Charles Westmoreland
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| Charles Westmoreland | |
| Role(s): | Prisoner |
| Current status: | Deceased |
| Sentence at Fox River Prison: |
60 years to life for aggravated vehicular hijacking, vehicular invasion, involuntary manslaughter and reckless homicide |
| Family: | Ann Westmoreland (daughter) |
| Appearances | |
| First appearance: | S1E01 |
| Last appearance: | S1E22 |
| Season: | 1 |
| Portrayed by: | Muse Watson |
Charles Westmoreland, played by Muse Watson, was a fictional character from the American television series, Prison Break. Westmoreland was one of Fox River's longest-serving inmates, having served thirty-two years. Many people, including Michael Scofield came to believe that he may have been the infamous airline hijacker D. B. Cooper, which Westmoreland repeatedly denied.
A grandfather clause in the prison's policy allowed him to keep a grey cat named Marilyn. The DOC had repeatedly attempted to transfer Westmoreland to other facilities, though he was unwilling to leave Marilyn behind and became adept at using legal loopholes to block his transfers. According to a news article appearing in Michael's apartment in the Pilot, he is 59 years old at the time of the series.
[edit] Appearances
Westmoreland was a recurring character, appearing in almost every episode of the first season. The character was killed off in "Go" but was also featured briefly in the finale of the first season. In the show's second season, various flashbacks of Westmoreland have been utilized.
[edit] Season 1
A relatively quiet and gentle man, Westmoreland took great pains to stay out of other people's business, including Michael's escape attempt, despite Michael's efforts to recruit him. He and Captain Brad Bellick enjoyed a mutual respect for many years until Westmoreland refused to tell Bellick what he'd seen after a guard was murdered outside Westmoreland's cell during a prison riot. Shortly thereafter, Westmoreland found Marilyn dead in his cell. Westmoreland quietly retaliated by starting a fire in the guards' break room and making it appear as if Bellick's negligence had caused the fire. This also allowed Michael and the P.I. crew access to the guard's room in order to dig a hole for their escape.
Upon learning that he would not be allowed to visit his terminally-ill daughter until after her death, Westmoreland became desperate to escape. He finally confirmed that he was D.B. Cooper by showing Michael a one hundred dollar bill matching the serial number of the first bill from the fabled hijacking.
Westmoreland attacked Bellick when Bellick discovered the hole the team dug in the guards' room. He successfully subdued Bellick but was severely wounded by a piece of glass. During the escape, he collapsed in the infirmary from loss of blood. He told Michael to go on without him, but not before revealing the location of the D.B. Cooper money (under a silo at the Double K Ranch, just outside of Tooele, Utah), and revealing that sum was $5 million, rather than the one million generally assumed. He is later found dead by Warden Pope.
[edit] External links
- Charles Westmoreland's biography at Fox.com
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Prison Break characters
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| Main characters |
| John Abruzzi | Theodore "T-Bag" Bagwell | Brad Bellick | Lincoln Burrows | L. J. Burrows | Veronica Donovan Benjamin Miles "C-Note" Franklin | Paul Kellerman | Alexander Mahone | Michael Scofield | Fernando Sucre | Sara Tancredi |
| Secondary characters |
| David "Tweener" Apolskis | Hector Avila | Aldo Burrows | Maricruz Delgado | Roy Geary | Daniel Hale | William Kim | Charles "Haywire" Patoshik | Henry Pope Caroline Reynolds | Manche Sanchez | Nick Savrinn | Terrence Steadman | Frank Tancredi | Nika Volek | Charles Westmoreland |
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