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name: "Linden Chiles"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/linden-chiles"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "22 March 1933"
died: "15 May 2013"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T21:21:00.951982+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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# Linden Chiles

Actor. Born 22 March 1933 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. Died 15 May 2013.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 22 March 1933, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
- **Died:** 15 May 2013
- **Also known as:** Lindon Chiles

## Biography

Linden Chiles (also credited as Lindon Chiles) was an American character actor. Born Truman Linden Chiles on 22 March 1933 in St. Louis, Missouri, he grew up in Barrington, Illinois, graduated from Northwestern University with a degree in journalism, and studied at Purdue University and UCLA before serving in the US Army.

Chiles began his screen career in the late 1950s after being spotted in a UCLA class. He appeared in numerous television series from the 1960s to the 2000s, including guest roles on *Perry Mason*, *The Rockford Files* (as Elliot Malcolm, 1974), *The Twilight Zone*, *The Munsters*, *Banacek*, *James at 15* (as Paul Hunter) and *Frasier*. He also had film roles such as in *Marnie* (1964). Chiles died on 15 May 2013 in Topanga, California, aged 80.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, watch.plex.tv.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Rockford Files* (1974), Fi1m 83, as Elliot Malcolm — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-rockford-files.md)

## Also known for

- *Knight Rider* (1982), Congressman Ebersol
- *Marnie* (1964), Office Worker (uncredited)
- *The A-Team* (1983), Notting
- *Beverly Hills, 90210* (1990), Henry Powell
- *Fly Away Home* (1996), Television Anchor
- *Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman* (1993), Senator Truman Black
- *The Incredible Hulk* (1977), Cunningham
- *The Munsters* (1964), Tom Daly

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