Once
upon a time, Jill, Sabrina and Kelly were police
officers whose skills were being wasted in menial duties
such as answering phones and filing. A mysterious
millionaire and ex police detective named Charles
Townsend took them away from all that by opening his own
private investigation Agency and hiring these gorgeous
ladies as his operatives.
Who
is Charles Townsend? That was the question for the
show's entire 5 season run. The Angels'
boss, Charlie (voiced by veteran actor John Forsythe), was never seen
full face. This cocky playboy commandant never appeared
on camera full face and his real identity remained a
mystery until the end of the series. in most episodes he is shown from the rear
only (where the viewer only sees the back of his head
and his arms), sitting in his leather chair behind his
desk or cruising with his luxurious yacht and
enjoying the company of various semi naked beauties.
Only on the series finale Charlie appears
in surgeon's mask and outfit to visit Kelly in the
hospital. He only ever contacted the
"Angels" by telephone, addressing them via a
speakerphone on the office's desk. Charlie is never
really identified.
Charles Townsend is a millionaire. He owns a huge and
very expensive mansion, a luxurious yacht and a Rolls
Royce. He really seems to be a rich male chauvinistic
pig always surrounded by beautiful and scantily clad
women offering him drinks in the swimming pool or at his
office. Charlie only communicates with his Angels via
telephone and the only one who has ever seen Charlie in
the flesh is his assistant John Bosley who acts
like the liaison between Charlie and the Angels. Charlie
never gets physically involved in an investigation and
hasn't for several years. Even in the film versions of
Charlie's Angels Charlie still remains elusive and tries
hard not to uncover his position and identity.
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John Forsythe
Actor. Born John Lincoln Freund, on January 29,
1918, in Penns Grove, New Jersey.The eldest son
of Sam and Blanche Freund, John briefly attended
the University of North Carolina before leaving
academia to work as a baseball announcer for the
Brooklyn Dodgers.
Billed as John Forsythe, he appeared in regional
plays before making his Broadway debut as
Private Cootes in Vickie (1942). The following
year, he moved to Hollywood, where he landed
supporting roles in the action features Northern
Pursuit and Destination Tokyo. While struggling
to find suitable film parts, Forsythe studied at
the famed Actors Studio, graduating with the
school’s first commencement class in 1947.
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In
1950, Forsythe’s big break came when he replaced Henry
Fonda on Broadway in the title role of Mister Roberts.
He continued to make his mark as an actor in such films
as Alfred Hitchcock’s The Trouble with Harry (1955) and
the romantic dramaThe Ambassador’s Daughter (1956).
Forsythe became nationally known in the late 1950s as
the playboy lawyer, Bentley Gregg, in the acclaimed TV
series Bachelor Father (1957). After six successful
seasons, the series was cancelled in 1962, at which time
Forsythe concentrated on film projects. He headlined the
campy drama Kitten with a Whip (1964) with Ann-Margret,
as well as the highly anticipated film adaptation of
Truman Capote’s book In Cold Blood (1967). In 1969,
Forsythe reunited with Hitchcock in the spy film Topaz.
During the early 1970s, Forsythe was featured in a
succession of mediocre made-for-TV movies, including
Murder Once Removed (1971) and Terror on the 40th Floor
(1974). In 1976, producer Aaron Spelling cast Forsythe
as the voice of Charlie Townsend in the widely popular
TV series Charlie’s Angels, which starred Farrah
Fawcett, Cheryl Ladd, and Jaclyn Smith. While working on
Charlie’s Angels, Forsythe continued to appear in
television movies, including The Feather and Father Gang
(1977), With This Ring (1978), and . . . And Justice For
All (1979).
Under the recommendation of Spelling, Forsythe landed
the part of debonair businessman Blake Carrington in the
long-running primetime drama Dynasty (1981-89).
Throughout the 1980s, Dynasty — as well as Forsythe’s
patriarchal character — became a significant icon with
the American public. Forsythe won back-to-back Golden
Globe Awards for Best Actor in a Television Series in
1982 and 1983. In 1985, he became a spokesperson for the
successful men’s cologne line Carrington.
Most recently, Forsythe reprised his role as the
enigmatic Charlie in the feature film Charlie’s Angels
(2000), which starred Drew Barrymore, Lucy Lui, and
Cameron Diaz.
Forsythe married actress Julie Warren in 1943. The
couple had two daughters before Warren’s death in 1994.
In 2002, at age 84, he married businesswoman Nicole
Carter in a small, private ceremony.
