Charles Maxwell

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Charles Maxwell
Born Charles Carlton Maxwell
December 28, 1913(1913-12-28)
Long Island, New York
Died August 17, 1993 (aged 79)
Los Angeles, California
Occupation Television actor

Charles Burr Maxwell (28 December 19137 August 1993) was an American character actor who worked primarily in television.

Maxwell frequently appeared as a guest star in Western shows such as Bonanza, Gunsmoke, Rawhide, and The Rifleman, among others. He appeared on Bonanza eight different times as eight different characters. He was a regular on the short-lived series The Hank McCune Show and appeared as Virgil Earp in the Star Trek episode “Spectre of the Gun” in 1968.

Maxwell’s longest running role was neither a Western, nor credited, when he was featured as the unseen radio announcer on Gilligan's Island.

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