Charles Philip Latham (17 January 1929 – 20 June 2020)[3][4][5][6] was an English actor.

[8] After he graduated from Felsted, he completed his national service in the Royal Artillery[7] and then graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 1951.

[9] In the late 1960s/early 1970s Latham was well known to British television viewers for his portrayal of chief accountant Willy Izard, the "conscience" to hard-nosed oil company industrialist Brian Stead (played by Geoffrey Keen) in the BBC series The Troubleshooters (1965–72).

[10] Other credits Jesus of Nazareth (1956), Paul of Tarsus, Danger Man (1960–1962), Maigret, The Treasure Seekers, The Avengers, Love Story, Undermind, UFO, The Saint, Sergeant Cork, Justice, The Cedar Tree, Killers, Hammer House of Horror, The Professionals, No.

[2] One of Latham's horror film roles was as Dracula's sinister servant Klove in Hammer's 1966 film Dracula, Prince of Darkness,[11] and he had previously worked for Hammer in The Devil-Ship Pirates and The Secret of Blood Island (both 1964).