Roy Stuart (actor)


Roy Stuart was an American character actor. He is best known for playing Corporal Charles "Chuck" Boyle on television's Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. during seasons two, three, and four from 1965 to 1968.

Biography and career

Born in The Bronx, New York, Stuart launched his career performing in nightclubs and theatre. His stage credits include the Broadway musicals Beg, Borrow or Steal and Cafe Crown.
Stuart's TV guest appearances include Mister Ed, Bewitched, The Mothers-In-Law, Room 222, The Governor & J.J.; Love, American Style; Marcus Welby, M.D.; The [Carol Burnett Show], Santa Barbara, Hotel, Gidget, Hazel, One Day at a Time, Sanford and Son, CHiPs, Scarecrow and Mrs. King, The Golden Girls, General Hospital, Laverne & Shirley and Mama's Family. He also appeared in numerous television commercials.
A long-standing member of Theatre West, Stuart also performed in local Theatre Forty productions of Absurd Person Singular and The Sunshine Boys.
Roy Stuart died at age 78 of cancer at the Motion Picture & Television [Country House and Hospital|Motion Picture Hospital], Woodland Hills, [Los Angeles, California|Woodland Hills, California]. He was survived by his companion, Claude Hubert. He is interred in Eden [Memorial Park Cemetery], Mission Hills.

Partial filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1969The Love God?Joe Merkel
1969Three's a CrowdBuzzy Grant
1975Linda Lovelace for PresidentVeep Candidate
1985Prime RiskMr. Fox
1993Eye of the StrangerLeonard