Years active 1941-1952 | ||
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Movies Shadow of a Doubt, Shockproof, An American Romance, The Strange Death of Similar Douglas Sirk, Alfred Hitchcock, Robert Wise, James P Hogan, King Vidor |
Charles Bates (born January 15, 1935) is a former American child actor. He appeared in about 43 films between 1941 and 1952, mostly in small roles. He is probably best known as young Roger Newton in Alfred Hitchcock's thriller Shadow of a Doubt (1943). Other notable roles include The North Star (1943), San Diego, I Love You (1944), Pursued (1947) and Shockproof (1949). His last film was The Snows of Kilimanjaro, where he played Gregory Peck's character as a 17-year-old.
Bates afterwards studied electrical engineering and retired from the State of California in 1996 as a Senior Electrical Engineer. He currently lives in the Pacific Northwest.
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