Charles was a charming conman, debt collector and eventually paid killer.
In 1978, Charles was released early, after serving only five years behind bars.
He was convicted and sentenced to life in prison.
“I don’t feel he was much of a father…
He took no valid part in my upbringing,” Woody toldPeoplein 1988.
“My father is one of the most articulate, well-read, charming people I’ve ever known.
Still, I’m just now gauging whether he merits my loyalty or friendship.
I look at him as someone who could be a friend more than someone who was a father.”
However, Charles died of a heart attack in his prison cell in 2007 at the age of 68.
“I was a pretty happy guy, but I also had a lot of rage.
When I was a kid, I had real emotional problems.
I would have these tantrums,” Woody shared withThe Hollywood Reporterin 2017.
Woody’s anger issues put him at odds with cops on more than one occasion.
“He grabbed me, smashed me against the wall a couple of times.
I knocked his hands off, pushed him away and started running.
And that was the beginning of a real dire episode,” Woody toldThe Hollywood Reporterin 2017.
It was so brutal, the way they were handling me."
“At that time, I was still entertaining the notion of becoming a cop,” Woody recalled.
“I stopped wanting to be a cop, for sure.
But by then I was probably more interested in being an actor.”
“My great-grandmother Polly was a real pistol.
She could tell a story and everything about her was great,” Woody raved.
“One of the bad things about celebrity… is everybody wants to have a shot with you.
So, they went to his apartment for an illicit tryst.
Woody was photographed in bed with three women, and the pics were published across the globe.
“It was one of the worst nights of my life.
I wanted to repress it,” Woody said.
