Background:

Charlie Dell is an American television and film actor. He is maybe most known for his roles as Professor E.J. Parsafoot in the live action series “Jason of Star Command” (CBS, 1978-1979) and as Nub Oliver on the sitcom “Evening Shade” (CBS, 1990-1994). He has guest starred in a number of television shows, including “ER,” “Married with Children,” “Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman,” “Chicago Hope,” “Suddenly Susan,” “Desperate Housewives” and “Two and a Half Men,” and has appeared in box office movies like “Liar Liar” (1997), “She's All That” (1999), Fight Club” (1999) and “The Sweetest Thing” (2002).
    

Charles Ardell Smith

Childhood and Family:

In Nueces County, Texas, Charlie Dell was born on October 31, 1943. His birth name is Charles Ardell Smith.

Dell was married to Houston, Texas-born actress Jennifer Williams on July 4, 1993.  


Jason of Star Command

Career:

In 1970, Charlie Dell made his big screen debut in the independent film “A Bullet for Pretty Boy,” a biopic of the gangster Charles “Pretty Boy” Floyd who began his career at a young age when he saw his father die and  looked for revenge by killing his murderer during a fight. Two years later, he had his first television movie with “Fair Play,” directed by James A. Sullivan. He next appeared in films “The Brothers O'Toole” (with John Astin, Pat Carroll and Hans Conried), “Encounter with the Unknown” (1973, with ) and “ Scum of the Earth” (1974, with Rod Serling, Robert Ginnaven and Gary Brockette).

In 1978, Dell landed his first series regular role on “Jason of Star Command,” a spin off of  Filmation's live action series “Space Academy,” which ran for two seasons until 1979. There he played one of the colleagues of space adventurer Jason, Professor E.J. Parsafoot. Around this period, he also guest starred in “Flying High,” “Fantasy Island” and “The Dukes of Hazzard” as well as appeared in  films “Hughes and Harlow: Angels in Hell” (1978) and “Love at First Bite” (1979).

Dell made guest appearances in several television shows during the 1980s, including “Simon & Simon” (1981, as Russell Tiegs), “Faerie Tale Theatre” (1982-1985, various roles), “Hardcastle and McCormick” (1984, as Mr. Firestone), “Amazing Stories” (1985), “Trapper John, M.D.” (1982, 1986), “The Facts of Life” (1986), “Silver Spoons” (1986,1987), “Married with Children” (1987), “We Got It Made” (1988, as Brewster), “Webster” (1988, as Norm), “Mathnet” (1988, as Mathnet) and “227” (1989, Vern). He also had a role in the made for television film comedy “The Jerk, Too” (1984), starring Mark Blankfield, Ray Walston and Robert Sampson. Dell managed his presence on the silver screen with performances on Robert Aldrich's “...All the Marbles” (1981, starred Peter Falk), Mark Story's “Odd Jobs” (1986, with Paul Reiser, Robert Townsend and Scott McGinnis), Richard Pryor's “Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling” (1986), Tobe Hooper's “Invaders from Mars” (1986, starred Karen Black, Hunter Carson and Timothy Bottoms) and the Larry Yust and Peter Ferrara directed “Say Yes” (1986, starred Ian Anderson, Joe Barnaba and John C. Becher).

Dell returned to series television as a regular when he was cast alongside Burt Reynolds, Marilu Henner, Michael Jeter, Jay R. Ferguson, Hal Holbrook, Ossie Davis, Charles Durning, Elizabeth Ashley and Ann Wedgeworth in the CBS sitcom “Evening Shade.” He played Nub Oliver during the show's four season run between September 21, 1990 and May 23, 1994. In the meantime, the actor was featured in “Mom and Dad Save the World” (1992), a comedy/science fiction movie directed by Greg Beeman and starring Teri Garr, Jeffrey Jones and Jon Lovitz, and guest starred in television shows “Family Matters” (1993) and “Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman” (1994). After the show ended, Dell could be seen in episodes of “Married with Children” (1995), “Hangin' with Mr. Cooper” (1996), “Life with Roger” (1996), “Moloney” (1997), “Grace Under Fire” (1997), “ER” (1997), “Chicago Hope” (1997), “Suddenly Susan” (1998) and “Columbo” (1998). In 1997, Dell had small roles in the Jim Carrey successful comedy “Liar Liar” and in the independent drama “Glam,” directed and written by Josh Evans. He continued to appear in the box office hit “She's All That” (1999, starred Freddie Prinze, Jr. and Rachael Leigh Cook), “The Out-of-Towners” (1999), “Crazy in Alabama” (1999), a comedy/drama directed by Antonio Banderas and starring his wife Melanie Griffith,  and the film adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk's novel, “Fight Club” (1999), which was directed by David Fincher and starred Edward Norton, Brad Pitt, and Helena Bonham Carter.   

Entering the new millennium, Dell appeared in episodes of “City of Angels” (2000, as Dr. Sheldon Stanley), “As Told by Ginger” (2002, as Crazy Floyd) and “Days of Our Lives” (2002, as Virgil Dawson) as well as in the Jake Gyllenhaal comedy vehicle “Bubble Boy” (2001) and “The Sweetest Thing” (2002), a romantic/comedy starring Cameron Diaz, Christina Applegate and Selma Blair. In 2004, he provided the voice of Ollie, the pig on the Disney animated film “Home on the Range.” Dell next worked with Tori Spelling and Jordan Bridges in the television film “Family Plan” (2005),  was featured on the Hallmark Channel Original television film “McBride: The Doctor Is Out... Really Out” (2005), which was directed by and starred John Larroquette, and played Justice of the Peace in the comedy film “Date Movie” (2006), starring Alyson Hannigan, Fred Willard and Jennifer Coolidge. Additionally, he landed guest spots in “All of Us” (2005), “Desperate Housewives” (2006), “In Case of Emergency” (2007) and “Two and a Half Men” (2008).

In 2010, Dell was cast as Dr. Katz in the comedy film “How to Make Love to a Woman,” directed by Scott Culver and written by Dennis Kao, both making their respective debuts. It follows Andy (played by Josh Meyers) and his miscommunications regarding sex.     


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