The character actor was best known for playing George Flat Nose Curry in the classic 1969 Western.
My agent was on a plane reading a script and it says, Flat Nose Curry …
I think I have someone in mind, hesaidin a 2018 interview.
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So I got an interview with [director]George Roy Hilland got cast, quite simply.
On the small screen, Dierkop played undercover investigator Pete Royster in 90 episodes ofPolice Woman.
Other film credits include the Christmas slasherSilent Night, Deadly Night,Messiah of Evil, andMaverick.
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Dierkop is survived by his daughter Lynn Scudder.
My little brother, only by a year, Little Charlie, passed away in 1990.
Its very comforting to know that they finally are together."
Charles Dierkop with Ed Bernard on ‘Police Woman’.Columbia Pictures TV/Courtesy Everett
I learned a lot from him about life, acting, friendship, and love.
He bought my hand-painted clothes and contracted more for his series ‘Police Woman.’
We were fast family friends after that, accompanying him on the set and becoming his personal assistant."
