Charles Southwood
Actor · Died April 8, 2009, aged 71 · Los Angeles, California, USA
Charles Southwood born Charles Allen Southwood August 30, 1937 in Los Angeles, California, died April 8, 2009 in Grants Pass, Oregon was an American actor in Europe and the founder of Death Cigarettes. Born in Los Angeles in 1937, his family moved to Oregon at the end of World War II. He earned a degree in philosophy at Oregon State University. He travelled to Europe where he worked at a variety of jobs before becoming a stand in for Lex Barker on Woman Times Seven in 1966. He was spotted by an agent who led him into lead roles in spaghetti westerns. Returning to Oregon, he came up with the idea of "Death Cigarettes" in 1991. Deciding to be honest about the effect of cigarettes, Southwood, a smoker from age 13 to 40, decided to be brutally honest about his cigarettes. In addition to the standard warnings, Death Cigarettes were packed in their own coffin: a stark little black package bearing a skull and crossbones. Southwood traveled to the Southern United States, where the major U.S. tobacco companies found his idea "antithetical to their interests." He found a small tobacco company in Holland that was willing to manufacture his cigarettes, and he briefly took up smoking again to get the blend of tobaccos just right, however he couldn't find a cigarette distributor willing to move his product into stores. "I think they're afraid of pressure from the major cigarette manufacturers". The idea of Death cigarettes was "borrowed" by BJ Cunningham for sales in England from 1991-1999.
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Biography from TMDB.
- August 30, 1937
- April 8, 2009 (aged 71)
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Actor
- 8 on MovieCove · 11 credits in all
Known for
What are Charles Southwood's films like?
Across their 8 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Power and Self.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 1 · Earnest 4
A split, not a type: Light 6 · Serious 0 · Dark 2
Grounded 2 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 2
Gentle 1 · Charged 6 · Intense 1
Steady 2 · Shifting 6 · Whiplash 0
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 4
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 6 · Relentless 1
Casual 5 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 6 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 1
Resolved 6 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 1
Roles they play
- Tricksteras Sabbath in Sartana's Here... Trade Your Pistol for a Coffin (1970)
- Heroas Henry Ralstrom in Profession: Aventuriers (1973)
Moods and endings
- Happy6
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Charles Southwood's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 3 of their 8 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (2).
Subscription and free streaming for Charles Southwood's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
11 credits, 8 with a MovieCove page.
Documenteur(1981)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
Profession: Aventuriers(1973)
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Some Too Quiet Gentlemen(1973)
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
Cops Is Cops(1972)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
The Contract(1971)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
Guns for Dollars(1971)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
Roy Colt and Winchester Jack (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films
I Protect Myself Against My Enemies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)
Make the Sign of the Cross, Stranger! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)
Career shape
Star power in the 82nd percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 11 titles from 1968 to 1982; peak year 1970.
Biggest box office
Documenteur (1981)
Highest rated
Documenteur (1981)
Most popular right now
The Contract (1971)
Film career
Peak 1970 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 1970Screen debut· Sartana's Here... Trade Your Pistol for a Coffin
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.
How do Charles Southwood's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 34th percentile, the median of all 8; across their 8 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 41st percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up1
- 50th to 74th1
- 25th to 49th3
- Below 25th3
Shape of the crowd
5 of their 8 titles are Broadly Agreed.
- Universally Panned1
- Crowd Pleaser1
- Broadly Agreed5
- Mixed1
Reviewers score the acting 68/100 in their films, across 6 reviewed titles; fans 74, detractors 51. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Charles Southwood work with?
People who share at least 2 of Charles Southwood's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Eddie Vartan shares the most, 5.
Directors
- Claude MulotShared titles: Profession: Aventuriers (1973), The Contract (1971)See all 2 shared titles with Claude Mulot
- Georges LautnerShared titles: Some Too Quiet Gentlemen (1973), Cops Is Cops (1972)See all 2 shared titles with Georges Lautner
- Giuliano CarnimeoShared titles: Guns for Dollars (1971), Sartana's Here... Trade Your Pistol for a Coffin (1970)See all 2 shared titles with Giuliano Carnimeo
Writers
- Albert KantofShared titles: Profession: Aventuriers (1973), Some Too Quiet Gentlemen (1973), The Contract (1971)See all 3 shared titles with Albert Kantof
- Jean-Marie PoiréShared titles: Some Too Quiet Gentlemen (1973), Elle cause plus... Elle flingue (1972)See all 2 shared titles with Jean-Marie Poiré
- Tito CarpiShared titles: Guns for Dollars (1971), Sartana's Here... Trade Your Pistol for a Coffin (1970)See all 2 shared titles with Tito Carpi
Actors
- André PousseShared titles: Profession: Aventuriers (1973), Some Too Quiet Gentlemen (1973), Elle cause plus... Elle flingue (1972)See all 3 shared titles with André Pousse
- Francis LemonnierShared titles: Profession: Aventuriers (1973), The Contract (1971)See all 2 shared titles with Francis Lemonnier
- Henri GuybetShared titles: Some Too Quiet Gentlemen (1973), Cops Is Cops (1972)See all 2 shared titles with Henri Guybet
- Robert DalbanShared titles: Some Too Quiet Gentlemen (1973), Cops Is Cops (1972)See all 2 shared titles with Robert Dalban
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Eddie VartanShared titles: Profession: Aventuriers (1973), Some Too Quiet Gentlemen (1973), Cops Is Cops (1972), Elle cause plus... Elle flingue (1972), The Contract (1971)See all 5 shared titles with Eddie Vartan
- Maurice FellousShared titles: Some Too Quiet Gentlemen (1973), Cops Is Cops (1972)See all 2 shared titles with Maurice Fellous
- Michelle DavidShared titles: Some Too Quiet Gentlemen (1973), Cops Is Cops (1972)See all 2 shared titles with Michelle David
- Roger FellousShared titles: Profession: Aventuriers (1973), The Contract (1971)See all 2 shared titles with Roger Fellous
Producers
- Alain PoiréShared titles: Some Too Quiet Gentlemen (1973), Cops Is Cops (1972)See all 2 shared titles with Alain Poiré
