Charles Page Fletcher is a Canadian actor

Actor

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 who has starred in film

Film

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s and on television

Television

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. He is best known for his role on the 1980s hit HBO TV series The Hitchhiker as the main title character from 1984–1990.

Biography

The son of Ron and Peggy (nee Fulton), Fletcher grew up in Bass River, Nova Scotia

Bass River, Nova Scotia

Bass River is an unincorporated rural community in western Colchester County, north-central Nova Scotia, in the Maritimes of Canada.-Location:...

. His first feature film was in the 1982 horror movie Humongous

Humongous

Humongous is a 1982 horror film , starring Janet Julian and David Wallace. The movie is directed by Paul Lynch. There are two versions of the film, the American version which is rated R, and omits some violent scenes...

as Tom Rice, a man who rapes a woman. His other films include American Nightmare

American Nightmare (film)

American Nightmare is a 1983 horror film shot in Canada. It is directed by Don McBrearty.-Plot:Wealthy pianist Eric Blade tries to locate his missing runaway sister in an unnamed city. His journey takes him to seedy sex shops and strip joints...

(1983), Martha, Ruth, & Edie (1988), and Friends, Lovers, & Lunatics (1989).

Page starred in the 2000 TV mini series RoboCop: Prime Directives

RoboCop: Prime Directives

RoboCop: Prime Directives is a TV miniseries released in 2001. It is based on the 1987 cyberpunk/science fiction film RoboCop directed by Paul Verhoeven. The series consisted of four feature length movies: Dark Justice, Meltdown, Resurrection, and Crash and Burn...

as Alex Murphy/RoboCop, his most recent project was in the 2002 TV movie Haven't We Met Before?

Haven't We Met Before?

Haven't We Met Before? is a 2002 mystery film starring Nicollette Sheridan, Page Fletcher, Anthony Lemke and Daniela Amavia. It was directed by René Bonniére and written by Mary Higgins Clark and John Rutter....

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Fletcher has made guest appearances on TV shows, some of those appearances range from The Beachcombers

The Beachcombers

The Beachcombers is a Canadian comedy-drama television series that ran from October 1, 1972 to December 12, 1990 and is the longest-running dramatic series ever made for English-language Canadian television...

, Street Legal

Street Legal (TV series)

Street Legal is a Canadian television series, which aired on CBC Television from 1987 to 1994.-Synopsis:A spinoff from the 1985 television movie Shellgame, Street Legal focused on the professional and private lives of the partners in a small Toronto, Ontario law firm, Barr, Robinovitch and Tchobanian...

, Forever Knight

Forever Knight

Forever Knight was a Canadian television series about Nick Knight, an 800-year-old vampire working as a police detective in modern day Toronto. Wracked with guilt for centuries of killing others, he seeks redemption by working as a homicide detective on the night shift while struggling to find a...

, Lexx

Lexx

Lexx is a science fantasy television series that follows the adventures of a group of mismatched individuals aboard the organic space craft Lexx. They travel through two universes and encounter planets including a parody of the Earth....

, Earth: Final Conflict

Earth: Final Conflict

Earth: Final Conflict is a Canadian science fiction television series based on story ideas created by Gene Roddenberry, and produced under the guidance of his widow, Majel Barrett-Roddenberry. It was not produced, filmed or broadcast until after his death...

, and Night Heat

Night Heat

Night Heat is a Canadian police drama series, which aired on CTV from 1985 to 1991. The show also aired on CBS in the United States from 1987 to 1993 and was the first Canadian-produced drama series to air on an American network...

. Fletcher is occasionally confused with Rutger Hauer due to their physical resemblance and possibly because Hauer starred in the movie The Hitcher during the run of Fletcher's series The Hitchhiker.

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