Charles Macaulay

Charles Macaulay was an American actor and director. Born in Louisville, Kentucky, he trained at London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, winning the First Judges Medal on graduating for his performance in The Heiress. He made his first New York appearance in 1952 in W. Somerset Maugham's The Sacred Flame, then worked in off-Broadway and Broadway productions and at the Barter Theatre opposite Judith Anderson. His stage work included Man and Superman, The Winslow Boy, and Bell, Book and Candle, along with The Dark Is Light Enough, and he played Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing and took the title role in Macbeth at San Diego's Old Globe Theatre. On television he appeared in the Perry Mason films, initially as a judge and later as District Attorney Markham, plus Star Trek, Mission: Impossible, Gunsmoke, and Columbo. He taught at the USC School of Theatre between 1986 and 1992, directing six student productions, and died in 1999.