Charles Southwood

Charles Southwood

Charles Southwood born Charles Allen Southwood August 30, 1937 in Los Angeles, California, died April 8, 2009 in Grants Pass, Oregon was an American actor in Europe and the founder of Death Cigarettes. Born in Los Angeles in 1937, his family moved to Oregon at the end of World War II. He earned a degree in philosophy at Oregon State University. He travelled to Europe where he worked at a variety of jobs before becoming a stand in for Lex Barker on Woman Times Seven in 1966. He was spotted by an agent who led him into lead roles in spaghetti westerns. Returning to Oregon, he came up with the idea of "Death Cigarettes" in 1991. Deciding to be honest about the effect of cigarettes, Southwood, a smoker from age 13 to 40, decided to be brutally honest about his cigarettes. In addition to the standard warnings, Death Cigarettes were packed in their own coffin: a stark little black package bearing a skull and crossbones. Southwood traveled to the Southern United States, where the major U.S. tobacco companies found his idea "antithetical to their interests." He found a small tobacco company in Holland that was willing to manufacture his cigarettes, and he briefly took up smoking again to get the blend of tobaccos just right, however he couldn't find a cigarette distributor willing to move his product into stores. "I think they're afraid of pressure from the major cigarette manufacturers". The idea of Death cigarettes was "borrowed" by BJ Cunningham for sales in England from 1991-1999.

  • Title: Charles Southwood
  • Popularity: 1.486
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1937-08-30
  • Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
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Charles Southwood Movies

  • 1970
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    Sartana's Here... Trade Your Pistol for a Coffin

    Sartana's Here... Trade Your Pistol for a Coffin

    6.2 1970 HD

    Sartana, bounty hunter and gunfighter, witnesses the robbery of a shipment of gold. He finds his way into town where he meets with a lot of...

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  • 1970
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    Roy Colt and Winchester Jack

    Roy Colt and Winchester Jack

    4.9 1970 HD

    Two outlaws compete with each other over a treasure map that will lead them to buried gold while one of them is in league with a sadistic...

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  • 1972
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    She No Longer Talks, She Shoots

    She No Longer Talks, She Shoots

    5.146 1972 HD

    Rosemonde, hailed as "the Princess" reign over a slum in the Paris suburbs. Herbert, a reporter who came to investigate on the pollution, ends up in...

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  • 1968
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    Make the Sign of the Cross, Stranger!

    Make the Sign of the Cross, Stranger!

    6.5 1968 HD

    A bounty hunter wants to catch the Bandit Carson because he has a lot of people in his gang who are worth a lot of money. When he comes into White...

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  • 1968
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    I Protect Myself Against My Enemies

    I Protect Myself Against My Enemies

    5.3 1968 HD

    A major of the dissolved southern army gives a dollar to a young cowboy, Alan Burton, telling him that there are two other similar dollars with...

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  • 1971
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    They Call Me Hallelujah

    They Call Me Hallelujah

    5.6 1971 HD

    A Yankee gunman, Hallelujah, is hired by Mexican Juarista, General Ramirez to confiscate a case of jewels to fund the revolution. For this,...

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  • 1973
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    Some Too Quiet Gentlemen

    Some Too Quiet Gentlemen

    5.5 1973 HD

    The sleepy little village of Loubressac is well on its way to becoming a ghost town. To save the town, the local citizenry hatch a plan to attract...

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  • 1972
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    There Once Was a Cop

    There Once Was a Cop

    6.1 1972 HD

    Campana, a commissar at the drugs bureau of Paris police gets an undercover job in Nice to catch an Italian-French mafia boss. As he slips into the...

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  • 1971
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    Manhunt for Murder

    Manhunt for Murder

    4.8 1971 HD

    A French waiter living in New York City witnesses a murder and must go on the run from the police and the mob.

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  • 1981
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    Documenteur

    Documenteur

    6.8 1981 HD

    After separating from the father of her son, a young French woman tries to find lodging and a fresh start in L.A. for herself and her son.

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  • 1973
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    Profession: Adventurers

    Profession: Adventurers

    4.3 1973 HD

    Henry, a rich Londoner bored, shipwrecked in the Atlantic and ends up in San Francisco. The adventure has just begun. From the novel "Naufrage en...

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