Charles R. Rondeau

Charles R. Rondeau (July 14, 1917 – August 27, 1996) was an American television director.[2]

Born in Worcester, Massachusetts,[2] the son of Mable Robertson and Charles D. Rondeau.[1] Rondeau served in the United States Army.[1] He began his career in 1958, where Rondeau made his directional debut in the 1958 film The Littlest Hobo.[3] Rondeau's directing includes, Gunsmoke, Bonanza, The Man from U.N.C.L.E.,[2] F Troop,[1] 77 Sunset Strip, Mission: Impossible,[4] Perry Mason,[2] Baretta,[5] The Wild Wild West, Get Smart,[4] Rawhide, The Virginian, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Mannix,[2] The Odd Couple (2 episodes)[2] and Hawaiian Eye.[2][3] In 1965, he was hospitalized for which a cork from the champagne bottle he was having had hit Rondeau's eye.[6]

Rondeau had directed 44 episodes for the anthology comedy television series Love, American Style.[3] He also directed 15 episodes for the comedy drama television series Room 222, with also directing six episodes for the sitcom television series The Partridge Family.[3] Rondeau directed for three films.[3] He retired his career in 1980, last directing for the action comedy B. J. and the Bear, in which Rondeau directed four episodes in the television series.[3] He also directed for the B. J. and the Bear spin-off The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo, which starred Claude Akins, Brian Kerwin and Mills Watson.[3]

Rondeau died in August 1996 in Carson City, Nevada, at the age of 79.[1][2]