Charles Weldon (June 1, 1940 – December 7, 2018) was an American actor, director, educator, singer, and songwriter.
As a young boy, he worked in the cotton fields of Bakersfield until the age of seventeen, when he joined a local doo-wop group.
The group appeared on the Dick Clark's American Bandstand television show and also toured with James Brown and Fats Domino.
[4][5] Weldon began his acting career in 1969, with a role in the Oscar Brown Jr.'s musical Big-Time Buck White starring as Muhammad Ali.
[7] Weldon appeared in the original San Francisco production of Hair and directed and acted in many regional theaters.