He went on to direct and choreograph for some of the biggest stars including Dinah Shore, Lily Tomlin, Danny Kaye, Julie Andrews, Cyd Charisse, Shirley MacLaine, Mitzi Gaynor, Lucille Ball, and others.
When he was 16 years old, he traveled alone by bus to Jacob's Pillow in Becket, Massachusetts in order to intern as a dancer for the summer.
Charmoli was an operations officer in the 43rd Fighter Squadron in the U.S. Air Force in Panama and organized entertainment shows for them, while Saunders was sent to Europe and became a secretary to Gen. Dwight D.
In 1948, Charmoli danced in Make Mine Manhattan, but gave the part to Bob Fosse when the show toured nationally.
He also worked many times with Sid and Marty Krofft, directing all seventeen episodes of Lidsville and The Bugaloos, respectively,[4] as well as their TV special Fol-de-Rol.
Charmoli also directed several Bob Hope specials, more than twenty televised beauty pageants,[7] and the short-lived summer replacement series The Keane Brothers Show (1977).