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Charles Armstrong Charles played Murmagan in a Rehearsed Reading of Lazyeye at The Arts Theatre West End.

He played Yvan in Art at Vienna's English Theatre.

He played Douglas Smith in Horne A Plenty at the White Bear Theatre and also played the BBC Announcer in the classic 60's comedy The Men from the Ministry.

In 2016, he played UK Supermarket Manager Tony Manning in Happy to Help at the Park Theatre and the Professor in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe at Birmingham Rep.

He played Macduff in Macbeth and Claudius/Ghost in in Hamlet in two American tours. He played the prosecutor, Mr Myers QC, in Witness for the Prosecution at Vienna's English Theatre, where he has also played Sydney Webb in Engaging Shaw.

He played Douglas Smith in a No 1 tour of Stop Messing About. He previously played the role at The Rose Theatre Kingston and in the West End at The Leicester Square Theatre. He also played Douglas Smith in the long running West End hit Round The Horne Revisited. He went on a No 1 tour of the show and took part in the Royal Variety Performance.

He has worked for the RSC and National Theatre and has played a wide range of roles in Repertory Theatre for Harrogate, Salisbury, Northampton, Exeter and Liverpool. He was in the 1940’s Musical Bless The Bride at The King’s Head, Islington, in two Restoration Comedies at The New End, Hampstead and Bernard Shaw’s How He Lied To Her Husband at The Orange Tree, Richmond. He has been on Number 1 Tours of Rebecca, Hayfever and Othello, toured Germany in Twelfth Night and worked for The English Theatre of Sweden. He has also played a lead role in French at The Institut Francais.

theatre credits
Lazyeye Murmagan Claire Jones Arts Theatre West End
Art Yvan Sean Aita Vienna's English Theatre
Horne A Plenty Douglas Smith Michael Kingsbury White Bear Theatre
Men From The Ministry BBC Announcer Michael Kingsbury White Bear Theatre
Happy to Help Tony Manning Roxy Cook Park Theatre
Macbeth Macduff, Murderer, Witch and Duncan AFTLS & Company American Tour
Witness For The Prosecution Mr Myers QC Philip Dart Vienna's English Theatre
Hamlet Claudius/Ghost AFTLS & Company American Tour
Engaging Shaw Sydney Webb Andrew Hall Vienna's English Theatre
Stop Messing About Douglas Smith Michael Kingsbury Leicester Square Theatre
Wake Up & Smell The Coffee Dominic Ninon Jerome New End, Hampstead
Round the Horne Revisited Douglas Smith Michael Kingsbury West End & No. 1 Tour
Two Gentlemen of Verona Panthino David Thacker Royal Shakespeare Co.
Trelawny of the Wells Mr. Mortimer John Caird National Theatre
The Soldiers Count de la Roche Bill Gaskill National Theatre Studio
Of Mice and Men Curley Rob Swain Harrogate Theatre
Othello Cassio Christopher Geelan Nat'l Tour, Theatre Unlimited
Wait Until Dark Sam Henderson David Grindley Royal Theatre, Northampton
Hay Fever Simon Bliss Ian Dickens No. 1 Tour
Bless the Bride Thomas Trout Martin Charnin King's Head, Islington
Twelfth Night Sebastian Gillian Diamond Liverpool Playhouse
Night Must Fall Hubert Laurie Ian Dickens No. 1 Tour
Rebecca Jack Favell Ian Dickens No. 1 Tour
Henry V Chorus Marshall Griffin Union Theatre, Southwark
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall Hargreve Natalie Wilson Salisbury Playhouse
Love's Labour's Lose Berowne David Cottis Etcetera Theatre Company
Twelfth Night Orsino John Strehlow New Triad, European Tour
Charley's Aunt Charley Tim Heath Canizzaro Park
Macbeth Malcolm Joyce Branagh Hen & Chickens, Islington
Peter Pan Nibs John Durnin Northcott Theatre, Exeter
The Mousetrap Christopher Wren Ian Watt-Smith English Theatre of Sweden
The Provoked Husband Mr. Manly Jon Harris New End, Hampstead
The Provoked Wife Heartfree Jonathan Best New End, Hampstead
How He Lied To Her Husband Henry Peter Leslie Ward Orange Tree Theatre
Les Justes (in French) Kalieyev David Craik French Institute
The White Devil Camillo Christopher Geelan Pentameters, Hampstead