Charles Fernley Fawcett Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Sir Charles Fawcett was a British historian. He served in the Indian Civil Service while India was a part of the British Empire. He published a number of articles and books related to Indian history and was an expert on the British East India Company. His most famous article, in 1937, suggests that the design of the flag of the United States of America may have been derived from the flag and jack of the British East India Company.
If that's child molestation, I would wish this curse on every young boy. - On the affair he had with his best friend's mother when he was 15 years old.
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Never, confuse a Virginian with a Yankee. - Response to British POWs who called him a Yank after rescuing them from a Paris hospital under guard by Germans during WWII.
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Nobody ever took you seriously if you had a trumpet with you. - On his escape from France during WWII
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I think people knew more than they pretended. People close their eyes to what they don't want to see. - On describing the plight of European Jews during WWII.
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Fact
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In the film "Charlie Wilson's War" the video shown by Joanne Herring (Julia Roberts) to Charlie Wilson (Tom Hanks) is the documentary shot by Fawcett.
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In 1959 he flew rescue missions to the Belgian Congo during uprisings there.
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In 1948 he fought against the communists in the Greek Civil War.
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In 1945 he joined the French Foreign Legion and fought for 6 months in Alsace until stricken by tuberculosis.
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In 1942 joined the RAF and trained as a Hurricane pilot.
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Passed along information to the French resistance during WWII.
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Joined the Polish army after the Nazi invasion then fled to Paris. Applied to join the French army but was rejected and joined the Section Volontaire des Americains.
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Orphaned at age six and raised by aunts in South Carolina.
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In 1979 he went to help in training the Mujahideen against the Soviets in Afghanistan. Film footage he shot was critical in securing American aid to the Mujahideen.
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In three months at the end of WWII, married six Jewish women who had been trapped in concentration camps, a procedure that entitled them to leave France with an automatic American visa.
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Joined up with many military fights during his life, joining up the the RAF, the Polish Army, the French Foreign Legeon, and the Greek army.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Annie
1976
Michael (as Charles Fawcet)
Per le antiche scale
1975
Doctor Sfameni
Kalimán, el hombre increíble
1972
Professor Morgan
The Massacre of Glencoe
1971
John Macdonald
The Girl of the Nile
1969
Marco Alfieri
King of Africa
1968
Cowboy in Africa
1968
TV Series
Duncan
Feuer frei auf Frankie
1967
Prof. Peers
Mister Dynamit - Morgen küßt euch der Tod
1967
General Stikker
Savage Pampas
1966
Pvt. El Gato (as Carlos Fawcett)
Kingdom of the Silver Lion
1965
Scheik Kadir Bei
Wild Kurdistan
1965
Scheik Mohammed Emin / Scheik Kadir Bei
Uncle Tom's Cabin
1965
Mr. Shelby
Old Shatterhand
1964
Gen. Taylor
The Death Ray of Dr. Mabuse
1964
Cmdr. Adams (as Charly Fawcett)
Dark Purpose
1964
Martin
Captain Sindbad
1963
Slave Queen of Babylon
1963
High Priest
Zorro e i tre moschettieri
1963
as Charles Fawcet
The 300 Spartans
1962
Megistias
It Happened in Athens
1962
Ambassador Cyrus T. Gaylord
The Witch's Curse
1962
Doctor
Barabbas
1961
Old Man Warning Rachel (uncredited)
Come September
1961
Warren (uncredited)
Heaven on Earth
1960
Henry Brent
The Loves of Salammbo
1960
Annone
Les canailles
1960
La duchessa di Santa Lucia
1959
Il padre di Archibald
Face of Fire
1959
No Time to Kill
1959
Marine
Civitas Dei
1958
The Rough Riders
1958
TV Series
Hays Maddox
The Love Specialist
1958
The Last Rebel
1958
Captain Harry Love
La violetera
1958
Extranjero
Lonelyhearts
1958
Smitty
Boy on a Dolphin
1957
Bill B. Baldwin (uncredited)
Lust of the Vampire
1957
Signor Robert
Captain Gallant of the Foreign Legion
1955-1957
TV Series
Shargue / The Doctor / Denner
War and Peace
1956
Russian Artillery Captain (uncredited)
Mai ti scorderò
1956
Neri, il regista
Incatenata dal destino
1956
John Carrington
Andrea Chenier
1955
Il falco d'oro
1955
Ubaldo della Torre
Conrad Nagel Theater
1955
TV Series
the Tourist
Addio Napoli!
1955
Charles Burton
An American in Rome
1954
Mr. Brooks
Le due orfanelle
1954
Appassionatamente
1954
Count D'Alberti
Pietà per chi cade
1954
Oliver
Il paese dei campanelli
1954
L'ammiraglio
Frogwoman
1954
maggiore Crob
Frine, cortigiana d'Oriente
1953
re Arconte
Fermi tutti... arrivo io!
1953
Mr. Brown
Ai margini della metropoli
1953
L'incantevole nemica
1953
uncredited
Indiscretion of an American Wife
1953
Il signore triste all'ufficio postale (uncredited)