“Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” actor Charles Dierkopf has died at the age of 87.
The Hollywood veteran, also known for his roles in “The Sting'' and “Police Woman,'' passed away on Sunday (February 25) after his daughter suffered a heart attack and pneumonia. Lin told The Hollywood Reporter.
The magazine added that Charles died at Sherman Oaks Hospital in California.
Born Charles Richard Dierkop in 1936 in La Crosse, Wisconsin, the actor is also famous for co-starring with Rod Steiger in 1964's The Pawnshop and as a gangster in the 1967 mob film St. Valentine. played a role. “The day of the massacre.”
Two years later, Charles landed the role of outlaw George Flat Nose Curry in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, alongside Paul Newman and Robert Redford, who played the gunman of the film's title.
He also co-starred with Newman in 1961's The Hustler, and Charles again played bodyguard Floyd in the 1973 con artist classic The Sting.
Charles, who suffered multiple broken noses in fights in his youth, recalled how he landed the role of “Flat Nose,” saying in 2018: “My agent was on the plane reading the script, and he said, 'Flat Nose Curry.' I think I have someone. So I got an interview with George Roy Hill (director of The Sting), and it was a no-brainer that I got cast. ”
Charles also appeared in a series of television roles, playing Detective Pete Royston on shows such as “Star Trek,'' “The Andy Griffith Show,'' and “Police Woman,'' starring Angie Dickinson.
He also appeared in the music video for REM's 1992 hit 'Man on the Moon', with the promo showing Charles sitting in a pub.
Charles was married to Joan Addis from 1958 until their divorce in 1974, and the couple, who met at the American Foundation for Dramatic Arts, had two children. They are a son, Charles Jr., who died in 1990 at the age of 29, and a daughter, Lynn. .