Charles Laurence (10 January 1931 – 13 July 2013) was a British actor and playwright who worked in films and television.
Early life
Charles Laurence was born Carlos Felipes in Tangiers when it was an International zone, to a Swiss-Scottish mother and a Gibraltarian father of Spanish-Italian descent. Until the age of seven, he spoke only French and Spanish. He learned English as well when the family moved to England. As a young boy he went to Taunton School in Somerset and then to RADA.
Career
In the early 1950s, after a spell at Guildford Repertoire (1953), he appeared in numerous stage plays and comedies in repertoire at the Oxford Playhouse and the Bristol Old Vic. In the West End he appeared in Ross at the Haymarket Theatre. In the 1950s and 1960s he appeared in films and on television. He worked as a playwright from 1969 to 1999. He died on 13 July 2013 in St Johns Wood, London.
Work as an actor
Cross Channel (1955) - Jean-Pierre Moreau
A Hill in Korea (1956) - Pte. Kim
ITV Play of the Week: (The Last Hours (1959) and The School for Wives (1958)) - Hendrik / Horace, Oronte's son
Hotel Imperial (1960) - Jose da Irala
Dixon of Dock Green (1962) - Cable
Sierra Nine (1963) - Brother Jullen
The Third Man (1964) - The Bell Boy
A High Wind in Jamaica (1965) - Tallyman
199 Park Lane (1965) - Nicky
Vendetta (1966) - Ray
The Magnificent Two (1967) - Sharpshooter
Man in a Suitcase (1967–1968) - Van Driver / Martin (final film role)
