Charlie Campbell had just a few dalliances in performing previous to “Military of Darkness.” Based on his IMDb web page, Campbell appeared within the beginner brief movie “Performing and Reacting” in 1980, alongside his sons Bruce and Ted, in addition to the underground 1985 cult movie “Stryker’s Struggle,” additionally reverse Bruce and Ted. Evidently he was merely a recreation dad or mum who agreed to take part in his children’ motion pictures as a favor. That favor, it appears, prolonged to “Military of Darkness.” On the commentary observe, Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell marvel over his inclusion and the way he stayed in each edit. Charlie’s star scene? Getting stabbed within the abdomen by a skeleton. Campbell mentioned: 

“He made it by means of all of the variations of this. I used to be so completely happy. As a result of you possibly can’t actually argue with the studio. In the event that they need to reduce out a shot of a man getting killed. I could not actually say ‘Heh, heh. That is my dad. Can you permit him in?’ He made it in all variations for some purpose! Arising right here, he’ll get killed. […] Bear in mind, Sam, once we have been filming with him, I needed my dad to do job, so I began directing him […] And also you mentioned ‘Shut up! I am the director! I inform your dad tips on how to die, okay? Not you!'”

Raimi additionally was variety, saying that Charlie had “all the time been an enormous supporter of ours. Gave us one in every of our first buyers.”

If one seems round on-line, one may discover pictures of Charlie on set, posing along with his son Bruce.