Charles Dennis Holmes (born October 3, 1950) is a retired American film and television child actor, best-known for playing Mike Williams in the American

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television series '' Laramie''.

Life and career

Holmes was born in

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. Between 1958 and 1961 he appeared in the films '' Hound-Dog Man'', '' Violent Road'', '' The Fiercest Heart'', '' 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 ''

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

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Holmes, Dennis 1950 births Living people People from Encino, Los Angeles Male actors from Los Angeles Male actors from California American male film actors American male television actors American male child actors 20th-century American male actors Western (genre) television actors