Actor. He will be best remembered for his role as "Francis Barber' in the television film, "The Highland Jaunt" (1968). The film was written and directed by Patrick Garland, and it also starred Gary Bond and Peter Woodthorpe. On television, he is best remembered for his role as 'Luigi' an Italian Cafe owner, in "Garnock Way," and as 'Archie The Tramp' in "High Living." He was born in Glasgow, Scotland, as Charles Tobias Baptiste on May 28, 1922, to Alexander Hill Baptiste (1901-1930), and his wife Catherine Campbell Bradford Baptiste (1903-1982). He also had a half-sister named Jemima Young Baptiste (1923-1991). While growing up his parents and sister lived in India and Burma due to his father's job as a shipwright. He was left behind in his native Glasgow, Scotland, to focus on his education while living with his aunt. His father Alexander passed away unexpectedly in Burma on June 26, 1930, at the age of 29, from Rheumatic Valvular Heart Disease. Following his father's sudden death, his mother briefly lived with his sister on a houseboat at Balloch, Scotland, before she remarried and moved to London, England, while he continued to live with his aunt to focus on his education. During World War II, he joined the Royal Air Force (or RAF) and became an air ambulance instructor in 1942. During World War II, he also took a post-war non-graduate course in English literature and English theatre at the prestigious Balliol College in Oxford, England, and then he studied at the Wilson Barrett Theatre School in Edinburgh, Scotland. He eventually went onto appear on radio and in theatre. He spent five years with the Wilson Barret Theatre School Group in Edinburgh, Scotland, Dundee Rep Theatre in Dundee, Scotland, Perth Theatre in Perth, Scotland, Citizens Theatre in Glasgow, Scotland, and the Gateway Theatre in Edinburgh, Scotland. His many stage production credits include, "Rob Roy" which ran between December 28, 1959, and January 30, 1960, and "A Man For All Seasons" which ran between March 19, 1962, and March 3, 1962. He made his actual film debut in a minor role in the film "Big Jim McLain" (1952). The historical crime drama film which was directed by Edward Ludwig, and which also starred John Wayne, James Arness, and Nancy Olson, tells the story of two post-war Hawaii, House Un-American Activities Committee investigators Jim McLain and Mal Baxter who hunt down Communists. Besides, "Big Jim McLain" (1952), and "The Highland Jaunt" (1968), his many other film credits include, "The Infinite Shoeblack" (1952), "The Boy David" (1957), and "The Black Eye" (1958). Besides, "Garnock Way," and "High Living," his many other television credits include, "Charlesworth," "BBC Sunday-Night Play," "The Old Wives' Tale," "The Revenue Men," and "Hawkeye, The Pathfinder." He continued working in radio, on television, in film, and in theatre for many years. He never married nor had any children. He joined the newly opened Mitchell Theatre in Glasgow, Scotland, in September of 1981, as both an actor and director just a few months before his death. He passed away suddenly from Rheumatic Valvular Heart Disease (the same disease that had killed his father) in Glasgow, Scotland, on January 23, 1981, at the age of 58, and his funeral was held at Woodside Cemetery and Crematorium in Paisley, Scotland.