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- Birth nameCharles Fernley Fawcett
- Charles Fawcett was born on December 2, 1915 in Waleska, Georgia, USA. He was an actor, known for The Loves of Salammbo (1960), Wild Kurdistan (1965) and Kingdom of the Silver Lion (1965). He was married to April Ducksbury. He died on February 3, 2008 in London, England, UK.
- SpousesApril Ducksbury(1991 - February 3, 2008) (his death)?(? - 1956) (her death, 1 child)
- Joined up with many military fights during his life, joining up the the RAF, the Polish Army, the French Foreign Legeon, and the Greek army.
- In three months at the end of WWII, married six Jewish women who had been trapped in concentration camps, a procedure that entitled them to leave France with an automatic American visa.
- In 1979 he went to help in training the Mujahideen against the Soviets in Afghanistan. Film footage he shot was critical in securing American aid to the Mujahideen.
- Joined the Polish army after the Nazi invasion then fled to Paris. Applied to join the French army but was rejected and joined the Section Volontaire des Americains.
- Passed along information to the French resistance during WWII.
- I think people knew more than they pretended. People close their eyes to what they don't want to see. - On describing the plight of European Jews during WWII.
- Nobody ever took you seriously if you had a trumpet with you. - On his escape from France during WWII
- Never, confuse a Virginian with a Yankee. - Response to British POWs who called him a Yank after rescuing them from a Paris hospital under guard by Germans during WWII.
- If that's child molestation, I would wish this curse on every young boy. - On the affair he had with his best friend's mother when he was 15 years old.
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