Charles Manson
Acting
Born: November 12, 1934 · Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Died: November 19, 2017 (aged 83)
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Biography
Charles Milles Manson (November 12, 1934 – November 19, 2017) led the California-based Manson Family cult based in the late 1960s. Some cult members committed a series of nine murders at four locations in July and August 1969. In 1971, Manson was convicted of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder for the deaths of seven people, including film actress Sharon Tate. The prosecution contended that while Manson never directly ordered the murders, his ideology constituted an overt act of conspiracy. Before the murders, Manson had spent more than half of his life in correctional institutions. While gathering his cult following, Manson was a singer-songwriter on the fringe of the Los Angeles music industry, chiefly through a chance association with Dennis Wilson of the Beach Boys, who introduced Manson to record producer Terry Melcher. In 1968, the Beach Boys recorded Manson's song "Cease to Exist", renamed "Never Learn Not to Love" as a single B-side, but without a credit to Manson. Afterward, Manson attempted to secure a record contract through Melcher, but was unsuccessful. Manson would often talk about the Beatles, including their 1968 self-titled album. According to Los Angeles County District Attorney, Vincent Bugliosi, Manson felt guided by his interpretation of the Beatles' lyrics and adopted the term "Helter Skelter" to describe an impending apocalyptic race war. During his trial, Bugliosi argued that Manson had intended to start a race war, although Manson and others disputed this. Contemporary interviews and trial witness testimony insisted that the Tate–LaBianca murders were copycat crimes intended to exonerate Manson's friend Bobby Beausoleil. Manson himself denied having instructed anyone to murder anyone. Manson's notoriety as an emblem of insanity, violence, and the macabre influenced pop culture. Recordings of songs written and performed by Manson were released commercially, starting with Lie: The Love and Terror Cult (1970). Since his incarceration, various musicians have covered some of his songs. Although originally sentenced to death in 1971, his sentence was commuted to life with the possibility of parole after the California Supreme Court invalidated the state's death penalty statute in 1972. He served his life sentence at the California State Prison, Corcoran and died at age 83 in late 2017. Description above from the Wikipedia article Charles Manson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Euphoria
2019
South Park
1997
When You're Strange
2010
LA 92
2017
Chaos: The Manson Murders
2025
Zappa
2020
The Killing of America
1981
Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans
2015
The Six Degrees of Helter Skelter
2009
Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir
2012
The Beach Boys
2024
Inside the Manson Cult: The Lost Tapes
2018
Photos (1)
Movies (5)
TV Shows (3)
Self / Appearances (46)
Euphoria
Self (archive footage) · 1 eps
Dateline: Secrets Uncovered
Self (archive footage) · 1 eps
Legends
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) · 1 eps
Chaos: The Manson Murders
Self (archive footage)
The Seventies
Self (archive footage) · 1 eps
Conversations with a Killer: The Charles Manson Tapes
Self - Killer / Cult Leader (archive footage) · 3 eps
My Grandfather Charles Manson
Self (archive footage)
Helter Skelter: An American Myth
Self (archive footage) · 6 eps
When You're Strange
Self (archive footage)
Very Scary People
Self (archive footage) · 1 eps
The Beach Boys
Self (archive footage)
Charles Manson Then & Now
Himself (archive footage)
Zappa
Self (archive footage)
Inside the Criminal Mind
Self (archive footage) · 1 eps
LA 92
Self (archive footage)
Making Manson
Self (archive footage) · 3 eps
The Killing of America
Self (archive footage)
Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans
Self (archive footage)
Manson: The Lost Tapes
Self (archive footage) · 2 eps
Manson
Himself
Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir
Self (archive footage)
This Is America Part 2
Self (archive footage)
Inside the Manson Cult: The Lost Tapes
Self (archive footage)
Manson Speaks: Inside the Mind of a Madman
Self (Archive Footage) · 2 eps
Hymns from the Abyss
Self (archive footage)
Old Man
Himself (voice)
Il falso bugiardo
Self (archive footage)
Murders of Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
Joni Mitchell, Lady Blue
Self (archive footage)
No Sense Makes Sense
Himself
Manson: Music from an Unsound Mind
Self (archive footage)
The Last Days of Sharon Tate
Self (archive footage)
Charles Manson: The Final Words
Self (archive footage)
Cease to Exist
Self (archive footage)
Charles Manson: Journey Into Evil
Himself
Life After Manson
Self
Inside The Manson Gang
Self
The Six Degrees of Helter Skelter
Himself
Manson: The Women
Self (archive footage)
Devil Worship: Exposing Satan's Underground
Self (archive footage)
Charles Manson: The Funeral
Self (archive footage)
Truth and Lies: The Family Manson
Self (archive Footage)
Iconoclast
Self (archive footage)
The Manson Family: Born to Kill?
Himself
Charles Manson Superstar
Himself
Pardoned From Above: The Charles "Tex" Watson Story
Self (archive footage)
