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- Actor
- Director
- Stunts
Charles Bail had a very long, diverse and impressive show business career that spanned the 1950s to the 1990s and encompasses everything from acting to directing to performing and/or coordinating stunts in numerous motion pictures and television programs.
Bail hailed from Pennsylvania. He quit school in the ninth grade and traveled the country prior to serving a stint in the Navy. After finishing high school and spending two years in college, he joined a "wild west show" that performed all over the Orient. He got his start in show business as an extra on the TV series Wagon Train (1957), and soon made the transition from extra to stuntman and guest star on such western series as The Texan (1958), Gunsmoke (1955), The Rough Riders (1958), The Big Valley (1965), Bonanza (1959), Laredo (1965), Bat Masterson (1958), Daniel Boone (1964), The High Chaparral (1967) and Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958). Bail handled stunt coordinator chores on Werewolves on Wheels (1971), The Last Movie (1971), Getting Straight (1970) and The Cycle Savages (1969), and performed stunts in such movies as The Jayhawkers! (1959), Hells Angels on Wheels (1967), The Green Berets (1968), The Scavengers (1969), The Devil's 8 (1969) and Cleopatra Jones (1973).
Bail made his directorial debut with the funky blaxploitation item Black Samson (1974). He subsequently directed the outrageous sequel Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold (1975), the immensely enjoyable cross-country road race romp The Gumball Rally (1976), the nifty sci-fi/action outing Choke Canyon (1986) and the lackluster urban vigilante opus Street Corner Justice (1996). In addition, he directed episodes of such TV shows as Conan the Adventurer (1992), Baywatch Nights (1995), Adam-12 (1968), Dragnet 1967 (1967), "Knight Rider," "Manimal," and "CHiPs." Charles worked for director Richard Rush on several projects in various capacities; he gives a fine performance as amiable stunt coordinator Chuck Barton in the terrific "The Stunt Man." Moreover, Bail was an uncredited second unit director for the features "Greased Lightning," "The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper," and "The Beastmaster." After retiring from show business, Charles settled down in Texas and raised horses. Bail died at age 85 from heart and gall bladder issues on November 25, 2020 in Tyler, Texas.- Born and raised in Texas to a large Southern family. An over-achiever as a teen-ager, Phyllis was state president of the Future Homemakers of Americas. Was secretary for National Honor Society, JC Penney team-board vice-president. Attended University of Texas in Austin and Columbia University in NYC.
- Malcolm Perry was born on 3 September 1929 in Allen, Texas, USA. He died on 5 December 2009 in Tyler, Texas, USA.
- Lee McAlester was married to N, Halina and Virginia McAlester. Lee died on 27 December 2016 in Tyler, Texas, USA.
- Merv Dawson was born on 26 July 1934 in Jacksonville, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for The Devil's Bedroom (1964). He was married to Mary Moore Dawson. He died on 7 February 2005 in Tyler, Texas, USA.
- Ed Jasper was born on 18 January 1973 in Tyler, Texas, USA. He died on 15 April 2022 in Tyler, Texas, USA.
- V.C. Campbell was born on 12 December 1932 in Dallas, Texas, USA. V.C. died on 1 May 2016 in Tyler, Texas, USA.
- Jim Brewer was born on 17 November 1937 in Merced, California, USA. He died on 16 November 1987 in Tyler, Texas, USA.
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Adrian Hall was born on 3 December 1927 in Van, Texas, USA. He was a director and writer, known for Great Performances (1971), Visions (1976) and The House of Mirth (1981). He died on 4 February 2023 in Tyler, Texas, USA.