Charles Southwood

Charles Southwood

Born: August 30, 1937
Died: April 8, 2009
in Los Angeles, California, USA
Charles Southwood born Charles Allen Southwood August 30, 1937 in Los Angeles, California, died April 8, 2009 in Grants Pass, Oregon was an American actor in Europe and the founder of Death Cigarettes.

Born in Los Angeles in 1937, his family moved to Oregon at the end of World War II. He earned a degree in philosophy at Oregon State University.

He travelled to Europe where he worked at a variety of jobs before becoming a stand in for Lex Barker on Woman Times Seven in 1966. He was spotted by an agent who led him into lead roles in spaghetti westerns.

Returning to Oregon, he came up with the idea of "Death Cigarettes" in 1991. Deciding to be honest about the effect of cigarettes, Southwood, a smoker from age 13 to 40, decided to be brutally honest about his cigarettes. In addition to the standard warnings, Death Cigarettes were packed in their own coffin: a stark little black package bearing a skull and crossbones. Southwood traveled to the Southern United States, where the major U.S. tobacco companies found his idea "antithetical to their interests." He found a small tobacco company in Holland that was willing to manufacture his cigarettes, and he briefly took up smoking again to get the blend of tobaccos just right, however he couldn't find a cigarette distributor willing to move his product into stores. "I think they're afraid of pressure from the major cigarette manufacturers".

The idea of Death cigarettes was "borrowed" by BJ Cunningham for sales in England from 1991-1999.

Movies for Charles Southwood...

Documenteur
Title: Documenteur
Character: Man on the Water Bed
Released: October 2, 1981
Type: Movie
After separating from the father of her son, a young French woman tries to find lodging and a fresh start in L.A. for herself and her son.
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Profession: Adventurers
Title: Profession: Adventurers
Character: Henry Ralstrom
Released: May 24, 1973
Type: Movie
Henry, a rich Londoner bored, shipwrecked in the Atlantic and ends up in San Francisco. The adventure has just begun. From the novel "Naufrage en eaux troubles" by François Ponthier.
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Some Too Quiet Gentlemen
Title: Some Too Quiet Gentlemen
Character: Charles
Released: January 25, 1973
Type: Movie
The sleepy little village of Loubressac is well on its way to becoming a ghost town. To save the town, the local citizenry hatch a plan to attract tourists. To their horror, the plan misfires when a group of hippies are the first to move in. The hippies' free and unconventional ways quickly upset the staid lives of the locals. Then one of the locals is found murdered, and suspicion inevitably falls on the newcomers. Eventually, the locals and the hippies join forces to solve the mystery, and in the course of their adventures learn to respect each others' ways.
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She No Longer Talks, She Shoots
Title: She No Longer Talks, She Shoots
Character: le beatnik
Released: August 23, 1972
Type: Movie
Rosemonde, hailed as "the Princess" reign over a slum in the Paris suburbs. Herbert, a reporter who came to investigate on the pollution, ends up in a grinding machine of her invention. Rosemonde resells the bones to the church authorities who use them as holy relics. Inspector Adrian Bondu is handling the case... But a young hippie who looks like Jesus will have Rosemonde suddenly feel very earthly feelings...
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There Once Was a Cop
Title: There Once Was a Cop
Character: Narcotic Bureau agent
Released: February 11, 1972
Type: Movie
Campana, a commissar at the drugs bureau of Paris police gets an undercover job in Nice to catch an Italian-French mafia boss. As he slips into the identity of a gangster's brother, who was already killed, he has to play the role of a loving husband with child - something that is not so easy for a confirmed single like Campana. Unfortunately American killers chase behind the Nice mafia clan too, in order to get control of French drug trades to USA.
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Manhunt for Murder
Title: Manhunt for Murder
Character: Insp. Marvin Hobbart
Released: November 10, 1971
Type: Movie
A French waiter living in New York City witnesses a murder and must go on the run from the police and the mob.
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They Call Me Hallelujah
Title: They Call Me Hallelujah
Character: Alexi Grand Duke Viosarevich Koperkin / Alexi Ivanovic 'The Bear'
Released: April 8, 1971
Type: Movie
A Yankee gunman, Hallelujah, is hired by Mexican Juarista, General Ramirez to confiscate a case of jewels to fund the revolution. For this, Hallelujah will receive a percentage. But other parties are interested in the case and when they turn out to be fakes, it all deteriorates into a cat and mouse style game with Hallelujah, gunrunners, the French, and a Russian outlaw(!) all searching for the real jewels. - SWDB
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Roy Colt and Winchester Jack
Title: Roy Colt and Winchester Jack
Character: Winchester Jack
Released: August 13, 1970
Type: Movie
Two outlaws compete with each other over a treasure map that will lead them to buried gold while one of them is in league with a sadistic priest-turned-crime lord, while a young Native American girl helps both outlaws and plays both sides against each other.
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Sartana's Here... Trade Your Pistol for a Coffin
Title: Sartana's Here... Trade Your Pistol for a Coffin
Character: Sabbath / Sabata
Released: August 7, 1970
Type: Movie
Sartana, bounty hunter and gunfighter, witnesses the robbery of a shipment of gold. He finds his way into town where he meets with a lot of suspicious stares from the locals. He also meets with Samuel Spencer, who seems to own the company in this company town. The gold shipments are being stolen, so Spencer agrees to hire Sartana to protect the next gold shipment. Numerous dull-witted villains make attempts on Sartana's life, but he survives. Eventually, Sartana's nemesis Sabbath (he of the white coat and parasol) rides into town. With a showdown inevitable, Sartana and Sabbath square off to settle the score.
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I Protect Myself Against My Enemies
Title: I Protect Myself Against My Enemies
Character: Alan Burton/Barton
Released: August 16, 1968
Type: Movie
A major of the dissolved southern army gives a dollar to a young cowboy, Alan Burton, telling him that there are two other similar dollars with different figures on them; the three numbers combined show the spot where the Confederate's treasure is hidden. A number of people get involved including a gang leader and Alan's sidekick, Hondo.
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Make the Sign of the Cross, Stranger!
Title: Make the Sign of the Cross, Stranger!
Character: Bounty Hunter
Released: May 16, 1968
Type: Movie
A bounty hunter wants to catch the Bandit Carson because he has a lot of people in his gang who are worth a lot of money. When he comes into White City he gets his first problems with Carson's son Lucas. After this incident Carson wants this man dead. They can catch him but not for a long time because he can escape with the help of Zoppo who the bounty hunter had helped a couple of days before.