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Charles Vivian Tyner, Jr. was an American actor, who made his debut on Broadway in Orpheus Descending and portrayed Merle Gogan in the 1977 Disney feature film Pete's Dragon. In 1959, Tyner appeared on Broadway with Paul Newman and Geraldine Page in Sweet Bird of Youth.
Charles Tyner (born June 8, 1923-November 8, 2017) is an American actor. [1] In 1957, Tyner made his debut on Broadway, in the play Orpheus Descending. His first movie role was in That Kind of Woman (1959). He worked with Newman again in 1967, as Boss Higgins in Cool Hand Luke . He appeared in such movies as The Reivers, Lawman, Harold and ...
Charles Tyner had been acting on Broadway for only two years when, in 1959, he worked with Paul Newman in Tennessee Williams's "Sweet Bird of Youth." For the next decade, Tynan struggled to break into the film industry, taking on measly uncredited parts in movies like "Fail-Safe" and "Lilith." But his friendship with the movie star proved to be ...
Charles Tyner. Actor. Born June 8, 1923 in Danville, Virginia, USA. In 1959, Tyner appeared on Broadway with Paul Newman and Geraldine Page in Sweet Bird of Youth. Duly impressed by Tyner's work, Newman brought his theatrical coworker to Hollywood eight years later to play "Boss Higgins", the sadistic prison camp guard in Cool Hand Luke (1967).
Nov 8, 2017 · Actor. Charles Tyner made his debut on Broadway in 1957, in the play Orpheus Descending. Two year later, he appeared with Paul Newman, in the Broadway play Sweet Bird of Youth. It was during 1959, that he made his film debut, with an uncredited part in That Kind of Woman. In the 1960s, Tyner appeared in other feature...
Charles Tyner had been acting on Broadway for only two years when, in 1959, he worked with Paul Newman in Tennessee Williams's "Sweet Bird of Youth." For the next decade, Tynan struggled to break into the film industry, taking on measly uncredited parts in movies like "Fail-Safe" and "Lilith." But his friendship with the movie star proved to be ...
In 1959, American actor Charles Tyner appeared on Broadway with film star Paul Newman in Sweet Bird of Youth. Duly impressed by Tyner's work, Newman brought his theatrical coworker to Hollywood eight years later to play Boss Higgins, the sadistic prison camp guard in Cool Hand Luke (1967). It was the first of many such roles for Tyner, who ...
