Charles Briles, who played the seldom-seen youngest son Eugene Barkley on the 1960s Western The Big Valley, has died. He was 70.
The cause of death was congestive heart failure.
Briles also appeared as a college student named Amherst in the 1969 Elvis Presley film The Trouble With Girls and showed up on other TV series like Mr. Novak, Petticoat Junction, Please Don't Eat the Daisies, Green Acres, Mayberry R.F.D. and Bonanza.
Briles portrayed Eugene in eight first-season episodes. The actor received his draft notice after he started work on the series, Jason said, and the producers wrote his character out of the show by having Eugene go off to Berkeley to study medicine.
Briles volunteered for the California National Guard.
Born in Gardena, Calif., Briles performed as a teenager with the Kentwood Players of the Westchester Playhouse in L.A.
Briles spent his retirement years in Orcutt, Calif.
The cause of death was congestive heart failure.
Briles also appeared as a college student named Amherst in the 1969 Elvis Presley film The Trouble With Girls and showed up on other TV series like Mr. Novak, Petticoat Junction, Please Don't Eat the Daisies, Green Acres, Mayberry R.F.D. and Bonanza.
Briles portrayed Eugene in eight first-season episodes. The actor received his draft notice after he started work on the series, Jason said, and the producers wrote his character out of the show by having Eugene go off to Berkeley to study medicine.
Briles volunteered for the California National Guard.
Born in Gardena, Calif., Briles performed as a teenager with the Kentwood Players of the Westchester Playhouse in L.A.
Briles spent his retirement years in Orcutt, Calif.
Charles Briles, who played the seldom-seen youngest son Eugene Barkley on the 1960s Western The Big Valley, has died. He was 70.
The cause of death was congestive heart failure.
Briles also appeared as a college student named Amherst in the 1969 Elvis Presley film The Trouble With Girls and showed up on other TV series like Mr. Novak, Petticoat Junction, Please Don't Eat the Daisies, Green Acres, Mayberry R.F.D. and Bonanza.
Briles portrayed Eugene in eight first-season episodes. The actor received his draft notice after he started work on the series, Jason said, and the producers wrote his character out of the show by having Eugene go off to Berkeley to study medicine.
Briles volunteered for the California National Guard.
Born in Gardena, Calif., Briles performed as a teenager with the Kentwood Players of the Westchester Playhouse in L.A.
Briles spent his retirement years in Orcutt, Calif.
The cause of death was congestive heart failure.
Briles also appeared as a college student named Amherst in the 1969 Elvis Presley film The Trouble With Girls and showed up on other TV series like Mr. Novak, Petticoat Junction, Please Don't Eat the Daisies, Green Acres, Mayberry R.F.D. and Bonanza.
Briles portrayed Eugene in eight first-season episodes. The actor received his draft notice after he started work on the series, Jason said, and the producers wrote his character out of the show by having Eugene go off to Berkeley to study medicine.
Briles volunteered for the California National Guard.
Born in Gardena, Calif., Briles performed as a teenager with the Kentwood Players of the Westchester Playhouse in L.A.
Briles spent his retirement years in Orcutt, Calif.
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