Page Fletcher

Charles Page Fletcher (born 25 February 1951) is a Canadian actor who has starred in films and on television. He is best known for his role on the 1980s hit HBO TV series The Hitchhiker as the main title character from 1984–1990[1][2][3] and for playing RoboCop in the TV mini series RoboCop: Prime Directives.

Page Fletcher
Born
Charles Page Fletcher

(1951-02-25) 25 February 1951
Bass River, Nova Scotia

Biography

The son of Ron and Peggy (née Fulton), Fletcher was born and grew up in Bass River, Nova Scotia. His first feature film was in the 1982 horror movie Humongous as Tom Rice. His other films include American Nightmare (1983), Martha, Ruth, & Edie (1988), and Friends, Lovers, & Lunatics (1989).

Page starred in the 2000 TV mini series RoboCop: Prime Directives as Alex Murphy/RoboCop, his most recent project was in the 2002 TV movie Haven't We Met Before?.

Fletcher has made guest appearances on TV shows, some of those appearances range from The Beachcombers, Street Legal, Forever Knight, Lexx, Earth: Final Conflict, and Night Heat. 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.

References
  1. Knight, Ken (12 February 2008). The Midnight Show: Late Night Cable-Tv "Guy-Flicks" of the 80’S. AuthorHouse. ISBN 978-1-4678-6103-8.
  2. "TV REVIEW : Thumbs Down as 'Hitchhiker' Shifts to Cable's USA Network". Los Angeles Times. 30 June 1989. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  3. O'Connor, John J. (26 November 1985). "'The Hitchhiker' Series, Suspense Tales on Hbo". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
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