Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Wagenheim, Charles, 1896-1979
- Extent:
- 5.25 Linear Feet (10 boxes)
- Language:
- Materials are in English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Charles Wagenheim scripts (Collection PASC 312). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection consists of script material related to the acting career of Charles Wagenheim. Included are scripts for a variety of television and motion picture projects produced between the 1950s and 1970s. The bulk of the collection includes over thirty scripts for the television series Gunsmoke in which Wagenheim had a recurring role as the character Halligan from 1967-1975. Additional television series scripts include writings for Bonanza, The big valley, The Doris Day show, The lawless years show, The life and legend of Wyatt Earp, This is the life and Wild wild West, among other programs. The made-for-TV movies include script material for Frankenstein (part of Wide World Mysteries anthologies), End of the line (released as A cry for help), and McNaughton's daughter, among other projects. Notably absent from the collection are scripts representing his stage work and his motion picture related work, except for films The baby maker and Hail hero. Additionally, there is a very small amount of production information found within selected scripts.
- Biographical / historical:
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Charles Wagenheim was born February 21, 1896 in Newark, New Jersey. He graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York in 1923. During his acting career he was involved in numerous Broadway, television, and motion pictures projects. Among his many television series credits are Bonanza, The big valley, The Doris Day show, Gunsmoke, and Wild wild West among others. He also appeared in numerous made for TV movies including, Frankenstein, part of Wide World Mysteries anthologies and McNaughton's daughter, among others. His motion picture credits include Samson and Delilah, A streetcar named Desire, The diary of Anne Frank, Hail Hero!, and The baby maker, among others. Wagenheim died March 6, 1979 in West Hollywood, California as a result of foul play.
- Processing information:
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Collections are processed to a variety of levels depending on the work necessary to make them usable, their perceived user interest and research value, availability of staff and resources, and competing priorities. Library Special Collections provides a standard level of preservation and access for all collections and, when time and resources permit, conducts more intensive processing. These materials have been arranged and described according to national and local standards and best practices.
- Arrangement:
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This collection has been arranged in the following series:
- Series 1: Made for TV movies
- Series 2: Motion pictures
- Series 3: Television series
- Physical location:
- Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights to the physical objects belong to the UCLA Library Special Collections. All other rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Charles Wagenheim scripts (Collection PASC 312). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988