Charles Castle (26 May 1939 – 5 October 2013) was a South African-born tap dancer, writer and television producer.
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'', 27 October 2013)
Castle produced two documentaries, ''This Was
Richard Tauber
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and ''This Was
Noël Coward
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'', which won the International Critics' Award at the
Monte-Carlo Television Festival
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.
[ He wrote biographies about celebrities, including Noël Coward, ]Joan Crawford
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, Oliver Messel
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Early life
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, and Margaret, Duchess of Argyll.
Castle died at Montcabirol, a hamlet dedicated to the development of Physical Mediumship near Mirepoix
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, France where he lived with his friends Kevin Lawrenson(Spiritual Healer and Thomas Morris (Physical Medium)
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1939 births
2013 deaths
Tap dancers
British documentary filmmakers
British male dancers
British biographers
Celebrity biographers
South African emigrants to the United Kingdom