| Charles Maxwell | |
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| Born | Charles Carlton Maxwell December 28, 1913 Long Island, New York |
| Died | August 7, 1993 (aged 79) Los Angeles, California |
| Occupation | Television actor |
Charles Carlton Maxwell (28 December 1913 – 7 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.