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Charles Briles (December 17, 1945 – June 12, 2016) was an American film and television actor. He played Eugene Barkley in the first season of the American western television series The Big Valley.[2][3]

Charles Briles
Briles (right) with The Big Valley cast, 1965
Born	(1945-12-17)December 17, 1945 Gardena, California, U.S.
Died	June 12, 2016(2016-06-12) (aged 71) Portland, Oregon, U.S.
Occupation	Film and television actor
Spouse(s)	Kathy Briles[1]
Children	2[1]

Life and career

Briles was born in Gardena, California.[3] When he was a teenager, he performed at the Weschester Playhouse with the Kentwood Players.[3] Briles originally worked in maintenance, but he desired to do acting.[3] Wanting to become an actor, Briles began to knock on booking agents' doors in Hollywood, California, later landing his role of Eugene Barkley in the new ABC western television series The Big Valley.[3]

While appearing in The Big Valley, Briles received a draft notice,[2] and in 1965, he was forced to leave the show. Briles volunteered to work at the California Army National Guard, serving until 1972.[2][3] His character on The Big Valley was written out of the show, as Eugene Barkley went to study medicine in Berkeley.[2] Briles retired from acting in 1971, as his last credit was in Bonanza.

After he stopped acting, Briles worked as a TV screenwriter.[4] He then was hired to work as a house painter at a San Fernando Valley home, painting on the interior of the home.[4] Briles also worked as a stage director on productions in Southern California,[2] and he produced and wrote at the Northrop Corporation of California.[2] He resided in Orcutt, California.[2][3]

Death

Briles died in June 2016 of congestive heart failure in Portland, Oregon, at the age of 71.[1][2][3]

References

External links

• Charles Briles at IMDb
• Rotten Tomatoes profile

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