Walter Charles obit

Broadway Alum Walter Charles Dies at 78

Charles is known for appearing in Cats, A Christmas Carol, The Woman in White, and many more. 

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BroadwayWorld is saddened to learn of the passing in Walter Charles, Broadway alum, and stage and screen actor. He was 78 years old.

Charles made his Broadway debut in Grease in 1972.

His other Broadway credits include 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue (1976), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1979), Cats (1982), La Cage aux Folles (1983), Me and My Girl, Aspects of Love (1990), Kiss Me, Kate, The Boys from Syracuse (2002), Big River (2003), The Woman in White (2005), The Apple Tree (2006) and Anything Goes (2011).

He also originated the role of Ebeneezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in 1994.

Charles' screen credits include A Fine Mess, Fletch Lives, Weeds, and Prancer. On television he has appeared in Cagney and Lacey, Kate and Allie, Law & Order, and Law & Order: Criminal Intent.

Actor

Vincent D'Onofrio, Kathryn Erbe, Eric Bogosian, Julianne Nicholson, and Chris Noth in Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001)

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

7.5

TV Series

David Clayton

2004

1 episode

 

Adam Goldberg, Rick Hoffman, and Tom Everett Scott in The $treet (2000)

The $treet

7.3

TV Series

Executive

2000

1 episode

 

Ice-T, Sam Waterston, Mariska Hargitay, Camryn Manheim, Christopher Meloni, Jeffrey Donovan, Mehcad Brooks, Kelli Giddish, and Danielle Moné Truitt in Law & Order (1990)

Law & Order

7.8

TV Series

James McBride

1999

1 episode

 

Rebecca Harrell Tickell and Boo in Prancer (1989)

Prancer

6.4

Minister

1989

 

Chevy Chase in Fletch Lives (1989)

Fletch Lives

6.1

Tony

1989

 

Kate & Allie (1984)

Kate & Allie

6.9

TV Series

1989

1 episode

 

Nick Nolte in Weeds (1987)

Weeds

6.0

Godot Player

1987

 

A Fine Mess (1986)

A Fine Mess

4.7

Auctioneer

1986

 

Tyne Daly and Sharon Gless in Cagney & Lacey (1981)

Cagney & Lacey

6.8

TV Series

Nussbaum

1985

1 episode

 

Angela Lansbury and George Hearn in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1982)

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

8.4

TV Movie

Passerby

1982