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Space as dairy farmer Herbert Brown in NBC's National Velvet (1960)
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Born |
Charles Arthur Space October 12, 1908 New Brunswick, New Jersey, U.S. |
Died | January 13, 1983 Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
(aged 74)
Cause of death | Cancer |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1941-1981 |
Spouse(s) | Mary (Mollie) Campbell (?-1974) (her death) (2 children) |
Charles Arthur Space (October 12, 1908 – January 13, 1983) was an American film, television and stage actor. He was best known as Doc Weaver, the veterinarian, in thirty-nine episodes of long-running CBS television series Lassie.
Born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, Space began his career in and eventually began appearing on Broadway. He made his film debut in the 1941 crime drama Riot Squad opposite Richard Cromwell. The following year, Space appeared alongside Abbott and Costello in Rio Rita. He also had roles in Tortilla Flat (1942), Our Vines Have Tender Grapes (1945), The Fuller Brush Man (1948), and The Fuller Brush Girl (1950). In the early 1950s, Space appeared in various film serials including Government Agents vs. Phantom Legion, Canadian Mounties vs. Atomic Invaders, and Panther Girl of the Kongo.
In 1954, Space played the bandit Black Bart, or Charles Bolles, in an episode of the syndicated western television series Stories of the Century.
Throughout the mid-1950s, Space continued appearing in films such as The Spirit of St. Louis with James Stewart while guest starring on various television series. He appeared four times as Col. Tomkin in the ABC western series, Colt .45, starring Wayde Preston. During this time, Space had a recurring role on Lassie.