# Was Charlie ever seen? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 13, 2002, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-charlie-ever-seen/132067 "2002-10-13T07:26:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![effac3d](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b487fb/32.png) [@effac3d](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/effac3d)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2002, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-charlie-ever-seen/132067/1 "2002-10-13T07:26:08Z")
I probably shouldn’t admit this,but i’ve watched a few episodes of Charlie’s Angels. 😃 And i have to know,was Charlie ever shown at all? Did they finally see him in the last episode or something similar? ---
**Author:** ![TigoleBitties](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cab0a1/32.png) [@TigoleBitties](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TigoleBitties)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2002, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-charlie-ever-seen/132067/2 "2002-10-13T07:59:07Z")
No…he was always a voice ---
**Author:** ![Linus\_Van\_Pelt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@Linus\_Van\_Pelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linus_Van_Pelt)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2002, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-charlie-ever-seen/132067/3 "2002-10-13T12:52:51Z")
More specifically, his _face_ was never seen - it was his hands, or his legs, or whatever. And he was almost invariably surrounded by a number of scantilly clad …ahem… assistants. ---
**Author:** ![effac3d](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b487fb/32.png) [@effac3d](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/effac3d)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2002, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-charlie-ever-seen/132067/4 "2002-10-13T12:59:44Z")
Well then i guess my next question is why was Charlie hiding from everyone but his “assistants”? Social anxiety disorder? Terrible case of acne? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2002, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-charlie-ever-seen/132067/5 "2002-10-13T13:09:42Z")
If I recall correctly (and I’m ashamed to admit I recall at all) in the early episodes of _Charlie’s Angels_ there was another character named Wilson. Wilson was Charlie’s representative and he, unlike Bosley or the women, regularly met with Charlie in person. His character disappeared, probably because he did nothing but show up, mention he had seen Charlie, and then sat back while Charlie gave everyone else their assignments via speakerphone. ---
**Author:** ![Asylum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/53a042/32.png) [@Asylum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asylum)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2002, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-charlie-ever-seen/132067/6 "2002-10-13T16:25:32Z")
I wasn’t really ever a fan (okay, maybe I was but I was five or something) but I think I recall an episode where you got to see Charlie. IIRC, Charlie was kidnaped and the Angels went searching for him. They finally tracked him down and when they opened the door to where he was being held they saw that he had managed to break open the window and then was swimming (they were on an island or a boat, don’t remember which) towards a nearby boat. So you didn’t actually get to see his face but you still got to see him, sorta. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2002, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-charlie-ever-seen/132067/7 "2002-10-13T16:28:49Z")
The voice of Charlie was, iirc, John Forsythe. ---
**Author:** ![Skerri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Skerri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skerri)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2002, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-charlie-ever-seen/132067/8 "2002-10-13T16:34:13Z")
Of course he was! He’s right [here!](http://us.imdb.com/EGallery?source=mptv&group=1010&photo=9295_0120.jpg&path=gallery&path_key=0081856) 😃 Oh, you mean on the show? No, Charlie was always a man of mystery. Come on, if you were a mega-rich guy that could afford to hire beautiful women to be private investigators, would _you_ show your face to just any ol’ body? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Skerri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Skerri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skerri)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2002, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-charlie-ever-seen/132067/9 "2002-10-13T16:36:42Z")
Damn. I see that **JohnT** beat me to it.