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Please either enable it in your browser options, or visit your preferences to switch to the old MediaWiki editor <p data-rte-fromparser="true"><img data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22image%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BFile%3ACharles.jpg%7Cthumb%7Cright%7C350px%5D%5D%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22Charles.jpg%22%2C%22params%22%3A%7B%22alt%22%3A%22Charles%22%2C%22thumbnail%22%3Atrue%2C%22align%22%3A%22right%22%2C%22caption%22%3A%22%22%2C%22width%22%3A350%7D%7D" data-rte-instance="200544-805282725f60b6fe0755e" alt="" src="https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/gilligan5935/images/e/e7/Charles.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20140725171218" width="320" height="240" class="image thumb alignRight" data-image-name="Charles.jpg" data-image-key="Charles.jpg" type="image" /> </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Born December 28 1913, <b>Charles Carlton Maxwell</b> is an American television actor known primarily for Westerns. Not much is known about his career, but he seems to have been a stock character known specifically for playing numerous gunslingers on TV shows such as "Gunsmoke," "Lawman," "Rawhide," "The Rifleman" and "Bat Masterson." Like actors <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Michael%20Forest%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Michael%20Forest%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BMichael%20Forest%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="200544-805282725f60b6fe0755e" href="/wiki/Michael_Forest" title="Michael Forest">Michael Forest</a>, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Michael%20Witney%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Michael%20Witney%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BMichael%20Witney%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="200544-805282725f60b6fe0755e" href="/wiki/Michael_Witney" title="Michael Witney">Michael Witney</a> and <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Stanley%20Adams%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Stanley%20Adams%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BStanley%20Adams%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="200544-805282725f60b6fe0755e" href="/wiki/Stanley_Adams" title="Stanley Adams">Stanley Adams</a>, he also appeared on the cult sci-fi series, "Star Trek," playing of all things, Western lawman Virgil Earp in the episode “Spectre of the Gun” in 1968.<br data-rte-washtml="1" /> </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Maxwell also appeared "Bonanza" several times playing eight entirely different characters. He was also a regular on the short-lived TV series, "The Hank McCune Show," and between Westerns, he had his longest running role ever as the unseen uncredited radio announcer on numerous episodes of "Gilligan's Island." Most of his appearances have been identified; <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Sherwood%20Schwartz%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Sherwood%20Schwartz%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BSherwood%20Schwartz%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="200544-805282725f60b6fe0755e" href="/wiki/Sherwood_Schwartz" title="Sherwood Schwartz">Sherwood Schwartz</a> sometimes asked real newscasters like <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Al%20Schottelkotte%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Al%20Schottelkotte%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BAl%20Schottelkotte%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="200544-805282725f60b6fe0755e" href="/wiki/Al_Schottelkotte" title="Al Schottelkotte">Al Schottelkotte</a> and <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22John%20Reed%20King%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22John%20Reed%20King%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BJohn%20Reed%20King%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="200544-805282725f60b6fe0755e" href="/wiki/John_Reed_King" title="John Reed King">John Reed King</a> to read radio announcements in the series.<br data-rte-washtml="1" /> </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Charles passed away on August 7, 1993; he was 79. </p><p /> Loading editor Actors Newscasters Guest Stars Deceased Actors Below are some commonly used wiki markup codes. 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