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name: "Charles Macaulay"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/charles-macaulay"
fi1m_id: "charles-macaulay"
imdb_id: "nm0531321"
tmdb_id: 15719
wikidata_id: "Q2959718"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "26 September 1927"
died: "13 August 1999"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T00:48:09.166692+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Charles Macaulay

## Identity

Charles Macaulay

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/charles-macaulay
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** charles-macaulay
- **IMDb ID:** nm0531321
- **TMDB ID:** 15719
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2959718
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Macaulay, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2959718, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0531321/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/15719

Actor. Born 26 September 1927 in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. Died 13 August 1999.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 26 September 1927, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
- **Died:** 13 August 1999
- **Also known as:** Charles MacCauley, Charles McCaulay, Charles McCauley
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Macaulay, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2959718, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0531321/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/15719

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Big Red One*](https://film.one/film/the-big-red-one.md) (82)

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## Biography

Charles Macaulay was an American actor. Born on 26 September 1927 in Louisville, Kentucky, he trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, where he won the First Judges Medal for his performance in *The Heiress*. He made his New York stage debut in 1952 and appeared in multiple Broadway and off-Broadway productions, as well as Shakespearean roles at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego.

Macaulay worked extensively in television, with appearances in the original *Star Trek* (as Landru and Jaris), *Mission: Impossible*, *Columbo*, *Wonder Woman* and several *Perry Mason* television films, initially as a judge and later as District Attorney Markham. His film credits include *The Big Red One* (1980) as a general and World War I captain, *Airport '77* (1977) and *Splash* (1984) as the president. He was a close friend and business partner of Raymond Burr and taught at the USC School of Theatre from 1986 to 1992. He died on 13 August 1999 in Healdsburg, California.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Big Red One* (1980), Fi1m 82, as General / Captain — [page](https://film.one/film/the-big-red-one.md)

## Complete filmography (61)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Big Red One: The Reconstruction* (2005), as Captain / General
- *Perry Mason: The Case of the Wicked Wives* (1993), as Dist. Att. Markham
- *Perry Mason: The Case of the Killer Kiss* (1993), as District Attorney Markham
- *Perry Mason: The Case of the Telltale Talk Show Host* (1993), as Dist. Atty. Markham
- *Perry Mason: The Case of the Heartbroken Bride* (1992), as Judge
- *Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Framing* (1992), as D.A. Milton Fryman
- *Dracula in the Movies* (1992), as (archive footage)
- *Whore* (1991), as Older Man in Car
- *Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook* (1991), as Dracula (archive footage)
- *Perry Mason: The Case of the Poisoned Pen* (1990), as Judge Charles Wade
- *Three O'Clock High* (1987), as Voytek Dolinski
- *Perry Mason Returns* (1985), as Judge Whitewood
- *Splash* (1984), as The President
- *Have You Ever Been Ashamed of Your Parents?* (1983), Actor
- *Tales of the Gold Monkey* (1982), series, Actor
- *The Munsters' Revenge* (1981), as Police Commissioner McCluskey
- *Raise the Titanic* (1980), as General Dale Busby
- *The Big Red One* (1980), as General / Captain — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-big-red-one.md)
- *Delta House* (1979), series, Actor
- *The Winds of Kitty Hawk* (1978), as 2nd General
- *Eight Is Enough* (1977), series, Actor
- *Airport '77* (1977), as Admiral Corrigan
- *Tail Gunner Joe* (1977), as Wm. Roberts
- *The Return of the World's Greatest Detective* (1976), as Judge Clement Harley
- *The Hindenburg* (1975), as Hirsch
- *Wonder Woman* (1975), series, as Ambassador McCauley
- *Ellery Queen* (1975), series, Actor
- *Starsky & Hutch* (1975), series, Actor
- *Kate McShane* (1975), series, as Porter
- *Barbary Coast* (1975), series, as Padbury
- *Bronk* (1975), series, Actor
- *Nick and Nora* (1975), as Prosper
- *Lincoln* (1974), series, as Jay Cooke
- *Come Die with Me* (1974), as Frank Burr
- *A Case of Rape* (1974), as Dr. Marsden
- *The House of Seven Corpses* (1974), as Christopher Millan
- *The Dirt Gang* (1972), as Curt
- *Ransom for a Dead Man* (1972), as Richard
- *Blacula* (1972), as Dracula
- *The Twilight People* (1972), as Dr. Gordon
- *Emergency!* (1972), series, Actor
- *Brute Corps* (1971), as The Colonel
- *Columbo* (1971), series, as Durkee, Farnsworth — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/columbo.md)
- *Cannon* (1971), series, Actor
- *A Step Out of Line* (1971), as Charles Hubbard
- *Bracken's World* (1969), series, Actor
- *Head* (1968), as Inspector Shrink
- *Ironside* (1967), series, Actor
- *Mission: Impossible* (1966), series, as Conway — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/mission-impossible-1966.md)
- *Occasional Wife* (1966), series, Actor
- *Star Trek* (1966), series, as Jaris, Landru — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-1966.md)
- *The F.B.I.* (1965), series, as Jeweler, Mr. Lang
- *The Wild Wild West* (1965), series, Actor
- *Paradise of Terror* (1965), as Mathew
- *Daniel Boone* (1964), series, as Col. Arthur Merivale, Colonel Gates
- *Tower of London* (1962), as Clarence
- *Combat!* (1962), series, as Capt. Baumer
- *Dr. Kildare* (1961), series, as Jameson Black
- *The Barretts of Wimpole Street* (1956), as Alfred Moulton-Barrett
- *Gunsmoke* (1955), series, as Dofeny
- *I Led Three Lives* (1953), series, Actor

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