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{{Infobox person
|name = Charles Tannen
|image =
|imagesize =
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|birth_date = {{Birth date|1915|10|22|mf=y}}
|birth_place = [[New York City, New York]], [[United States|U.S.]]
|death_date = {{Death date and age|1980|12|18|1915|10|22|mf=y}}
|death_place = [[San Bernardino, California|San Bernardino]], [[California]], U.S.
|birth_name = Charles David Tannen
|death_cause = [[Heart attack]]
|restingplace =
|occupation = Actor, Television screenwriter
|years_active = 1935–1976
|spouse = Joan Robertson Tannen
|children = Tracy Tannen
|relatives = Julius Tannen (father)
}}

'''Charles David Tannen''' (October 22, 1915 – December 28, 1980) was an American actor and screenwriter.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0849579/|title=Charles Tannen|website=IMDb|access-date=2016-11-18}}</ref> A general purpose actor who worked primarily at 20th Century Fox, he had mostly bit and/or supporting parts in movies, appearing in more than two hundred films, including ''[[Jesse James (1939 film)|Jesse James]]'' (1939), ''[[The Return of Frank James]]'' (1940), ''[[There's No Business Like Show Business (film)|There's No Business Like Show Business]]'' and ''[[Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953 film)|Gentlemen Prefer Blondes]]'' with Marilyn Monroe) (1953), ''[[The Fly (1958 film)|The Fly]]'' (1958), and ''[[Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea]]'' (1961).

Director [[Preston Sturges]] once praised Tannen for his acting ability, being quoted as saying, <blockquote>''"If you have a middle-aged character part, either Gentile or Jewish, either comic or dramatic, I urge you to give it to Tannen, and I guarantee that you will be enchanted by his authority, his unction, his voice, his theatrical resource, and his profound ability."''</blockquote> Tannen also made many appearances on such [[television series]] as ''[[Bonanza]], ''[[Gunsmoke]], ''[[Perry Mason]]'', ''[[Lassie (1954 TV series)|Lassie]]'', ''[[The Twilight Zone]]'', ''[[Rawhide (TV series)|Rawhide]]'', ''[[The Rifleman]]''<ref>http://www.riflemanconnors.com/charles_tannen.htm</ref> and ''[[Jefferson Drum]]''.

As a television screenwriter, Tannen wrote episodes for ''[[Petticoat Junction]]'', ''[[I Dream Of Jeannie]]'', ''[[Gilligan's Island]]'', ''[[The Brady Bunch]]'', ''[[All In The Family]]'' and ''[[Maude (TV series)|Maude]]''.

His father, [[Julius Tannen]], and his brother, [[William Tannen (actor)|William Tannen]], were also actors.<ref>http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0849579/</ref>
==Death==
Tannen died in 1980 in [[San Bernardino, California]] at the age of 65 of a heart attack.

==Selected filmography==
* ''[[Love and Hisses]]'' (1937)
* ''[[Jesse James (1939 film)|Jesse James]]'' (1939)
*''[[The Return of Frank James]]'' (1940)
*''[[The Grapes of Wrath (film)|The Grapes of Wrath]]'' (1940)
*''[[Doll Face]]'' (1945)
*''[[Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953 film)|Gentlemen Prefer Blondes]]'' (1953)
*''[[There's No Business Like Show Business (film)|There's No Business Like Show Business]]'' (1954)
*''[[Official Detective]]'' TV series Episode: "The Brunette" as Ballanger (1957)
*''[[The Fly (1958 film)|The Fly]]'' (1958)
*''[[Ma Barker's Killer Brood]]'' (1960)
*''[[Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea]]'' (1961)

==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*{{IMDb name|nm0849579}}
*{{findagrave|6812673}}

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[[Category:Male Spaghetti Western actors]]
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