Charles Leonard Aidman (January 21, 1925 â€" November 7, 1993) was an
American actor of stage, film, and television.Aidman was born in
Frankfort, Indiana, the son of George E. and Etta (Kwitny) Aidman.
Aidman graduated from Frankfort High School and attended DePauw
University prior to serving in the United States Navy during World War
II. After the war he returned to his home state, where in Bloomington
he enrolled at Indiana University and studied drama there under the
legendary instructor Dr. Lee Norvelle.Among his many television
credits, Aidman guest-starred on NBC's The Virginian in the episode
"The Devil's Children" and twice on the NBC western series The
Californians. He also appeared twice on David Janssen's Richard
Diamond, Private Detective. He portrayed a bounty hunter on the ABC's
western series Black Saddle. He was cast in CBS's fantasy drama,
Twilight Zone in the episodes "And When the Sky Was Opened" and
"Little Girl Lost." About this time, he guest-starred on five other
western series: the ABC/Warner Brothers series Colt .45; ABC's The
Rebel, starring Nick Adams; NBC's Riverboat, as Frank Paxton in the
episode "The Fight at New Canal," with Darren McGavin as Captain Grey
Holden; and The Americans, the story of family conflicts in the
American Civil War starring Darryl Hickman and the successor series to
Riverboat; CBS's Trackdown, as Len Starbuck in "The Samaritan"; and
CBS's Johnny Ringo, as Jeffrey Blake in "The Stranger".Aidman
guest-starred on the NBC children's western Fury with Peter Graves and
Bobby Diamond and in episodes of the ABC/WB crime drama Bourbon Street
Beat, starring Andrew Duggan, and in the syndicated aviation adventure
series Whirlybirds, starring Kenneth Tobey. He appeared from 1959 to
1960 in different roles in three episodes of the syndicated crime
drama U.S. Marshal with John Bromfield. Aidman made a guest appearance
on the CBS courtroom drama Perry Mason in 1960 as murderer Arthur
Siddons in "The Case of the Gallant Grafter." Aidman also guest
starred in a 1961 episode of the western TV series Bonanza ("The
Rival") as Jim Applegate.
American actor of stage, film, and television.Aidman was born in
Frankfort, Indiana, the son of George E. and Etta (Kwitny) Aidman.
Aidman graduated from Frankfort High School and attended DePauw
University prior to serving in the United States Navy during World War
II. After the war he returned to his home state, where in Bloomington
he enrolled at Indiana University and studied drama there under the
legendary instructor Dr. Lee Norvelle.Among his many television
credits, Aidman guest-starred on NBC's The Virginian in the episode
"The Devil's Children" and twice on the NBC western series The
Californians. He also appeared twice on David Janssen's Richard
Diamond, Private Detective. He portrayed a bounty hunter on the ABC's
western series Black Saddle. He was cast in CBS's fantasy drama,
Twilight Zone in the episodes "And When the Sky Was Opened" and
"Little Girl Lost." About this time, he guest-starred on five other
western series: the ABC/Warner Brothers series Colt .45; ABC's The
Rebel, starring Nick Adams; NBC's Riverboat, as Frank Paxton in the
episode "The Fight at New Canal," with Darren McGavin as Captain Grey
Holden; and The Americans, the story of family conflicts in the
American Civil War starring Darryl Hickman and the successor series to
Riverboat; CBS's Trackdown, as Len Starbuck in "The Samaritan"; and
CBS's Johnny Ringo, as Jeffrey Blake in "The Stranger".Aidman
guest-starred on the NBC children's western Fury with Peter Graves and
Bobby Diamond and in episodes of the ABC/WB crime drama Bourbon Street
Beat, starring Andrew Duggan, and in the syndicated aviation adventure
series Whirlybirds, starring Kenneth Tobey. He appeared from 1959 to
1960 in different roles in three episodes of the syndicated crime
drama U.S. Marshal with John Bromfield. Aidman made a guest appearance
on the CBS courtroom drama Perry Mason in 1960 as murderer Arthur
Siddons in "The Case of the Gallant Grafter." Aidman also guest
starred in a 1961 episode of the western TV series Bonanza ("The
Rival") as Jim Applegate.
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