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''. He played Sam Lucas, a former convict who became a lawyer, in both '' Another World'' and its

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'', playing the role from 1967 to 1974. He also appeared as Lt. Vince Wolek on ''

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'' (1975–1977). Other roles were on ''

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'' and ''

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''. Charney portrayed newspaper editor Ted Bergman in the 1977

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''. In 1980, he played Capt. Roger Westerby, an old flame of Corabeth Godsey, in a season eight episode of ''

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''. He had a recurring role as Frank Angelino,

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's boss, on ''

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'' (1981–1983). He is often cast as a judge, attorney, prison warden, or police officer. He has made appearances on ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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'', among many other series. He can also be seen in the recurring role of Judge Donald Karan on ''

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''. Charney has also appeared in such films as ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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'', and can be heard in several episodes of the ''

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''. Charney, who is married to television director

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, has appeared

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with

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in ''The Gold Standard'' by Daniel Roberts.

Selected filmography

*''

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'' (1971) – Jesse's Aide (uncredited) *''

'' (1971) – Hitchcock *''

'' (1976) – Harry Hunter *''

Those Lips, Those Eyes ''Those Lips, Those Eyes'' is a 1980 American romance film directed by Michael Pressman and starring Frank Langella, Glynnis O'Connor, and Tom Hulce. Plot In the early 1950s, a star-struck Ohio boy, Artie Shoemaker, skips school to work behind th ...

'' (1980) *''Separate Ways'' (1981) – Harry Bartoff *''

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'' (1982) – Harold Clurman *''

'' (1984) – Dean Yeager *''Witches' Brew'' (1985) – Charlie Reynolds *'' Creator'' (1985) – Dr. Whitaker *''My Little Girl'' (1986) – Dr. Gruner *''Queenie in Love'' (2001) – Father *''Mo'' (2007) – Dr. Leahman *''

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'' (2007) – Chairman (final film role)

References

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