Charles West (born 1928), British crime novelist, is a former actor. He studied at RADA and performed in the West End in London, including Daddy Warbucks in Annie at Victoria Palace beginning in the 1970s and on Broadway. He wrote "Destruction Man", featuring Australian detective Paul Crook, when acting in Australia. Crook also features in "Stonefish", "Stage Fright", "Little Ripper", and "The Long Hook". Married to actress Julia West (a National Theatre company member who appeared in the film "Atonement"), he lives in Wallingford, Oxfordshire.