Charles Briles

Briles was born in Gardena, California.[3] When he was a teenager, he had performed at the Weschester Playhouse with the Kentwood Players.[3] Briles originally was working on the maintenance from the industry, but he desired to do acting.[3] As he wanted to become an actor, Briles began to knock on booking agent's doors in Hollywood, California, later landing his role of "Eugene Barkley" in the new ABC western television series The Big Valley.[3]

While appearing in The Big Valley, Briles received a draft notice, after he began worked on the television series.[2] In 1965, he was forced to leave the television series, in which Briles had volunteered to work at the California Army National Guard, serving til 1972.[2][3] His character on The Big Valley was written out of the show, as "Eugene Barkley" went to study medicine in Berkeley.[2] Briles retired his acting career in 1971, as his last credit was from the television seires Bonanza.

After his retiring his acting career, Briles had worked as a screenwriter, where he was writing a television script.[4] He then was hired to work as a house painter at a San Fernando Valley home, painting on the interior of the home.[4] Briles also worked as a stage director, where he stage directed on stage productions in Southern California[2] with also producing and writing at the Northrop Corporation of California.[2] He resided in Orcutt, California.[2][3]

Briles died in June 2016 of congestive heart failure in Portland, Oregon, at the age of 71.[1][2][3]

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