Walter Charles (born April 4, 1945 in

East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania East Stroudsburg is a borough in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located in the Poconos region of the state. Originally known as "Dansbury", East Stroudsburg was renamed for geographic reasons when the Delaware, Lackawanna, a ...

) is an American actor and singer. Charles made his

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debut in '' Grease'' in 1972. Additional Broadway credits include '' 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue'' (1976), ''

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'' (1979), ''

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'' (1982), '' La Cage aux Folles'' (1983), '' Me and My Girl'', ''

Aspects of Love ''Aspects of Love'' is a musical with music and book by Andrew Lloyd Webber, and lyrics by Don Black and Charles Hart. It is based on the 1955 novella of the same name by David Garnett. The piece focuses on the romantic entanglements of actr ...

'' (1990), ''

Kiss Me, Kate ''Kiss Me, Kate'' is a musical written by Bella and Samuel Spewack with music and lyrics by Cole Porter. The story involves the production of a musical version of William Shakespeare's ''The Taming of the Shrew'' and the conflict on and off-sta ...

'', '' The Boys from Syracuse'' (2002), '' Big River'' (2003), '' The Woman in White'' (2005), ''

The Apple Tree ''The Apple Tree'' is a series of three musical playlets with music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and a book by Bock and Harnick with contributions from Jerome Coopersmith. Each act has its own storyline, but all three are tied tog ...

'' (2006) and ''Anything Goes'' (2011)."Walter Charles Broadway"
playbillvault.com. Retrieved November 6, 2015 Charles' screen credits include '' A Fine Mess'', ''

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'', ''Weeds'', and '' Prancer''. On television he has appeared in '' Cagney and Lacey'', ''

Kate and Allie ''Kate & Allie'' is an American sitcom television series that aired on CBS from March 19, 1984 to May 22, 1989, starring Susan Saint James and Jane Curtin as two divorced women, both with children, who decide to live together in the same house. ...

'', ''

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'', and '' Law & Order: Criminal Intent''.

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