Charles F. Spalding (1918–1999) was an American heir, political advisor, television screenwriter and investment banker.

He was a political campaigner during the presidential campaigns of John F. Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy, a best-selling co-author of Love At First Flight, a screenwriter for Charlie Chaplin, and later vice president of the New York City-based investment bank Lazard.

[1] The two friends often traveled together, for example to Antigua in 1964, (<=KENNEDY WAS ASSASSINATED IN NOV. 1963 SO THIS CAN'T BE CORRECT...) sometimes flying on Air Force One.

[1] After the rights were purchased by actor Gary Cooper, Spalding moved to Los Angeles, California to work as a scriptwriter for Charlie Chaplin.

[6] He founded De Sainte Phalle Spalding, an investment banking firm.

[1][2] His funeral took place at St Matthew's Episcopal Church in San Mateo, California.