1. Charles Henry Stapley was an English actor, best known for playing Ted Hope in the television soap opera Crossroads.
10 Facts About Charles Stapley
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Charles Stapley appeared in various theatrical roles, in The Benny Hill Show, and in a television version of The Adventures of Robin Hood in which he took 26 different roles.
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Charles Stapley was born in Ilford, Essex, the son of a business executive father who worked for the Blue Circle cement company in London.
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Charles Stapley then worked in the film distribution division of the Rank Organisation.
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Charles Stapley appeared in The Benny Hill Show, but was best known for playing Ted Hope in the television soap opera Crossroads.
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Charles Stapley had two further marriages, both of which ended in divorce.
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Charles Stapley had a son and a daughter from each of his first two marriages.
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Charles Stapley eventually left her husband Mark Mills, and moved to London to be with Stapley.
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Six years later, her three children joined them after Mark Mills was jailed for fraud, and Charles Stapley became their stepfather.
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Charles Stapley commented that "Heather is simply a very confused woman for whom reality and fantasy have become blurred".