiered in 1993 and ran for seven seasons, ending in 1999. Rooted in Gene Roddenberry?s Star Trek universe, it was created by Rick Berman and Michael Piller, at the request of Brandon Tartikoff, and produced by CBS Paramount Television....
 episode "Little Green Men
Little Green Men (DS9 episode)

"Little Green Men" is an episode of the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the eighth episode of the fourth season....
".

Napier also provided the voice for Duke Phillips, the Ted Turner
Ted Turner

Robert Edward "Ted" Turner III is an United States media proprietor. As a businessman, he is known as founder of the cable television network CNN, the first dedicated 24-hour cable news channel....
-inspired network owner in the 1990s animated series, The Critic
The Critic

The Critic is an United States animated series that revolved around the life of Film criticism #Jay Sherman, voiced by actor Jon Lovitz. It was created by Al Jean and Mike Reiss, both of whom had worked as writers on The Simpsons....
. From 1997 through 2001, he provided the voice for Zed on Men in Black: The Series
Men in Black: The Series

Men in Black: The Series was an animated television series that aired on the Kids' WB for four seasons from 1997 in television through 2001 in television....
. He has also provided several guest voices for episodes of The Simpsons
The Simpsons

The Simpsons is an Television in the United States animated cartoon Situation comedy created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company....
. He provided the voice for the Sheriff on Squidbillies
Squidbillies

Squidbillies is an animated television series about a family of anthropomorphic hillbilly squids?The Cuyler family?that live in poverty in the Appalachian region of North Georgia mountains....
 for season one and episodes 201–203, though uncredited. He was replaced by like-sounding Bobby Ellerbee.

Napier also had a small role during the sixth season of Curb Your Enthusiasm
Curb Your Enthusiasm

Curb Your Enthusiasm is an American comedy starring Seinfeld writer, co-creator, and executive producer Larry David as himself, and produced and broadcast by Home Box Office....
 in 2008 as a barber
Barber

A barber is someone whose occupation is to cut any type of hair, give shaving, and trim beards. In previous times, barbers also performed surgery and dentistry....
 who assaulted Larry David
Larry David

Lawrence Gene "Larry" David is an United States actor, writer, comedian, Television producer, and film director. Formerly a Standup comedy, David went into television comedy, writing and starring in ABC's Fridays , as well as writing briefly for Saturday Night Live....
 in his shop after Larry offended him.

Napier will appear in the upcoming 2008 horror film Pearblossom
Pearblossom (film)

Murder World is an upcoming horror/crime thriller film with an estimated release date in 2009. It stars actress Scout Taylor-Compton, known for portraying Laurie Strode in the horror film remake Halloween , and Electra Avellan who previously appeared in Grindhouse with her twin sister....
 alongside Scout Taylor-Compton
Scout Taylor-Compton

Desariee Starr Compton is an United States actress and singer, who goes professionally by the name Scout Taylor-Compton. She has appeared in numerous small television roles and in feature films that range from Drama film to those in the Horror film....
.

Filmography

  • Pearblossom
    Pearblossom (film)

    Murder World is an upcoming horror/crime thriller film with an estimated release date in 2009. It stars actress Scout Taylor-Compton, known for portraying Laurie Strode in the horror film remake Halloween , and Electra Avellan who previously appeared in Grindhouse with her twin sister....
     (2008)
  • Annapolis
    Annapolis (film)

    Annapolis is a 2006 motion picture starring James Franco, Tyrese Gibson, Jordana Brewster, Donnie Wahlberg, Roger Fan, and Chi McBride. The film revolves around Jake Huard, a young man who dreams of one day attending the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland....
     (2006)
  • Lords of Dogtown
    Lords of Dogtown

    Lords of Dogtown is a 2005 in film biographical film directed by Catherine Hardwicke, written by Stacy Peralta. The film is based on the story of "The Z-Boys", an influential group of Skateboarding who revolutionized the sport....
     (2005)
  • The Manchurian Candidate
    The Manchurian Candidate (2004 film)

    The Manchurian Candidate is a 2004 in film United States film based on the 1959 in literature novel The Manchurian Candidate by Richard Condon, and a reimagining of the previous The Manchurian Candidate ....
     (2004)
  • Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
    Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron

    Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron is a 2002 Animation film that was released by DreamWorks Pictures. It follows the adventures of a young stallion who is nameless until the end of the movie....
     (2002)
  • Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
    Nutty Professor II: The Klumps

    Nutty Professor II: The Klumps is a 2000 comedy film, the sequel to the The Nutty Professor of the original 1963 film, The Nutty Professor....
     (2000)
  • Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
    Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me

    Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me is the second film in the Austin Powers , released in 1999 in film. The series began with Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery and continued with Austin Powers in Goldmember....
     (1999)
  • The Big Tease
    The Big Tease

    The Big Tease is a 1999 in film comedy film starring Craig Ferguson, directed by Kevin Allen , and written by Ferguson and Sacha Gervasi....
     (1999)
  • Beloved
    Beloved (film)

    Beloved, originally Toni Morrison's Beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning 1987 in literature novel, was released as a motion picture in 1998 in film....
     (1998)
  • Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
    Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

    Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, released in 1997 in film, is the first film of the Austin Powers . It was directed by Jay Roach and written by Mike Myers who also stars in the Austin Powers....
     (1997)
  • Steel
    Steel (film)

    Steel is a 1997 in film superhero film starring basketball star Shaquille O'Neal and future The X-Files star Annabeth Gish. Based on the DC Comics John Henry Irons, the film was released on August 15, 1997, and considered a huge flop both critically and financially....
     (1997)
  • The Cable Guy
    The Cable Guy

    The Cable Guy is a 1996 in film comedy film directed by Ben Stiller and starring Jim Carrey and Matthew Broderick. The film also features Leslie Mann and Jack Black....
     (1996)
  • 3 Ninjas Knuckle Up
    3 Ninjas Knuckle Up

    3 Ninjas Knuckle Up is a 1995 in film martial arts film comedy film and a sequel to the films 3 Ninjas and 3 Ninjas Kick Back and was directed by Sang-ok Shin....
     (1995)
  • Jury Duty
    Jury Duty (film)

    Jury Duty is a 1995 in film comedy film directed by John Fortenberry and starring Pauly Shore, Tia Carrere, Stanley Tucci, Brian Doyle-Murray, Shelley Winters, and Abe Vigoda....
     (1995)
  • Body Bags (1993) (TV)
  • Philadelphia
    Philadelphia (film)

    Philadelphia is a 1993 in film film revolving around HIV/AIDS, homosexuality and prevailing attitudes concerning gay people and homophobia. It was written by Ron Nyswaner and directed by Jonathan Demme....
     (1993)
  • Loaded Weapon 1
    Loaded Weapon 1

    National Lampoon, Inc.'s Loaded Weapon 1 is a 1993 in film comedy film, directed by Gene Quintano and starring Emilio Estevez, Samuel L. Jackson and William Shatner....
     (1993)
  • The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
  • The Grifters
    The Grifters (film)

    The Grifters is a 1990 neo-noir film directed by Stephen Frears and produced by Martin Scorsese. It is based upon The Grifters, a pulp novel by Jim Thompson ....
     (1990)
  • Maniac Cop 2
    Maniac Cop 2

    Maniac Cop 2 is a 1990 in film action film/horror film , and a sequel to Maniac Cop, directed by William Lustig and written by Larry Cohen....
     (1990)
  • Miami Blues
    Miami Blues (film)

    Miami Blues is a 1990 film based on the novel of the same name by Charles Willeford. It stars Alec Baldwin, Fred Ward, and Jennifer Jason Leigh....
     (1990)
  • Ernest Goes to Jail
    Ernest Goes to Jail

    Ernest Goes to Jail is a 1990 Touchstone Pictures film directed by John R. Cherry III and starring Jim Varney. It is the fourth film to feature the character Ernest P....
     (1990)
  • Hit List
    Hit List (film)

    Hit List is a 1989 Action / Thriller directed by William Lustig. The tagline for the movie was: They attacked the wrong woman... They kidnapped the wrong child......
     (1989)
  • Married to the Mob
    Married to the Mob

    Married to the Mob is a 1988 in film comedy film. It was directed by Jonathan Demme and starred Matthew Modine, Alec Baldwin, Michelle Pfeiffer, Joan Cusack, and Mercedes Ruehl....
     (1988)
  • Something Wild (1986)
  • Rambo: First Blood Part II
    Rambo: First Blood Part II

    Rambo: First Blood Part II , released on May 22, 1985, is the second movie in the Rambo series, starring Sylvester Stallone as Vietnam war war veteran John Rambo....
     (1985)
  • Swing Shift
    Swing Shift (film)

    Swing Shift is a 1984 feature film directed by Jonathan Demme and produced by and starring Goldie Hawn with Kurt Russell. It also starred Christine Lahti, Fred Ward and Ed Harris....
     (1984)
  • Knight Rider
    Knight Rider

    Knight Rider is an United States television series that originally ran from September 26, 1982, to August 8, 1986. The series was broadcast on NBC and starred David Hasselhoff as Michael Knight, a high-tech modern-day knight fighting crime....
     (1982) (TV)
  • The Blue and the Gray
    The Blue and the Gray

    The Blue and the Gray was a 1982 TV mini-series set during the American Civil War starring John Hammond , Stacy Keach, Lloyd Bridges, and Gregory Peck as President Abraham Lincoln....
     (1982) (Miniseries)
  • Melvin and Howard
    Melvin and Howard

    Melvin and Howard is a 1980 in film United States comedy-drama film directed by Jonathan Demme. The screenplay by Bo Goldman was inspired by real-life Utah service station owner Melvin Dummar, who was listed as the beneficiary of $156 million in a will allegedly handwritten by Howard Hughes that was discovered in the headquarters of The...
     (1980)
  • The Blues Brothers
    The Blues Brothers (film)

    The Blues Brothers is a 1980 in film musical film comedy film directed by John Landis and starring John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd as "Joliet" Jake and Elwood Blues, characters developed from a "Saturday Night Live" musical sketch....
     (1980)
  • Citizen's Band (1977)
  • Supervixens
    Supervixens

    Supervixens is a 1975 in film sexploitation satire by American film filmmaker Russ Meyer. The cast features Meyer regulars Charles Napier , Uschi Digard, and Haji ....
     (1975)
  • The Seven Minutes
    The Seven Minutes

    The Seven Minutes is a novel by Irving Wallace on the subject of pornography and freedom of speech. It is about a fictional obscene trial of a banned book, The Seven Minutes, purported to be the thoughts in a woman's mind during seven minutes of sexual intercourse....
     (1971)
  • Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
    Beyond the Valley of the Dolls

    Beyond the Valley of the Dolls is a 1970 in film United States musical comedy film starring Dolly Read, Cynthia Myers, Erica Gavin, Edy Williams, Marcia McBroom, John LaZar, and Michael Blodgett....
     (1970)
  • Cherry, Harry & Raquel!
    Cherry, Harry & Raquel!

    Cherry, Harry & Raquel! is a 1970 in film soft core exploitation film produced and directed by American film film director Russ Meyer. Following the success of Vixen! , the film is notable for the first appearance of actor Charles Napier playing Harry Thompson, a United States?Mexico border sheriff and marijuana smuggling who makes...
     (1970)


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