Charles R. Rondeau
Charles R. Rondeau (July 14, 1917 – August 27, 1996) was an American television director. Born in Worcester, Massachusetts, the son of Mable Robertson and Charles D. Rondeau. Rondeau served in the United States Army. He began his career in 1958, where Rondeau made his directional debut in the 1958 film "The Littlest Hobo". Rondeau's directing includes, "Gunsmoke", "Bonanza", "The Man from U.N.C.L.E.", "F Troop", "77 Sunset Strip", "", "Perry Mason", "Baretta", "The Wild Wild West", "Get Smart", "Rawhide", "The Virginian", "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea", "Mannix", "The Odd Couple" (2 episodes) and "Hawaiian Eye". In  1965, he was hospitalized for which a cork from the champagne bottle he was having had hit Rondeau's eye. Rondeau had directed 44 episodes for the anthology comedy television series "Love, American Style". 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". Rondeau directed for three films. 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. 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". Rondeau died in August 1996 in Carson City, Nevada, at the age of 79.