Up for auction “Police Woman” Charles Dierkop Hand Signed 3X5 Photo Card
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Charles
Richard Dierkop (born
September 11, 1936) is an American character actor. He is most recognized for
his supporting roles in the films Butch Cassidy and the Sundance
Kid (1969) and The Sting (1973) and the television series Police Woman (1974-1978).
Dierkop was born in La Crosse, Wisconsin, and
attended Aquinas High School in La Crosse. He was raised by his aunt and
uncle after his father left when Dierkop was an infant and his mother
"left home when he was still a tot". Dierkop is a lifetime member of
the Actors Studio. His first role as a
professional actor was in television's Naked City. He was
cast in two George Roy Hill films,
and played an outlaw both times — as "Flat Nose Curry" in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance
Kid (1969), he played a member of the Hole in the Wall Gang, and as "Floyd" in The Sting (1973), he acted as a bodyguard with Lee Paul to Robert Shaw's New York
gangster/griftee, Doyle Lonnegan. He is best known for playing Detective Pete
Royster on the television series Police Woman between
1974 and 1978. Dierkop appears briefly in the music video of "Man on the Moon", a
hit song by the American alternative rock band R.E.M.