Charles Dennis Holmes (born October 3, 1950) is an American film and television actor. He is known for playing Mike Williams in the American

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television series '' Laramie''.

Life and career

Holmes was born in

Encino, California Encino (Spanish for "oak") is a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, California. History In 1769, the Spanish Portolá expedition, first Europeans to see inland areas of California, traveled north through Sepulveda ...

. Between 1958 and 1961 he appeared in the films ''

Hound-Dog Man ''Hound-Dog Man'' is a 1959 film directed by Don Siegel, based on the 1947 novel by Fred Gipson, and starring Fabian, Carol Lynley, and Stuart Whitman. Plot In 1912, Clint McKinney and his younger brother Spud talk their father Aaron into lettin ...

'', '' Violent Road'', ''

The Fiercest Heart ''The Fiercest Heart'' is a 1961 American adventure film in CinemaScope and Color by De Luxe starring Stuart Whitman and Juliet Prowse, also featuring 1960 Summer Olympics decathlon champion Rafer Johnson. It is set in 1830s South Africa and bas ...

'', '' Key Witness'' and '' Woman Obsessed''. He joined the cast of the

television series ''Laramie'' in 1961, first appearing in the episode "Dragon at the Door" in the series’s third season. Holmes retired from acting in 1964, with his last credit being in the western television series ''

Wagon Train ''Wagon Train'' is an American Western series that aired 8 seasons: first on the NBC television network (1957–1962), and then on ABC (1962–1965). ''Wagon Train'' debuted on September 18, 1957, and became number one in the Nielsen ratings ...

.'' After retiring, Holmes worked as a technology specialist in

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