Charles Herbert
Charles Herbert Saperstein (December 23, 1948 – October 31, 2015), known as Charles Herbert, was an American child actor of the 1950s and 1960s. Before reaching his teens, Herbert was renowned by a generation of moviegoers for an on-screen broody, mature style and wit that enabled him to go one-on-one with some of the biggest names in the industry, and his appearances in a handful of films in the sci-fi/horror genre garnered him an immortality there. In six years, he appeared in 20 Hollywood features.
Herbert supported his family from the age of five, and went from being one of the most-desired and highest-paid child actors of his time to one of the multitude of performers Hollywood "discarded" upon reaching maturity. His situation and the lifetime of damage it created for him only recently came to light.
Acted in
Horrible Horror
1986
as Buck Zorba in '13 Ghosts'
Family Affair
1966
The Fugitive
1963
as Cal
Going My Way
1962
My Three Sons
1960
13 Ghosts
1960
as Buck Zorba
The Clear Horizon
1960
The Boy and the Pirates
1960
as Jimmy Warren
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
1960
as David Mackay
The Last Angry Man
1959
as Woody Thrasher Jr. (uncredited)
The Twilight Zone
1959
Men into Space
1959
Wichita Town
1959
Riverboat
1959
as Paddy Saunders
The Five Pennies
1959
as Patient
The Man in the Net
1959
as Timmy Moreland
One Step Beyond
1959
as Steve Archer
One Step Beyond
1959
as Joey Dolan
Rawhide
1959
as Jody
Houseboat
1958
as Robert Winters
77 Sunset Strip
1958
The Donna Reed Show
1958
The Reluctant Debutante
1958
as (uncredited)
The Fly
1958
as Philippe Delambre
The Colossus of New York
1958
as Billy Spensser
No Down Payment
1957
Alcoa Theatre
1957
Gun Glory
1957
as Boy
The Monster That Challenged the World
1957
as Boy with Morty's Cap
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
1957
as Tommy Earp (uncredited)
The Tattered Dress
1957
as Johnny Blane
Requiem for a Heavyweight
1956
as Jeffrey
Playhouse 90
1956
as Jeffrey
These Wilder Years
1956
as Small Boy
He Laughed Last
1956
as Child
Ransom!
1956
as Butchie Ritter
The View from Pompey's Head
1955
as Pat Page
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Street Kid
The Night Holds Terror
1955
as Steven Courtier
The Millionaire
1955
as Bobby Brown
Lassie
1954
The Long, Long Trailer
1954
as Little Boy
Letter to Loretta
1953
as Mike
Letter to Loretta
1953
as Tommy
Letter to Loretta
1953
as Jeff
General Electric Theater
1953
as Joshua Raskin