Charles Matthau

Charles Matthau

Born: December 10, 1962
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Charles Matthau (b. 1962, New York City), is a film and television director and actor and the son of actor Walter Matthau. He appeared as a child actor alongside his father in such films as Charley Varrick (1973), The Bad News Bears (1976) and House Calls (1978).

Among his directorial projects have been The Grass Harp, from a novella by Truman Capote, and the made-for-TV movie The Marriage Fool, both of which starred his father. He also directed Doin' Time on Planet Earth (1988), Her Minor Thing (2005) and Baby-O (2009).

"Charlie" Matthau was named after famed actor Charlie Chaplin, a personal friend of his father.

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Movies for Charles Matthau...

Never Be Boring: Billy Wilder
Title: Never Be Boring: Billy Wilder
Character: Self
Released: October 28, 2017
Type: Movie
A funny walk through the life story of Billy Wilder (1906-2002), a cinematic genius; a portrait of a filmmaker who never was a boring man, a superb mind who had ten commandments, of which the first nine were: “Thou shalt not bore.”
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Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Title: Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Character: Self - Filmmaker
Released: October 6, 2014
Type: Movie
A documentary about the rise and fall of the Cannon Film Group, the legendary independent film company helmed by Israeli cousins Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus.
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Freaky Deaky
Title: Freaky Deaky
Character: Groovy Director
Released: April 22, 2012
Type: Movie
Set in 1974, a pair of '60s radicals rely on their bomb-making skills on their way to becoming capitalists.
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Going Shopping
Title: Going Shopping
Character: Sarcastic Boyfriend (uncredited)
Released: September 30, 2005
Type: Movie
A clothing designer tries to save her struggling boutique store by having a tumultuous weekend sale of her shop's inventory by playing on the addictions of shopping for the women of Beverly Hills.
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An Ordinary Killer
Title: An Ordinary Killer
Character: Detective Mark Peyton
Released: November 11, 2003
Type: Movie
The tragic real life story of a serial killer who stalked his victims in the early 1970's in small town America. A weaving trail of twists and turns that left people unsettled for two generations until investigative persistence aided by modern technology brings justice for a young mother and her family some 28 years later.
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Hanging Up
Title: Hanging Up
Character: Young Lou
Released: February 16, 2000
Type: Movie
Three sisters - Georgia, Eve, and Maddy - do what they do best with life, love, and lunacy on the telephone lines that bind - when their curmudgeonly father, Lou, is admitted to a Los Angeles Hospital. After years of wild living, intermittent affection, and constant phoning, he is finally threatening to die.
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The Marriage Fool
Title: The Marriage Fool
Character: Salesperson
Released: September 20, 1998
Type: Movie
Recently widowed after 41 years of marriage, Frank Walsh meets the outgoing Florence, sparking joy back into his life again. However, there is clear disapproval of her from his grown children, especially his eldest son Robert. As Frank and Florence grow closer in their relationship, Robert begins to change his perspective on their commitment and devotion to one another.
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Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough
Title: Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1997
Type: Movie
A profile of the life of actor Walter Matthau.
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Number One Fan
Title: Number One Fan
Character: Scotty Youngman
Released: September 26, 1995
Type: Movie
A movie star is being stalked by a one-night stand.
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Mrs. Lambert Remembers Love
Title: Mrs. Lambert Remembers Love
Character: Partner
Released: May 12, 1991
Type: Movie
Longtime singles Lillian Lambert and Clifford Pepperman enjoy a romance late in their lives.
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Doin' Time on Planet Earth
Title: Doin' Time on Planet Earth
Released: September 16, 1988
Type: Movie
Ryan Richmond is an eccentric teenager living with his mother, father, sister and brother in the Holiday Inn they own in Sunnyvale, Arizona, the prune capital of the world. Is it any wonder that he wants to go to Saudi Arabaia for college and leave Sunnyvale far, far behind? He spends his days at school with his sex-obsessed best friend Dan Forrester and lusts after Lisa Winston, the sexy lounge singer who his parents have hired to perform at the Holiday Inn. Stuck without a date for his brother's wedding to a senator's daughter, Ryan goes to a computer dating service, which asks him such questions as "Can you breathe foreign substances?" Soon, Ryan is told that he may be an alien stuck on Earth along with thousands of others. Soon, Charles and Edna Pinsky show up and tell him that he may an alien prince meant to lead his brethren home. And that's when things get out of control...
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The Stingiest Man in Town
Title: The Stingiest Man in Town
Character: The Boy (voice)
Released: December 23, 1978
Type: Movie
This cartoon version of A Christmas Carol hails from the production house of Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass--the team that brought you just about every other Christmas special you saw as a kid (including Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer). Reinvented as a 49-minute musical ghost story, it stars the voice of Walter Matthau as the bedeviled Scrooge and Tom Bosley as the Jiminy Cricket-type narrator, B. Humbug, Esq.
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House Calls
Title: House Calls
Character: Michael Atkinson
Released: March 15, 1978
Type: Movie
Charley is a surgeon who's recently lost his wife; he embarks on a tragicomic romantic quest with one woman after another until he meets up with Ann, a singular woman, closer to his own age, who immediately and unexpectedly captures his heart.
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The Bad News Bears
Title: The Bad News Bears
Character: Athletic
Released: April 6, 1976
Type: Movie
An aging, down-on-his-luck ex-minor leaguer coaches a team of misfits in an ultra-competitive California little league.
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Charley Varrick
Title: Charley Varrick
Character: Boy
Released: September 19, 1973
Type: Movie
Charley Varrick robs a bank in a small town with his friends, but instead of obtaining a small amount of money, they discover they stole a very large amount of money belonging to the mob. Charley must now come up with a plan to not only evade the police but the mob as well.
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The Book of Leah
Title: The Book of Leah
Character: Psychiatric Patient
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
The Book of Leah is a coming of age story, a drama about love, culture, and above all a witness to history.