Charles Dennis Holmes (born October 3, 1950)
is an American film and television actor. He is known for playing Mike Williams in the American
western
Western may refer to:
Places
*Western, Nebraska, a village in the US
*Western, New York, a town in the US
*Western Creek, Tasmania, a locality in Australia
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television series ''
Laramie''.
Life and career
Holmes was born in
Encino, California
Encino (Spanish language, Spanish for "oak") is a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, California.
History
In 1769, the Spanish Portolá expedition, first Europeans to see inland areas of California, traveled north t ...
. Between 1958 and 1961 he appeared in the films ''
Hound-Dog Man
''Hound-Dog Man'' is a 1959 film directed by Don Siegel, based on the 1947 novel by Fred Gipson, and starring Fabian, Carol Lynley, and Stuart Whitman.
Plot
In 1912, Clint McKinney and his younger brother Spud talk their father Aaron into letting ...
'', ''
Violent Road
''Violent Road'', also known as ''Hell's Highway'', is a 1958 American film directed by Howard W. Koch, written by Richard H. Landau, and starring Brian Keith, Dick Foran, Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., Merry Anders, Sean Garrison and Joanna Barnes. A re ...
'', ''
The Fiercest Heart
''The Fiercest Heart'' is a 1961 American adventure film in CinemaScope and Color by De Luxe starring Stuart Whitman and Juliet Prowse, also featuring 1960 Summer Olympics decathlon champion Rafer Johnson. It is set in 1830s South Africa and bas ...
'', ''
Key Witness'' and ''
Woman Obsessed
''Woman Obsessed'' is a 1959 romantic drama film directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Susan Hayward, Stephen Boyd, Barbara Nichols, Dennis Holmes, Theodore Bikel, Ken Scott, James Philbrook, and Florence MacMichael. The screenplay concerns th ...
''.
He joined the cast of the
western
Western may refer to:
Places
*Western, Nebraska, a village in the US
*Western, New York, a town in the US
*Western Creek, Tasmania, a locality in Australia
*Western Junction, Tasmania, a locality in Australia
*Western world, countries that id ...
television series ''Laramie'' in 1961,
first appearing in the episode "Dragon at the Door" in the series’s third season.
Holmes retired from acting in 1964, with his last credit being in the western television series ''
Wagon Train
''Wagon Train'' is an American Western series that aired 8 seasons: first on the NBC television network (1957–1962), and then on ABC (1962–1965). ''Wagon Train'' debuted on September 18, 1957, and became number one in the Nielsen ratings. It ...
.'' After retiring, Holmes worked as a
technology specialist in
California
California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territori ...
.
References
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Rotten Tomatoes profile
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1950 births
Living people
People from Encino, Los Angeles
Male actors from Los Angeles
Male actors from California
American male film actors
American male television actors
American male child actors
20th-century American male actors
Western (genre) television actors