Charles Manson
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 12, 1934
- Died
- November 19, 2017 (aged 83)
- Birthplace
- Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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
Filmography
Horrifying Hollywood Murders
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
My Grandfather Charles Manson
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Conversations with a Killer: The Charles Manson Tapes
TV · as Self - Killer / Cult Leader (archive footage) · 3 eps
Chaos: The Manson Murders
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Beach Boys
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Making Manson
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 3 eps
Joni Mitchell, Lady Blue
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Hymns from the Abyss
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Zappa
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Charles Manson: The Funeral
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Manson: Music from an Unsound Mind
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Manson: The Women
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Haunting of Sharon Tate
Movie · as Self
Euphoria
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Very Scary People
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
1969
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Inside the Manson Cult: The Lost Tapes
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Inside the Criminal Mind
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Manson: The Lost Tapes
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 2 eps
Truth and Lies: The Family Manson
Movie · as Self (archive Footage)
Charles Manson: The Final Words
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
LA 92
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Manson Speaks: Inside the Mind of a Madman
TV · as Self (Archive Footage) · 2 eps
Dateline: Secrets Uncovered
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Face of Evil: The Charles Manson Murders
Movie · as Himself
Manson Family Vacation
Movie · as (archive footage)
The Seventies
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Life After Manson
Movie · as Self
Old Man
Movie · as Himself (voice)
Charles Manson, The Church of Satan, The Universal Order & The Process Church of Final Judgment
Movie
The Manson Family: Born to Kill?
Movie · as Himself
Serious Serial Killers
Movie
Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Iconoclast
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
When You're Strange
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Six Degrees of Helter Skelter
Movie · as Himself
Manson: 40 Years Later
Movie
Il falso bugiardo
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Manson's Missing Victims
Movie
Will You Kill For Me? Charles Manson and His Followers
Movie
Cease to Exist
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Inside The Manson Gang
Movie · as Self
The Dark Side of Porn: Does Snuff Exist?
Movie
Legends
TV · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) · 1 ep
Ghost Hunters
TV · 1 ep
Murders of Hollywood
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Last Days of Sharon Tate
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Snuff Video: Volume Red
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
South Park
TV · as Charles Manson (archive footage) · 1 ep
Assassinations That Changed the World
TV · 1 ep
Charles Manson: Journey Into Evil
Movie · as Himself
Safe Condition: Document in the Past Perfect
Movie · as Charles Manson
No Sense Makes Sense
Movie · as Himself
Pardoned From Above: The Charles "Tex" Watson Story
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Charles Manson Then & Now
Movie · as Himself (archive footage)
Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 2: Assassination in the 20th Century
Movie
Charles Manson Superstar
Movie · as Himself
Devil Worship: Exposing Satan's Underground
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Death Diploma
Movie
The Killing of America
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
This Is America Part 2
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Manson
Movie · as Himself