---
name: "Charles Weldon"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/charles-weldon"
fi1m_id: "charles-weldon"
imdb_id: "nm0919714"
tmdb_id: 87744
wikidata_id: "Q22575726"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 June 1940"
died: "7 December 2018"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T16:33:38.410869+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."
---

# Charles Weldon

## Identity

Charles Weldon

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/charles-weldon
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** charles-weldon
- **IMDb ID:** nm0919714
- **TMDB ID:** 87744
- **Wikidata ID:** Q22575726
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Weldon, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22575726, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0919714/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/87744

Actor. Born 1 June 1940 in Wetumka. Died 7 December 2018.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 June 1940, Wetumka
- **Died:** 7 December 2018
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Weldon, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22575726, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0919714/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/87744

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Stir Crazy*](https://film.one/film/stir-crazy.md) (60)

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## Biography

Charles Weldon (1940–2018) was an American actor, director and artistic director. Born in Wetumka, Oklahoma, he began his career as a singer before turning to acting in the late 1960s. He made his Broadway debut in the 1969 musical *Buck White* and appeared in the original San Francisco production of *Hair*.

Weldon joined the Negro Ensemble Company in 1970 and served as its artistic director from 2005 until his death. His stage work included the Broadway production of *The River Niger* (1973). On screen he is known for the role of Blade in *Stir Crazy* (1980), as well as appearances in *Malcolm X* (1992), *The River Niger* (1976) and episodes of *Law & Order* and *Kojak*.

*Sources: imdb.com, catalog.afi.com, nytimes.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Stir Crazy* (1980), Fi1m 60, as Blade — [page](https://film.one/film/stir-crazy.md)

## Complete filmography (24)

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

- *Diane* (2019), as Tom
- *Law & Order: Trial by Jury* (2005), series, as Juror
- *Hoop Soldiers* (2001), Actor
- *Clockin' Green* (2000), as Tim Diamond
- *The Wishing Tree* (1999), as Al "Alfred" Brooks
- *Drop Squad* (1994), as Uncle Omar
- *Malcolm X* (1992), as Follower at Temple #7 — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/malcolm-x.md)
- *Law & Order* (1990), series, as Cassidy, Westbrook — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)
- *Case Closed* (1988), Actor
- *The Atlanta Child Murders* (1985), series, as John Bell
- *Another Woman's Child* (1983), as Roland
- *St. Elsewhere* (1982), series, as Andrew Turner — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/st-elsewhere.md)
- *Fast-Walking* (1982), as Officer Jackson
- *American Playhouse* (1982), series, as Beau Willie
- *Stir Crazy* (1980), as Blade — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/stir-crazy.md)
- *Roots: The Next Generations* (1979), series, as Doxey Walker
- *A Woman Called Moses* (1978), series, as Shadrack Davis
- *Kiss Me... Kill Me* (1976), as Leonard Hicks
- *The River Niger* (1976), as Skeeter
- *Dynasty* (1976), as Sam Adams
- *Rooster Cogburn* (1975), as Bailiff (uncredited)
- *The Rockford Files* (1974), series, as Watkins — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-rockford-files.md)
- *Kojak* (1973), series, as 'Shotgun Willie' Baine — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/kojak.md)
- *Who's Minding the Mint?* (1967), as Guide

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